Many people helped to make this event a success. First of all, I want to acknowledge Samuel Godfrey, my talented Constituency Assistant. And.... Michael Dayan of Helliwell Productions did a great job behind the camera. I also want to praise the inspired work of Mikael Colville-Andersen, of Copenhagen Consulting. He graciously allowed us to use his photograph in our poster. And thanks to Michele Murphy for designing such a striking poster! The Victoria artist Ami Muranetz created a beautiful and eye-catching banner – thank you! (Click here for Ami’s website) Also thank you Jacob and Amber for your help in postering Victoria. I’d also like to thank my new part-time Constituency Assistant Ben Johnson for all his great help and Mike Vasilev for his excellent volunteer networking efforts. Thanks to Julie Kaye and Bill Gaylord for doing such a good job with the sound system. Mark Hutchison, thank you for your work on the squeakywheels.ca website! And kudos to Pedal Pundit Jamie Ollivier for his poetry and videography. (Click here to see his website). Thanks to the brilliant coffee people at Caffe Fantastico.
Thanks to the cycling industry for showing support, especially bike stores (like Fairfield Bike Store, Russ Hayes, and Capital City Cycles), bike manufacturers like Kona, Rocky Mountain Bicycles, and the Victoria Pedi-Cab Company.
Thanks to all the folks in Nanaimo for showing great initiative and pulling off an excellent event in your home town!
Thanks to all the speakers and the MC Maestro David Cubberley.
And finally, to the 500 cyclists who came out for the rally and the 5000 people who signed the petition: THANK YOU!
Lana Popham MLA, Saanich South Critic for Agriculture and Lands
PS. Check out the latest video from the much-loved “Pedal Pundit” of Vancouver: