[Sosfbay-discuss] Did My Bike Help?

[Andrea Dorey]

I cannot believe how crafty you guys are getting:  helium balloons,  
bikes with trailers, now parking bikes in public or heavy-foot- 
traffic areas!  You are amazing!
Andrea  :- )

On Oct 7, 2006, at 6:49 AM, Bob Alavi wrote:

> Last Thursday (10/5), I parked my bike -- properly -- on the  
> bicycle rack -- in front of the entrance to El Camino Hospital ALL  
> DAY.  The "special effect" was it had Tian Harter's Lawn Sign  
> ( http://tian.greens.org/ ) mounted on it -- all day!  Right in  
> front of the entrace that had a lot more traffic, with much better  
> visibility than my lawn!
>
> Was that a better use of the lawn sign -- in front of the entrance  
> than my yard?
>
> At any rate, on the way back, around 5 PM, watching the traffic  
> going down Grant Road, I figured it was at least 100 times more  
> than what passed in front of my yard.  So, guess what?
>
> Right.  I promptly placed the lawn sign at GRANT and SLEEPER.   
> Right & Ready in front of the heavy commuter traffic eyes.
>
> Every Green I know seems to have a bike to ride and a couple to  
> spare.  My question is:
>
> Can we make a good use of those bikes THROUGH NOV. 7, to publicize  
> Green Candidates?
>
> THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  I am going to rotate my spare bike in front  
> of "Safeway, Albertsons, Nob Hill, and yes CALTRAIN".  If you think  
> it may be effective, pass the idea on to State and National  
> Greens.  Then remeber BART, Major intersections, FWY  
> overpasses ...  I only subscribe locally here to "sosfbay".
>
> (Keep an eye out for the parked bicycle bearing a Green Candidate  
> Lawn Sign :)))) at your favorite local marketplace :))))
>
> THOUGHT 2:  Can we expand that theme by placing signs elsewhere?   
> (Hint:  A couple of weeks ago, in a neighborhood picnic in the  
> park, I tied some HELIUM BALLOONS to that bike, then placed it  
> right on the entry path to Picnic Area; of course with an 8.5 x 11  
> candidate sign that was printed by the computer!
>
> THOUGHT 3:  How can YOU increase your one vote, towards that  
> 1,000,000?
>
>
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