Just a Cyclist
August 7th 03, 03:52 PM
I'm very sorry that you think Willie Brown is a
plus........................I would attend a think that he was honored
at......
He has done nothing to help the state..........
Him and Davis are two of a kind.
"Cycle America/Nat. Bicycle Greenway" > wrote in message
...
>
> We just got word that not only is Car Free San Francisco Supervisor
> Chris Daly going to welcome Jim Muellner and send Jim Wetherell and Max
> Chen and probably others to Palo Alto, San Jose and then to Santa Cruz
> for our bike festival, but we just got word that legendary Mayor
> Willie Brown will also be on hand to greet us next Monday, August 11,
> noon at City Hall. As the former Speaker of the California State
> Assembly and the longest-serving (15 years) Speaker in California
> history, Willie is well known throughout the state and even the nation!
> Wow what a breakthrough. Wherever Willie goes people pay attention and
> whenever he speaks, people (read the media) turn their hearing up! This
> is H U G E folks. More as it evolves!!
>
> And on the other side of the Bay before Jim Muellner even gets to San
> Francisco, Car Free Berkeley city councilman, Kriss Worthington, is
> busy stirring the pot. A true two wheel activist in every sense of the
> word, Kriss has built his easy going and easily loveable self into the
> Berkeley political machine. So much so that he was able to convince
> Mayor Bates, who he says he works closely with, to ride at least part
> of the way to Oakland and Kriss is well connected both within his city
> and without. For example, he and Car Free Chris above are set to meet
> and work together tomorrow on non bike related matters.
>
> I can see now why everyone wants to work with Chris. As he and I
> brainstormed the idea of a Friday ride from Berkeley to Oakland, he
> let the whole process flow without placing any parameters around it. He
> broached the idea of having unusual bikes there so when I suggested
> the Hi-Wheel bikes by nearby builder, Rideable Replicas
> http://www.hiwheel.com , he was quick to embrace the idea. Here is a
> pretty strong draft of a news release that Kriss and I created:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> Corporate Executive, Jim Muellner, who left the successful leading
> edge company he founded so that he could build tricycles welcomed to
> Berkeley by Mayor Tom Bates- -- after having ridden the three wheel
> bike his new company makes from Washington DC. Jim will be received by
> a pair of Hi Wheelers and local and national bicyclists. This exciting
> local segment held at Berkeley City Hall, where Jim, a former
> industry captain, will be named an honorary Berkeleyan, will be
> followed by a 6-mile bike ride to Oakland City Hall .
>
> Friday August 8 at 1 p.m.
> Steps of City Hall; 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley
>
> Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will welcome the National Bicycle Greenway
> (NBG) ride that came all the way across the country to the steps of
> Berkeley City Hall at 2180 Milvia Street. Then the National Riders and
> locals will ride from Berkeley to Oakland City Hall. One rider is Jim
> Muellner who invented the Smart Carte luggage transport system found
> at airports.
>
> Just to meet Jim makes the whole experience worthwhile. NBG
> Coast-to-Coast cycling veteran, Max Chen, and Car Free (since 1983)
> Council member Kriss Worthington will also ride to Oakland. Mayor Tom
> will join them for part of the ride. While two Hi Wheel bikes will set
> the pace..
>
> For more info please call 510-981-7170
> Or visit:
> http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/schedule.php
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> BTW: Any Santa Cruzans interested in getting a car pool together for
> any of this excitement?
>
>
>
>
> --
> MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com
> 79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle Greenway CEO
>
> Ever wanted anything so bad U were willing to die for it?
> Really die? By moving thru clinical death and reversing
> paralysis, *I saw God* when I answered that question.
plus........................I would attend a think that he was honored
at......
He has done nothing to help the state..........
Him and Davis are two of a kind.
"Cycle America/Nat. Bicycle Greenway" > wrote in message
...
>
> We just got word that not only is Car Free San Francisco Supervisor
> Chris Daly going to welcome Jim Muellner and send Jim Wetherell and Max
> Chen and probably others to Palo Alto, San Jose and then to Santa Cruz
> for our bike festival, but we just got word that legendary Mayor
> Willie Brown will also be on hand to greet us next Monday, August 11,
> noon at City Hall. As the former Speaker of the California State
> Assembly and the longest-serving (15 years) Speaker in California
> history, Willie is well known throughout the state and even the nation!
> Wow what a breakthrough. Wherever Willie goes people pay attention and
> whenever he speaks, people (read the media) turn their hearing up! This
> is H U G E folks. More as it evolves!!
>
> And on the other side of the Bay before Jim Muellner even gets to San
> Francisco, Car Free Berkeley city councilman, Kriss Worthington, is
> busy stirring the pot. A true two wheel activist in every sense of the
> word, Kriss has built his easy going and easily loveable self into the
> Berkeley political machine. So much so that he was able to convince
> Mayor Bates, who he says he works closely with, to ride at least part
> of the way to Oakland and Kriss is well connected both within his city
> and without. For example, he and Car Free Chris above are set to meet
> and work together tomorrow on non bike related matters.
>
> I can see now why everyone wants to work with Chris. As he and I
> brainstormed the idea of a Friday ride from Berkeley to Oakland, he
> let the whole process flow without placing any parameters around it. He
> broached the idea of having unusual bikes there so when I suggested
> the Hi-Wheel bikes by nearby builder, Rideable Replicas
> http://www.hiwheel.com , he was quick to embrace the idea. Here is a
> pretty strong draft of a news release that Kriss and I created:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For Immediate Release
>
> Corporate Executive, Jim Muellner, who left the successful leading
> edge company he founded so that he could build tricycles welcomed to
> Berkeley by Mayor Tom Bates- -- after having ridden the three wheel
> bike his new company makes from Washington DC. Jim will be received by
> a pair of Hi Wheelers and local and national bicyclists. This exciting
> local segment held at Berkeley City Hall, where Jim, a former
> industry captain, will be named an honorary Berkeleyan, will be
> followed by a 6-mile bike ride to Oakland City Hall .
>
> Friday August 8 at 1 p.m.
> Steps of City Hall; 2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley
>
> Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will welcome the National Bicycle Greenway
> (NBG) ride that came all the way across the country to the steps of
> Berkeley City Hall at 2180 Milvia Street. Then the National Riders and
> locals will ride from Berkeley to Oakland City Hall. One rider is Jim
> Muellner who invented the Smart Carte luggage transport system found
> at airports.
>
> Just to meet Jim makes the whole experience worthwhile. NBG
> Coast-to-Coast cycling veteran, Max Chen, and Car Free (since 1983)
> Council member Kriss Worthington will also ride to Oakland. Mayor Tom
> will join them for part of the ride. While two Hi Wheel bikes will set
> the pace..
>
> For more info please call 510-981-7170
> Or visit:
> http://NationalBicycleGreenway.com/Events/Mayors_Ride/schedule.php
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> BTW: Any Santa Cruzans interested in getting a car pool together for
> any of this excitement?
>
>
>
>
> --
> MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com
> 79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle Greenway CEO
>
> Ever wanted anything so bad U were willing to die for it?
> Really die? By moving thru clinical death and reversing
> paralysis, *I saw God* when I answered that question.