how far will this go?!?!?!? pretty soon we will all be paying a carbon tax and before you know it our fireplaces will be taxed also....our freedoms are slipping away because of a bunch of half truths....
http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=5054204
Many other cities in Cuyahoga County consider similar ban.
By Ted Klopp, Newsradio WTAM 1100
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Cleveland City Councilman Matt Zone talks with Newsradio WTAM 1100's Ted Klopp.
(Cleveland) – Cleveland City Councilman Matt Zone is introducing legislation at Monday night’s council meeting that would make it a minor misdemeanor for anyone to idle a vehicle for more than five minutes an hour. There are some exceptions including when the outside temperature gets below 32 degrees or above 85 degrees.
Zone says the issue isn’t just fuel consumption here – but more importantly, air quality. He points out the federal highway funding is tied to an area’s air quality and the quality here is not good. The feds have given the area about 18 months to improve it.
The ordinance would be enforced by police and the penalty would be a minor misdemeanor although Zone says the goal is to get people to stop idling – not write tickets.
He notes that nearly 30 other cities in Cuyahoga County are considering similar legislation. The Cleveland law would go into affect October 1st so he is working with clean air groups that have federal grants to do some public education campaigns before the law starts to let people know about the change.
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