Posted by Gertrude
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on May 6, 2015 at 3:49 pm

In addition to leaf blowers blowing away protective soil and leaves, they create horrendous noise and air pollution. Blowers also reduce a food source (fallen seeds on the ground) for the wild life.

I grew up in the 60's and 70's when hardly anyone had leaf blowers. Mowing/raking the lawn and sweeping the driveway was a way for children/teens to earn spending money, or just a weekly chore that kids used to do. I guess those days are gone forever.

Posted by Menlo Voter
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on May 6, 2015 at 6:32 pm
Menlo Voter is a registered user.

Gertrude:

if people were willing to pay the additional cost to eliminate leaf blowers it would happen. the problem is that every time this gets proposed people fight it because they don't want to pay more money for their landscape maintenance. It costs more to rake and sweep and when it comes right down to it our residents are too cheap to pay the added cost.