Mark, Another thanks from a fellow bikie. With all the crappy national politics getting me down, it's reinvigorating to hear some good local news.
-India *********************** India Viola UW-Madison Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research Bldg. 1117 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 608.262.3336 *********************** "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" -Anonymous "We exist in the bacterial world, not bacteria in ours" -Stuart Levy ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Clear <[email protected]> Date: Friday, January 22, 2010 3:02 pm Subject: Re: [Bikies] Old Middleton Road letter - Really? To: [email protected] > Robbie and all, > > Thanks for posting this, Robbie. Does Trek even have lobbyists? > Perhaps he meant Ken Golden. :) > > I made a very deliberate decision to keep this process in the > neighborhood and not specifically alert bikies, Bike Fed, or any > stealth Trek lobbyists. Not that I don't love you all, but I didn't > want to create a perception of "outside bicyclists vs. neighbors," > which some people claimed had contributed to the derailing of the > project in the past. Sadly, Mr. Nikora perpetuates that myth, along > with the myth that the process was undemocratic because the opponents > who came to the council meeting didn't get their way. There is a lot > of support for this project in the neighborhood and beyond, and I have > plenty of e-mails to prove it. One person wrote to me, "You saved a > life tonight." That helps make up for some of the very personal, > hurtful things that were said to me last Tuesday. > > I'll feel even better when we can /all/ enjoy a safe, smooth road that > will still have plenty of rural charm and character. > > Mark C. > > On 1/22/2010 10:48 AM Robbie Webber wrote: > >The letter to the editor linked below is pretty humorous to me. > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
