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Letter: Silvis burn ban: Just say no to nanny-state dictates
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Silvis voters will have the chance to voice their opinion on open burning. Proponents of a total burn ban try to make it sound like there is a constant smoke cloud hanging over our town all season long as folks burn their leaves. I've lived here for years and I rarely see more than an occasional plume of light smoke rising into the air from one of these leaf fires. I think the concerns are greatly over-exaggerated by some folks who see an opportunity to impose more unneeded regulation over our lives. I tend to mulch my leaves most of the time but, with many trees, they just get too deep for the mower at which time I blow them into a pile and the wife burns them, as do my neighbors. Nobody has died from it. My air is just fine and nobody in my neighborhood is complaining. They say a burn ban will cost us $20,000 more a year which means it will probably be more like $40,000 given government's notorious propensity for underestimating costs. But, giving them the benefit of the doubt, even $20,000 is too much to spend to solve a problem that for all practical purposes does not exist. Silvis already has a perfectly adequate burn policy that uses basic common sense where it is only allowed on days where weather conditions permit. When you vote, consider whether you are regulated and taxed too much already. Enough is enough! Draw a line and just say NO to yet another nanny state dictate that tells you how you must live your life. Carl Burney Silvis 
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1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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