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...well documented, and the group's field of endeavor - community organizing - makes it a tempting target for GOP strategists. In Chicago in 1992, Obama headed the Project Vote campaign - an organization affiliated with ACORN - which registered 150,000 voters on the city's the south side and helped elect Carol Moseley Braun, the country's first female African-American Senator. As an attorney, Obama worked on the team of lawyers that represented ACORN in a 1995 lawsuit in which it accused the state of Illinois of violating federal polling laws, and spoke at two leadership training sessions for ACORN employees...
...This is when the Avenger grabbed his cape, mask and truncheon and got involved. Could we get Spirit at least to acknowledge Carol's plight or, dare we dream, reimburse her for the flight-change fees or the hotel bill? Would justice be served for Carol and all the other nameless fliers who had suffered before...
...Avenger contacted Spirit Airlines, explained Carol's case again and asked for the company's side of the story. Spokesperson Misty Pinson opted not to elaborate on Spirit's point of view, other than to say, "I have reviewed this inquiry again with our customer-relations department and the company is following its policies as stated in the responses to the passenger...
...policy to a T (it states that "Spirit Airlines reserves the right to cancel the reservation or seat assignment of any customer who does not have a boarding pass at least 45 minutes prior to scheduled or posted departure"), let's face it, the airline employee could have given Carol a courtesy pass - particularly since her flight was delayed. (And if you want to split hairs, once the airline reposted the flight's delayed departure time, Carol was well within the 45-minute cut-off rule.) Given the situation, the airline could have at least refunded Carol's change fees...
...sorry, Carol. You will have to be avenged in the next life. In this one, however, you may want to stay off Spirit Airlines...