Ontario to veto ban on clotheslines

At last. Common sense about laundry.

"Premier Dalton McGuinty is to announce today that clotheslines can no longer be banned in subdivisions or almost anywhere else in the province. In a bid to curb the use of energy-sucking dryers, the new regulation will overrule neighbourhood covenants – part of the mortgage agreement between many developers and homebuyers – that outlaw clotheslines because they're considered unsightly. The regulation, to take effect today, will not only prohibit new bans but also wipe out most that already exist, a provision that angered the province's building industry."

This is great news. In our neighbourhood we are the only people who hang out our laundry. We like the smell of wind blown clothes. We also like not running the dryer when it's 30 degrees outside. Come on people! What's wrong with airing a little clean laundry?