Comments on: March 15 Bike Protest Set

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:23:07 +0000

Good job all you cyclists, except for one thing. 100 people standing around for 5 minutes, and not one of you bent over to pick up that pile of garbage on the ground. Somebody else did it.

By: WTF?

WTF? — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:27:51 +0000

I can see the next big protest headline now: Cyclists Protest Lack of Bike Lanes by Driving Their Cars.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:11:26 +0000

There wasn’t a GC police officer within 2 miles of that path Saturday morning. It was obvious that the city did not want this to become a confrontation. As I understand the process, the organizers are going to give city hall a chance to re-consider the situation and if they continue to resist, we will take it to a higher level. Saturday was an “informational” protest. Many had their kids and pets with them. Not a good situation to expose children to if it escalated into a confrontation with law enforcement.

By: WTF?

WTF? — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:30:44 +0000

That was not a protest. That was capitulation.

At least motorcyclists had the audacity to ride without helmets back when they used to protest helmet laws.

Sounds to me like GC won.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:29:04 +0000

There was an undercover officer standing in a residential backyard by the path bridge, he kept pulling his jacket open and talking on his radio. After we all made it back through the path and out of the dismount zone he drove away in an unmarked Ford Five Hundred sedan.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:26:59 +0000

Misdemeanor! for riding a bike? I can’t believe this would not be just an infraction.

Although, it was a misdemeanor in Nampa to have your dog at large a couple of years back until they figured out some people were willing to actually go to jail for FIDO.

Don’t think the courts or Shreriff Rainey would put up with this for very long.

The courts are so overloaded now that wholesale misdemeanor tickets for riding a bike on the greenbelt would bring the system to a screaching halt if everyone pleaded not guilty and asked for a trial by jury.

Where is Ghandi?

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:25:22 +0000

This is most definitely not on the Garden City police dept. They will just be doing their job as directed by “management”. So let’s be sure and be polite tomorrow. We want to make a point and right now public opinion is completely on our side.
10:00 AM be there!

By: LJ

LJ — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:13:28 +0000

“It will be interesting to see if the cops and politicos in GC are able to restrain themselves and not take the bait to write tickets”

Come on Guardian! Do you really think the cops in Garden City want to have any involvement in this? This is an embarrasment to the City, much like the last City Council meeting was. If the Officers have any involvement, it will be because they are mandated to by the Mayor and Chief of Police.

It is laughable that this is even considered a misdemeanor, and the cops agree! It is a few rich people who think they control what happens on public land, despite the protests of the majority.

All I ask is that you do not pin this on the Police Department, pin it where the blame solidly deserves: The City Council, and Mayor.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:44:02 +0000

It worked for Ghandi, make some salt while you are there.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:29:23 +0000

Beware of the Ides of March! Hope you guys win this deal. Pushing bikes is baloney.