Seasonal Leaf-Blower Ban Upheld in Arlington
Opponents of the ban fell 241 "No" votes shy of a repeal.
Despite taking Thursday’s vote by more than a 2-to-1 margin, opponents of Arlington’s seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers, which was passed at Town Meeting in April, fell 241 “No” votes shy of repealing the ban. State law required opponents to get at least 5,780 “No” votes, which represents 20 percent of Arlington’s 28,898 registered voters, in order to overturn the action of Town Meeting. Instead, they got 5,539, or roughly 68 percent of the 8,158 votes cast. There were 2,619 “Yes” votes. Thursday’s Special Election had 28 percent voter turnout overall. By comparison, April’s Town Elections, which featured hotly contested races for both the Board of Selectmen and School Committee, as well as numerous Town Meeting member races due to …
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Rodolpho Larsapari
8:39 am on Sunday, October 28, 2012
This is so stupid! MORE DUMB people dictating nonsense law on people. Thats just GREAT! I can't wait until it snows and we ban snow blowers because they make too much noise too early in the morning... I would and will argue that a snow blower is louder and make a bigger mess than a leaf blower. It really sucks that there are people in this town with nothing better to do than complain about a leaf… more ›