Hello Community Bicycle Riders,
Okay, this isn’t my usual message, but I have to say that this request is pretty important.
Supporting cycling in Idaho is a great idea on many levels. Tourism, cycling awareness, solidarity, funding… to name a few.
Some of you may think that there are already too many specialty plates, but I think this is a great way to show solidarity with our
mountain biking friends.
I, for one, will buy this plate for my wife for her birthday as soon as it is available (what a nice guy…)
BUT, it won’t be available until you call / e-mail your legislator to let them know that you want this! So please, act. If you won’t do it for me (because you know that mountain bike stuff scares me), then do it for Tracy!!
Jeff
From Geoff Baker
OK folks, the time has arrived for some grass roots action on our bill. Rep. Brian Cronin has been making the rounds at the Statehouse trying to rally interest in the Legislature for our bill, as has a lobbyist friend of mine who is donating his time for us for free. There is some interest, but maybe not enough. YOU need to contact YOUR legislators right NOW and express support!
If you don't know who your legislator is, you can find them here:
http://legislature.idaho.gov/who'smylegislator.htm
And to contact them, here's how you get contact info:
http://legislature.idaho.gov/howtocontactlegislators.htm We do not have a bill number now, but the RS number is RS19396. The key legislators are on the Senate and House Transportation committees. If you live in a district with legislators who are on these committees, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE contact them!!
Here's the Senate committee list:
http://legislature.idaho.gov/senate/committees.cfmAnd the House committee list:
http://legislature.idaho.gov/house/committees.cfm A phone call/message and/or an email would be REALLY helpful. Email addresses for legislators are standardized - first intial, last name @
senate.idaho.gov or @
house.idaho.gov, depending on whether they are a Senator or Representative. For instance, if I were a Representative, it would be
gbaker@house.idaho.gov - therefore, if you know your representatives' and Senator's names, you can email them. In fact, you could send the same email to all of them at once.
Editor Note: For Sun Valley area legislators, their emails are mstennett@senate.idaho.gov and wjaquet@house.idaho.gov
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All you need to do is express your own personal support for legislation that would create a special plate that creates a new fund for the State to preserve our recreational trails. The RS number is 19396. Ask the legislators to support it to be printed and approved by the committee(s) and the House and Senate. The key here is that the plate bill IS REVENUE GENERATING for the state! Free money!! With such a tight budget, how can they not support this! All programming costs are paid privately but all funds go back to the state for the trails.
Again, those of you who live in districts having legislators on Transportation, you are the most vital at this point!!! Heck, it will take you 10 - 15 minutes TOPS to figure out who your legislator is and email them asking for support.
If you are a club representative or in a club that supports this idea, please forward this email to your club members and ask them to contact their legislators too! If you know other people who are interested, forward this to them too - heck, forward this to every single trail user you know in all parts of the state!!
Here's the background blog: http://idmtbtrailassoc.blogspot.com/ - This should help people who don't know the whole story. The facebook page is here.
Here is my contact information: Patti
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