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REPRINTED FROM THENEXTMAYOR.COMApril 16, 2007 press release, (submitted via e-mail) |
Casino-Free Philadelphia - Media Advisory
April 16, 2007 * www.CasinoFreePhila.org
Media Contact:
Daniel Hunter, 267-825-0807
WHAT: Rally with the meeting of the two movements, represented by giant inflatables
WHERE: Brief march starts at Penn's Landing (5pm)
Speakers/rally at field on the Visitor's Center (5:20pm)WHEN: WEDNESDAY, April 18th
Photos include the largest pig you have ever seen (representing the pork barrel projects that started the pay-raise movement) with perhaps the largest slot machine you have ever seen (symbolic of the 5,000 slot parlors being proposed in Philly neighborhoods).
This moment is symbolic of the joining together of these two movements, both centered on issues of good governance.
Speakers include:
PAY RAISE MOVEMENT LEADERS
Tim Potts, Democracy Rising PA
Gene Stilip, PA Clean Sweep
Eric Epstein, RocktheCapital
Dennis Baylor, PA Accountability ProjectCASINO-FREE PHILADELPHIA MOVEMENT LEADERS
Anne Dicker, Casino-Free Philadelphia
Jethro Heiko, Casino-Free Philadelphia
and others...
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