Bird scooter safety concerns

A City Council member filed a motion Wednesday proposing that any permanent agreement between the city and the rental e-scooter provider Bird will oblige the company to cover damages suffered by individuals in the event of a scooter's misuse. In a statement issued late Wednesday morning, Council member David Mann said, in part, "Bird is a profit-making activity which has landed here for one purpose, to make money for someone. Profit is fine but the damage inflicted by any enterprise must be assumed by the business, not an innocent public."