Dear Group: Indeed George J. Perkins might have a point. That is if this mailing list is owned by the "Dane County Bicycle Transportation Alliance" an organization with bi-laws as an "ACTIVIST GROUP" with a steering committee? George Perkins addressed his answer to me and to this newsletter with the bracketed title, DANE COUNTY BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE. If so, I had been misguided into thinking this list simply covered general items of interest to the bicycling community, centered in Madison. Since such newsletters are not centered in other parts of Wisconsin to the North, I have been on this list. But in reading the "DANE COUNTY BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE" website, I see that not only are they activist for THEIR bicycling agenda, but they are activist in the political elections in Dane County. And yes, many regular contributors to this newsletter, called "bikies" do seem to be on the steering committee of DANE COUNTY BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE. So, I am not surprised that their activism attacks autos, SUVs, oil companies, business in general, etc., etc. Actually, since my Grandparents came of age before the advent of the automobile, I would much like to return to those halcyon days of the horse and buggy. For fifteen years I have organized a free of charge time trial race named after one of those horse and buggy bicycle racers of the first bicycle craze. Maybe George J. Perkins and his friends might help me "advocate" for such a retro-position. Possibly we might even petition the auto show or Gov. Doyle to remove paving.
Eric Westhagen Dane County Bicycle Transportation Alliance _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
