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Tax haven - The Yale Herald <br />Wall Street. Megaphone slung over her right <br />shoulder, clipboard under her arm, she had all <br />the regalia of a full time street activist. In her <br />right hand she held a dog's chew toy, bright <br />pink and shaped like a pig, which she <br />squeaked at passersby. <br />I stopped to take in the scene. About a week <br />earlier I had begun research for an article <br />about Yale's tax relationship with the city of <br />New Haven, and here was Wendy, shouting at <br />me through a bullhorn about nonprofit tax <br />laws. "Yale is piggy!" she yelled, oinking her <br />accompanying chew toy. Pedestrians gently <br />adjusted their footpaths to swing subtly to the <br />other part of the sidewalk, further out of range. <br />I walked over and introduced myself. "Hi, I'm <br />Kohler," I said. "Hi Kohler, I'm Wendy," she <br />said. Then she said, "Yale has to start pitching <br />in. They're not paying what they should be <br />paying. They're not supporting New Haven." <br />A week later I sat down with Hamilton and <br />Duarte outside Willoughby's on York Street. <br />She handed me two books and a small packet <br />of documents. "I've got so, so much stuff on <br />this," she said. "Let me know if you need any <br />research material, anything at all." She told me <br />she had worked as a nurse at Yale New Haven <br />Hospital for 30 years. "Do I think my property <br />taxes are too high ?" she asked. "Of course. <br />We're living on social security." Duarte, who <br />Page 2 of 18 <br />http: / /yalcherald.com/homepage -lead- image /cover - stories /tax - haven/ 10/23/2014 <br />