PRESS RELEASE FROM ASHEVILLE MOVEON.ORG
The Asheville Council of MoveOn.org will stage a Speak Out Protest, featuring street theatre and an open podium for attendees, in Pritchard Park on Tax Day, April 18, at 4:30 p.m.
The event will highlight the inequity of millions of lower and middle-income citizens dutifully paying their taxes that day while well-connected corporations dodge theirs.
The event will feature a Speak Out for ordinary citizens to tell how this imbalance is impacting their lives. It will also feature a five-minute Street Theatre presentation.
The tax protest event will culminate with a march to a national bank near Pritchard Park—one of the many major corporations which paid zero in taxes in 2009—to deliver an outsized tax bill.
WHAT: Tax Day Protest Rally
WHO: Public rally sponsored by Asheville Council of MoveOn.Org
WHERE: Pritchard Park
WHEN: TAX DAY, Monday, April 18. 4:30-5:30 pm p.m.
The Asheville Council of MoveOn.org will stage a Speak Out Protest, featuring street theatre and an open podium for attendees, in Pritchard Park on Tax Day, April 18, at 4:30 p.m.
The event will highlight the inequity of millions of lower and middle-income citizens dutifully paying their taxes that day while well-connected corporations dodge theirs.
The event will feature a Speak Out for ordinary citizens to tell how this imbalance is impacting their lives. It will also feature a five-minute Street Theatre presentation.
The tax protest event will culminate with a march to a national bank near Pritchard Park—one of the many major corporations which paid zero in taxes in 2009—to deliver an outsized tax bill.
WHAT: Tax Day Protest Rally
WHO: Public rally sponsored by Asheville Council of MoveOn.Org
WHERE: Pritchard Park
WHEN: TAX DAY, Monday, April 18. 4:30-5:30 pm p.m.
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