Gas powered leaf blowers: Once again Croton's leaders fail to lead, kicking the ball down the road.

The Board turns an attempt by Croton's Conservation Advisory Council to insert anti-leaf-blower language in the village landscaper's next contract into a purely symbolic exercise.

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As long-time Chronicle readers know, this publication has taken a strong editorial position in favor of the greatest possible restrictions against the use of gasoline powered leaf blowers. Your faithful editor had also, during his nearly year-long membership in Croton’s Conservation Advisory Council, worked with a CCAC sub…