ACORN is closing chapters and affiliates all across the country as pressure begins to mount on the organization thanks to the recent prostitution sting videos.P.J. Huffstutter and Kate Linthicum of the Los Angeles Times have the story:Stung by the recession and a string of scandals, the ACORN community activist organization has been shutting down in many of the communities it once worked to empower.No new clients are being signed up, said national spokesman Brian Kettenring, while the group conducts an internal investigation into how its business is conducted.The Assn. of Community Organizations for Reform Now had already shuttered 40% of its centers -- in cities including Chicago, Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Omaha -- since its high of 105 offices two years ago, he said. The branches helped low- and middle-income clients with housing, jobs and navigating government aid programs.Kettenring said that the closures were mostly due to the poor economy and had become more frequent in the...(Read Full Post)