When we learned two years ago that the orchards to the immediate west and south of our property were going to be ripped out for a housing development, we joined neighbors in fighting it -- and lost, of course. However, we thought we'd won a few small battles along the way. One was saving a huge Douglas Fir (photo, right -- yes, those are possums in the foreground tree!) from being cut down to make room for "a driveway." Jeez, we thought, why not just move the driveway? We felt good about winning this at least. We saved a fine old tree!
Yeah, right. The contractor apparently got "an arborist" to testify that the tree is "sick" and needs to be cut down. So we learned tonight that indeed it's coming down. Timber! No discussion or opposing experts this time. In the end, the contractor gets to do what he wants to do, the hell with the neighbors. TIMMMMBBBBBEEERRRRRRR!!
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