Word: pbha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what about those PBHA members who believe that rent control contributes to homelessness? What are they to think when their leaders implicitly accuse them of incorrect thinking...
...When PBHA involves itself in electoral battles, it discourages potential volunteers whose political beliefs diverge from the "correct" ones...
...even if electoral endorsements were made only rarely, as Ehrenreich suggests they would be, the threat of turning off potential or current supporters is still very real. The flurry of letters that The Crimson received from irate PBHA supporters in the wake of the Prop 1-2-3 endorsement testifies to that...
Ehrenreich says PBHA will make up for the loss by gaining "respect." Wrong. Respect--and moral authority--are accorded to those humanitarian organizations which remain scrupulously apolitical, such as Amnesty International and the American Red Cross...
Even in the clearest cases, the benefits of PBHA's throwing its weight around in electoral contests are modest and nebulous, while the costs are measurable and indisputable...