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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">I completely agree with the statement below
from <a href="mailto:kjerrim@missoula.com" target="_blank">kjerrim@missoula.com</a>.
<span style="color: black;">In addition, I think</span> trying to paint cyclists
as toddler-smashing, downtown-ruining, menaces to society is <span style="color: black;">just plain silly</span>. Accidents do happen due to
people not paying attention<span style="color: black;">,</span> not knowing the
rules, or just plain not caring about others, but for the most part we live in
a pretty tolerant place. I consider myself progressive, but I think a silly
road to go down is <span style="color: black;">believing that </span>legislat<span style="color: black;">ing</span> tolerance and courteousness<span style="color: black;"> will really stop intolerance or discourteousness</span>.<span style="color: black;"> </span> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><br>
I appreciate <span style="color: black;">what</span> the BID is attempting to do for
bikes from Br<span style="color: black;">oa</span>dway to the X's, but these
ordinances that pertain to behavior have got to stop. Bums and bikes are
not the reason why downtowns are failing. Are we really pretending that
there is any truth to that? You could strategically place proximity mines
in front of Super Walmart and people would still fight to get in there.
We all know <span style="color: black;">that a large reason downtowns </span>are
failing<span style="color: black;"> is</span> because it costs considerably more
to buy something from a<span style="color: black;"> small</span> local <span style="color: black;">business</span> than it does to buy it from a box store.
Despite the fact that I know that, I make a conscious effort to buy locally<span style="color: black;">. There are many reasons why, not the least of which
being that I love this town and the character that comes with it</span>.
I find that the things I buy may cost more downtown, but are more special <span style="color: black;">(and let’s face it, less toxic) </span>than things I can
find in a box store. Last year all the gifts I bought for Christmas came
from stores downtown or south of the bridge on Higgins. I am willing to
spend more to keep businesses alive in Missoula. <span style="color: black;">I
feel like Missoula isn’t an over-regulated place and I think that means we
trust our citizenry to make choices with the community in mind. I
understand that </span>the BID<span style="color: black;"> and City Council are
working towards making downtown a desirable and convenient place to shop, but I
don’t think the way to do that</span> is to make downtown Missoula a
whitewashed, cutsey-bootsie, <span style="color: black;">over-regulated, </span>Park
City-esque mountain town<span style="color: black;">. Which is what I see
happening with these laws to stop people from doing things that a portion
of the population finds annoying. Not dangerous-annoying. If that
is the case,</span> then those downtown businesses can kiss my dollars goodbye. <br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">Amy T. Cas<br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Clib_ac%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Clib_ac%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Clib_ac%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:38 PM, <<a href="mailto:kjerrim@missoula.com" target="_blank">kjerrim@missoula.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I think the whole point I am hearing raised is
enough with all these ordinances pertaining to behavioral problems that some
find annoying but others may not.</span><p></p>