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Fair tax rally

PEORIA, IL -- From a news release:

Join Us for a Virtual Rally for Fair Tax!

 

Saturday, July 25

10-11AM

Zoom link provided upon registration

 

There are fewer than 4 months until Election Day!

 

Now is our chance to bring tax fairness to Illinois! On November 3, 2020 voters can fix Illinois's broken tax system. A Fair Tax will give people making under $250,000 a year tax relief, ensure the top 3% pay their fair share of taxes, and generate $3 billion that we can put towards health care, schools, and social programs.

 

Come and hear from special guests, including Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, Citizen Action's William McNary, and Illinoisans throughout the state to learn how the Fair Tax will work for us and our communities.

 

Now, more than ever, we need the Fair Tax. Join us next Saturday, July 25th, at 10 am on Zoom to learn more and see how you can get involved!

 

REGISTER NOW!  https://actionnetwork.org/events/vote-yes-for-fair-tax-rally/?link_id=0&can_id=21542b51f8c818dd6ed4846932f96e83&source=email-join-us-for-a-fair-tax-virtual-rally&email_referrer=email_864177&email_subject=vote-yes-for-fair-tax-virtual-rally

 

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Broadway Series Outrageous System

UPDATE 7/14/2020 -- The letter arrived with a phone number that finally worked so I called, and paid with my credit card. I could have mailed a check.  Both systems avoid Ticket Master. See story below.

UPDATE --The American Theater Guild, the out of town organization selling the Broadway series tickets, has extended its purchase deadline to July 20.  Wonder how many season ticket holders bought from it this past weekend?  Few, I'll wager.   See story below.

PEORIA, IL -- For years I have been a season ticket holder for the Peoria Civic Center's Broadway series.  I have great seats, and don't want to lose them, so I resubscribe every year even if most of the selections are repeats or worse.  I try to sell or donate tickets I don't want to use.

But this year? On July 9 I received a weird email stating that I must sign up by Monday, July 13 to get the seats again, and only with a credit card using Ticket Master. 

Ticket Master? They take a huge fee, which apparently is folded into the very high season ticket price. And an out of town group is handling the ticket sales, according to CIvic Center manager  Beau Sutherland. So they get a cut too.

Is the CC nuts? The ticket sales have been outsourced with the virus blamed.  But someone is doing this work, and getting paid,  Civic Center employees should be outraged, and should be doing the work. 

Sutherland called and told me a letter soon will be sent in the mail to former season ticket holders like me, because guess why?  He doesn't have the emails for lots of them.

Duh!

Will the out of town group accept checks? If not, kiss many season ticket holders goodbye. And what about that Ticket Master fee? Do they have to pay it anyway?  

I plan to attend the next Civic Center Authority meeting on July 23 to complain. I don't want to lose my good seats, otherwise I wouldn't renew.

It's all outrageous.

-- Elaine Hopkins