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Advancing the Clean Coal Agenda by Forging AAUW’s Name

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 15, 2009, | Leave a Comment »

AAUW learned in early August through news reports that our name was being forged in letters to Congressional representatives. These letters were meant to appear to be written from members of organizations comprising grassroots networks. In AAUW’s case, the letter (PDF) was sent from a Charlottesville, Virginia, branch, which is not even in existence. Furthermore, [...]

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Did they think no one would find out?

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 20, 2009, | 4 Comments »

Fraudulently using the name of a nonexistent  AAUW branch on letters to congressional representatives to influence their vote on  the Clean Energy and Security Act, the so called “cap and trade bill” – one of the biggest pieces of environmental economics legislation in a decade – that stunned me.  I was shocked that ACCCE would [...]

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Setting the Record Straight: Update

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2009, | Leave a Comment »

AAUW has received many notes thanking us for taking a strong stand against the recent congressional letter fraud involving us. We appreciate those of you who have written in and commented on AAUW Dialog about the blatantly forged letters that were sent to at least one member of the House of Representatives in AAUW’s name.
To [...]

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Real Grassroots or Astroturf? Setting the Record Straight

Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2009, | 6 Comments »

I have a great job, working for an amazing group with a worthwhile mission — AAUW. But these past few days, I’ve been unnecessarily distracted from that critical work as I responded to the blatant fraud perpetrated against this esteemed, 128-year-old charitable membership organization.
It seems that Bonner & Associates, a grassroots lobbying firm hired by [...]

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AAUW Sets the Record Straight

Posted in The AAUW Community on August 6, 2009, | Leave a Comment »

AAUW Executive Director Linda D. Hallman, CAE, issued the following statement:
AAUW has been victimized by an act of blatant fraud. We have been informed, and confirmed with our Virginia affiliate, that an agent of Bonner & Associates – through its work with the Hawthorn Group and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity – forged [...]

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