Dear Editor,
Tree bylaws are a joke in Richmond. The house that was beside us was sold to a guy who divided the house into an upper and lower suite. He got permission/permits to literally clear-cut his back yard — seven or eight large cedar, fir and a honey locust tree, which is/was a very rare tree, are all gone.
I called the city and was told by the rude, and I mean snarky rude, lady that most of the trees were rotten from the inside and that the owner had a master plan???
We were reassured that there would be replacement trees coming, they never did replace any of them!
We ended up with a flooded back yard and calls to city hall were met with a “it’s not our problem” attitude.
We called the works yard and they sent a pumper truck to take a look, and even they said we got screwed.
Money talks, taxpayers mean nothing to this council. We moved after 40-plus years and could not be happier.
Tim Friesen
Surrey
Dear Editor,
Re: “Tree loss becoming an all too familiar story,” Letters, May 4.
I am writing this letter to support Ray Arnold’s letter you ran in the May 4 edition. I must say, he is 100 per cent correct. Why is the Richmond parks department allowing this travesty to happen?
Please be aware that, if I’m taking the time to write this letter, there must be at least thousands more who feel the same way.
Sid Kirson
Richmond
