"Evanston could double the number of trees it plants each year for $115,000. But City Council voted Monday night to hire a tree cop for about that much money instead. The new city inspector would police private property, seeking to prevent homeowners from cutting down healthy trees — despite city staff conceding they have no data about how often that happens and that they haven’t bothered to ask local arborists for information that might provide the answers."
This is all about money. Those trees keep property values high. It’s called ‘tree equity’. I’m not joking, look it up. Suburbs, and even lots, with more older established trees tend to have higher property values. I live in a community with a lot of old trees and my yard is shaded most of the day from my adjoining neighbors’ 60 and 70 year old trees. My suburb has a tree cop too, you have to pay the village $$$ to cut down a tree, so few people cut down trees. They’ll let you cut down a diseased tree, or… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Liberalism is a mental disorder.
Evanston’s Tinpot Marxist Ruling Junta Votes To Micro-Regulate Trees On Private Propert
This is all about money. Those trees keep property values high. It’s called ‘tree equity’. I’m not joking, look it up. Suburbs, and even lots, with more older established trees tend to have higher property values. I live in a community with a lot of old trees and my yard is shaded most of the day from my adjoining neighbors’ 60 and 70 year old trees. My suburb has a tree cop too, you have to pay the village $$$ to cut down a tree, so few people cut down trees. They’ll let you cut down a diseased tree, or… Read more »