One More Nail in the Coffin
This bill, if passed, will be one more step towards eliminating Bike Week. Every year fewer and fewer people come to the area during Bike Week. Many of the area businesses depend on the Bike Week income to make a living and stay in the black. The city does nothing to encourage attendance.
The City of Laconia could actually make a profit on Bike Week if they left half of the Police home. It has gone way beyond a police presense and become plain old intimidation. The passage of a strict law, as proposed, will send a clear message that Laconia, and New Hampshire, is "motorcycle unfriendly"
How many attendees will come back next year when they see police officers stopping bikes and writing noise tickets?
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