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Matt Teixeira has a statement and a question for Fresno City Hall: "Since we all live in one of the worst air districts in the country, why can't the City trade in the leaf blowers for a broom?"

Teixeira was driving home from church Sunday when he saw a City of Fresno crew blowing, in his words, "the byproduct of their hard work everywhere." He then snapped the photos above at the northeast corner of Cedar and Teague avenues.

Says Teixeira: "I had to stop and ask two simple questions of the two young men: 1. Do you have a broom on your city truck and trailer? The answer was no. 2. Did your supervisor direct you to blow this material out of the gutters? The answer was yes. I thanked them for working in the hot sun and drove away."

Continues Teixeira: "This is nuts! his just tells me the city only knows one way to do this work, and it doesn't involve a broom. It's time for a change, isn't it?"

Teixeira has hit on one of the big obstacles to improving San Joaquin Valley air quality: few people are willing to voluntarily change how they work and live.

Now, for the question: Should the city or Fresno County ban leaf blowers?

On the net:You can find "Rick Merlo's Water Polo History" here on YouTube. Watch the former Buchanan High standout go from first splash to a berth on the United States' silver-medal-winning team in the Beijing Olympics. Length: 2 minutes, 58 seconds.

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Laugh of the Day: "Earlier tonight, Hillary Clinton gave a big speech at the Democratic Convention in support of Barack Obama. Experts say it was the longest speech ever delivered entirely through clenched teeth." -- Conan O'Brien

Quote of the Day: "I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up." -- Mark Twain