Did anyone else think it a bit odd (or sadly ironic?) that earlier this week (September 6th) the Modesto Bee headline article was the story "Turlock axes trees to deter homeless" about the City of Turdlock ordering the cutting down of a row of Chinese tallow trees to prevent homeless people from congregating on the site...while a few pages later in the same issue (Local News page B-3) they carried an ad from the Turdlock Irrigation District (TID) for a "Shade Tree Rebate Program" offering Turdlock customers a $20 rebate for planting a shade tree at their home to lower air conditioning bills to benefit the environment?
I'm sure advocates for the homeless and for the environment must be rioting in the streets. Maybe if the City of Turdlock really wanted to be pragmatic and serve both interests they'd build tree houses for the homeless.
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chinese tallow trees are not native trees to the area and will spread like a wild fire and take over. that could be part of the reason why they cut them down.
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