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Message started by mleuck on May 6^th, 2011, 5:08pm

Title: Arlington Tea Party
Post by mleuck on May 6^th, 2011, 5:08pm

Apparently doesn't like bicycle lanes

http://www.arlingtonteaparty.org/

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by jman on May 6^th, 2011, 6:11pm

mleuck wrote:

Apparently doesn't like bicycle lanes

http://www.arlingtonteaparty.org/

Wow, it's amazing how much manure can be spread by ignorance. [smiley=puking.gif]

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by mleuck on May 6^th, 2011, 6:41pm

jman wrote:

[quote author=mleuck link=1304719680/0#0 date=1304719680]Apparently doesn't like bicycle lanes

http://www.arlingtonteaparty.org/

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by shellbear on May 6^th, 2011, 11:20pm

This is exactly the type of project that local governments SHOULD be handling. If this were using federal funds or some nonsense I could see why they'd have their panties in a twist.... I, too, consider myself a Tea Party kind of person but this is a little ridiculous. How in the world do they justify bike lanes lowering property values??? And how will bike lanes result in increased deaths of cyclists, especially if the lanes are "empty"? The whole argument doesn't make sense and has nothing to do with the Tea Party's goal of decreasing the size of the federal government.

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by Ric_Clark on May 7^th, 2011, 10:31am

mleuck wrote:

[quote author=jman link=1304719680/0#1 date=1304723516][quote author=mleuck link=1304719680/0#0 date=1304719680]Apparently doesn't like bicycle lanes

http://www.arlingtonteaparty.org/

Wow, it's amazing how much manure can be spread by ignorance. [smiley=puking.gif][/quote]

They had a local radio spot mentioning it yesterday which was how I got the information. I consider myself someone a tea party type of guy but this is silly[/quote]

WOW, I thought I was the only "Tea Party" type guy on this site. This is BS......now I remember why I moved from Arlington to Grapevine......

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by aikigreg on May 8^th, 2011, 9:27pm

Like any political party, they have have good things to say, but it's always so constantly drowned out by all the drivel, bile, and invective they spew that I simply am tired of them all.

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by Bud_Bent on May 9^th, 2011, 11:58am

Yeah, it's just some nutcases trying to align themselves with the tea party since it's popular right now. Last I checked, conservatives weren't any more anti-cycling than anyone else.

But autos are king in this part of the country and these fruitcakes may find lots of support. How clueless does someone have to be to think that bike lanes would lower area home values rather than raise them?

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by Bud_Bent on May 11^th, 2011, 12:05pm

At least the Transportation Secretary has a better attitude about cyclists:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/ray-lahood-bicyclists-hipster_n_860100.html

Title: Re: Arlington Tea Party
Post by Bud_Bent on May 17^th, 2011, 1:23pm

Looking at the Arlington election results (http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/15/3075760/arlington-area-wolff-hightower.html), it looks like every single candidate those yoyo's backed lost.