The Demetral Path was put in by the City, so I question the response even though it is on "school" property. I suspect it is actually city property (old landfill) used by the school. In either case I believe the city is repsponsible.
Mike Rewey *********************** On 1 Feb 2007 at 13:20, Dar Ward wrote: > > 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 worktheyshould act on bike path plowing concerns. > > > 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 Governors 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 doesnt mention > bicycling and > walking once. He proposes a $40 million investment in strategies to > address the > issue but at the same time, hes 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, Ill propose the next major step forward in our effort to > become > Americas leader in energy independence a $40 million investment in > renewable > energy like solar, wind, hydrogen, biodiesel and ethanol. > Well provide incentives to dramatically increase the availability of > E-85. Well move > four university campuses off the power grid in the next five years. And > next year, well > more than double our commitment to energy conservation. > Tonight, I am announcing a Governors 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, cant 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. > > > Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. > > > > Be a PS3 game guru. > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
