Matt and Eric; Sitting on the sidelines, you guys are fun to read. Cycling has nothing intrinsically to do with politics. It's about putting two wheels under foot on the road. WHERE we cycle and the dangers from other roadway users and abusers has everything to do with politics. Now that I live in Madison, I understand the concern of the Madison "Socialists" who would like the help of more government order. Having lived in small towns I understand the fear that rural "Libertarians" have of more government "disorder." (Although I disagree with it.) The truth lies in the context of the place. All politics is local, as someone said. The most effective participation in politics is at your neighborhood and municipal meeting halls. Neither of you are going to concede your positions because neither of you are going to disinvest in your homes, history, and municipal involvement. Some of us have had more benign governmental experience than others.
Madison has serious traffic congestion issues. Period. This is something Eric doesn't understand or experience daily near Ripon. The wide open spaces of Rural Wisconsin doesn't force the issue as it does here in Central Dane County. What issues matters here doesn't in other parts of the state. Heck, just outside of Dane County (Evansville) Madisonians are considered "those ______ liberals." Yet those people just outside of Madison take up space on Madison streets and parking without paying their share of the expenses. This is where astute land use planning comes in for now and the immediate future. Ripon won't see anything like that in Eric's lifetime. Bicycling won't save the world by itself, but it'll sure make it easier when it's safer. My two cents on this argument. But hey, time out is over --- GAME ON!!! Darryl _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
