Comments on: Tree ordinance tyranny, reader says

By: Valerie Johnson

Valerie Johnson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:03:19 +0000

Typical example, of people, who think they have an obligation, to intrude upon your life. Sorry- if you don’t like what I do on MY property, move. If it effects the “value” of your home- move to some “convented” neighborhood. “If you mind your own business, you’ll be busy, ALL the time”.

By: Ski

Ski — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:04:35 +0000

Been in this position myself, Green freaks telling me I cannot cut down trees on property that I owned. Well, simple, a 12 GA. and a few well placed Marine Corps Howels worked well.
If you owen it, do as you please with it, time we stand up and show we have a pair.

By: I.B.Mcginty

I.B.Mcginty — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:35:51 +0000

“Private property is private and you should be able to do what you want. ”
Well yes, that is until what is that you do starts impacting my property values negatively. In other words, your freedom to flail your arms about, ends where my nose begins.

“California should be a good example of what happens (fires) when you keep landscapes “wild”.”
No one’s talking about keeping things in a “wild” state. This is about reasonable, and common sense management. A perfect example of the county and city dropping missing the boat is Hwy71. A bit of foresight would’ve prevented 71 from looking like just another IH35 mish-mash collection of strip malls. If zoning requirements would’ve been in place that required builders to build to a determined aesthetic standard, whatever WE chose, the builders would’ve grumbled but they would’ve done it. Take a look at Bee Cave road in Austin. The zoning requirements didn’t prevent companies from building. But the community still has a good looking hill-country feel. Population density attracts businesses. Bastrop is growing, like it or not. The question is what do we want our city and neighborhoods to end up looking like.

By: Linda Duke

Linda Duke — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:19:14 +0000

Private property is private and you should be able to do what you want. If you don’t like what someone is doing on their property buy them out and plant all the trees you want.
California should be a good example of what happens (fires) when you keep landscapes “wild”.
Besides this is not about saving trees, it’s about collecting money after all if you pay the price you may cut all the trees you want. Who gets the money and what do you do with it? And they answer to who?

By: P. McHale

P. McHale — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:56:11 +0000

Money grab!

By: I.B.McGinty

I.B.McGinty — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:30:29 +0000

I’m all for property rights, but not everyone has good sense. So what do we do if someone in the neighborhood decides not only to try to stuff an extra house in their front yard, but they decide to cut down some healthy big old Pecans just to lay some concrete for an extra car space. ..oh wait that just happened on Cedar Street. Well it appears we can’t do much.
Understand that property values in a neighborhood are interconnected. Aesthetically pleasing neighborhoods, are worth more. When one bozo decides to start cutting old trees willy-nilly, it can alter the aesthetics of the neighborhood and the surrounding home values.
Trust me, I want bureaucrats out of my life as much as possible, but something should be done to preserve the flavor of our old neighborhoods. …and that means protecting trees.
-I.B.McGinty