Let's all get over it. I rode my bike all Winter. I regularly have my head examined, too. A lot of us could probably benefit from some head examination but that is inconsequential to support for biking.
As several members of this list have pointed out, Soglin has supported biking initiatives over the years. Those urging dialog rather than criticizing the shoot-from-the-hip rhetoric will help us move forward. Mike Soglin - anagram for logins --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Chuck Strawser <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chuck Strawser <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 1:00 PM I'm saying that Soglin said this year, one week ago: 'people who bike in the winter should have their head examined' Regardless of whether the mayor chooses to ride a bike in winter (or at all), I think it is a problem that he apparently questions the sanity of those of us who do choose to ride a bike in winter (as I have done for 13 winters with no real problems, other than having to detour around wrecks caused by operators of motor vehicles who discounted the safety issues of traveling by any mode in winter conditions). If nothing else, it suggests that he will place a very low priority on important issues that encourage of discourage more cycling any time, but especially in winter, when, for example, the difference between plowing snow from bike paths and bike lanes can make the difference between someone riding a bike to work or driving a car. what else will fall to the wayside? implementation of the recommendations of the platinum city bicycling committee report? I think we need to hear what the mayor's policy on cycling for transportation (in any season) is for the city he was just elected to run. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Robert F. Nagel <[email protected]> wrote: so, you're saying, you think he really thinks cyclists should be executed for riding after that second storm? --- 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 12:40 PM, Chuck Strawser <[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] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert F. Nagel Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:29 PM To: VIOLA, INDIA R Cc: [email protected] 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 office 608-255-1504 fax 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. -- India Viola Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research 1117 W. 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