Actually, I was hoping they'd just cut the trees from under those tree-sitter morons... But this one's almost as funny!
Encinitas Protest Tree Cut Down - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
Encinitas Protest Tree Cut Down - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
ENCINITAS, Calif. -- A tree-trimming crew cut down a tipuana tipu tree in Encinitas' Orpheus Park Monday ending a two-week long protest. 10News photographed the stump of the tree Monday.
A protestor, Andrew "Jru" Watkins, 27, had been perched in the tree since January 30, 2009. The tree was the last remaining of 11 trees the city of Encinitas ordered cut down because they had grown to a point where they blocked the view of some nearby condos.
Watkins abandoned the protest after getting what he believed was a telephone call from the Mayor of Encinitas, Maggie Houlihan, that the tree would not be cut down.
Houlihan told reporters she did not make the call and the plans to remove the tree were unchanged.