Local progressive group is pushing for town hall meeting
SUNBURY – A Valley progressives group is calling on US Congressman Tom Marino (R-10th, Cogan Station) to hold one or more public town hall meetings during the upcoming congressional spring break.
The West End Progressives has decided to meet at one of his local offices to urge the congressman to appear. They’ll meet next Monday 4 to 5pm and they urge members of the public, of any political party, to join them.
A spokesman for the congressman said Tom Marino will consider doing a radio interview in the future, but has no comment on the Progressives group calling for the town hall meeting.
The group said in a statement issued Wednesday; “We believe it is important for our congressional representative to speak directly with constituents.”
Penn Garvin, a coordinator of the West End Progressives, based out of Mifflinburg in Union County but open to all said, “We have lots of questions and concerns to share with him directly, hence this group meeting at his Selinsgrove office will demonstrate how strongly we feel about this.”
A representative of the Progressives group is on Friday’s WKOK Sunrise program.
