Off and Running!

I filed for re-election today. My preparatory work has been keeping me busy. Campaigning is coming back to me. I am looking forward to becoming better acquainted with my opponents and running a hardworking, fun campaign.

City Council Meeting-Third Grade Style

Today I and some other councilmembers are speaking to two groups of third graders. My 15 minutes will be a mock city council meeting. The third grade city council will decide whether to amend Orem's dog ordinance to ban specific breeds. The "real" City Council has not formally discussed this and I am still doing research, so I will be interested to hear what some of Orem's third graders think.

Bike to Work Day on Friday!

Click here to go to the Daily Herald article. See you there!

Way To Go Garrek!

Garrek, whom I know, saved family members from a house fire. Read about it here. And here. Garrek kept his wits about him and did the right things.

What happened at last Tuesday's city council meeting?

This article sums up what happened at Tuesday's city council meeting.

Coming to Orem: A Bicycling Plan

The City Council met with the volunteer, citizen Transportation Commission yesterday. Among the items we discussed is developing an Orem City Bicycling Plan. The City Council gave an enthusiastic, unanimous charge to the Transportation Commission to start working on it. We discussed Ft. Collins, Colorado's bike plan and the possibility of it being a model for Orem. You can see Ft. Collins' plan by clicking here. It also appears Orem can get funding to complete most of the plan. Hooray!

Update: Read about the meeting here.

January 27, 2009 City Council Meeting Agenda

The agenda has been posted at http://www.orem.org/ . Click "find it fast" and then "agendas" and then "City Council". We are meeting with the Transportation Commission at 4 pm to discuss transportation in Orem. I think bicycling will come up in the meeting.

Transit Trip

I recently returned from a 36 hour trip to Portland and Eugene Oregon, courtesy of UTA. The trip's sole purpose was to see, first hand, bus rapid transit (BRT) and transit oriented development. I literally rode planes, trains, buses and automobiles. It was very helpful and informative to see transit options first-hand. I get questions about BRT and now am quite confident in being able to explain it. I hope to have pictures and info. up soon. In the meantime: Eugene Emx System