Cleveland City Council Declares Part of Lake Erie to Be "Gulf of Cleveland"
Council member Kris Harsh said the move satirizes President Donald Trump’s renaming push and directs city departments to use the new name on maps and documents.
- On Monday, the Cleveland City Council voted 13-1 to rename a section of Lake Erie the "Gulf of Cleveland," a satirical protest against President Donald Trump's recent geography-renaming orders.
- Trump's executive directives renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" and Lake Ontario as "Lake America," prompting the city's symbolic response to the administration's broader rebranding efforts.
- Spearheaded by Councilman Kris Harsh, the measure covers two miles of shoreline and demands that Apple and Google update their digital maps to reflect the new "Gulf of Cleveland" designation.
- Harsh described the move as a way to "pull back the curtain" on administrative absurdity, noting that Cleveland refuses to be "left behind" in the current deluge of government renamings.
- Other municipalities, including Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Long Beach, California, have launched similar satirical pushes, using humor to challenge the president's authority to unilaterally alter geographic names.
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Cleveland Trolls Trump With “Gulf Of Cleveland” Name
The Washington Sun reports: The Cleveland City Council voted this week to rename parts of Lake Erie to the “Gulf of Cleveland,” mocking President Donald Trump’s executive order last month renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” Kris Harsh, a nonpartisan City Council member who spearheaded the resolution, described the move as a humorous attempt to … The post Cleveland Trolls Trump With “Gulf Of Cleveland” Name appeared first on Joe.My.God..
City Council Renames Part of Lake Erie 'Gulf of Cleveland'
In a tongue-in-cheek move, Cleveland's city council has claimed a slice of the Great Lakes renaming action. A resolution to rename part of Lake Erie the "Gulf of Cleveland" passed in a 13-1 vote on Monday, NBC News reports. The sympolic resolution, which carriers no legal force, apps to a...
Ohio City Council Decides to Rename Lake Erie to ‘Gulf of Cleveland’
The Hill The Cleveland, Ohio, City Council on Monday voted to rename a portion of Lake Erie as the “Gulf of Cleveland,” taking a jab at President Trump’s executive order declaring that Lake Ontario be called the “Gulf of America.” The emergency resolution led by Councilmember Kris Harsh passed in a 13-1 vote and was intended to take effect immediately. The resolution is not legally binding. Harsh’s speech to attendees ahead of the vote referre…
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