The tinfoil theocrats at the
McHenry County Blog are fuming. They are fuming over leaf burning. Leaf burning creates air pollution and air pollution makes people with respiratory ailments suffer:
Oh for the days after Republican Governor Richard B. Ogilvie signed legislation preventing open burning.
Where McHenry County Allows Those with Asthma To Suffer
There was a time, back in the day, when leaf burning was banned:
That was when we could sleep with our windows open.
Richmond Leaf Vacuuming Making Me Envious Again on Friday
They are also fuming over something else -- mosquito spraying. They are fuming because their municipality is -- wait for it --
not polluting the air with insecticides:
The mosquito abatement of unincorporated areas in Algonquin Township, but not in municipalities has been a pet peeve of mine for years. Why should those living outside municipalities get spraying, but not my neighborhood in Lakewood?
Algonquin Township Board Considering Cessation of Mosquito Spraying in Unincorporated Areas
Note to Ops: Repeated exposure to compromised air may lead to long-term cognitive impairment. In related news, the weather man says when in McHenry County to watch out for dense brain fog.
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