Dear Matt,------P.S. And yes, in the first National election after I turned 21, I campaigned for and voted for Goldwater! And that is my point here---that ALL WISCONSIN didn't follow MADISON in voting in JF Kennedy and LB Johnson. And had I been able to vote a decade earlier, it would have been for Robert Taft rather than Eisenhower.
Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Eric, > > You have made a lot of accusations lately that Bikies care more about > social rights control and central planning than promoting bicycling. > Yet, most of the supporters of smart growth on this list seem to be > arguing from a "it promotes better bicycling" position. I was wondering > if what you are complaining about has more to do with your agenda of > fighting social rights control and central planning than it does about > promoting better bicycling. Perhaps it is you that is putting other > issues ahead of bicycling. Do you have any thoughts on that topic that > you would like to share with us? Just how does fighting big government > compare with promoting better bicycling on your personal priorities > list? > > - Matt > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [Bikies] BFW, Wisconsin DNR, & Smart Growth > > From: Eric Westhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, October 29, 2007 2:52 pm > > To: "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > BikiesSubmissions <[email protected]> > > Dear Jeff, > > Of course the Wisconsin DNR has been involvement in CENTRAL PLANNING. That > > is what they do. But if the BFW attacks "land rights" it will pit one > > bicyclist against another; --the city vs. the country, the land "owners" > > and the land "renters" etc., etc. Straight biking issues will be lost in > > the shuffle of overall SOCIAL RIGHTS CONTROL. This issue of cycling has > > been lost in the various claims on "bikies" that "a better society" means > > "better biking" and that one faction is to determine such a BETTER > > "smarter" SOCIETY. I do agree with Dar Ward that the BFW should be > > explicit as to whether the entire COSMOS is the topic of their advocacy. > > But as clearly as the disagreement over "grid streets" vs "garden planning" > > shows the acrimony "land rights" questions evoke, why extend cycling > > advocacy into the "socio-economic" sphere? > > Eric Westhagen > > "Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR" wrote: _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
