I feel we should move quickly in support of moving the bill in the house. We have two of three items - 3ft & side path intact. We can work to fix it in the Senate. The challenge for now is to get it passed out of Judiciary committe by tomorrow to keep it alive!

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-------- Original message -------- From: Christiaan Abildso cabildso@yahoo.com Date: 03/28/2013 10:45 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com,Gary Zuckett garyz@wvcag.org Cc: 'Dennis A Strawn' dennis.strawn@highmark.com,'Charles Holley' cholley@cityofhuntington.com,'Kasey Russell' russell.kasey@gmail.com,'Craig Slaughter' craig.slaughter@wvimb.org,'Ted Armbrecht' eca3@suddenlinkmail.com,'Michael Loughney' mloughney@tioga-resources.com,'Tom Wood' twood84@gmail.com,'Rahul Gupta' rahul.gupta@wv.gov,'Jeffrey Lusk' jlusk@trailsheaven.com,'Greg Garrett' gagarrett@gmail.com,'Christiaan Abildso' Christiaan.Abildso@mail.wvu.edu,'Steve Fowler' smf@pffwv.com,'Andrea Salina' andreathompson31@gmail.com,'Patricia Clay' patricia.clay@southernwv.edu,'John Manchester' jmanchester@lewisburg-wv.com,'Stacy Bisker' selaineb@gmail.com,'Gail Pitchford' gail.pitchford@camc.org,'Patrick Donovan' pdonovan@njrati.org,'Emily Vasile' Emily.Vasile@mail.wvu.edu,'Andrea Salina' a.salina@wvhub.org,'Tom Heywood' theywood@bowlesrice.com,'Bike Board' bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] HB3021 passes Transportation Committee!

Does this amendment to the bill to reinstate the "as far right" language mean we should NOT contact the legislators? Or, can the bill be amended again to remove the as far right language? Christiaan   From: Frank Gmeindl fgmeindl@gmail.com To: Gary Zuckett garyz@wvcag.org Cc: 'Dennis A Strawn' dennis.strawn@highmark.com; 'Charles Holley' cholley@cityofhuntington.com; 'Kasey Russell' russell.kasey@gmail.com; 'Craig Slaughter' craig.slaughter@wvimb.org; 'Ted Armbrecht' eca3@suddenlinkmail.com; 'Michael Loughney' mloughney@tioga-resources.com; 'Tom Wood' twood84@gmail.com; 'Rahul Gupta' rahul.gupta@wv.gov; 'Jeffrey Lusk' jlusk@trailsheaven.com; 'Greg Garrett' gagarrett@gmail.com; 'Christiaan Abildso' Christiaan.Abildso@mail.wvu.edu; 'Steve Fowler' smf@pffwv.com; 'Andrea Salina' andreathompson31@gmail.com; 'Patricia Clay' patricia.clay@southernwv.edu; 'John Manchester' jmanchester@lewisburg-wv.com; 'Stacy Bisker' selaineb@gmail.com; 'Gail Pitchford' gail.pitchford@camc.org; 'Patrick Donovan' pdonovan@njrati.org; 'Emily Vasile' Emily.Vasile@mail.wvu.edu; 'Andrea Salina' a.salina@wvhub.org; 'Tom Heywood' theywood@bowlesrice.com; 'Bike Board' bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:24 AM Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] HB3021 passes Transportation Committee!   Gary, Thanks for your guidance to the Com. Amendments.  "This is part of the danger of opening the code to make things better – sometimes it can make things worse!" is one reason I resisted us pursuing legislation without first educating all relevant key stakeholders.   The fact that the very sponsors of the bill moved to amend it to reinstate the requirement that cyclists ride far to the right displays that they may not understand the dangers to cyclists of such a law.  It also displays that they may not believe that cyclists have the same rights to the road as motorists but rather that bicyclists should get out of the way. Frank

On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Gary Zuckett wrote:

This is part of the danger of opening the code to make things better – sometimes it can make things worse!

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