[BCM] writing a bike story, looking for voices

Thu Dec 18 10:14:45 EST 2008

Haha. No worries. Ahh drunken email rants almost as bad as drunk
dialing/texting. Computers need breathalyzers.  :)

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:47 AM, jb fentner <symboliceon at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  sorry, i was drunk on cheap vodka all weekend for holiday parties/my
> birthday. i'm not usually quite so belligerent. please don't rent cars to
> door me. =]
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> jb
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> From: ljohnson53 at comcast.net
> To: gh3451 at yahoo.com; list at bostoncriticalmass.org;
> list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:07:09 +0000
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> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] writing a bike story, looking for voices
>
> Peter, you have hit the nail on the head.  I agree totally.  Menino has
> been a sad excuse for leadership in many areas but especially when it comes
> to creating policies that would make Boston biking and walking friendly.  We
> really should be at the forefront of urban transportation alternatives.
> Thanks for the insight.  Louise
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> From: Peter <gh3451 at yahoo.com>
>   Menino is a tool, period.  There has been nothing but lip service for 16
> years.  Some press releases and a token hiring do not a policy make.  For a
> city so compact and cyclable to be so unrelentingly hostile toward bikes is
> nothing short of a sin.
>
> Go deep in the archives of the Globe and you'll see the 'initiatives' pop
> every 4 or 5 years and nothing ever changes.
>
> The only positive in the 25 years I've lived here has been this past fall's
> paving of the "E" line tracks in JP and that took 24 years to happen.
>
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> --- On *Sat, 12/13/08, spikemccue at gmail.com <spikemccue at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> From: spikemccue at gmail.com <spikemccue at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] writing a bike story, looking for voices
> To: "jb fentner" <symboliceon at hotmail.com>, koyfman at bu.edu, "BCM" <
> list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008, 6:53 AM
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> Theres too much asshole in that to even begin to break down
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> On Dec 13, 2008 3:23am, jb fentner <symboliceon at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ehm, can you just answer this one little question?
> >
> > ya didn't mention a damn thing regarding whether or not you actually ride
> a bike in this city. generally speaking, i think you're probably full of
> sh*t and, even if you do ride a bike, you're a sidewalker. so, the question:
> do you ride a bike? is this "enterprise story" regarding *cough* "bike
> reform" something you even remotely give two shits about or did you just
> happen to think it would be the idea that gives you an edge over the average
> B.U. student's absolute B.S.? if you want some input.. if you REALLY give a
> shit.. you'll get on a bike and actually see what the rest of us have to
> deal with on a daily basis. politics have borderline nothing to do with the
> choices you make on the road. you do what you need to do to survive when
> you're thrown in to situations that require it.
> >
> > but i guess someone who's maybe been on a bike once or twice and barely
> understands the english language has more of a right to talk about that than
> anyone else.
> >
> > *cough*
> >
> > *coughcough*
> >
> > *cough* *laugh* *cough*
> >
> > you're an idiot.
> >
> > -jb
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> > > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:16:23 -0800
> > > From: koyfman at bu.edu
> > > To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> > > Subject: [*BCM*] writing a bike story, looking for voices
> > >
> > > Hello all -
> > >
> > > I'm a journalism student at BU writing my enterprise story on the bike
> reform movement in Boston - this has mostly to do with Menino electing
> Nicole Freedman, what her life has been about, and how this creates a
> conversation with existing movements around the city. As you've probably
> alread y guessed, I would love to have your input on this. I already talked
> to Adam, who was listed on the site as the leader but he told me I might
> strike more gold speaking with any of you.
> > >
> > > I probably won't be sitting down to actually write this until Saturday.
> If you can get back to me at all by then, it would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > The questions so far:
> > > -When and where did Critical Mass take its roots? What were the
> conditions that prompted this? (I actually think I met the guy that coined
> the phrase in a documentary, sitting in a loft in SoHo, he was pretty old so
> I'm assuming it's been around for awhile.)
> > > -What is the overriding philosophy of CM?
> > > -What do you believe is the extent of your influence?
> > > -How have people responded to you?
> > > -Are you involved with the City of Boston, either directly or
> indirectly?
> > > -How do you feel about Mayor Menino's bike initi ative?
> > >
> > > Again, I realize how short notice this is - my thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > -Steph
> > >
> > >
> > >
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