If you need the 411 on the ACORN pimp James O'Keefe, our friends at Gothamist have all of our bases covered. But, aside from a certain traffic-accident-waiting-to-happen appeal, what does this conservative crusader have to offer the Boston corner of the Istaverse? Well, one of O'Keefe's sidekicks may have set his sights on one of Senator-elect Scott Brown's "available" daughters. Joe Basel may or may not be in legal trouble for his involvement with O'Keefe. But, he didn't have a date with Brown's youngest daughter Arianna. Basel's Facebook page says he did. Brown’s spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said it is "absolutely not true."
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Former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger has been hired to investigate various allegations against the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, otherwise known as ACORN. Videos surfaced of ACORN staffers advising people posing as a prostitute and pimp, which led to Congress cutting off funding to ACORN. Harsbarger was AG from 1991-99 and later ran goverrnment watchdog group Common Cause. He currently works for Proskauer Rose LLP and specializes in corporate and nonprofit governance. ACORN started in 1970 and is active in 75 cities including Boston.
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