<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Jason Stephany <jason@massuniting.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jason Stephany <Jason@massuniting.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 16, 2012 1:50 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> TAX DAY ADVISORY: Hundreds Take to the Streets to Demand Massachusetts Tax Dodgers Pay their Fair Share<br> </font>
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ADVISORY</span></b></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">For Tuesday, April 17 @ 5:30pm<br>
Contacts: <span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>Jason A Stephany, MassUniting Coalition, (617) 286-4430, </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jason@massuniting.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:jason@massuniting.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">jason@massuniting.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Lisette Le, Right to the City Alliance, (617)
970-0052, </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:lisette@righttothecity.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:lisette@righttothecity.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">lisette@righttothecity.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Brandon German, City Life/Vida Urbana, (617) 584-1468 </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bgbran@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bgbran@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">bgbran@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:22.0pt;">#99TaxDay: Hundreds Take to the Streets to Demand
Massachusetts Tax Dodgers Pay their Fair Share</span></b></div>
<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;" align="center"><i style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">Mass march, rally will demand major corporations and
the wealthiest 1% do their part to fund our communities – just like the rest of us do</span></i></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;" align="center"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">**VISUALS:
Life-size “corporate pig” CEOs, Huge helium-filled pig balloons, Presentation
of large-scale invoices to GE/Verizon/State Street/et al for taxes owed**</span></i></b></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;">BOSTON, MA – This Tax Day – <b style="">Tuesday, April 17</b> – hundreds of Massachusetts taxpayers will take
to the streets of Boston’s Financial District to demand major corporations and the
wealthiest 1% pay their fair share to fund our communities. The protests are
part of <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://99uniting.org/">a growing, nationwide wave of
discontent</a> against big corporations, the rich and politicians who have
created an economic emergency for the 99% through rampant tax dodging.</div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;">From Dorchester to the North Shore, area taxpayers
and community leaders will gather for a host of neighborhood-based
demonstrations throughout the day, beginning at 12:00pm <i style="">[details available on request]</i>.<span style="">
</span>The series of local actions will shine a light on the commonwealth’s
most egregious corporate tax dodgers – <b style="">culminating
at 5:30pm at Boston’s Dewey Square, where hundreds of fellow fed-up residents will
gather for a mass rally and march through Boston’s Financial District.</b> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://action.massuniting.org/page/s/tax-day-boston?source=orgdirect#Coalition">More
than 30 community, labor and peace groups</a> have joined together to call on corporations
and the 1% to do their part to fund our communities – including the MASS<b style="">UNITING </b>coalition, Right to the City Alliance,
Massachusetts AFL-CIO, MoveOn.org and OccupyBoston.</div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="background:white;">Tuesday’s
march and rally come on the heels of </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://ctj.org/ctjreports/2012/04/big_no-tax_corps_just_keep_on_dodging.php"><span style="background:white;">a new report</span></a><span style="background:white;"> by the non-partisan
Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy and Citizens for Tax Justice, which
reveals that local corporations such as General Electric, State Street, Bank of
America and Verizon are amongst the worst tax dodgers in America. General
Electric alone managed to draw in a federal tax refund of $3.7 billion over the
last three years, despite posting profits of more than $19.6 billion.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>The
tax dodging policies of companies like GE have drained millions from the
Massachusetts economy – forcing mass layoffs, slashing vital services, and
closing schools and community centers.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><i style="">Details on additional
Massachusetts events can be found at </i><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.taxdayboston.org/"><i style="">www.TaxDayBoston.org</i></a><i style="">, with nationwide actions available at </i><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.99uniting.org/"><i style="">www.99uniting.org</i></a><a rel="nofollow" name="_GoBack"></a><i style="">. Stay up to date on
Twitter at #99TaxDay and #FairShare.<u><span style="color:blue;"></span></u></i></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">WHO:<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Hundreds of Massachusetts middle-class and low-income
taxpayers<span style="color:blue;"></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">WHAT:<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Tax Day march and rally to call on corporations and
the 1% to pay their </span></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">WHEN:<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Rally & March at 5:30pm ; other events throughout
the day</span></div>
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<div class="yiv529808040MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">WHERE:<span style=""> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;">Dewey Square (across from South Station) to Post
Office Square – Boston, MA</span></div>
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<br>-- <br>Jason A Stephany<br><br>Communications Director<br>MASS<b><span style="font-family:arial black, sans-serif;">UNITING<br><br></span></b><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">617.286.4430 office<br>608.444.0060 cell<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.MassUniting.org">www.MassUniting.org</a><br></font><br>
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