What Would You Ban in Lexington?
A number of surrounding communities have deep-sixed some interesting items and activities over the past year, but should Lexington join the banning bandwagon?
Bottle ban backer Bob Lawson fashioned this faucet sculpture out of the amount of plastic water bottles consumed every second.
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Concord’s so-called bottle ban became a bylaw earlier this week, Brookline recently banned plastic bags and Styrofoam cups, and Arlington’s Town Meeting this fall upheld a seasonal leaf blower ban. Meanwhile, home-cooked foods have been forced out of many schools, an ostensible attempt to protect against allergies and childhood obesity.
Lexington hasn’t exactly hopped on this banning bandwagon, but should it?
Is there an activity or item you would want to see banned out of environmental, health or quality-of-life concerns? Let us know in the comments section below.
Barry Connelly
9:27 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
I would Ban all AA Meetings......Send the wrong message on what, is sobriety..Thank you.Bob.
KEN D...
11:34 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Bob, Not sure what your beef is with AA, but many people do benefit from attending the meetings. On the plus side, you don't have to go unless you're court ordered. If that is the case, ask the judge for some alternate punishment or therapy. I would guess there might also be constitutional free speech issues with banning self help groups.
Aron Levy
10:52 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Billboard trucks. I've started to see them around town, and I find them horribly offensive. Especially having to drive behind them.
Helen Adinolfi
10:55 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
Ban leaf blowers. We breathe in polluted air blown from bird and animal droppings, and dust and sand particles. Are pesticides on lawns also blown into the air?
Sean Segreve
12:43 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
you guys are soft. talking about animal dropping pshh are you kidding me, next you'l be trying to ban windy days
LEXMINMAN
2:26 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
I WOULD VOTE TO BAN ALL BANS
Jack Lo Cicero
11:04 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
Ban parking meters
Jonique Public
2:02 am on Sunday, January 6, 2013
Yes, LEXMINMAN! I am with you!
The banning is getting out of hand! We must ban the banning bandwagon before they ban ban-banning first.
Thanks, Patrick for calling attention to this farce.