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Amber Weilert: ‘Nothing can change this reality, but we can change the future’
Amber Weilert’s 13-year-old son Mikey was killed in July while biking in a crosswalk on Pacific Avenue S in Parkland. Since then, she’s been sharing her devastating story in an effort to make changes. She spoke during an event for World Day of Remembrance in November, and last week penned a heartbreaking and powerful piece…
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Milton repeals helmet law + How bike share and helmet laws might coexist
There are a handful of topics that online forums seem completely incapable of discussing rationally. Gun control, white male privilege and George Lucas are examples. In the biking world, the most irrational topic of conversation is probably helmets—specifically, all-ages mandatory helmet laws. So when the City of Milton (east of Tacoma, south of Federal Way)…
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