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Vote with your wallet. Join us at Optimism Brewing<\/a><\/span> in Seattle\u2019s Capitol Hill neighborhood tonight, Thursday, June 15 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for a fundraiser for the Washington Bike PAC.<\/span><\/i><\/h2>\n

Now more than ever before, the priorities of our local and state leaders matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Seattle, Olympia, Bellevue, Tacoma and other key races in the state, the Washington Bike PAC will this year take safe streets advocacy to a whole new level. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"PAC<\/a>In 2017 the\u00a0<\/span>Washington Bike PAC<\/a> (Political Action Committee) will work to elect candidates who will champion, through elected office, a vision of communities connected by bikes.<\/p>\n

We need elected officials who will connect the dots between public health and safe access to walking and biking. Leaders will step up and put dollars behind building connected urban bike networks that get people where they need to go, and help reduce congestion. Leaders who will fund tourism-stimulating trails projects to bolster local rural economies. We need council members, mayors, and legislators who will advance policies that keep people safe – regardless of how they choose to get around. <\/span><\/p>\n

Let me Count the Ways…<\/b><\/h3>\n

Our communities can no longer rely on Uncle Sam, and the carrot and stick of federal dollars and policy. Our immediate federal future holds an infrastructure package proposal focussing on highways, complete elimination of the federal TIGER transportation funding, a steady rollback of environmental regulations, and de-prioritization of EPA climate change and clean energy initiatives, including vehicle emissions. <\/span><\/p>\n

In order to sidestep goings-on in \u201cthe other Washington\u201d, local and state races will matter more. Our communities are ripe to advance to the next level. <\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s Another Way<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Washington Bike PAC is working in lockstep with the Washington Bikes to identify, endorse and financially support local and state candidates who are ready to build on hard work and momentum that advocates and our champions have started, and make it safe to walk and bike. <\/span><\/p>\n

Join Us<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Seattle launch of the Washington Bike PAC is momentous. Come raise a glass \u2013 alongside others who share in this vision \u2013 to a community where biking is safe, easy and intuitive<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Can’t make it tonight to the Fundraiser?\u00a0Donate to the Washington Bike PAC online<\/a>, and let\u2019s together make sure we elect future leaders who\u2019ll work with the community and lead the charge. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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