This petition is in support of a ban on Anti-Loitering Devices known as the Mosquito. Businesses have been installing these devices and cranking up the volume in order to drive people away. The device by design is intended to specifically affect teenagers due to the nature of the frequencies. This is not only discriminatory but the device is also affecting people of all ages. Members of the council have found potential violations in the device "inflicting acoustic pain on young people and treating them as if they were unwanted birds or pests." In order to be in compliance with non-discrimination laws some devices are including a feature so that all ages can hear the sound. This is not a solution. These devices have been harassing citizens too long and at this point there is no room for compromise. Please sign the petition and support the ban now.
Please support a ban on mosquito devices in Spokane by signing this petition today. Make sure to fill out the comments section if you have a story that you’d like to share with the council.
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I have been lobbying against these speakers for years. They send the message that downtown business owners don't want young professionals working or shopping in the downtown core. They also speak to an underlying problem which is an anti-youth attitude which has been escalating downtown ever since Beignets closed.
Even if you don't look at how discriminatory this is towards kids and teens, these devices also harm some adults too. If I'm around one of these for more than just a tiny bit, I get a debilitating migraine that makes me unable to drive or even function and that can be dangerous. All these devices are doing is harming people with sensitive hearing.
I do not appreciate hearing this thing outside my apartment. I can't even open my windows with the one at 7 11.
These devices can cause permanent damage to the ears of infants and young children who are incapable of escaping them. Their parents will not know why they are crying and will stop to try to figure it out, compounding the damage. These Spokane devices were measured at dangerous decibel levels this past year. Ban them!
These are an insult to the residents of city and county, and people visiting this city. I live in Spokane city and deal with tinnitus. They hurt my ears and create much more disturbing ringing in my ears-head.
Mosquito devices are harmful noise pollution. Ban them.
They come against safety and Protection
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This petition is in support of a ban on Anti-Loitering Devices known as the Mosquito. Businesses have been installing these devices and cranking up the volume in order to drive people away. The device by design is intended to specifically affect teenagers due to the nature of the frequencies. This is not only discriminatory but the device is also affecting people of all ages. Members of the council have found potential violations in the device "inflicting acoustic pain on young people and treating them as if they were unwanted birds or pests." In order to be in compliance with non-discrimination laws some devices are including a feature so that all ages can hear the sound. This is not a solution. These devices have been harassing citizens too long and at this point there is no room for compromise. Please sign the petition and support the ban now.
Please support a ban on mosquito devices in Spokane by signing this petition today. Make sure to fill out the comments section if you have a story that you’d like to share with the council.
29 Comments
An elitist way to not actully deal with anything. It's age-ist and species-ist as well. Any consideration go into younger professionals or tenants, high school kids, toddlers, dogs, birds...or me ,who's in my 60s and can hear it? No, apparently not.
I have been lobbying against these speakers for years. They send the message that downtown business owners don't want young professionals working or shopping in the downtown core. They also speak to an underlying problem which is an anti-youth attitude which has been escalating downtown ever since Beignets closed.
Even if you don't look at how discriminatory this is towards kids and teens, these devices also harm some adults too. If I'm around one of these for more than just a tiny bit, I get a debilitating migraine that makes me unable to drive or even function and that can be dangerous. All these devices are doing is harming people with sensitive hearing.
I do not appreciate hearing this thing outside my apartment. I can't even open my windows with the one at 7 11.
These devices can cause permanent damage to the ears of infants and young children who are incapable of escaping them. Their parents will not know why they are crying and will stop to try to figure it out, compounding the damage. These Spokane devices were measured at dangerous decibel levels this past year. Ban them!
These are an insult to the residents of city and county, and people visiting this city. I live in Spokane city and deal with tinnitus. They hurt my ears and create much more disturbing ringing in my ears-head.
Mosquito devices are harmful noise pollution. Ban them.
They come against safety and Protection
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An elitist way to not actully deal with anything. It's age-ist and species-ist as well. Any consideration go into younger professionals or tenants, high school kids, toddlers, dogs, birds...or me ,who's in my 60s and can hear it? No, apparently not.