Silence is golden
Autumn is approaching, dry leaves are falling, and the leaf blowers are once again out in force. Everyone who lives in the West End should know: leaf blowers are banned in the West End by a City of Vancouver noise control bylaw (No. 6555).
If you are pissed off by the noise of leaf blowers, contact the city at 311 or through their VanConnect app. Give them the address where the leaf blower is being used, and the name of the landscape company if possible (but not necessary).
Unfortunately, other loud, poorly-designed machines are still allowed, like power washers and gas-powered hedge trimmers, but at least we can prevent some of the stupid noise (use a broom!) that plagues our high-density neighbourhood.
–Leaf Blowers Suck
Police priorities
I just observed a gaggle of cops, hiding their motorcycles behind the shrubs along Beach Avenue at Jervis, issuing a ticket to a well-dressed commuter for not wearing a bike helmet.
Perhaps the police could make friendly and turn their efforts to more important crimes. How about all the cyclists using the sidewalks as their bike roads? Or maybe all the drivers speeding along Beach and Pacific? It's a 30km/h zone. Or the deafening motorcyclists cruising around our residential neighbourhood.
Priorities?
–Anonymous
Suns out buns out
Re: “Naked truth,” Sept. 1, 2016.
I agree with the rant about those idiots who come down to Wreck Beach and will not strip off, they just sit there sometimes in jeans and T-shirt. Wreck Beach should become a fully nude beach only. Then again, us naturists should start stripping off at English Bay, Kits, Sunset, and other beaches, and just dare for anybody to complain, and dare for the police to arrest us.
So come on, if you want to come to visit Wreck Beach, strip off, and relax. If you can’t strip nude, keep off our beach.
–Ron MacDonald
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