Thursday, August 5, 2010

Maes shifts gears on bike story at Steamboat event

Republican candidate for governor Dan Maes rolled into Steamboat Springs and discussed recent remarks in which he implied that Democratic candidate and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s efforts to make bicycle commuting more convenient represent a possible conflict with the Colorado Constitution.

“I don’t want anyone to think I’m against bicycling,” Maes said today, minutes before speaking to the Routt County Republicans. “I have a mountain bike.

Maes said that his remarks had been made in the context.

Maes reaffirmed his concerns that the bike-sharing program could be in conflict with the Colorado Constitution.

“It’s paid for with taxpayer dollars,” he said, and, “we need to ask, how compatible is this program with our state Constitution?”    - More -

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