A national pro-labor organization has placed at least one billboard in the Columbus area targeting President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.
The satirical billboard advertising that Cuyahoga Valley National Park will now have fewer rangers because of cuts to the federal workforce by DOGE is located just north of the Eldorado Gaming Scioto Downs along U.S. 23 (South High Street) on Columbus’ Far South Side.
Elon Musk headed DOGE at the time, but has announced he is stepping down from the agency.
More Perfect Union paid for hundreds of billboards in several states, including Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania.
The executive director of the organization, Faiz Shakir, recently told GoErie, part of the USA TODAY Network, that staffing cuts to national parks could mean visitors have a less than ideal experience and longer wait times.
“My understanding is that some national parks are going to have some reduced staffing. Some people are looking forward to going there with their families, and my impression is that this year, sadly, you will have a worse experience because of what Trump and Musk are doing with unnecessary cuts,” Shakir said.
Thousands of federal workers have lost their jobs after DOGE-led cuts.
At Cuyahoga Valley National Park, three probationary employees lost their jobs, in addition to a freeze on seasonal hires, according to The Akron Beacon Journal. The park in northeastern Ohio is the only national park in the Buckeye State.
Anna Lynn Winfrey covers the western suburbs for the Columbus Dispatch. She can be reached at awinfrey@dispatch.com.
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