On 16/03/2014 12:10, Martin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2014 12:07:32 +0000, Spider wrote:

On 16/03/2014 09:49, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 22:55:35 +0000, Spider wrote:

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The council in Leiden has being ignoring the rules. They recently felled 200
trees without going through the formalities. That has triggered eight legal
actions against the council.




Oops! That's naughty on a big scale. I have known minor 'accidents'
occur, but 200 trees is unforgiveable. Presumably the land was wanted
for development? Very sad, though.

It wasn't done in one place in one incident, hence the eight legal actions. One
newspaper has a theory that councils are making money selling felled trees to
power stations that burn wood chips.




Appalling. I'd rather pay higher taxes - not that I expect anyone to
agree with me.

We already do pay higher taxes :-(




Told ya! ;~)

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Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay