Erie, PA Mayor Demands Deadbeat Trump Pay In Advance Before Rally


Trump nonetheless owes town of Erie, PA, practically $40,000 in safety and different prices for a 2018 rally, and this time the mayor is asking the previous president to pay upfront earlier than he returns on Saturday.

PennLive wrote:

Erie Mayor Joe Schember informed GoErie.com that as a result of town has but to obtain the $35,129 it says Mr. Trump owes from his 2018 rally, it’s going to try to get the previous president to pay upfront this time for Saturday’s 6 p.m. rally at Erie Insurance coverage Area.

“I feel now we have to attempt, and I really feel like my crew feels the identical approach,” Mr. Schember mentioned. “We’re going to see whether or not we are able to get some fee from them upfront this time. It’s essential to do that as a result of we’re speaking about taxpayer cash getting used to assist make his go to extra protected.”

The location reported that just about the entire charges have been “associated to time beyond regulation pay for metropolis staff assigned to cowl the occasion, together with law enforcement officials.”

It prices lots of taxpayer cash to workers one among Trump’s rallies as a result of the parking tons open within the morning. The gates open within the early afternoon, and the rally often doesn’t start till the night.

Since Trump tends to keep away from cities in favor of locations the place his voters are, the price of the rallies, which is meant to be paid for by his marketing campaign/political group, often falls on taxpayers when the previous president doesn’t pay his payments. For instance. the Trump marketing campaign owed El Paso, Texas, $500,000 as of 2022 for unpaid rally bills. 

Cities and cities can’t afford to stay to the usual protocol of internet hosting a candidate, offering providers, after which billing the marketing campaign as a result of Donald Trump doesn’t pay his payments. 

Each website of a Donald Trump rally must demand fee upfront. At a time when native governments are struggling to offer providers, they don’t the additional burden of Trump skipping out on the test.