HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/4/2018 Item 15, Thomas
Purrington, Teresa
From:A T <ajt2002@pacbell.net>
Sent:Saturday, September 1, 2018 12:19 PM
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Broad St bike proposals
Members of the SLO City Council,
I am opposed to our city government forcibly installing bikeways in the Broad Street/Anholm neighborhood without
compensating residents for lost property value and enforced hardship. This is not the American way.
When I installed solar panels on my roof and bought a small electric car 3 years ago, it was my choice. The government
didn’t tell me or my neighbors you “must” do it to help save the planet. Incentives were offered to make it less costly,
but it was my decision to help with the climate change problem.
In this case, residents are being told you “must” sacrifice for the greater good. Period. That sounds like a socialist
dictatorship, not America.
And when the cycle lobby rejected the Lincoln Street alternative because it was inconvenient for cyclists to travel a few
blocks over to a more sensible, less intrusive bike route, it became total hypocrisy.
How can you ask residents to suddenly drive around in circles or park 3 or 4 blocks from their houses, while at the same
time demanding more convenience for yourself.
Either engage in a truly democratic process with the residents involved and offer compensation for what you are telling
them to give up, or put this idea in the circular file once and for all.
Alan Thomas
1680 Encino Ct, SLO
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