Are there also noise differences between electric and gas powered lawnmowers, blowers, chainsaws, etc? Are these differences taken in to account?
Amy Bonifas Whittier Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike Wrote: > At first, when I read this post, I thought it was some sort of joke. Then I > realized: these people are serious. For crying out loud, is this some sort > of real issue? I mean, they're leaf blowers. Sure, they make a little noise > every now and again, but so do jackhammers, snowblowers, lawnmowers, > hoopties on Lake Street, and about a hundred other things. Surely there are > better things for the city council to work on. > > If the city council spends ANY time on this, it will be official: they will > annointed Busybodies with simply not enough to do, and should be dismissed. Absolutely 100% agree. This is silly. If leaf-blowers need any regulating, it's just to prohibit their operation in the middle of the night, but noise ordinances already cover that. See how many landscaping companies will do business in Minneapolis if they can't use leaf-blowers! Dan McGrath Longfellow http://www.smokeoutgary.org REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! � What will yours do? REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
