TAX DAY RALLIES – APRIL 15 – Noon to 4 PM – downtown Portland
President Trump: Release Your Taxes Rally
noon to 2 pm, Portland City Hall, 389 Congress St.
March Forth, an organization formed by a group of women who attended the Women’s March in Washington the day after the Inauguration, is hosting a Tax Day Rally at Portland City Hall at noon on April 15. This rally will include a demand to President Trump to release his taxes so that the public will know his potential conflicts of interest and if he has financial ties with Russian President Putin and other Russian officials. The rally will also be about holding the Trump and LePage administrations accountable for their tax and economic policies. Tax Day rallies are taking place throughout Maine and the country. At 2 pm, walk next door for food, talk and sending postcards to the White House, Congress and Augusta about fair taxation and govenrment budgets by and for people at the Rally 4 Justice “Stamp Out Tax Injustice” event at First Parish U.U. at 425 Congress Street.
Speakers on the City Hall steps will include State Representative Erik Jorgensen; economist Marianne Hill; Phil Bartlett, chair of the Maine Democratic Party and a State Senator; Kim Matthews, a former attorney in Maine; Kevin Concannon, former Commisioner of Maine DHS and former Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President Obama; Richmond attorney, Alice Knapp, of Maine AllCare; and DrewChristopher Joy, Executive Director, Southern Maine Workers’ Center. Continue reading ““President Trump: Release Your Taxes” and “Stamp Out Tax Injustice” Rally – TAX DAY April 15th – Portland City Hall and First Parish U.U.”