Hot August Bikes
In case you haven’t heard, the Hot August Bike ride is tomorrow, August 7th at 6:00pm at the West Street Market. Now, I’m normally all for this sort of thing, but I have a little problem with the counter-demonstration nature of this event. It’s obviously intended to be a response to Hot August Nights which is a celebration of the big evil cars. I’m certainly no lover of car culture, but really, is this necessary? How about we let the gray hairs cruise into town in their Hawaiian shirts and poodle skirts, crank the Beach Boys, drop a bunch of money in our pockets and not give them a hassle? Do we really have to crash their party and leave a sour taste in their mouths? I say let them have their week of fun; they’ll be gone in four days and then we can go back to our normal lives.