Long, Steve

Like I said, bikes belong in bike lanes ONLY and NOT on the road.
Be wary, very, very wary folks.

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of joe cipale
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:17 AM
To: Brady Brady
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Licensing our bikes?

The proposed legislation is being sponsored by a former(sic) Stae
Trooper who has, in his previous statements, (implies he) thinks very
little (with regard to bicycles) and is not very open to changing his
opinion (he is a republican, after all).

I find it funny that the party that bemoans govt intrusion into our
lives is just as guilty if not more so than the other side of the aisle
that they accuse of wanting to enforce a so-called nanny-state.

Both parties of guilty of this. Period.

On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 12:45 -0400, Brady Brady wrote:
> I MIGHT actually consider not breaking such laws, should they pass, if
there were a "license" system or some sort. i.e., registration covers as
many bikes as needed, but each $x (currently x=54) gets you a license,
which is what this bozo is really after, anyway. You carry the license
(i.d. card, brain implant / NSA tracking chip, whatever) while riding.
It lists the bikes registered, etc.
>
> This way you would only pay for the # of bikes that would potentially
be in use at once, instead of being penalized just because you have more
than one bike.
>
> This would perhaps migrate the proposed bill from the status of "Worst
idea ever" to, say, merely "a really, really horrible, Orwellian idea".
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]
> On Behalf Of Long, Steve
> Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 8:14 AM
> To: Don Mathews; obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Licensing our bikes?
>
> Trust? Trust this,
> Forcing registration fees for bike to help pay for bike lane
> maintenance could possibly lead to forcing bikes to ONLY ride in bike
> lanes.
> Let us not miss the point of back doors. Opps, wait, politicians never

> do that do they...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]
> On Behalf Of Don Mathews
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 9:10 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Licensing our bikes?
>
> Does anyone here in OBRAland really think we can trust the Oregon
> legislature with anymore of our money? Not to mention what this new
> fee/paper work will do to getting NEW people involved in this sport?
>
> I propose that OBRA and all other bicycle associations come out and
> FIGHT THIS PROPOSAL ALL WE CAN!!! I am going to bury my state rep in
> emails! Might be time to start a Facebook Group!
>
> Oregon is one of the most HEAVILY taxed states in the union when you
> include user fees! Don't they have enough?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Don Mathews
> www.myspace.com/dem76pdx
>
> www.flickr.com/photos/dem76pdx/sets
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