If I remember correctly one of the decision points that led to the decision to remove the tress is that many of the trees were approaching the typical life-span for that variety of tree. I can't quite remember where I read that, but I know I did somewhere.
30-40 year old trees are not history... I personally liked them there, and in a perfect world would have preferred them to remain. But sometimes things get done for a reason that I may or may not love but that have merit regardless. This appears to be one of those cases. --- In [email protected], Michael Downing <mkdow...@...> wrote: > > Sadly, the issue of the trees being cut down has been going on since the > beginning of the year - there was pretty extensive coverage in the tri-City > News > and the Coaster (don't recall that stellar beacon of journalism the Asbury > Park > Press quite catching on to the coverage). From conversations with people in > City Hall, there was no other option or alternative and the trees had to > go......it seemed to me back then (as it still does), that the utility > companies > and our local government saw an opportunity to re-do all the pipes and > electrical lines using Fed $$, and took it. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: dfsavgny <dfsav...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 11:20:28 AM > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Massive Tree Massacre Cookman Elsewhere in AP? > > > > > --- In [email protected], "cathrynbe2002" <cathryn.be@> wrote: > > > > I check in on this list intermittently but, that, sweep-of-the- hand ease > > with > >which some want to paint bad decisions and the undoing of much of Asbury's > >history and some of its charm is a bit striking and unnerving. It'd be like > >if > >every significant thing that happened in history, we just said... "ah.. just > >move on...that didn't matter, better things are ahead." > > > > It is malevolent because: 1. it could have been stopped and 2. people who > >decide to chop down mature, healthy trees steeped in history, who don't see > >the > >value in them and are only looking at some misguided view of dollar signs, > >are > >people you have to watch out for. > > > > Cathryn. > > And there are those who see a boogie man behind every door. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
