{"id":1285,"date":"2011-11-12T13:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/health-and-safety-through-bicycles-roy-taylor-vcc-10-nov-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-11-12T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T18:30:11","slug":"health-and-safety-through-bicycles-roy-taylor-vcc-10-nov-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/health-and-safety-through-bicycles-roy-taylor-vcc-10-nov-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Health and safety through bicycles &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 10 Nov 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"Roy Taylor spoke first in Citizens to Be Heard at\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/11\/four-board-appointments-valdosta-city-council-10-november-2011-.html\">\nThursday&#8217;s Valdosta City Council meeting<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5hJBLGy8YE\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6237\/6337251277_b8457cf738_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe need bicycle paths in this community, very very badly.\nI travel to Europe&#8230; and they have bicycle paths all over,\nand it helps our children as they are growing up.\nIt helps us as adults&#8230;. It helps all of us&#8230;.\nIt is good for our children, our community.\n<p>\nI want you to think about the health care cost that those bicycles can save.\nIn the health care we have to pay, the hospitalization, the medical costs,\nif we keep our bodies in good shape.\n<p>\nYou have a grant in here now of about $75,000 to $100,000 &#8230; school money.\nI can think of no finer way for those children than to walk the\nsidewalk and to ride a bicycle.\n<\/blockquote>\nThat&#8217;s right: Roy Taylor spoke in favor of a grant, and for bicycles.\nBicyclers listened from the back before some of them spoke:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157628111972506\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm7.static.flickr.com\/6095\/6338003630_219e29cc7c.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nGeorge Rhynes took this video, and here&#8217;s his comment on it:\n<blockquote>\nMr. Roy Taylor speaks on behalf of our children. He spoke about keeping\nour bodies in good health and that Valdosta is a great place to help and\nassist the citizens of our community. Just keeping it real and why read\nwhat I write when you can listen to the peole.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e5hJBLGy8YE\">\nthe video:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e5hJBLGy8YE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<small>\nHealth and safety through bicycles &mdash;Roy Taylor @ VCC 10 Nov 2011\n<br>\nbicycle, path, health care, health, sidewalk, grant,\n<br>\nRegular Session, Valdosta City Council (VCC),\n<br>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 November 2011.\n<br>\nVideos by George Boston Rhynes for K.V.C.I., the bostongbr on YouTube.\n<\/small>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Taylor spoke first in Citizens to Be Heard at Thursday&#8217;s Valdosta City Council meeting: We need bicycle paths in this community, very very badly. I travel to Europe&#8230; and they have bicycle paths all over, and it helps our children as they are growing up. It helps us as adults&#8230;. 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