They cut him limb from limb.

They killed and removed another wonderful tree on Main Ave. yesterday. A ficus. I don't see how this one was causing anybody any problems or enough problems anyway to do the tree in. Heard it might have been interfering with the sewer at the pub. Easier to kill a tree then fix a sewer, probably some bean counter or hack attorney down on Ruffin Rd. put them up to the job.

The crashes were cacophonous yesterday as the old boughs came tumbling down into the street. Almost scary. The screams of the fallen branches intermingled with the rapacious sound of the chainsaws. The old spanish revival building behind used to once house the Packing House and was, according to local lore, once a bordello. The stories it could tell. Now it has lost both its shade and its longtime companion.

We have advocates for kids, elderly, pets, what have you. Not a lot of advocates for beautiful old trees. In the future maybe we can come up with a synthetic substitute for trees and cut them all down. Make things a lot neater.