To the yahoos who thought it would be “cool” to destroy the young trees growing on Dresden Row, thanks a shit load. I’ve been watching over those trees for three years, adding fertilizer and making sure they are healthy. Just this afternoon, I looked at their foliage. Tonight they’ve been snapped in half. Why?
This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.


It was probably a smoker, cause you know, we’re the bane of existance.
Oh get off it already, Carnate. We all get it. You’re offended. Now go cry into a pack of menthols or something.
That makes me so sad. Why would someone want to destroy a tree? For what purpose? When did destruction for its own sake become a recreational pursuit?