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mywifeswayhoterthani t1_jbczu0d wrote

It says one of the plaintiffs' name is Toby Leith....nice try Mr. Tony Keith! We now know your hidden identity, nice try! Country musical genius my ass-i managed to solve that puzzle in a mere 10 minutes!

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Master_Dogs t1_jbey0fj wrote

Haha, I thought the same thing last time I saw the list of names. Turns out it's just an old white guy with a corporate office job according to Google.

The more interesting names I remember seeing were I think the guy who owns a couple of Dunkins in the Cambridge/Belmont area and I want to say a few other local business owners beyond the standard coo coo for cocoa puffs lady that runs a certain gluten free bakery on Mass Ave. The dunks guy was the funniest, since that Dunks on Mass Ave literally has a private parking lot clearly visible from the street and I highly doubt anyone ever actually had to street park to get their dunkies.

EDIT: ah yes, from this article you can find the list of folks who joined in the lawsuit. Of note were:

  • A guy who ran for City Council on combating climate change of all things (obv it's those people on bikes causing massive amounts of pollution!! not the massive 18 wheelers delivering to fucking dunks or the sea of tail lights driven by suburbanites who didn't want to deal with the red line and shitty bus connections...)
  • Country superstar Toby Keith's evil twin who's a corporate office worker in Cambridge
  • some random names I don't recognize, though maybe one's an attorney in Quincy
  • The guy who owns City Paint on Mass Ave.

Maybe the other lawsuit had the guy who owns some Dunkins in the area; though I def remember seeing a quote from them somewhere and laughing when I looked them up.

EDIT2: oh yeah I forgot there was this second lawsuit with a longer list of names, though it was this article that noted in one of the lawsuits there was an affidavit by the owner of the Dunkins in North Cambridge. The quote from him is hilarious:

> “where he attests to a devastating loss of business … with the notation that he doesn’t think he can survive in business if that bike lane isn’t adjusted to permit on street parking,” Zaleznik said. “I don’t know the last time I heard of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Massachusetts going out of business or threatening to go out of business … if they can’t make it, I would suggest that almost no business can.”

Clearly he forgot he owns a small parking lot that can easily handle the traffic from a handful of people running in for 5 mins to buy a cup of coffee and a dozen donuts for their office breakfast.

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pattyorland t1_jblf3qa wrote

What's the climate impact of Cambridge's recent bike projects?

It would be an oversimplification to declare without evidence that these projects reduced carbon emissions because they intended to help cyclists. Maybe it's true, but maybe it's not.

Also, the Dunkin at 1007 Mass Ave has no parking lot, and all street parking on both sides of Mass Ave was removed for several blocks.

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