Hi Neighbor,

I was intrigued the other day when I heard a voice accompanying a snippet of video on SILive.com.

“They can’t come up with a plan for any issue on Staten Island that doesn’t involve bike lanes,” said the voice.

“Bike lanes.” Grrrrr. They send me into a tailspin the way “Niagara Falls” does in the old Abbott and Costello skit. (With apologies to the non-Baby Boomers. I know you have no idea what I’m talking about. YouTube it.)

“They” is the Department of Transportation. Surprised? The voice belonged to our mid-Island city councilman, David Carr.

David, along with three state elected representatives – Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assembly Michael Tannousis and Sen. Jessica Scarcella Spanton – were so outraged they staged a press conference on a stretch of Capodanno Boulevard betwee

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