Tag: ed orcutt

August 6, 2015

Breaking through ‘legislative gridlock’: Bipartisan Bike Ride tours Seattle

I called it Congressional Mass. Then someone next to me joked it should be called Legislative Gridlock. But the 150 or so state legislators and I were on bikes, so we actually moved through downtown and around Lake Union quite smoothly. Seattle is hosting the National Conference of State Legislators this week, and Thursday morning…
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tagged: bike texas, bipartisan bike ride, ed orcutt, washington bikes
May 29, 2013

Orcutt: No need to increase transpo investment because ’11 of the 12 sections of the bridge are still standing’

Ed Orcutt, the ranking Republican on the Washington House Transportation Committee, has sent another email with questionable conclusions about transportation policy. You may remember the representative from this misstep from March: “You would be giving off more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car.” That statement and an email saying…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, ed orcutt
March 2, 2013

State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment

EDITOR’S NOTE, May 2015: This story is going viral again, but not everyone realizes the story is old. Please note that it happened in 2013. Thanks! Representative Ed Orcutt (R – Kalama) does not think bicycling is environmentally friendly because the activity causes cyclists to have “an increased heart rate and respiration.” This is according…
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tagged: 2013 legislature, bike tax, ed orcutt