Eric, You are funny...but too angry...lighten up...clearly there's enough money to go around for everybody...it's just how it's allocated...no wait...Halliburton and GWB make that hard to do. Guns vs Butter....Bike Paths vs Bullets....and so on and so on...
--- On Wed, 7/2/08, Eric Westhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Eric Westhagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Bikies] Here's a leader... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "BikiesSubmissions" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 6:15 PM Dear Troy Thiel, Possibly what the Mayor of Normal forgot is paying for the bike initiative? Since our road system is paid in user taxes, what part of biking should be taxed for the bike riders' largess? Since there are few running expenses except for equipment, bike stores would simply cease. I enjoy riding on good automobile pavement. (the bike friendly ones) And I am a "freeloader" in that regard even though the wear and tear is negligible. But if this plan by the Normal Mayor takes hold, "bike unfriendly roads" would be required to have bike paths I would expect or what else would he be talking about? Can we ask the gas tax to pay for that on some crock about an hypothesis of "automobile caused global warming?" But the regulars on this list service can frame Mayor Chris Koos and pass along his resolution to Barak Obama in hopes of a royal hearing. Eric Troy Thiel wrote: and where I bought my first racing bike! Chris is the owner of Vitesse..and my first team sponsor...and the Mayor of my hometown..Normal, IL...yes..hard to believe..but I am from "Normal"...have a great long weekend everyone! Normal, Illinois Mayor Chris Koos introduced the resolution adopted by the US Conference of Mayors stating that bicycling should be integrated into our nation's transportation, climate, energy and health policy initiatives. The resolution includes reasons why cities should support cycling, including "10% of global oil production goes solely toward fueling America's cars and trucks, and the U.S. could save 462 millions of gallons of gasoline a year by increasing cycling from 1% to 1.5% of all trips. . . ." The entire resolution is available at the League of American Bicyclists near the bottom of the page at: http://www.bikeleague.org/news/newsletter/e-news_061008.html Troy Thiel First Weber West Towne Over 300 Properties and $60 Million Sold! 429 Gammon Place Madison, WI 53719 office direct:(608) 662-7078 fax: 833-3672 cell: 347-9670 home: 238-7677 home fax: 238-7655 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: TroyThiel.firstweber.com _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
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