Have you heard about this poor couple in Toronto who have been trying to get our illustrious Toronto City Council to remove a tree that’s destroying their house?
As the story goes, this couple have spent in excess of $25,000 to repair the damage done by the roots of a Norway Maple that sits in front of their house (on city property, I might add). The roots of this apparently evasive tree have been weakening the foundation and causing flood and other damage.
Do we need a better example of how badly this City is run by our left wing ‘comrades’ down at Nathan Phillips? Well, ok, the recent budget is another, but let’s stick with this one for now.
Some of my favourite quotes that I read online:
From Coun. Joe Pantalone: “We’re not going to be paying for that as a city and the same way as you’re not going to be paying as a property owner for the oxygen that we’re providing to you for that city-owned tree.”
So … because the city provides the tree which provides the oxygen which they don’t charge us for (yet), they shouldn’t have to pay for taking the tree down. Love the logic!
From the Staff Report: “Staff are of the opinion that any further repairs to the house can be undertaken that include the protection and retention of the tree“
Of course the repairs can be undertaken! The couple could undertake so many repairs they’d lose their house!
I had a problem with a tree one time also causing damage and flooding. A city staff person came out to investigate. He stood on the sidewalk, nodded his head up and down knowingly, turned to me and said “can’t help you” and left.
Seems to me our Council just did the same thing to this couple. It just took more meetings!
Idiots!
1 Comment
February 1, 2008 at 9:23 pm
It seems like no one in that particular organisation has a heart to really do something for people, or their quality of living.
If the city is going to charge for the oxygen that is produced by the tree, I think the city should rebate us for the carbon dioxide that we produced (both from human body and motor vehicles). With that logic, I think the city will own us money, since we produce more carbon dioxide then the oxygen the tree produces.