RE: what is needed

 

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> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:38:34 -0500
> From: Diane Lees <info-q1/[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: what is needed
> To: Kelly Iniguez <[email protected]>
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> Ah, interesting. I was just watching a few You Tube "flash mob"
> videos a moment ago (one was a spontaneous version of the Hallelujah
> Chorus at a food court in Canada) and it has has millions and millions
> of views. We've been trying to think of something that would be THAT
> exciting for cycling... <sigh> still thinking!
> 
> Diane

'Flash mob with Bikes' is basically a charity ride or maybe a Critical Mass ride which tend to be a little more spontaneous.
 
BTW, the Ride the Rockies route was released today and registration is open for anyone interested.
 
Also, there has been a lot of discussion lately about the bike ban in Blackhawk CO.  The route for the Bicycle Tour of Colorado- similar to Ride the Rockies but run by a different outfit, goes right through Blackhawk and Central City. Actually starts and ends there. The amount of money an event like this will pump into their local economy may change their minds about the way they treat touring cyclists. At least I would like to hope so.
 
About the only thing the people running these gambling communities value is money. Serious ethical questions have been raised on many occasions about the way these communities are run. A few years back they used the community college system of Colorado, one of the most poorly funded in the whole country, as a shill for;
 
 
Colorado Amendment 50 was a citizen’s initiative that amended the Colorado state constitution to:

allow residents of Central City, Black Hawk, and Cripple Creek to vote to extend casino hours, approve additional games, and increase the maximum bet limit;
give most of the gaming tax revenue that results from new gaming limits to Colorado community colleges and to the gaming cities and counties;
require statewide voter approval for any gaming tax increase if new gaming limits are adopted by any gaming town; and
exempt the revenue raised from new gaming limits from state and local revenue spending limits[1]
 
 
 
 No sooner had this passed than they were lobbying the legislature to change it so the cities would get the lion's share of the extra revenue created instead of the community college system.
 
There are plenty of incredible places to ride/ tour here in Colorado- I would stay away from this area until they have changed their ways.
 
Just my $.02,
 
Keith