Friday, February 25, 2011

Bicycling Seattle mayor has bike stolen

If the Seattle mayor had a top of the line mayoral SUV like Atlanta’s Kasim Reed, he would not have lost his ride

Bicycling Seattle mayor has bike stolen

SEATTLE — Seattle's bicycling mayor has had some explaining to do — to his wife about why her bike got swiped after he borrowed it to ride to work.

Seattlepi.com says Mayor Mike McGinn sent a message on Twitter late Wednesday about Peggy Lynch's wheels.

He says in a tweet: "I know I've been encouraging people to ride bikes more, but I didn't mean u could 'borrow' my wife's bike w/o asking."

McGinn, a former Sierra Club leader, frequently commutes by bike and often rides to events and meetings. He's a strong advocate of making Seattle more friendly to cycles and pedestrians.

McGinn's spokesman says the mayor borrowed his wife's bike because he recently donated his own to a charity. It was taken from a city garage.

From the AJC online here with info from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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