March 4 Spirit of America Rally in Cleveland : logistics

UPDATES on logistics: Voinovich Park is accessible from the Waterfront RTA Rapid line. Nearby downtown street parking is limited; there are public parking garages in the area (such as The Huntington Park Garage - but they are not cheap!).

The FREE C-Line Trolley can get RTA rapid riders from Tower City close to the corner of E. 9th and St. Clair; the C-Line runs approx. every 10 minutes starting at 11am on Saturday. (Don’t worry when it turns south on East Ninth; it meanders back through Playhouse Square, and then turns north on East 12th). After the rally, pick it up where you got off to get back to Tower City.

Please check back on this blog for more updates. Below is the announcement from last Sunday re-posted:

Photo credit: ABC

  

On March 4, Spirit of America Rally will welcome keynote speaker

Pastor Darrell Scott

senior pastor and co-founder of the New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland Heights, and CEO National Diversity Coalition for Trump

  

Main Street Patriots are holding Spirit of America Rallies across the country in support of President Trump, the policies he is enacting and in support of our country. As heard about on Rush Limbaugh and posted by Breitbart, there are currently over 65 locations across the US and growing.

The Main Street Patriots "Spirit of America Rallies" are a spontaneous uprising of grassroots activists made of people that voted for President Trump as a way to let people know that we support his agenda. Unlike those protesting against President Trump’s vision, we are a diverse coalition that are the heart and soul of America that wants our nation to fulfill our potential, as the greatest nation on God’s green earth!

Please join us at the Spirit of America Rally to be held in Cleveland on Saturday March 4, 2017 and stand united as one across this great nation. These rallies will be positive, patriotic, uplifting, and open to anyone that supports President Trump and an America First agenda.

Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017

Time: 12:30pm

Location: Voinovich Park

Address: E. 9th Street Pier Cleveland, OH (Click for Map)



Speakers

Sal Salvino

First Generation American

Mike Petruziello

Business Owner

Steve Loomis

Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association

And More....

Keynote Speaker

Pastor Darrell Scott

CEO National Diversity Coalition for Trump 

Bring your Trump signs, rally signs, Pro-America signs and help us send a positive message of support!

To make this event a success we need your help! To help offset the costs of sound system, insurance, etc., please donate what you can at the Go Fund Me Page set up for the event. (Click Here To Donate).

To volunteer with set-up, clean-up, security, or as a greeter, please email Lucy Sticken at lucygop@aol.com or Cynthea Sabolich at cynthea_sabolich@yahoo.com  In the Subject line please use “RE: Volunteer”.

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RNC Convention week July 18-21 information

art credit: yahoo.com

Last night, I attended a meeting at the new Hilton Hotel; the meeting was for Clevelanders who live or work in the downtown neighborhoods and who will be affected by the RNC convention next month. My guess is that there were over 300 Clevelanders in attendance. Among the members of the panel were

·         Joe Calabrese, CEO and General Manager of RTA

·         Valarie McCall from Mayor Jackson’s office

·         Joe Marinucci, CEO of Downtown Cleveland Alliance

·         Two Secret Service Agents, Rowe and Lea, assigned to this event

·         Ed Tomba, Deputy Chief of Cleveland Police

Useful information included:

·         identifying the event zone, which includes just about all of the downtown area;

·         limited street access for vehicle traffic (more per the link below)

·        recommendations for traveling in and out of the downtown area during convention week (if at all possible, use the RTA Rapid Transit);

·         RTA will be operating double the number of free trolleys (presumably the E-Line, B-Line, and C-Lines) during convention week;

·         business operating hours will be extended to 4 a.m. – so be prepared for more partying as many bars and restaurants will be staying open till the wee hours;

·          Cleveland PD plans a significantly increased police presence, on the streets, on horseback, on bicycles, in and out of uniform, and augmented by LEOs from across the country and also with Secret Service agents;

·          the malls at the Convention Center will be dedicated to media use

LAW ENFORCEMENT: The takeaway most important to me was that Deputy Chief Ed Tomba stated flat out that if someone breaks the law, whether assault, property damage, etc., law enforcement officers are under instruction to make arrests and remove the individuals. Nobody wants to see the violence and police impotence that we saw on TV and on blog videos recently from San Jose.  

For updates and information specific to Cleveland residents, start at the website here: https://www.2016cle.com/community-updates. The panel promises more updates (some of the sections are already outdated). If you live or work in the downtown event zone or near it, you might want to bookmark the website, especially for updated transportation and safety issues.

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