Linda~

It is obvious to me, and to all those who were in attendance yesterday, that the Young St. Coalition is not a strong nor organized group ~ rather it is a handful of businessmen, somewhat ignorant, who are profit motivated, fixed upon bottom-line strategy, and who bow before the "automobile altar" ~ their ringleader, Francis Kanehiro, is a practiced Yoga-man who has trained his body dilligently enough so that now he is able to stick his head up his arse!...

I am convinced that if we remain standing in Truth and Integrity, resourcing and distributing "accurate" information, speak only when we have something to say, keep riding our bikes, do the good work, and give them enough rope, "they will surely hang themselves"...

~Edward/Mo'PoB (More People on Bikes)~

----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Shapin
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:41:08 -0700 (PDT)
To: hawaiibicyclists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [hawaiibicyclists] From the HBL: Young St. Update

Can anyone enlighten me as to what exactly the Young
St. coalition has against the bike lane??? I was
unable to determine their main problem with it
yesterday.

Linda S.




--- Duane Browning <ddb1965@...> wrote:
> Aloha All
>
> A big Mahalo to everyone who wrote in to the city
> council or made the
> trip down to Honolulu Hale to opose the resolution
> for an
> Environmental Impact Statement for the Young St.
> Bikeway project.
> This was a long contentious meeting that had us
> spending most of our
> time countering falsehoods and misinformation put
> forth by members of
> the Young St. Coalition.
gt;
> Towards the end of the session it seems that several
> members of the
> committee became aware of some of the shenanigans
> going on and the
> session ended with some rather tough questioning of
> the coalitions
> spokespeople.
>
> In the end the committee moved to hold it over until
> 7/14 for a vote
> by the full council. In the meantime DTS, the
> Mayor's Advisory
> Committee and the Young St. Coalition have agreed to
> meet one more
> time with the purpose of coming to an agreement that
> would make the
> vote on 7/14 unnecessary.
>
> I will let you know what the outcome of this meeting
> is, and if any
> further action is needed. Once again, thank you very
> much to all that
> got involved.
>
> Sincerely,
> Charles Rosa-Coleman
> Executive Director
> Hawaii Bicycling League
> ;
>
>



           
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