Leaf Blowers: Scourge of Humanity

by Janet Cox Leaf blowers are everywhere in Sacramento. I’m glad I moved away from there because it is not a quiet place. Where I used to live and work I would listen to leaf blowers 3 hours a day, seven days a week. On Thursday, it would be all day–from 6:30 in...

Privatizing Noise Enforcement

by Louis Lawent I believe that noise enforcement needs to be privatized to be effective. This would not be necessary if there were a will to implement a public “horn honk” brigade that would be managed by the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD could...

Boom Box Violence

by Ron Nesler Boom Box cars and vehicles with illegal mufflers designed to increase engine noise rather than reduce it are a huge (and unnecessary!) problem in Las Cruces. These and other sources of intentionally generated noise pollution invade the privacy of our...

Boom Cars and Loud Motorcycles

by Guy Gould Boom cars and motorcycles have taken over this county. And law enforcement officials are doing next to nothing to stop it. How many of you who live near a major road can go 10 minutes without hearing a vehicle that has been intentionally modified to make...