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Case #07-120588<br />

May 24,2007 [ev]<br />

Witness Statement<br />

Deq I<br />

b7C<br />

Witness:<br />

Mmhm.<br />

Steve Hobbs: Urn .. .let's sort of move through the process first then we'll come back to ...<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Sure.<br />

... the ... the scope of the training in a .. .in a minute. You come back uh ... to Gig Harbor<br />

and what happens next?<br />

I've really put it behind me I have to dredge this up. I know that I needed to open an<br />

office and the idea was that I wouldn't go up to the Burien office. They wanted to be<br />

kind to me I think. .. and let me ... because Tacoma was ... seemed to be fertile ground ...<br />

Mmhm.<br />

... and it. .. proximity for me was easier. Urn ... so I pursued looking for a place to locate<br />

the office and considered a couple of options and ... the carpenters hall on Fawcett was<br />

suggested to me. I met with the office staff and then the ... the head honcho ... um ... and<br />

eventually they did decide to rent to ACORN. Um ... a small office on the first floor.<br />

Okay. And what happened after that?<br />

Well before we actually moved into the office I started holding meetings urn ... for<br />

potential employees. I uh .. .leafleted in various places around Tacoma ... at the Safeway<br />

on the hill top. Those kinds of places.<br />

Steve Hobbs: Leafleted to ...<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Leafleted to recruit people to work for ACORN.<br />

All right.<br />

At eight dollars an hour.<br />

Mmhm.<br />

Witness: And um .. .I held intakes at the library because I had no office ...<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Steve Hobbs:<br />

Witness:<br />

Right.<br />

... and could use the space for free. And urn ... then would send them out on a ... on the<br />

ground kind of training which meant they were to register people to vote.<br />

This is ... whatis the time ... about what time are we talking now? Are we into July or ... or<br />

whereabouts are we?<br />

We must be into July urn ... so I was in Ohio the ... ninth .. .I know it was that weekend.<br />

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