Regular readers of Big Government should remember the woman pictured below as the delightfully forthcoming ACORN protestor from the fateful day Andrew Breitbart staged his one-man tea party in the midst of scores of “community organizers” who mistakenly protested in front of LA’s KTTV Fox 11 TV station thinking they were intimidating Fox News. Do you remember the delightful little nuggets of information we caught on taped on our handy-dandy recorder?
“We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
When asked if she worked for ACORN, our ever loquacious friend said “No, I am just a member, I am ACORN… No, I don’t work. I’m an organizer.” This suggests that she was just one of those “Rent-a-protestor” who ACORN famously pays less than minimum age for (often, ironically to protest in favor of a living wage). We captioned her picture at Big Government with the amusing phrase: “Have You Seen This Organizer?”
Well, we now know who she is. And we have a clearer understanding of her role with ACORN. And the truth is startling and disturbing, especially in light of her infamous boast: “We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
This memorable community organizer is named Alvivon Hurd, but she goes by the delightful nickname: “Bon Bon”. Ms. Hurd has been identified over the years as an ACORN Board Member, Chairwoman of ACORN’s Housing Commission, Head of ACORN’s Los Angeles Chapter, ACORN Volunteer, Wal-Mart Opponent.. you get the picture. But, that first title, ACORN Board Member raises some serious questions.
It’s one thing when a volunteer and random protestor says the odd and revealing things that Ms. Hurd said to us on November 12th, it’s another when it is a former Board Member. How much weight should be given to Ms. Hurd’s boast: “we didn’t never say who we were going to run for but it sort of undercover that we were going to put Obama in.”? A lot more, now that we know she has held various positions of influence at the troubled organization.
It seems Ms. Hurd is nothing if not active and influential in California. She has been at the table with the Mayor of Los Angeles when discussing plans for public housing projects. She has been in the forefront of protests in Sacramento blocking a housing auction of foreclosed properties. She has been quoted in major publications about affordable housing and zoning issues. She has been seen on Los Angeles Television protesting the Federal Bail-out bill. She was even honored by a Los Angeles charity with something called the “Faith Award”. “Bon Bon” gets around all right. And she is not short on opinions.
Ms. Hurd also has a disturbing tendency to make racially charged statements in the press, like this quote from the LA Weekly:
Hurd said outside a housing summit at UCLA. “Suddenly, everyone wants to live downtown. All these young white people want to be there instead of in the suburbs. They’re building all these new places, Medici, Orsini. Do you think any of us can afford to live there? These people” — she pointed to her companions in the yellow shirts — “they clean up after these rich people, they wash their cars and take care of their children. But when they go home, they don’t want us around. Now what would you call that? I don’t want to call it racist. But what would you call it?”
Then there is this little beauty:
Alvivon Hurd remembers when no one with means lived in downtown Los Angeles. Especially not white people. “For 30 years you only saw [white people] during the day in the week,” says the life-long L.A. resident, who can see downtown from her apartment.
Every time the subject seems to be about affordable housing she finds the need to take note of her opponents’ skin pigment. Interesting.
Alvivon Hurd lives in LA’s Pico Aliso housing project. One of the most gang-infested projects In LA. Yet I find nothing about her organizing or protesting the real plague of her neighborhood: the horrific and violent crime terrorizing the low-income families she purports to champion. No, it is all about the rich white real estate investors.
But as we know, housing is only part of ACORN’s mission. Remember, they also champion voter registration efforts. How does “Bon Bon” fit into that picture. You’ll be surprised.. maybe even shocked. “Bon Bon” told Big Government that “it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.” Remember, in that statement, “we” refers to ACORN. But that is just a silly meaningless boast, right. I mean ACORN is only responsible for voter registration efforts; they have no influence over actual voting practices and aren’t in any position to actually handle ballots or communicate with voters at the polling place, right?
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Alvivon “Bon Bon” Hurd, Precinct Inspector for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office:
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder describes a Precinct Inspector as: “supervising poll workers in charge at each voting location“. In various polling procedures detailed by the city and county, these inspectors are responsible for delivering ballot boxes to Central Precinct Inspectors, depositing voters’ ballots into ballot boxes, setting up polling locations, supervising the voting process including verifying each voter and their legitimate registration status. Yes, that was “Bon Bon’s” job on Election Day. Feel better now?
And, when Ms. Hurd is not protesting or organizing or receiving awards or serving on the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee or getting a “shout-out” from former Mayor of Los Angeles Jim Hahn during his State of the City Address in 2003, she has another impressive hobby: She wrote an op-ed piece for the LA Times with none other than ACORN apologist oops, Professor of Politics at Occidental College, Peter Dreier. Peter Dreier is the oft-cited, “objective” political analyst who has lately been critical of the news coverage of ACORN scandals. You might remember him best from his op-ed piece that the LA Times was forced to issue a correction and update for thanks to the tireless efforts of LA Times watchdog Patrick Frye (Patterico). How interesting to see “Bon Bon’s” name alongside “Objective Political Observer” Dreier’s right there in the LA Times. Our “Bon Bon” really gets around.
Who knew that auspicious day when Andrew Breitbart ventured into the thicket of that ACORN protest in West Los Angeles we’d be rubbing elbows and interviewing one of ACORNS real movers and shakers? That’s what we love about Los Angeles, there are important celebrities everywhere. And you never know what you’re going to hear on the street. Maybe even a tacit admission of misuse of Federal Funds or Federal Election Commission violations? I love this town.
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