EDITOR,
Well, it was bound to happen. Leaf blowers are the new evil. What next? Playful children, dogs barking, spray gun machines, chainsaws, power washers, crows, motorcycles on residential streets, lawn mowers, air guns? Can you imagine what gardeners will charge if they have to take the time to rake or sweep? What about us retirees who love to maintain our homes but, because of “old bones,” cannot rake like we used to? We have pride in our homes, and the sound of a leaf blower is a positive. Get real.
Carol Schwartz, Scotts Valley
Some people are just sour about everything and have nothing better to do than complain. Get a life!
Hire the neighborhood kid's to do the work. I remember cutting grass, raking, and bagging all the debris for many years as a kid...there were no leaf blowers then and we all survived.
Or, you could just remove all the trees...
I got a retiree next door that has LBD... Leaf Blower Disease, an' she ain't got nuthin' better to do than blow wet leaves in the rain. Not to mention other people's properties when they are not home, if she thinks she can get away with it.
Why do people move to wildlands areas if their leaf paranoid??? Move away, back to the burbs!