Remember the Democrat Assemblywoman Betty Karnette in California pushing for a $7 tax on all bike sales? Well thanks to heat from bikers in the area, she has backed off the proposal:

The bill was widely viewed by consumers, retailers and manufacturers as a “back door” tax on bicycles that would have created unnecessary bureaucracy and hurt bicycle sales and participation in cycling.

Democrat Karnette has now backed down, despite lobbying for her idea in newspapers and industry publications.

Pete Skoda [a Haro Bikes executive] said: “We are delighted that Assemblywoman Karnette has recognized that government should encourage, not curtail healthy lifestyles.”

Props to Haro Bikes for joining in the campaign against this idiotic bill. Nothing like threatening a politician with a loss of votes in order to make them change their minds.