Outlawing the Bicyclists? Now there is a really stupid G.O.P. idea

So this is the second time in a week I have heard mention that some ill advised comments from a citizen proposing the banning of bicycles on our roads in Oconee County, Georgia. While I do not think for a second that the current Board of Commissioners would ever pass such a stupid law, it would be the quickest way for the Democrats to come back in power in Oconee.  Not to mention a huge waste of sheriff deputy and municipal police time. Non-Watinsville resident Kate McDaniel dared dangle that out of her mouth at the end of Watkinsville City Council meeting the other evening, and evidently she was harkening back to this meeting that Lee Becker once again uncovered. Thank you Lee.

Even Athens madman Jeff Snowden would oppose this, not to mention Watkinsville city council member Brian Brodrick, the dozens of local bicycle enthusiasts and triatheletes and every parent who bought their chid a bicycle at Sunshine cycle or Wal-Mart.

From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com>
Date: October 18, 2009 4:26:13 PM EDT
Subject: Trailing the Bikers

Dear Friends,

I found an interesting story--or at least a story I felt was interesting--in the minutes of the county's Citizen Advisory Committee for Land Use and Transportation Planning. I combined it with some video I shot while in The Netherlands last month and made it part of the blog I just posted.

Here's the tease: What do a missed doctor's appointment, bicyclists and the widening of Mars Hill road have in common? The answer is at:

http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/

If you have an opinion, by the way, about the widening of Simonton Bridge road or the extension of Daniells Bridge road with a flyover to Home Depot, you have two opportunities to express it.

One will be at the Town Hall Meeting of the Board of Commissioners that will start at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday night at the Civic Center on Hog Mountain road.

The second is at the MACORTS web site: http://www.athensclarkecounty.com/macorts/

Or you can send a comment to: macorts@co.clarke.ga.us <mailto:macorts@co.clarke.ga.us>

The deadline for comment to MACORTS is Oct. 21.

Background on the Simonton Bridge road and the Daniells Bridge road projects is at:

http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com/2009/10/oconee-presents-confused-picture-of.html

Thanks

Lee

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Lee Becker

Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com

Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/

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