Category: law

Keep Your Nose Clean

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(re-run from 2021) When I was a young adult, this expression was a warning to us to straighten up and fly right – to stay out of trouble. It was said to young men more than it was said to young women, but it meant that things would come our way if we followed the… Continue reading Keep Your Nose Clean

Mow, Blow and Go – Gone?

Posted in air pollution, beach, gardeners, gas blower, law, leaf blower, massage, memoir, Monterey Bay, neighbors, noise pollution, pollution, trees, weeds2 Comments

My little beach town has outlawed the gas blowers that the gardeners use. The new law went into effect on March 1st, and clearly, my 98-year-old neighbor’s gardener didn’t get the memo. He was out in full noise-and-air-pollution force last week with his gas blower.  The law states that electric blowers and battery-operated blowers can… Continue reading Mow, Blow and Go – Gone?