Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns

[meegbear]

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes is warning voters that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's policies, particularly his efforts to boost bike riding, are "converting Denver into a United Nations community."

"This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed," Maes told about 50 supporters who showed up at a campaign rally last week in Centennial.

Maes said in a later interview that he once thought the mayor's efforts to promote cycling and other environmental initiatives were harmless and well-meaning. Now he realizes "that's exactly the attitude they want you to have."

"This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms," Maes said.

He added: "These aren't just warm, fuzzy ideas from the mayor. These are very specific strategies that are dictated to us by this United Nations program that mayors have signed on to."

Maes said in a later interview that he was referring to Denver's membership in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, an international association that promotes sustainable development and has attracted the membership of more than 1,200 communities, 600 of which are in the United States.

Denver became a member of the group in 1992, more than a decade before Hickenlooper became mayor. Eric Brown, the mayor's spokesman, said the city's contact with ICLEI "is limited."

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http://www.denverpost.com/election2010/ci_15673894

[marmar]

1. Sometimes emoticons say it better......

:crazy: :freak: :dunce:

[SpiralHawk]

2. Teh RepubliStoopid. It burns.

I suppose this whackadoodle RepubliBagger wants to DRILL DRILL DRILL in the Gulf of Mexico for more oil, and cut taxes for Rich Republicons so they can have MORE MORE MORE and - allegedly -- tinkle the Golden Surplus down upon us American proles.

Teh Stoopid. It burns.

[jobycom]

3. Egads, like I'm not ostracized enough for being liberal, vegetarian, and atheist

Now I'm a commie freak because I ride a bike?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Just wait till they make you wear those round hats like the CHINESE!

[JuniperLea]

5. Is it too late to play the opposite game?

Can we start pushing for something we want repealed or something like that? If we bow to the stupidity any longer they'll have to cart us all away to a nice, safe, padded place!

:eyes: