I do think that all opinions are valid and worthy of hearty debate. When I vaunt mine; I hope them to be respected, too.

Which is just a nicer way of saying, “The Cracker Barrel argument? Really?”

You said “Not everyone lives near the trails” and “Well, guess what, not all people are able to ride bicycles from all over town.”
Well, guess what? If safe access to the bike trail network is limited by distance, then we need more bike trails and bike lanes.

RE “This town is NOT flat and we don’t have a mild climate all year long.”
Yet people keep riding those pesky bicycles. Those fools!

RE “The people who supported you are in YOUR district. Your district doesn’t make up the entire town.”
As Mr. Petty pointed out, other aldermen endorsed the trail system in their campaigns.

RE “There ARE a lot more people than you think out here who are AGAINST what you and the city government are doing to this town.”
Yet over time, in numerous elections, a majority of Fayetteville citizens has conspired to turn Fayetteville into the liberal hell that you find so distasteful. Perhaps you should move to Springdale, where you can savor the fruits of “conservative” governance. I would suggest Rogers, but they’ve gone kind of liberal on us.

RE “I have come on this website to post my opinion about this tax, only because this is the only place I have found that I can post my opinions in front of people who don’t agree with me.”
Good. That’s what it’s for.
“I’ve been pummeled by all the supporters of the tax, but that’s ok.”
It was more your poor style of argumentation than your opinion per se that got you pummeled.
“I got to say what I wanted.”
Good. Thank you.

Judging by the number of comments you’ve continued to make after that I, again, suggest you do have way more time than you think. If you think that regurgitating nonsensical inconsistent ramblings on the Fayetteville Flyer site is going to help your efforts in having this pass then you really need to get out and take in some fresh air for your brain. Or carry on and don’t let facts and logic stop you.

You might think that a portion of the services paid for by the tax are wasteful, but you are in the minority of Fayetteville voters. How do I know? I was elected on a platform that included trails, and so were a majority of the other Alderman. Trails made up a large of the platforms of both the former and current Mayor.

You aren’t educated on the facts, like how the city has cut the General Fund budget by $2.6 million in the last three years without sacrificing services, or how occupancy rates for rentals on the trails are near 100%, or how a company like Proctor & Gamble made the decision to locate in Fayetteville instead of another NWA community because of our parks and trails.

If you think we are doing it wrong and we aren’t listening to you, work to elect someone else or run for office yourself. You will be disappointed in your polling numbers if you run on a platform of eliminating capital improvements for bicycle facilities.

I’m also pretty sure that there haven’t been any new speed tables built within the last few years because of the public controversy about their effectiveness.

RE “David, it has been used in the past couple of years with a negative connotation.”
Yes, it has, but as I said, it was initially adopted by the TEA Party. Their early ignorance as to its “negative connotation” is of no consequence to me– I’m far more concerned about the remainder of their dangerous wealth of ignorance.

You give yourself too little credit with your pseudonym. You are the bane of all germane, reasoned blog interaction.

I guess AllGermaneReasonedBlogInteractionsBane is too long for blog software, though. You could use ProgsBaneTard. It wouldn’t be as accurate, but it’s more accurate than your current one.

RE “I was addressing two different comments you made.”
I know. That’s why I made two different responses.

RE “And NO, the TeaBagger name was used later.”
From Huffington Post, 18 Nov 2009:
“As a reference to members of the currently active Tea Party, the word has been used in speech and print by both liberals and conservatives. In this context, the term “teabagger” is a reasonably conceived informal name for an affiliate of the Tea Party, and as a word in the news, it earned a mention for the year 2009.” — “‘Teabagger’ Finalist For Oxford’s ‘Word Of The Year’”