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Stephen Moser hates cars even more than Critical Mass!!!
I just woke up to the wackiest news I'd read in a while, courtesy of a commenter on my site and Les over at OneLesCar; Stephen Moser (of Austin Chronicle's After a Fashion fame) has been arrested for setting fire to an automobile while it was parked in the City Hall parking garage on March 13th! For real!
Talk about irony. When I think of the number of Critical Mass attendees who may have wanted to set fire to a car or two, yet have never done so, well now you don't have to worry about it because this out-spoken pro-car, anti-Critical Mass crusader did it for you! Thanks Stephen, we all really appreciate it. By doing this you've taken TWO cars off the streets, your roommate's and yours, as I can only assume you can't drive where you're at right now, being charged with a FELONY! Turns out Stephen didn't own a car, but counted on his roommate to drive him around/carshare. Thanks for keeping me honest, Doug!
For more backstory into the seething rage that Mr. Moser's barely been able to contain up until this point, check out his first Critical Mass article from last year. Damn Stephen, I knew you were angry but I didn't really think you had it in you!
Mugshot courtesy of KXAN (click for extreme closeup)
More news links:
- Original KVUE fire story: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/031309kvue_city_hall_garage_fire-...
- KVUE story about arrest: http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/032409kvue_city_hall_fire_arrest-cb...
- KXAN story about arrest: http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/Arrest_made_in_City_Hall_car_fire
"Moser, dressed in a long fur coat and black leather pants..."
ROFLCOPTER
I think he was wearing leather pants at the Best of Austin party as well. Maybe they were a different pair of leather pants. He's a snappy dresser, I'll give him that.
I offered to take him on a bicycle tour of Austin and find a bike for him. Maybe he should have took me up on that offer...he could have been a car free avatar.
Indeed, sorry to hear that it came to this for him. Although maybe we need to scrounge up a bike now for his roommate.
... seems that Moser didn't have a car, and his roommate took him around or they shared the car or something.
It also seems that he's dying of prostate cancer, which I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Though it seems he's already lived longer than the doctors originally gave him, so that's good.
I guess he has good reason to be angry (at the Universe, anyways. Not really at bikes or cars, though I don't know about his roommate.)
I thought he died years ago??
supports your theory