My guess in part it's a postal carrier thing. If the carrier (or other commercial delivery) can't deliver the mail then it's an issue. Think in terms of liability suits then it makes more sense.
--- Dar Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 work they should > 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 > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
