March 11, 20122 Comments on Lord Mayor Andrew Montague rides a bicycle
January 10, 20121 Comment on Mayor Ed Lee rides a bicycle
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee rides a bicycle while Supervisor Jane Kim follows behind and San Francisco Bicycle Coalition director Leah Shahum rides alongside.
Via Streetsblog SF in an article on how Mayor Lee can make 2012 a landmark year for cycling in SF.
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February 1, 20112 Comments on Rahm Emanuel rides a bicycle
Some of you might not know that Barack Obama’s former Chief of Staff resigned his White House office last October to run for Mayor of Chicago. After a judicial kerfuffle about residency requirements, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that Rahm is indeed a legal resident of Chicago and eligible to run for the mayor’s office.
Emanuel, who infamously created a hit list of political enemies he wished were emphatically “dead” (his word, not mine) back when Sarah Palin was a nobody in Wasilla, is an avid cyclist who’s as serious about biking as he is politics. He’s a triathlete who has difficulty playing well with others, and he’s known as an aggressive lycra-clad jerk who rides too fast on recreational trails. Expanding Chicago’s bicycling plan is a central part of his proposed transportation plan for chicago.
June 8, 201025 Comments on Bikes banned in Colorado town roads
The town of Black Hawk, Colorado banned bicycles from most of its local streets. And Black Hawk Mayor David Spellman — who won the mayoral election unanimously in 2008 — is a drunken wife beater who consistently ranks as the most corrupt public official in Colorado. Really.