tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742994948378700009.post5191844155857139743..comments2023-12-21T12:25:00.053-06:00Comments on aubunique: Don't panic. Tree limbs in yards do not constitute an emergencyaubuniquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281865213176006571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742994948378700009.post-23201394640133637612009-02-13T09:10:00.000-06:002009-02-13T09:10:00.000-06:00Aubrey, you're starting to grow on me - I've been ...Aubrey, you're starting to grow on me - I've been placing brush piles all around my back yard, and I'm enjoying my new bluebird population. I think it's a waste for the city to spend resources taking limbs from private citizens that are perfectly cabable of removing them on their own (or staying in place, which, as you say, may actually be preferred).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742994948378700009.post-69689859278139298332009-02-11T23:09:00.000-06:002009-02-11T23:09:00.000-06:00Aub, you may be a little tough on those residents ...Aub, you may be a little tough on those residents who believe that the television show "Monk" is about a perfectly normal hero.<BR/>A little research may show you that the percentage of the population who value neatness above Godliness is pretty high. Obsessive compulsiveness is the norm for many.<BR/>You may like rabbits and wild birds in your yard, but something approaching a majority think that rabbits not in cartoons have no value in society and that wild birds should be seen only at designated feeders with politically correct bird seed. Where they roost and where they nest are not the concern of many birdfeeding enthusiasts.<BR/>The city administration will get enthusiastic support from the council to waste the reserve moving limbs, which as you point are no longer a danger, straight to the mulch grinder to create those little sterile islands for planting trees and shrubs imported from asia.<BR/><BR/>City folk prefer to see the wild things on discovery channel or in a zoo when on vacation far away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742994948378700009.post-92174896836712831092009-02-11T10:47:00.000-06:002009-02-11T10:47:00.000-06:00Lessie, you make some good points. It takes some w...Lessie, you make some good points. It takes some wheeling and dealing to get something done in the state legislature.<BR/>Just having good ideas, even well-documented ideas, does not guarantee putting them into action is an automatic process.<BR/>If our governor would use his bully pulpit and negotiating power to protect the environment, some progress might be made.aubuniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281865213176006571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742994948378700009.post-89205479016844232292009-02-11T09:22:00.000-06:002009-02-11T09:22:00.000-06:00I hear that Matthew Petty and Robert Rhoads also w...I hear that Matthew Petty and Robert Rhoads also want to dip into the reserve funds to send Steve Rust on a prospecting trip to Sweden. They do not care much for a balanced budget or careful spending, even with tax revenues sinking and storm costs rising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com