Grassroots bike campaign blankets the streets of Boston and Cleveland

In April, Senators Scott Brown (R, MA) and Sherrod Brown (D, OH) voted to gut the Clean Air Act after being pressured by millions of dollars by the fossil fuel industry and their corporate front groups.

Activists in both states upset by the detrimental vote teamed up with us to hold them accountable. Together we raised over $20,000 from over 300 activists in Massachusetts and Ohio.

In Massachusetts, things didn't go as planned. Their ads were banned by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for their "political stance." Suddenly, we had the cash and the message, but nowhere to broadcast it. Boston activists decided to fight back by hiring cyclists to take the ad to the streets.

To support the banned ad, Boston organizers took to the streets at rush hour. They monopolized roads with a 15 foot puppet of Scott Brown clutching bags of money and massive billboards calling out Senator Scott Brown's vote and the $1.9 million poured into his campaign by the fossil fuel industry and their front groups. Rally goers marched from T stop to T stop, finally ending in front of Sen. Brown's office chanting in support of the banned ad:

Meanwhile, in Cleveland organizers worked in lock step to bring their message to the streets, hiring cyclists to tow massive orange and black bike billboards calling out Sherrod Brown's vote and the more than $3.4 million poured into Ohio's 2010 elections.