The Mr. T of Wellesley
By adamg - 2/13/10 - 6:28 pm
"Not very professional" axmen who were supposed to take down two damaged trees on land belonging to an NBA owner instead whacked down 90 trees along a path on Wellesley conservation land, Wicked Local Wellesley reports. The town's now deciding what sort of fine to levy against the property manager for Atlanta Hawks owner Steve Belkin.
From the annals of history:
Genteel Chicago suburb rages over MR. T's tree massacre.
Comments
I doubt it was a mistake...
I doubt it was a mistake... developers despise trees. To them they are just a nuisance.
Read the story
It wasn't a developer. It was a property manager. And from the story, he took responsibility and seemed genuinely remorseful.
How do you cut down 88 trees by mistake?
I mean, if you've been paid to cut down two trees, why would you go to the trouble of cutting down 88 more that you aren't going to be paid for?
How do you cut down 88 trees
One at a time?
Surgeons take out the wrong organs. This mistake is a trifle.
Agreed
It might have been a mistake if they took down two wrong trees, but 90?
aside from the aesthetics of the situation,
that number of trees soaks up a lot of rain water and melting snow. I had a neighbor who did the same thing. Most of us abutters have had flooding cellars ever since. The town still doesn't have a tree removal ordinance 10 years later. Doing it to public trees is even more egregious.