Sunday, August 08, 2010

C. Spot : Bike Powered Fundraiser : Monday!

Darlings and Cohorts and Bicycle-Loving Comrades,

This Monday, August 9th, at 7pm!
You are cordially invited to join us for a lovely evening of snacks, drinks, bike movies, and good company, as we raise funds (and morale) for the legal battle to protect pedicabs and pedicab freedoms...

Join us at C. Spot Studio / Fairyland / Theater of the Magical Real.
Entry is sliding scale $15-$20 and includes food, entertainment, and grown-up drinks :)

There will also be a bicycle raffle sponsored by Times Up.

The Gate opens at 7pm / Program at 8:30pm.

You can take the F train to York Ave (first F stop i  Brooklyn) or ride a bike over. We have plenty of bicycle parking.
RSVP for detailed directions. misscspot@gmail.com

The Story from Pedicab-Driver Duncan:
This past June I took a pedicab ride with my partner from Brooklyn, into the city. While we walked the pedicab on the Manhattan Bridge we got passed by a cyclist who turned out to be an attorney for the DCA (Department of Consumer Affairs) . This individual decided to take secret camera phone pictures of us on the bridge, and the pedicab, and to send these photo's to a NYPD detective.
The result was a very hefty unlawful ticket sent to my good friend, and pedicab distributor. Beyond that, the DCA  is now trying to use this case as a vehicle (no pun intended)  to not allow any pedicab
usage on bridges between Boroughs whatsoever!!!!
This would be a huge blow to our industry, and an insult to pedicab drivers throughout the city.

PLEASE, if you can, come celebrate pedal power, and help us raise the funds to pay for the legal fees necessary to win this case...and keep pedicab drivers free to walk our vehicle's between boroughs.

Magical Real Love and Bicycles!