What local political issue has the biggest impact on the landscape industry?

Landscape Professionals

Richard Bare
Arbor-Nomics Turf
Norcross, Ga.
“Watering restrictions in our case.”

Adam Linnemann
Linnemann Lawn Care & Landscaping
Columbia, Ill.
“Nothing local at all that I can think of. Just national. Will ObamaCare be here after election day?”

Industry Consultants

Dan Gordon
TurfBooks
Newton, N.J.
“Definitely the movement to ban pesticides.”

Kevin Kehoe
3PG Consulting
Laguna, Calif.
“Living wage/minimum wage legislation. It’s totally destructive in so many ways, but it will force us to assess how we do business as the primary expense we face climbs.”

Jeffrey Scott
Jeffrey Scott Inc!
Trumbull, Conn.
“The school system not educating our future talent.”

Jody Shilan
FromDesign2Build.com
Upper Saddle River, N.J.
“In New Jersey, the proposed minimum wage bill and proposed gas tax.”