Thanks for the feature about the Bikesters' First Mom, Libby Garvey.
But the Bikesters wouldn't be able to do their free-range thing if it weren't for the increasingly irresponsible, increasingly greedy, Local Media.
Local Media Publishers are afraid to offend any advertiser, potential advertiser, or special interest. So you're never going to see any of them editorialize about the complete lack of bicycle safety in Arlington. Let alone order an investigative report about the number of bikesters who bicycle DWI, have PTSD issues, or are out-and-out sociopaths.
As with guns, alcohol, and tobacco advertising decades ago, Publishers profit from boosting bicycles. They don't worry about consequences may be suffered as the result of the Bikesters' behavior because Publishers don't live anywhere near where the bad behavior occurs (e.g., B-R Corridor).
As with guns, alcohol, tobacco, and pub crawls, the cumulative amount of bad behavior by the bikesters will eventually reach the level of Editoral hand-wringing, very likely precipitated by some event like a Millennial's infant in a stroller hit by another Millennial DWI on a bicycle, who lost his driver's license as the result of multiple DWI convictions.
In the meantime, stay tuned for more of the same, in ArlNow and elsewhere.
J.L., 22201
33 comments:
Pub crawls were allowed to get completely out of control before anything substantive was done to curtail them,
Greedy ArlNow pub crawl boosters laughed all the way to the bank while pub crawls went out-of-control and are laughing all the way to the bank now the bikester bozos are going out of control.
Don't like the way the greedy and irresponsible local media operate? Send a message to their owners;
Jeff Bezos, Washington Post -- jeff@amazon.com
Richard L. Connor, Inside Nova / Sun Gazette -- rconnor@insidenova.com
Scott Brodbeck, ArlNow -- scott@arlnow.com
Local Media Owners, Publishers, and Editors are the Ultimate NIMBYS -- "Yo, Dude, Party's Over THERE. Check out the Cinco de Mayo ads in 'Sponsored Content'. We have no control over the mayhem that may occur at events hosted by our advertisers".
Only thing occurring in First Millennial Scott Brodbeck's historic Fairlington enclave is preparations for the dedication of the $250,000 Taj Mahal school crosswalk on Abingdon Street.
Bikes on sidewalks in 2018 -> electric bikes on sidewalks in 2020 -> electric cargo bikes on sidewalks in 2022
Media owners, publishers, editors are never responsible for anything.
I love the way non-resident CPHD Staff tell each other they won't move to Arlington no matter how much they are paid then promote the County becoming a f----- zoo.
True --- Media Owners, Publishers, Editors live in luxury enclaves and are completely isolated from the consequences of whatever they inflict on us.
Same Media Owners, Publishers, Editors love "migrants" who they exploit as cheap domestic labor.
Stay tuned for the gridlock caused by thousands of scofflaw bikesters and pedestrians during rush hours.
County Transportation Staff who won't live in Arlington get to plan Arlington's transportation / transit system? What a hoot.
I saw a guy on a bicycle with a kiddie trailer and a kiddie in the trailer running a stop sign today without slowing down. So yeah, they are out-of-control.
Gotta agree - Media VIPs go all teary-eyed at the thought of their illegal-immigrant domestic servants being deported.
It's May 5th, Cinco de Mayo and Kentucky Derby Day, take your pick or get hammered in Clarendon celebrating both. Half the Arlington Police Department will be collecting overtime making sure the Millennials don't mix it up. Last place they will be is in Arlington's residential neighborhoods. 'Community policing'? What's that?
Agree. Gridlock within 5 years during rush hours in the B-R corridor, Pentagon City, Crystal City.
I am retiring next year and where I'm moving to will not be anywhere near "Smart Growth".
Person who's responsible for the County becoming a mess, Jay Fisette, is retired and living in his luxury enclave which is off-limits to anything.
ArlNow and the other Local Media: "We are not responsible for the mayhem that may occur as the result of our infomercials or damages resulting from our featuring a dysfunctional lifestyle".
Worse than that on a scale of 1 to 10 ArlNow, Post, Inside Nova are a -5 regarding the environment...parks to parking lots. "Developers are our best Advertisers".
And "Tear Down McMansion Developers are our Very Best Advertisers".
How about a 5K race beginning a 8AM every weekend with the start at Jay Fisette's A$hton Height$ home and the finish at Mark Schwartz's A$hton Height$ home? Followed by a 10K bike race at 10AM?
Sponsored by ArlNow? Can't do that, ad revenue would instantly drop by 50%.
If County Government wants to make the sidewalks unusable for pedestrians, as occurred today in my neighborhood during Bike to School Day, I'm just gonna order a lot more items home-delivered via Amazon.
ArlNow is nothing but Democrats who are Smart Growth boosters, whether they're from county staff, chamber of commerce, or ACDC.
Forget Ballston Quarter, Clarendon, and Pentagon City, just order from Amazon.
ACPD is being reorganized and won't do much, if anything, about scofflaws in the future. County would rather spend for Taj Mahal infrastructure than adequately compensate public safety employees.
Forget about me shopping in vibrant Ballston-Rosslyn stumbling on crumbing sidewalks and dodging sociopaths on bicycles. From now on I'll order from Amazon, and try home grocery delivery for 30 days.
What the transportation / transit bureaucrats never discuss - Telecommuting
Think about this: The police department won't put a couple of cops on bicycles anywhere except once in awhile on the trails 'cause of homeless and intoxicated people on the trails. No wonder the bike bozos are out of control.
How did ACPD reach the state it has?
Richy-Rich corporation that owns Capital Bikeshare won't provide helmets for Bikeshare renters. Duh.
Sociopaths on Bicycles? No $hit, Sherlock.
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