Harvard Trims Loudly

Harvard University landscape contractor uses hand-held gas-powered hedge trimmer. This device was not included in the recent amendment to the noise ordinance for Cambridge, MA. It makes as much noise as a leaf blower, but the elected geniuses of the Cambridge City Council failed to make policy to protect residents from excessive noise. Instead they gave up their policy-making power to the City Manager who's policy is what the landscaping industry wants. Listen to this. I was unable to capture the gas fumes on video tape that came in through the windows to share with you.

Dec 10 2007 Roy Bercaw Speaks to City Council

Speaking as the Chief of the Mid Cambridge Emergency Committee for a Home Rule Petition to legalize recreational drug sales by City employees within the city limits using energy efficient vehicles, Roy Bercaw suggests for Policy Order # 6 that the City Manager capture the hot wind energy generated by the City Council each week and use it to clear the sidewalks of ice and snow. For City Manager report # 4 Bercaw warns that invasion of the Giant Rats is coming to Cambridge. He reminds the City Council that New York City Dept of Parks is using rakes, not leaf blowers to clean Central Park. Regarding the City Wide Neighborhood Crime Task Force Final Report he again notes that persons with disabilities were excluded from participating in the study, and objects that the Task Force states that disability is a cause of crime contrary to reason.

December 3, 2007 Roy Bercaw Speaks to City Council

Speaking as the Chief of the Emergency Mid Cambridge Boy Scout Protection League and to Improve the Image of the Cambridge Election Commission, Roy Bercaw asks why the City Council is unable to ban leaf blowers. He reads from a report in the December 2, 2007 New York Post which reveals that the New York City Parks Department is using rakes instead of leaf blowers in Central Park which is about as large as half of Cambridge. He describes a cartoon by Ted Rall on support for the Troops. Finally he asks why the city needs a 24 hour social worker. If the state and US Courts can take care of all the problems in the country from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, or more like 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM why should there be any need for a night social worker? People should not have problems at night he suggests.