tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post208301140124313346..comments2023-10-30T05:45:18.219-04:00Comments on Bronx News Network: Take Care of Your Bronx Street TreesBronx News Networkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03022201181076163457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6850750806594927202.post-45180858961312077642010-08-13T16:47:03.735-04:002010-08-13T16:47:03.735-04:00This is a much more complex issue than you're ...This is a much more complex issue than you're allowing for here.<br /><br />Yes the city has a program to plant trees, but it is also undeniable that the city has DESTROYED hundreds of mature trees in the Bronx in Van Cortlandt Park for an unnecessary filtration plant project and in Macombs Dam Park for a private enterprise baseball stadium. In addition the news is everywhere that mature trees on Pelham Parkway are about to go in what local advocates are saying is a flawed design that, if there was only a mind to, could have saved those trees.<br /><br />So let's tell the WHOLE story here. Make sure when the Bronx Parks Commissioner starts spouting off about how the city loves its trees and they want more trees, etc. etc. etc., you remind him that the city is full of baloney because if they REALLY cared about trees they would have fought for the environment, not caved into construction agendas, and wouldn't have chopped down the best the Bronx had in the first place.<br /><br />By doing this little promotion the city is merely playing public relations with the hard realities. Don't let them get away with it. Don't just play cheerleader. Ask the right questions! I'll be watching...GAX in the Bronxnoreply@blogger.com