WHY WOULD A CITY CREW TAKE A BACKHOE TO “TRIM” SOME MANGROVES?
THE CONTROVERSIAL VIRGINIA STREET SIDEWALK AND TREE-CUTTING PROJECT MAY BE ILLEGAL
by Sandy Downs
The City’s Urban Landscape Department was responsible for the Mangrove Massacre on Fogarty Street, the traumatic tree removals on Virginia Street, and now they, in conjunctionwith the Tree Commission, have told lies to the public regarding “trimming“ your trees. All of this has been accomplished under the new department head, Karen DeMaria, in only a few short months. What more is to come and how much is the public willing to take?
Well, hold onto your seats.
Mangrove Massacre
Karen DeMaria, head of Urban Landscape Department, is supposed to issue the work orders and supervise the work of city landscaping crews. She has said it was a “mistake” that a crew took a backhoe and ripped out all the mangroves lining the water’s edge on Fogarty Street. Now we await to see what fines State Department of Environment Protection will impose and what the City taxpayers will have to pay for this “mistake.”
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