In Cambridge, some residents are irritated by the sound of leaf blowers--as opposed to all the other noises one can hear in Cambridge. So, the City Council is spending its valuable time debating when and where the dastardly leaf blowers can be used.
According to Matt Dunning at the Cambridge Chronicle, the City Council spent the "better part of two hours" discussing how strong bans on leaf blowers should be. Exceptions to the ban kept popping up.
Finally, Marjorie Decker tried to bring some common sense to the table: "It seems a bit absurd,” Decker said. “I mean, what else to do we ban? Crying babies? Lawn mowers? I’m not trying to live in a silent city, and I’m not trying to live in a quiet suburb.”
Thank you, Councilor Decker. This debate sounds similar to Beacon Hill residents trying to shut off the chirping that notifies blind walkers when they can cross the street, only crunchier.
For some reason, leaf blowers tend to make people in the Boston area huff and puff. Recently, H2oTown posted a video of a guy who went crackers at workers who were blowing leaves off another guy's lawn.
Image of a leaf blower from xttols.com.
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