Editor,
At the April 3 San Mateo City Council meeting, Mayor Amourence Lee called herself a “public health professional” and then effectively stopped any actions by the council to ban, restrict or phase out the use of gasoline powered leaf blowers. She acknowledged they emit noise pollution, carcinogens, contribute to global warning, and produce particulate air pollution, but in her mind this is not a public health concern.
She obviously cares more about the 150 “lawn mower” companies that might be affected by a ban or restriction than she does about the 100,000+ residents of San Mateo. She is a disgrace to the public health profession and has demonstrated no credibility on that subject.
Her hypocrisy is incredible. She has got to go.
Jacqueline Grubb
San Mateo
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(2) comments
WoW, what a legacy Lee has forged for herself - self inflicted and apparently self intended.
I listened to Lee's comments on the City of San Mateo Youtube site. She didn t express concern for lawn mower companies. However she expressed concern for some of the "stakeholders" that would be most impacted by a gas leaf blower ban, referring to busineses that use leaf blowers. That seems like a reasonable concern of a public servant to consider all those affected, many of whom are San Mateo residents.
BTW, leaf blowers, like all small engines, don t contribute significantly to climate change or greenhouse gases as they use little gasoline.
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