The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission said she would allow retailers of youth-model all-terrain vehicles to unload their older inventory despite new restrictions on lead content that prohibit sales. But it isn’t clear if acting CPSC Chairman Nancy Nord has the authority to grant such permission.
Ms. Nord told her compliance staff Friday to hold off on its enforcement for a year on youth ATVs. A spokesman for Ms. Nord said that, as agency chairman, she can enforce her decision. But CPSC Commissioner Thomas Moore said he hasn’t made a decision, and until he does, Ms. Nord doesn’t have authority to act… Details
The owner of a stolen parrot is setting up a reward fund to hasten the return of his beloved bird.
Fred Mireles said he has already received pledges of more than $100 to help find Gordo – a 30-year-old green parrot stolen from his cage on Mireles’ front porch about a week ago. (Details and picture)
Gordo is better known throughout Baldwin Park as the skateboarding parrot from Guatemala. He was often seen rolling down residential streets with Mireles on a mini, makeshift skateboard.
“I’ve been talking to a lot of people, showing pictures… Details
Hey Freakonomics, how could you get so much so wrong in five short sentences?
A blog post this week highlights Oregon Representative Wayne Krieger’s proposal to charge cyclists a biannual registration fee and parrots his assertion that cyclists don’t contribute to the roads they ride and do similar damage to roads as vehicles.Â
In an interview with Jonathan Maus at Bike Portland, Rep. Krieger is clearly upset that Oregon’s vulnerable road users law puts too much responsibility on motorists to wield there vehicles responsibly and thinks that if cyclists keep getting … Details
It took a modest army of BMX bikers months of dirt-shoveling to build the track of their dreams. But because they built on public property, their track will soon be bulldozed.
Murrieta Assistant City Manager Jim Holston said Thursday that parks maintenance employees will, in the coming weeks, begin their annual clearing of over-grown weeds on city-owned land at Kalmia and New Clay streets. When the brush is cleared, Holston said, the land, slated to be developed into a public park in a few years, will be levelled.
That land, however, has become the main source of entertainment for many teen and adult BMX bike riders who have shown up… DetailsÂ