Robert, You've always got the edge!

I've posted the SF 2033 info and the newly named SF 2032...

I had contact with Putney a few days before the Transportation hearing.. He
was indeed pissed, but did respond in a timely manner. He appears to be
vindictive and from what I see, he carries some pretty good 'weight" on the
senate floor.

From all the correspondence going around, I feel like we cyclists may be
losing some ground. Sure, amendments have been proposed and some adopted
which may clog the bill up for a bit.

This was a note I received back from Jeff Lamberti after I wrote him asking
for his help to defeat the bill.
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"Thank you for the note. I appreciate your input, as well as the response
from Sen. Putney. To be honest, I have not made up my mind on this. I have
mixed emotions. It does seem that the general rule should be for people to
use a trail when available. At the same time, I do understand some of your
points regarding weather and so forth. I will continue to think about this
prior to the time the bill comes up for debate."

Jeff Lamberti
President of the Senate
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Not great news from Lamberti. We need to work on him. Is there a formed
list of senators/legislators on our side other than McCoy, Warnstadt and Joe
Bolkcom? There are a couple more names, but their names escape me right
now. Putney had the power on the Transportation committee and unfortunately
it was a large generation (age) gap between those in opposition of the bill
and those in favor. If those age ratios pan out on the senate floor, chances
are slim for a defeat.

There have been some awesome letters written with some good response back,
but none with the "punch" needed to defeat this growing monster. Sen Putney
is going to be a tough one!

I think many cyclists who usually don't participate HAVE sent letters, email
etc. which is great, but what more can we do to ban together?

Thanks for using BikeIowa!!
Scott Sumpter
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Craddick [mailto:rcraddick@...]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:19 PM
To: marcthollander@...
Cc:
biker@...
Subject: SF 2032 and 2033 -- faster speed limits on 4 lanes??


according to my legislative e-mail alerts: the Bill is titled Senate
File 2032...

have you seen Senate File 2003 for INCREASING the speed limit on 4 lane
highways???
65 to 70 miles per hour. What are they trying to pull! Now it is all
making sense... faster commutes