[Mpls] Leaf Blowers and Talk Radio

[Allen]

Ya, I saw that column.  Anyone want to volunteer their lot for 
Zimmerman?  I'd love to see him keep a straight face about not 
understanding why people use a leaf blower after using a leaf blower on 
half the lot and then raking the other half.

For those with small yards and plenty of time they may wonder what's the 
difference.  But what about people working 2 jobs just to get by?  Using 
their neighbors leaf blower will save them time, time they could spend 
with their children.  And what do people with heart conditions do?  Or 
arthritis?  Or just plain out old?  And how do businesses deal with 
this?  I'm suprised that the same folks that seem so concerned about 
diversity forget that there are many types of diversity.  The city isn't 
simply full of relatively young, healthy people who have enough time for 
things like raking by hand or enough money to hire someone to do it.  
There are a lot of different people in a lot of different situations. 

And if you think leaf blowers are noisy, chain saws are worse.  Why does 
anyone use those?  Afterall, it's the city and there aren't too many big 
yards around.  They should be cutting trees down by hand instead of 
subjecting the neighborhood to their noise.

wait....

.. sorry, my tongue got stuck in my cheek.  This is the city, there are 
over 380,000 residents packed into a small area.  Noise happens. 

Allen Graetz
MPLStown

WLDJ36 at aol.com wrote:

>Doug Grow's Star Tribune column links the Minneapolis leaf blower  
>controversy with conservative talk radio. Are the complaining callers  suburbanites or 
>city folk? It's one thing to run a blower in a suburb with large  lots or 
>wooded areas and quite another to run a blower in a compact Minneapolis  
>neighborhood. Here is the link: _http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/5292538.html_ 
>(http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/5292538.html) 
> 
>Bill Dooley
>Kenny
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