MoveOn.org supporters hold rally at Tuesday Market

About 10 supporters of the organization MoveOn.org rallied Tuesday in the Bloomingfoods Near West parking lot during the weekly Tuesday Market with picket signs and flyers, protesting the influence of “Big Oil” and John McCain’s involvement with it.

The event was one of 130 Rallies for Clean Energy that MoveOn.org was supporting all around the country “to draw attention to John McCain’s plans for an additional $39 billion in oil company tax loopholes and subsidies,”  according to a press release.

MoveOn.org is an organization with more than 3.2 million members that “brings real Americans back into the political process,” according to their Web site.

Terry Usrey, a Bloomington resident who was one of the MoveOn.org supporters at the rally, said the group hoped to bring attention to awareness of energy policy and the climate change crisis.

The rally lasted less than an hour, and for most of that time few shoppers were present.

“I don’t even know why (the rally) happened,” said Philip Clampitt, one of the Tuesday Market produce sellers. “I thought this town had enough of that.”