Please see forwarded message from one of our friends in Fitchburg. His opponent seems to think riding a bike on Fish Hatchery Rd is a joke.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Arnold <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:48 PM Subject: Request for election help from area bicyclists To: As some of you know, I am running for re-election to the Fitchburg Common Council on Tuesday. Over the last three days, my opponent has been dropping literature in selected areas of my district 4 (including all of Fitchburg's rural areas: http://www.city.fitchburg.wi.us/city_clerk/documents/CityPollingLocations.pdf). He says, in part: I will not get on my 'High Horse' or should I say 'High Bicycle' and threaten to ride down the middle of Fish Hatchery road during rush hour like the incumbent did on the council floor..." [sic]. This obscure, context-free reference is to a retort I made to the current mayor when he said that no one should bicycle on Fish Hatchery Road, that it's not safe. I commute from central Fitchburg to my job at the University via Fish Hatchery Road four days a week, ten months a year, almost exclusively at rush hour. I stand for the rights of cyclists to use the public roads whenever they like, for recreation, transportation, and competition. Roads are shared space for which all taxpayers pay. I have worked hard to advocate for the interests of cyclists, amending the City budget to update our bike and ped plan and to complete the Fitchburg portion of the Badger State Trail, supporting the Quarry Ridge free mountain bike trail, completing the Cap City Trail overpass over Fish Hatchery Road, advocating for the Perry St bike-ped bridge over the Beltline, hassling jurisdictions for better maintenance of bike lanes, pushing for bike-friendly street and road designs, etc. I've worked with our Police Department to get support for cyclist rights. I would appreciate your support. If you live in Fitchburg district 4, please vote for me. If you know someone else who does, ask them to do the same. There are other ways to support me listed on my Web site, but with so little time left, voting and volunteering on election day are about the only ones that will help now. Thank you for any help you can provide! Regards, Steve Arnold, Fitchburg Alder, District 4, Seat 7 2530 Targhee Street, Fitchburg, Wisconsin 53711-5491 Telephone +1 608 278 7700 · Facsimile +1 608 278 7701 [email protected] · http://Arnold.US
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