Okay, Steve, I'll be very glad to do this. San Mateo County has replaced spraying with mowing in some parts of the rural areas of the county, due to Patty Mayall in La Honda mobilizing others. It took a while, but it worked.

L.

At 12:09 PM -0800 2/27/08, Steve Schmidt wrote:
>Farewell to Spring
>
>Over ten years ago, Menlo Park City Manager Jan Dolan promised that
>she would phase out the use of herbicides by the City. Despite
>annual appeals by various residents and council members, the assault
>on nature continues to this day. Within the past two weeks I again
>appealed to Public Works Director Kent Steffens to find an
>alternative to spraying roadsides, park strips and medians with
>herbicides. Why every year do we rob residents of the beauty of our
>brief winter and spring cycle of greenery? If the City has to send a
>vehicle out to spray toxins in February, why not wait and simply
>send a vehicle out to mow in May?
>
>Yesterday, February 26, the decision was all too evident. The
>delightful roadside green on Sand Hill Road has once again been
>transformed into a scorched and poisoned reddish mess.
>
>Please direct the City's staff to explore alternatives to herbicides
>in public spaces. After more than a year of talk about Green Cities,
>Menlo Park appears to be paralyzed with reluctance to act on even
>the simplest and most obvious opportunities to go green.
>
>Steve Schmidt
>Former Mayor Menlo Park
Received on Wed Feb 27 15:43:48 2008