The following is from the Town of Arlington.
The 2012 Special Town Meeting Leaf Blower Committee will hold a public meeting on Monday, January 14, 2013, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue. The public is invited to attend. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
- Introduction and overview of the meeting objectives - Faciliator Kevin F. Greeley, Chair of the Board of Selectmen
- Open Forum - comments from meeting participatns (3 minute time limit for each participant)
- Closing comments - Facilitator Kevin F. Greeley
For complete additional meeting details please visit the 2012 Special Town Meeting Leaf Blower Committee page.
Stephan
7:34 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
why did we vote on it???????????
Donald Mei
8:27 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
Those of us who voted, voted by a huge majority against it. So the real question is why is this still law?
I know about the requirement for a certain number of total votes. Its a rhetorical question.
A more serious question is why it didn't end up on the ballots when we had the general election in Nov. There would have been more than a large enough turnout to guarantee that the will of the citizens of Arlington was properly measured.
Don
Old Lady
8:24 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
I may not agree with the outcome of the vote however the "town" did vote to ban leaf blowers.
Donald Mei
8:28 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
The town did not vote to ban leaf blowers. The selectman did. The town voted down the ban. But because there was not a large enough turnout the massive vote against the ban did not count.
Tim
9:11 am on Monday, December 24, 2012
Donald , you are 100 % correct .... The town did not vote for this ban . A group of elitist's voted for this ban and knew how to play the town meeting system . This town wants to be a little city , so let be a city .. Time to rid TOWN MEETING ,SELECTMEN, A TOWN MANAGER ,who is controlled by selectmen .. This group of elitists know how to play these selectmen and it has to stop .. It is time for us to take back our town ...TOWN MEETING IS ANTIQUATED ... MERRY CHRISTMAS
Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III
2:06 pm on Monday, December 24, 2012
Leaf blowers should be required at Town Meeting. They would come in handy to drown out the voices of unhinged selectmen and, with slight modification, could be used to blow smoke as required.
Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III
Jerry
10:08 am on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Arlington has lost it's mind, I miss the old Arlington.