FYI: Followup...I DID report the problem to the City website...and within a few 
hours the "snow boss" had emailed me to let me know that the land in question 
belonged to the school district and that he would alert them to my request for 
plowing the path.  Kudos to him.

Now what I want to know is...if I can get fined for not plowing the sidewalk in 
front of my house...can the school get fined for not plowing the bike path on 
its property?  Or is this one of those cases where, it's a sidewalk when that 
is convienent and it is a road when that suits the need and it's just a field 
when it needs plowing.

Man unemployment makes me cranky.
  -Dar

"Meiers, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
      Anyone can go to the 'Report a problem' line on the City Web site 
homepage and scroll down to the section about snowplowing.  Although they ask 
you to report a street section that needs work they should act on bike path 
plowing concerns.

    
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  From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dar Ward
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Bikies] Gripes for the Day


  
  Gripe for the Day: Dementral Field Bike Path is not plowed.

Moving on to bigger annoyances…I noticed that in the Governor’s State of the 
State (partial text below), he made reference to the need to deal with the 
issue of global warming and air quality.  That noise that you just heard was 
Mike N gasping that I would actually care about such a thing, but I do.  In the 
speech the Governor mentioned all kinds of ways to address the issue of global 
warming…but he doesn’t mention bicycling and walking once.  He proposes a $40 
million investment in strategies to address the issue…but at the same time, 
he’s not fully funding programs that pay for facilities for biking and walking. 
 This just seems crazy to me.

How can we make the powers that be understand that, if we all just walked and 
biked a little more, the world would be such a better place?
  -Dar

  http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2508 
“Over the past few years, the world has awakened to the growing, accelerating 
threat of global warming.
  There is no question that global warming demands immediate action by the 
federal government.  It is a disgrace that so many national leaders have turned 
a blind eye to what is a scientific fact.  Yet the scope and consequences of 
this problem are so massive that the responsibility for action rests not only 
with our leaders in Washington, but with all of us.    
  With new technology, and a commitment to renewable fuels, we can not only 
reduce the carbon emissions that cause global warming, we can and will help 
this nation kick its addiction to foreign oil.
  In my budget, I’ll propose the next major step forward in our effort to 
become America’s leader in energy independence – a $40 million investment in 
renewable energy like solar, wind, hydrogen, biodiesel and ethanol.  
  We’ll provide incentives to dramatically increase the availability of E-85.  
We’ll move four university campuses off the power grid in the next five years.  
And next year, we’ll more than double our commitment to energy conservation.
  Tonight, I am announcing a Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming, comprised 
of business, industry, labor, environmental, government and community leaders 
to develop a comprehensive plan of action that we can all get behind.
  Of course, one state, acting alone, can’t do everything.  But my fellow 
citizens, we have a responsibility to do everything we can.  I ask you to join 
me, and make a commitment that when it comes to global warming solutions, 
Wisconsin will lead the way.”
   
    
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