BIKE: CAMPO Meeting Tonight

[Stephen.Kreidler]

I've been told that folks may sign up to speak on any bicycle or pedestrian
issue, or any other issue, they want to talk about.  I was also told there
will be a time limit for each speaker and a time limit for the meeting.  I
guess the longer each person talks the fewer number of people can speak.
I've seen them ask for a show of hands of those who hold similar views to
the current speaker.  That way they get a feel for the volume of similar
opinions without listening to each one.



-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Goetz [mailto:pgoetz] 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 1:06 PM
Cc: forum
Subject: BIKE: CAMPO Meeting Tonight


The CAMPO toll-road vote meeting is tonight.  Does anyone know if they're
still letting people speak on this issue, or is it a vote only affair?

I sent an email to the CAMPO board pointing out that the toll-road proposal
is completely incompatible with the Envision Central Texas findings (i.e.
that a vast majority of respondents want denser urban centers combined with
no more sprawl 'tal).  I'm presuming that other people made this
observation, too?  I've learned that the average politician will remember
something (actual thinking would be a bit too much to ask, of course) if
it's repeated to them 500 times by ordinary constituents or twice by major
campaign contributors.  So if 499 of the other 15,000 people who sent an
email to the CAMPO board regarding this issue also pointed out the stark
incompatibility with ECT, it might actually make its way into the discussion
tonight.


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