The IRS needs to fix its labeling machine

“We’re the San Fernando Valley Patriots, not Occupy Oakland.”

Karen Kenny of San Fernando Valley Patriots at today’s Ways and Means Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on IRS profiling of  conservative groups.

Among the questions her group was asked, Kenny said, was her "personal favorite ... which in relation to protests asked for a listing of our 'committed violations of local ordinances, breaches of public order or arrests' then requested details on how we 'conduct or promote' illegal activities. I think the IRS needs to fix its labeling machine: We're the San Fernando Valley Patriots, not Occupy Oakland."

Kenny said her organization applied for tax-exempt status in October 2010. But she "stopped the costly and exhausting IRS process in July 2012. We survive on my credit card and donations in our cake tin. Like patriots before us, conservation groups.