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DELAYED BUT NOT DISCOURAGED

This past Tuesday I was told that before we can cut down the old, dead trees at and near the City Park’s waterfall, we have to wait for the Beautification Commission to approve it and that will be sometime in April.

What part of “we must do it now before the spring,” do some of the people in the City do not understand? That’s what I said at the last City Council meeting. Where was the Beautification Committee when you needed them? Before the park started to decay. Why have they let this, once beautiful park, go almost to waste?

We as citizens must take matters into our own hands. I think I know when a tree or a bush is DEAD. I’ve seen a few myself as we owned a 400-acre ranch in Cantil with over 1500 trees. But I will be cautious and I would like to invite two or three or more people to come with me and check everyone of the trees we think are dead, just to corroborate our determination. And we don’t have to wait until APRIL to do anything about them! Am I wrong?
Will I get in trouble for cutting down dead trees at City Park? I don’t know. We’re just trying to make the place better for all.

Nonetheless, this minor setback is not going to stop us. In the meantime, we’re working to line up the equipment to clean all the bricks that were vandalized and destroyed. We a have a pretty good idea how to do it. In fact, we will not have to take all of them out and cart them. It now appears that we might be able to save most of them and in the process also save money. In fact, we may not have to buy more than 20 bricks instead of almost a thousand. As I said it before, put a couple of good minds together and things works out. Thank you Councilman Bill Smith for a terrific idea as to how to fix that problem.

So here’s the new deal. Next week (2/16-2/20) we’ll start with the brick situation and get the area cleaned up. We need volunteers to help us clean the water canals, waterfall and some of the debris.
I will have some of my equipment there to start fixing Hamburger Hill, work around the dead trees and bushes, take down the fence and begin. The City will provide a dump truck with driver and I will provide my own dump truck and heavy equipment. We will also need brooms, large brushes, wheel barrels, rakes, etc. and people.

Let’s make this thing happen, one step at a time. Are you game? Contact us: 760.578.6258 – or send me an e-mail to: toohot@proprllc.com

Thank you!

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