Hank,

You have a problem with paying for bicycle lanes that the cyclists aren't helping to pay for via gas tax? First, roads are paid for through avenues in addition to gas taxes, but never mind that. Don't build bike lanes. Then bikes ride on the same road Slappy is trying to drive on and building up his blood pressure, about to burst a vein in his forehead, because there's a damn bike on the road in front of him. Seems like a no-win situation.

$25 is not the big deal. The problem I see is that the state creates more avenues of taxation than it can economically track; i.e., they'll spend more than $25 collecting, administering, managing, and tracking the $25. There's better ways to establish and manage the gov't revenue stream, but that's a different subject. And $499 is a cheap bike, not really good enough to be a daily commuter, more of a kid's play lot bike, but that too, is another subject. Stupid f'n legislators.

Sg