Comments on: RETRACTION: City Council candidates unresponsive to BikeDenton questionnaire

By: Dalton Gregory

Dalton Gregory — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:19:02 +0000

Thanks to Howard Draper for discovering the mistake and making a correction. During my time on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for the City of Denton I heard at least two different presentations on the development of a comprehensive bike lane/trail system. I think that this is important for safety, for health (encouraging more exercise), and for air quality.

Now that I have been elected to the Denton City Council I hope to work with bikedenton.org to make some real progress in this area. This is going to require some significant effort on the part of all folks who want a real lane/trail system. The city is going to face a few tough budget years and it will be easy to let this drop off the radar unless there is a steady effort made by people who hold quality of life as a high priority.

Dalton Gregory, Councilman Elect, district 2, City of Denton

By: Myles/ rattrappress

Myles/ rattrappress — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:16:06 +0000

Funny, this sounds exactly like something I would do! At least you had the guts to publicly admit your mistake with your retraction etc.

It’s good to know that some of these guys actually support Denton cyclists. I drove around Denton last Friday (work related trip) imagining how hard it would be to get from place to place in your town. It didn’t look good.

By: howard

howard — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:19:26 +0000

Dalton is exactly correct. He and three other candidates responded, and I foolishly didn’t set up my email forwarding properly. I apologize profusely for this massive error, and I’ll print a retraction ASAP.

By: vote for teeter!

vote for teeter! — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:30:14 +0000

Andrew Teeter strongly supports bike lines and bike activism, so if he didn’t respond he either didn’t have time to do so, or did not see your questionnaire.

By: Dalton Gregory

Dalton Gregory — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:56:46 +0000

I sent my response to the questionnaire to Howard Draper at 6:13 p.m. on April 30. I am disappointed that it was not included. I am very supportive of bike trails. It is listed as the number one priority in the Denton Parks and Recreation Department Master Plan given to the City Council in February 2009.

Dalton Gregory, candidate for district 2 Denton City Council.

By: dentonfoodnotbombs

dentonfoodnotbombs — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:40:39 +0000

Kinda makes me wonder why there is going to be a Ride to Vote if the candidates to vote for don’t acknowledge the idea or bike activism in general.

By: Johntron

Johntron — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:21:09 +0000

Yeah, sounds like the officials up there are following their own agenda. I don’t live in Denton, but I wish you the best of luck in dealing with this problem. Look forward to seeing you at a ride or maybe at Querencia in the future.