I agree. We should invite him on a ride next year- and provide him with the necessary loaner gear to stay comfortable in the cold. It could be a fun challenge- to see who can get Soglin on his bike the latest into the winter.
-india On 04/06/11, Mark Shahan wrote: > Bikies, > > Actually, Soglin is an avid cyclist and I have seen him on rides to Paoli as > recently as a year or two ago. Soglin was the first to start building bike > paths in Madison, the law park path being an example, and other bike > infrastructure. That said, there are things he has done and said regarding > bikes that I have disagreed with but the same is true of Mayor Dave. Also on > Soglin's blog is criticism of pedestrian islands on Glenway that > > don't allow enough space for a bike and car to pass the islands > simultaneously, a criticism I share. (Note: Mike Rewey & I were able to > persuade Transportation Engineering not to put an island at the intersection > of the SW path and Glenway because the island would not have been wide enough > for a bicycle and would have prevented using the painted area in the middle > of the road as a bike left turn lane). I think a better way to approach > Soglin on winter biking is to reach out and try to educate him on the issue. > > > > -- > Mark N. Shahan ------ __o > 607 Piper Drive ------- _`\<,_ > Madison, WI 53711-1338 ---- (*)/ (*) > (608) 274-9367 > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Chuck Strawser <[email protected] > <[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > > > A friend posted to FB on March 30, 2011 (apologies to my friend, who I do > > not think subscribes to this list, for copying a post open only to her > > friends to a public list serv). I have blind cc'd her. If she allows me > > to link her FB post to this list, I will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Soglin still believes that 'people who bike in the winter should have > > their head examined.' He told me this morning, when he was campaigning > > outside of the Co-op. This was just before the GM came out to speak to him, > > I think she asked him to leave." > > > > > > > > > > > > > So while Soglin’s previous comment about shooting cyclists may have been > > “tongue-in-cheek” (“kidding on the square”? > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kidding%20on%20the%20Square)... > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think our new (old) mayor’s attitude towards cycling as transportation > > needs changing, so I don't think we are actually beating a dead horse, > > literally or figuratively. > > > > > > > > > > > > > chuck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected](javascript:main.compose() > > [mailto:[email protected](javascript:main.compose()] On > > Behalf Of Robert F. Nagel > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:29 PM > > To: VIOLA, INDIA R > > Cc: [email protected](javascript:main.compose() > > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Remember This? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i think he addressed that comment on his blog by noting that it was tongue > > in cheek or whatever in parentheses, as if it wasn't apparent that he > > didn't intend to be taken literally; seems like you might be beating a > > dead horse, although i do not believe that you are actually beating a dead > > horse; sometimes we use colorful language, and it's ok, although of > > course language does not really have color > > > > > > > > --- > > Robert F. Nagel > > [email protected] > > www.nagel-law.com > > > > > > > > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > > Madison, WI 53703 > > 608-255-1501(tel:608-255-1501) office > > > > > 608-255-1504(tel:608-255-1504) fax > > 608-438-9501(tel:608-438-9501) cell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:07 PM, India Rose Viola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has Soglin been asked to recant or clarify his intentions with that stupid > > comment? I think his comment reflects a moment of poor judgment on his > > part, but am wondering what his actual stance is on bike advocacy, > > improving bike infrastructure in Madison, retaining funding for biking etc. > > > > > > > > > > -india > > > > > > > > > On 04/06/11, Robin wrote: > > > Well, this being a bike advocacy list (ring your brass bells people!) > > > having a reactionary doofus like Soggy-Dog-Doglin as mayor is a little > > > > > > > > > frightening. > > > > > > Am I off base here? > > > > > > Maybe we should go back to discussing car horns during protests around > > > the square? > > > > > > PS- As mayor Soglin once chased a motorcyclists down on the beltline > > > > > > > > > at speeds up to 100 mph. Is Mayor/Officer Soglin going to run me over > > > in his SUV next winter when he passes me on East Mifflin? > > > > > > R. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > your point being? > > > > --- > > > > Robert F. Nagel > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > www.nagel-law.com > > > > > > > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor > > > > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001 > > > > Madison, WI 53703 > > > > 608-255-1501 office > > > > > > > > > > 608-255-1504 fax > > > > 608-438-9501 cell > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Robin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Our new/old mayor, circa 2007: > > > >> <http://www.waxingamerica.com/2007/12/bicycling-madis.html> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> (Tongue in cheek mode ON) "The bicyclists who braved the week's > > > >> second > > > >> storm should be taken out and shot." > > > >> > > > >> Awesome! > > > >> -- > > > > > > > > > >> Pointlessly blogging at www.robindavies.us > > > >> Try something new every day. > > > > > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Bikies mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > > > > > > > >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Pointlessly blogging at www.robindavies.us > > > > > > > > > Try something new every day. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bikies mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > India Viola > > Stretton Lab > > 115 Zoology Research > > 1117 W. 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