After much deliberation, I'm not going to do a Voters Guide for 2023. I feel like the universe is trying to tell me something and from all indications, it's telling me don't do one this year. I'm personally tired of being the only one doing this and with FB and Twitter throttling my outreach, well there's really no point.
2017 City Council Elections prove that there's a silent majority out there wanting safer streets, increase trail access and more bicycle infrastructure. The last three elections wasn't all for nothing. Because of my efforts and you going to the polls, Buena Vista now has a protected bicycle lane, VIA is committed to keeping fares low and unlike other bigger metropolitan areas that have passenger rail, VIA isn't cutting bus service.
My experience doing this to say the least, a learning experience into local politics. The average voter of San Antonio can be described as a Conservative Democrat. The average person running for office is a "naive member of society" trying to make San Antonio great again. And when they're desperate for votes, they'll start contacting you out of the blue, even slandering you left and right when you don't reply. I can't be certain, but I think that some of Brockhouse's people showed up to my residences. The thing is I was in Ohio when that happened. For the record, I'm a long haul truck driver and for medical reasons from my mom, I'm unable to live there at that time even though my drivers license is addressed to said residence.
|I haven't decided if I'm going to do a bicycle voters guide for 2025. To do any outreach, you must now do it the old fashion way. Unfortunately it requires a lot of time and effort which I don't have. But fear not, I do have a list of people who you shouldn't even bother to vote for.
As for Prop A, I'm voting against it. I'm not against abortion, marijuana or any of the other things listed in the Prop. I am against the part where it will turn anything stolen that is less than $750 of value into a class B misdemeanor. The reason for this is simple, my bicycle is worth less than $750 in value and I don't own a car. Yes, I might possess a Class A CDL and drive an 18 wheeler long haul, but I don't own a car. My bicycle is my car and if it's ever stolen and by chance I catch the perp stealing my bicycle, chances are, he'll be released from custody. To me, and the key word is 'me', my bicycle is worth $2000. According to the law and chances are, the officer making the arrest, it will at most be worth $350. I wish that our city leaders would put in separate props the abortion, the marijuana an no choke holds for I would vote yes for those props. The video above is the reason why I'll be voting against Prop A.
In Part I , I talked about result of us having a transportation system designed for you to consume as much oil as possible. In this part, (Part II) I'll be focusing on the propaganda that convinces you that driving is the best thing since slice bread. This is about the propaganda that says it's great to be in a car and how are cars supposedly are better, but leaves out how much welfare is required for you to be able to drive your car. How much cost is required of you, the owner of the vehicle to maintain it. This is why public transportation sucks. So how did we get here? The War on Cars Starts : This is a misnomer because it's in fact the other way around. There was never ever a war on cars. There is however a war on walking, a war on bicycling and a war against using transit. It started over a hundred years ago when GM purchased the New York Streetcar system and replace the streetcars with buses. The reason for this was because people in cities just weren't buyin
Update: Virgin has since got out of the Brightline deal. In Part I , I went over the results of us having the transportation built for you to consume as much oil as possible. In Part II , I pointed out how the propaganda is there to convince you that driving is the best thing since sliced bread. Now in Part III, I explain how all Transportation Requires Welfare for we as a society don't believe in this reality. Like the title says, all transportation requires welfare and always has needed subsidies of some form or another. People don’t understand this nor want to understand that for the whole of civilization, all transportation requires some form of welfare. The reason why we don’t accept this reality is because we hold onto the myth that it’s the private sector’s job to provide transportation services which omits the fact that the infrastructure that the private sector uses to earn money on is built and paid for by governments. So how did we get here believing in the myt
Have you ever wondered why you have to drive a car to get around, why public transportation is unreliable and no matter what, your intercity travel options are either by car, Greyhound or flying with airlines who will cancel your flight on a whim . The answer is surprisingly simple; our transportation system is designed for you to have to consume as much oil as possible. If any other alternative to driving is presented to the public, political entities that are against the alternatives along with the local newspapers will tell you that nobody wants it, not enough people will use and they'll tell you that it will make your life a living nightmare when driving. Now you're probably asking how did I come to the conclusion that our transportation system is designed to force you to consume as much oil as possible? Well it wasn't easy because there's no one out there pointing to the obvious. I came to this conclusion one cold morning riding the new Primo route 10
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