Strict limits urged on Leaf blowers
Toronto � Toronto�s board of health has endorsed heavy restrictions on Leaf blowers in the city and Ken Dryden, President of Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment, is livid.
�Why should the board of health clamp down, no pun intended, on my players,� Dryden complained. �They are in the throws of a do-or-die season and now this imposition.�
The board of health has suggested that Leaf blowers be banned from areas of the city that are designated as �quiet zones�. This annoys Dryden even more.
�Sometimes there is the odd scream of ecstasy but the noise is never that loud or enduring. Other than a little moaning and sometimes gagging, there usually is no appreciable noise at all.�
Leaf blowers will also be restricted on residential properties year-round except October and November, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. On commercial sites, they can be used year-round but with the same limitations to weekdays.
�This is totally unrealistic,� whined Tie Domi, �Some of the guys are single and they won�t be allowed to ease their tensions in their own homes? I can�t imagine going to a commercial site for that sort of activity. What was the board thinking?�
The board�s minutes indicate that an ad hoc committee will determine the need for similar bans on the Argo Bounce and the Raptors� slurpee at 711s. They have been mandated to consider alternatives to the team name �Blue Jay�, for �obvious reasons�. |
