Few reverse barometers work as good as Charles. I don't think it is what he says so much as what he leaves out. He always paints a picture using half of the information to make it sound like he wants it to sound and always leaves out the information that would make any rational person disagree. Example, He decries Amy for saying bike safety is not a priority (paraphrased/context). But Amy know that many roads have a bike lane just a few feet from a bike path in a city that want a sales tax because we don't have enough money to support overspending. So why would bike paths continue to be a priority in a city with so many other needs? Well, so we could have a walkable city of course at whatever cost a few people thing the rest of us should pay.