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Protesters To Disrupt Koch Brothers' Romney Fundraiser On Long Island
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jun 28, 2012
Modified Jun 28, 2012
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Last week Mitt Romney held a $50K/ticket fundraiser in Park City, Utah that gave donors "an extraordinary level of access" to the candidate and other top Republicans. But Romney was apparently miffed because the Koch brothers had a fundraiser for conservative causes at the same time: "As one fundraiser noted, Mr. Romney is, after all, the candidate." Ha, suuuure you are Mitt. But on July 8th Romney will meet with the Koch brothers
to form the Eye of Sauron
at David Koch's Long Island home, and protesters are ready.
Per Capital NY, a group comprising of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, Greenpeace, and Occupy Wall Street will gather at two locations that evening, the first of which is "basically at the foot of the driveway" of the home. “We’ll be making noise, holding up signs and letting everybody that has to pass by there on the way to the fundraiser know that Long Island does not support the political agenda that they’re raising money for that night,” spokesman David Segal tells Patch.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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