Jim Mork writes: Sounds like an invitation for standing water where mosquitoes can hatch. It seems to me that any deliberate move to create standing water is a bad move.
Corrie Zoll writes: Thanks for your comments. I agree that mosquitoes are a natural resource that I would be happy without. But the mosquitoes are not hatching in the boulevards. Your boulevard would need to hold water for a week in order to hatch mosquitoes. I've never seen a boulevard garden hold water for that long. Jim Mork writes: The storm drains have one effect of allowing such water to run off. And since a LOT of tax dollars went into building them, we need to allow them to do our job. Corrie Zoll writes: Actually, the storm drains are where the mosquitoes ARE hatching. Storm drain catch basins are on the forefront of concern about West Nile Virus. Also, reducing the volume of water in the storm sewer will reduce tax dollars used for sewer upgrades while improving water quality in your watershed. Corrie Zoll Phillips TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
