Send More Leaf-Blower Puns

Excellent article on leaf blowers [“Rake Against the Machine,” November], just one of so many completely unnecessary, stupid new power tools and technologies that we can live without. Most of the dunderheads that operate them have no idea that the leaves under the shrubbery (mulch) are necessary and protective and should be left there to eventually nourish and protect the plant. You pointed out all the microns of mold and filth that pour into our air. And how much greenhouse gas is added to the planet’s already heavily polluted atmosphere? If only we could get this message to our mayor, governor, or legislators, maybe we could pass laws similar to those passed in L.A. Unfortunately health and longer life is not one of our priorities.
Don Johnson
Minneapolis