Mark, I saw one article recently where someone suggested "why don't they just put in one bike lane". Gee thats a nice compromise. King Solomon would approve.
This issue came up shortly after I moved back in 2000. When the alder at that time came to our neightborhood association meeting, he accused 'outside agitators' ( I think those were his exact words) of undermining the process. Which was pretty insulting, since our neighborhood borders on OM Road. And I was in the audience.. I understand your reasoning for not raising this issue more broadly. But the fact is this is a city road, and not a private resources for a few people. Its sad that this attitude has stalled progress for 10 years. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Mark Clear <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- .......... -darin
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