Does anybody know who is Carolyn Hampson and what is her power? Also,
is she talking about Nick's interview on WAJR when she says, "Last week,
the chevron plan hit the morning WAJR talk shows...and the response was
total outrage. I don';t think I have ever heard so many angry
voices."? Should we pay any attention to this?
Frank
/Bicyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles/
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: FW: Morgantown city council message
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:05:11 -0400
From: Don Spencer <dspencer36(a)comcast.net>
To: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl(a)verizon.net>
Frank -- Here is a copy of the correspondence that I told you that I
would pass along to you. I hope that we can discuss the issue at our
meeting on Thursday.
See you soon!
Don
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*From:* Don Spencer [mailto:dspencer36@comcast.net]
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:00 PM
*To:* 'Hampson'; 'charliebyrer(a)gmail.com'; 'bill(a)byrnehedges.com'; 'Ron
Justice'; 'Jennifer Selin'; 'Bane, Ron'; 'jgaddis(a)gaddisconsulting.com';
'Linda Little'; 'Dan Boroff'
*Subject:* RE: Morgantown city council message
Hi, Carolyn -- Thank you for your email. I hope that you are doing well
these days -- other than the pollution impacts.
I assume by your #1 that you mean air pollution primarily. If so, what
we seem to need is more data, because right now, we do not seem to have
a handle to use in grappling with this issue.
On #2, I am sorry that I missed the talk show. I was not aware of it. It
is not bicycles "into the center traffic lanes", but it is a process to
educate the public that bicycle riders are like of the drivers of
vehicles: they do have a right to be traveling on roadways -- except
where specifically prohibited such as on an Interstate. And they, like
all vehicle operators -- are subject to all the rights and
responsibilities of traveling on a public road. I fear that the chevron
plan -- like the rail-trail at the beginning - is already misunderstood.
The Bicycle Board has its work cut out for them. As you know, change is
never easy.
Don
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*From:* Hampson [mailto:giselle@iolinc.net]
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:34 AM
*To:* D spencer; charliebyrer(a)gmail.com; bill(a)byrnehedges.com; Ron
Justice; Jennifer Selin; Bane, Ron; jgaddis(a)gaddisconsulting.com; Linda
Little; Dan Boroff
*Cc:* Dan Boroff
*Subject:* Morgantown city council message
There are two serious areas of public safety that do not appear on
tonight's COW agenda but that need to be addressed.
l. The increasingly lethal pollution in Morgantown.
There seems to be NO monitoring at construction sites. Added to tye
toxic mix from the power plants and the river are the fumes from coal,
"biafiora fill" trucksd and delivery trucks. in my neighborhood, there
is a stranghe epdiemic of pancreatitis, involving both people and animals.
2. Plans to integrate bicycles into the center of traffic lanes.
This may look wonderful on compuiter models---but, frankly, it is
insane, given all of the conditions on the ground here. The situation
on our roads is already deadly; if this plan is implementerd NOW, more
people are going to die.
Last week, the chevron plan hit the morning WAJR talk shows...and
the response was total outrage. I don';t think I have ever heard so
many angry voices.
I urge you to reconsider this plan.
Carolyn Hampson