Vigilante Maud Says Beat Them with a Stick

From the Sun Gazette it was reported that the Vienna Town Council:

"Heard a plea from Assembly of God Church minister Craig Burns for more speed and courtesy rules enforcement along the Washington & Old Dominion Trail. Burns, a marathoner who regularly jogs on the trail, said bicyclists increasingly are dispensing with audible warnings that alert pedestrians to their approach. Burns said he once was struck from behind by a bicyclist, who then offered no apology. Cyclists' behavior changes markedly when police are present, as with the Vienna farmers' market on summer Saturdays, he said. Burns rejected a suggestion from Council member Maud Robinson, who said her late husband, Mayor Charles Robinson, used to carry sticks with him on the trail."