The Huffington Post picked up the New York Times story as soon as it was published. Here is a comment to the article from their Web site:
"well it's nice to hear that at least someone was doing their job because when I drive through this city the question that repeatedly comes to my mind is: why does atlanta even have a tree ordinance? the developers here still clear-cut old large trees then replant saplings - and given the stress that these trees are under it is highly doubtful they will ever reach the size of the ones that are being cut down.I've lived here for almost 2 decades and I continue to be appalled at what the city allows developers to get away with here. we're running out of water and they still keep handing out the building permits. we're losing our oldest and largest tress to greed and the city just keeps handing out the permits. truely this city is f-ed at this point. so I guess given that developers always get their way in this place it comes as no surprise that the one person who seemed to be doing his job to protect the trees was fired. developers will not be satisfied until every tree is gone and every corner of the city is covered with concrete. these people blinded by their own greed are foolish to think they are going to be given a pass for what they are doing - the universe will not accept the "I needed a job" excuse as a reason for so much destruction." - by RememberTheAlamo
"....One can see each and every night on the weather report the effect that Atlanta's heat island has on North Georgia's climate. Storms advance from the west and dry up at the Alabama line only to reform again once passed the metro area. This radically exacerbates the almost consistent state of drought that we have all been suffering from the past few years. Tree cover protects the commons of ground water resources which, in turn, provide the surface waters three million people here depend upon. Urban sprawl has, in actuality, altered the climate that North Georgia used to possess. This puts every one of our infrastructural elements to an unnecessary strain that developers are rarely ever held to account for. The tree ordinance the article discusses are more than just an aesthetic device, they are one of the things that make life in the south endurable." - by Nippersdad
"well it's nice to hear that at least someone was doing their job because when I drive through this city the question that repeatedly comes to my mind is: why does atlanta even have a tree ordinance? the developers here still clear-cut old large trees then replant saplings - and given the stress that these trees are under it is highly doubtful they will ever reach the size of the ones that are being cut down.I've lived here for almost 2 decades and I continue to be appalled at what the city allows developers to get away with here. we're running out of water and they still keep handing out the building permits. we're losing our oldest and largest tress to greed and the city just keeps handing out the permits. truely this city is f-ed at this point. so I guess given that developers always get their way in this place it comes as no surprise that the one person who seemed to be doing his job to protect the trees was fired. developers will not be satisfied until every tree is gone and every corner of the city is covered with concrete. these people blinded by their own greed are foolish to think they are going to be given a pass for what they are doing - the universe will not accept the "I needed a job" excuse as a reason for so much destruction." - by RememberTheAlamo
"....One can see each and every night on the weather report the effect that Atlanta's heat island has on North Georgia's climate. Storms advance from the west and dry up at the Alabama line only to reform again once passed the metro area. This radically exacerbates the almost consistent state of drought that we have all been suffering from the past few years. Tree cover protects the commons of ground water resources which, in turn, provide the surface waters three million people here depend upon. Urban sprawl has, in actuality, altered the climate that North Georgia used to possess. This puts every one of our infrastructural elements to an unnecessary strain that developers are rarely ever held to account for. The tree ordinance the article discusses are more than just an aesthetic device, they are one of the things that make life in the south endurable." - by Nippersdad
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