SOUND OFF: Do You Support a Seasonal Leaf Blower Ban?
Autumn is nigh. Do you chafe at blasting leaf-blowers, or is that tidy look worth the audio anguish?
The first leaves are falling, and, in some towns, season leaf-blower bans are about ready to take a vacation. Ladies and gentlemen, start your leaf-blower engines. Newton actually has a Leaf Blower Task Force. Brookline's already got one. Leaf-blowers have been banned since spring; starting next weekend (Sept. 15), blowers will be allowed for three months; the leaf-blower ban resumes in December. What do you think about banning leaf blowers: the blessed sound of leaf-blower silence or a prime example of government overreach? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Charlie k
7:27 am on Sunday, May 5, 2013
Good morning! I have a leaf blower and the noise isn't that bad. But at 6 am Sunday ,morning? And its not leafs, its a parking lot. As i look out my window with that nice hummmm over my t.v. and look at the dust (no wind to speak of at DAWN!) it is as high as the top of the telephone poles. I just looked at the last post 2012 So this will fall on deaf ears. Oh they just stopped only 90 mins.to … more ›