First of all, I have to say that I think it's charming that the Bikies troll actually seems of Norwegian descent. Our neighbors in Mount Horeb will be happy to hear that.
But seriously, I don't see what's wrong with BTA sponsoring an on-line forum to discuss bike advocacy issues. And it's perfectly reasonable for BTA to send out candidate questionnaires, endorse candidates based on their answers, and use the forum they sponsor to publicize their selections. The Chamber of Commerce endorses candidates, Downtown Madison, Inc. endorses candidates, the Tavern League and most unions issue endorsements. Why can't the BTA? Anyway, the bikies list is not censored and it's not exclusive. Troy Thiel subscribes to bikies and he was able to post a message on his own behalf -- nobody stopped him. Eric Westhagen wrote: > Dear Group, > >... We were > told some letters back that this group was not an independent forum for > those interested in Wisconsin bicycling, but an arm of some ADVOCACY > GROUP. Then we were bombarded by information from the handlers for > certain > local Madison Aldermanic campaigns. After all they were voted for support > by the inner sanctum of the ADVOCACY GROUP which "OWNS THIS NEWS FORUM." > At least that is what we have been told in this space. That was the > response to the question as to whether the role of "Bikies" was political. > >... > > Eric Westhagen > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
