8 MAY 2007: Thank Bicycle Safety Month Co-Sponsors

Missouri Bicyclists,

Here is a little warmup to our upcoming introduced a resolution to officially declare May as Bike Month this year. It should come up to a vote this week.

He was able to round up no less than 34 (!) co-sponsors for the resolution. (Our MoBikeFed lobbyist Jim Farrell might have had a little to do with that . . . ).

Could you take just a couple of minutes and email a few of our cosponsors and thank them for co-sponsoring the resolution? Especially your own representative (if by chance that person was a co-sponsor) or those who live close to you?

Sample email message (PLEASE personalize it at least a little):

Representative XXXX,
Thank you for co-sponsoring HCR 54 declaring May as Bike Month and Bicycle Safety Month. Making Missouri safer and friendlier for bicycling is very important to me, and I appreciate your support on this issue.

Representatives of the Missouri Bicycle Federation will be in Jefferson City May 14th for an Advocacy Day. I hope you will work with them to make Missouri a better, safer place to bicycle.

Contact information for sponsor/co-sponsors:

• Mike Sutherland - sponsor of bill & chief bicycling proponent in the MO legislature
  Mike.Sutherland@house.mo.gov
  
• Ryan Silvey - Kansas City
  ryan.silvey@house.mo.gov
  
• Charles Schlottach - Owensville
  Charlie.Schlottach@house.mo.gov
  
• Steve Hunter - Joplin
  Steve.Hunter@house.mo.gov
  
• Carl Bearden - St. Charles
  Carl.Bearden@house.mo.gov
  
• Bob Nance - Excelsior Springs
  bob.nance@house.mo.gov
  
• Bill Deeken - Jefferson City
  Bill.Deeken@house.mo.gov
  
• Robin Wright Jones - St. Louis0
  Robin.Jones@house.mo.gov
  
• Scott Lipke - Jackson
  Scott.Lipke@house.mo.gov
• Dwight Scharnhorst - Manchester
  Dwight.Scharnhorst@house.mo.gov
  
• Kathlyn Fares - Webster Groves
  Kathlyn.Fares@house.mo.gov
  
• Kevin Threlkeld - Washington
  Kevin.Threlkeld@house.mo.gov
  
• Craig Bland - Kansas City
  Craig.Bland@house.mo.gov
  
• Jason Smith - Salem
  Jason.Smith@house.mo.gov
  
• Ron Richard - Joplin
  Ronald.Richard@house.mo.gov
  
• Tim Jones - Eureka
  tim.jones@house.mo.gov
  
• Sam Page - Creve Coeur
  Sam.Page@house.mo.gov
  
• Terry Young - Kansas City
  Terry.Young@house.mo.gov
  
• Rod Jetton - Marble Hill, Speaker of the House
  Rod.Jetton@house.mo.gov
  
• Rodney Hubbard - St. Louis
  Rodney.Hubbard@house.mo.gov
  
• Rodney Schad - Versailles
  rodney.schad@house.mo.gov
  
• Rick Stream - Kirkwood
  rick.stream@house.mo.gov
  
• Marilyn Ruestman - Joplin
  Marilyn.Ruestman@house.mo.gov
  
• Barney Fischer - Richards
  barney.fisher@house.mo.gov
  
• Mike Parson - Bolivar
  mike.parson@house.mo.gov
  
• Kenny Jones - California
  kenny.jones@house.mo.gov
  
• Jeff Grisamore - Lee's Summit
  jeff.grisamore@house.mo.gov
  
• Shannon Cooper - Clinton, Chair of the Rules Committee (key committee in getting these resolutions passed)
  Shannon.Cooper@house.mo.gov
  
• Rob Schaaf - St. Joseph
  rob.schaaf@house.mo.gov
  
• Darrell Pollock - Lebanon
  darrell.pollock@house.mo.gov
  
• Neal St. Onge - Ellisville, Chair of Transportation Committee
  Neal.St.Onge@house.mo.gov
  
• Rachel Storch - St. Louis
  rachel.storch@house.mo.gov
  
• Talibdin El-Amin - St. Louis
  td.elamin@house.mo.gov
  
• Bryan Pratt - Blue Springs
  Bryan.Pratt@house.mo.gov
  
• Ron Casey - Crystal City
  ron.casey@house.mo.gov
  
• Kate Meiners - Kansas City
  Kate.Meiners@house.mo.gov