From the busy streets of Baltimore City, to the suburban sprawl of Howard County protesters in Maryland spent their Labor Day holiday voicing their displeasure over the federal government’s actions since January.
“I would be complacent. I would be enjoying a beautiful day, I would be having a cookout with my family. I wouldn’t be thinking about this. This is an imposition on all of us,” Doug Stansbury said. “But I have to sleep tonight.”
Stansbury, with a sign that reads “Resist the oli ve garchy, by any meals necessary!” does not live in Howard County, but felt his presence might be more valued at Columbia’s smaller demonstration for “Workers over billionaires”, a protest in conjunction with the May Day strong movement.
“I thought this is a place that hasn’t seen much action and maybe they’re under the impression that their neighbors aren’t as concerned. But we are,” he said…