[image-1]President Donald Trump has proposed a federal budget that mirrors his policy promises — most visibly by cutting environmental protection funds and boosting defense spending. Think of it as replacing the majesty of Moab, Utah, with the earth-shattering power of a MOAB bombing regimen.

With that backdrop, Clevelanders will march downtown tomorrow. The Tax Day March for People, Peace, and Planet will bring people together at 11 a.m. at the Free Stamp. The march will take everybody to the Federal Building (which the group will “encircle”). By noon, everyone will have moved to the Wolstein Center for a round of speakers and assorted information-sharing. See the Facebook Event page for all the deets.

The big kicker is that participants are encouraged to bring letters that will be delivered to U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman on Tax Day — “with your messages on how you’d like to see your tax money spent.”

This article appears in Apr 12-18, 2017.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.

6 replies on “‘Tax Day March’ in Cleveland Will Protest President Trump’s Budget Plan”

  1. “Deets”…
    Really? Must you? WTF are you turning into…Variety?

    Chuckles the Clown

  2. The photo shows The Don crazily commanding “his” generals to bomb the protest marches and blame it on Hillary.

  3. Scene. Stick to entertainment. The more you migrate to subversive politics, the less respect and business you will enjoy.

  4. To BS: They report on what is happening in Cleveland, not just “entertainment”…so you will get politics , sports, and commentary right along with coverage of bad bands, whiny singer-song writers, condescending chefs, and craft brews.

    And if the act of marching ever becomes “subversive politics” in America…it’s time to blow up the rubber raft and point it north. Or turn the clock back to the Fifties.

    Whenever SCENE takes a political stance, it is left-of-center. Either deal with that fact, or don’t read it.

    Chuckles the Clown

  6. That’s the best you can do, sonny? Too much of a wuss to sign up?
    Hope you’ve got a new name picked out . You’ll be needing it soon, pussy.

    Chuckles the Clown

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