Mark J. Ginsberg

For those who have strong opinions about this issue, instead of filling a racer chat list with thoughts on bike advocacy, how about joining the state level group who protects cyclists rights to the road, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance?

TaDa: http://bta4bikes.org/support/join.php

Mark

Mark J. Ginsberg

Berkshire Ginsberg, LLC

Attorneys At Law

1216 SE Belmont St.

Portland, OR 97214

(503) 542-3000

Fax (503) 233-6874

markjginsberg@yahoo.com

www.bikesafetylaw.com

--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Jonathan Maus wrote:
From: Jonathan Maus
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Licensing our bikes?
To: "Melissa Boyd"
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 6:53 PM

howdy, 
If anyone is interested in more details/analysis/discussion of this proposed bill, check out BikePortland.
we broke the news on Friday and then I published a f/u story based on a conversation I had with Rep. Wayne Krieger.  There have been over 250 comments on the two stories combined... and stories in The Oregonian, on KATU, and on KGW so far.
here's my initial story - http://tinyurl.com/dhtevq
and here's the conversation with Krieger - http://tinyurl.com/bcjdqh
oh, and if you're wondering.. I think it's highly unlikely to actually pass... for a lot of reasons you can read in the comments on bikeportland.
cheers.
--Jonathan_____________________Jonathan Maus Publisher/Editor-in-chiefBikePortland.org
http://www.BikePortland.orgNews Tipline/Cell: (503) 706-8804jonathan@bikeportland.orghttp://twitter.com/bikeportland

On Mar 8, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Melissa Boyd wrote:
I personally believe we should tax luxuries and behaviors we want to discourage, and offer tax breaks to encourage behavior that benefits our society.   Those of us with thousand-dollar bikes can afford to pay a "luxury" tax for the privelage of riding. However, I really believe we are in the minority. Most bikes are owned by kids, students who ride them to school, responsible adults who are saving gas or exercising for their health, and low-income people who can't afford cars. A tax of this sort is going to hurt the people who need help the most.   Please take this opportunity to write to your state legislators, and let them know how you feel about it. Talking to each other at OBRA is interesting, but not terribly productive.   Here is a link to find the email addresses of your Oregon legislators: http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/ Here's a list of all the Oregon representatives:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/servlet/XSLT?URL=members.xml&xslURL=members.xsl&member-type=representative   - Melissa
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