The Care of Trees!

The City Council will hold its meeting tonight in City Hall at 7:30 pm. Once again on the agenda (.pdf) is discussion of trees!

The Council agenda specifically lists an appeal (.pdf) from homeowners on Western Ave. who seem to believe they are sharing their property with a potentially killer tree -- the only large tree currently growing on their property. According to our sources, the homeowners say this potentially killer tree could strike at any moment! Also, according to our sources, the homeowners may have a home addition in mind somewhere in their future -- if, of course, they can secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity by getting rid of this potentially killer tree.

Or they just may really really really hate yard work.

The PRU Crew feels these homeowners should quit trying to bullshit the Council about their extreme fear of this potentially killer tree. Didn't they notice the damn thing when they bought their house? If they want to build an addition, and this tree is in the way, they should say so. And the City Council should see fit to find a way to allow home improvements on private property that may require the removal of a tree.

Another tree, not specifically listed for discussion on the Council's agenda tonight, is the Park Ridge money tree! You know -- the one that grows the dollars the Council likes to give away to special interests! Tonight the special interests of community groups are scheduled to get the next bushel full of handouts (.pdf)!

The PRU Crew sure would like to see the Council harvest some dollars off that Park Ridge money tree to fill the growing deficit hole in the City budget!