Incentives to buy battery powered lawn equipment for Dallas residents is latest City Hall virtue signal.
A yard worker cleared leaves from the street in front of an East Dallas property last week. While some homeowners are switching to electric-powered lawn equipment, commercial operations mostly prefer the efficiency of gas-powered two-cycle engines.The city of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability is proposing a $750,000 giveaway for residents who purchase battery-powered lawn equipment.
That,, was a transparent favor to big-money oil and gas interests. But the city’s efforts are equally imprudent. Remember, this is a city that has troublereliably and efficiently, one that can’t get the permitting right for its permitting office, and one that owes $3 billion for police and fire pensions with no plan yet for how to raise the money.And yet, there seems to be a persistent impulse on Marilla Street to tackle complicated social issues with city programs, whether it’s a.
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