Showing posts with label Tree Board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tree Board. Show all posts
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Let's hear it for urban forestry.

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That's half a human tall. Is it time to mow the sidewalk yet?
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Were trees or urban heat islands mentioned at any point during Emperor Gahan's re-enthronement campaign? I didn't think so.

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If so, I don't remember it -- apart from a meme or two of bragging, sans substantiation, about tree plantings that we seldom see. The...
Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Silence at home, but in Nashville TN, a "campaign to restore and enlarge the city’s tree canopy."

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New Albany has a Tree Board, and over the years, I've experienced a great deal of trouble when trying to learn from it exactly what t...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Seismologists record earthshaking Tree Board orgasms as Schoolmaster Barksdale's chain saw strikes again.

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It's been a tough week if you're a downtown New Albany street tree. When one of your brethren decided to strike a blow against ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Not a single tree in this city has a chance so long as David Barksdale and Jeff Gahan wield the chain saws, and Freud would have a field day with the phallic symbolism.

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$10 million to alleviate "inhumane" working conditions in the City-County Building, but not a farthing to spend on real peop...
Saturday, June 30, 2018

Anchor-approved arborist: Perhaps David Barksdale's Tree Bored can use this exciting new toy to "beautify" Market Street.

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"Damn," said former redevelopment kingpin David Duggins. "If only we'd used one of these for the Greenway, Summit Sprin...
Tuesday, May 01, 2018

Come to Stump City: Yet another artlessly staged photo purports to show that Deaf Gahan really cares about trees. Problem is, history suggests otherwise.

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No single administration in recent memory has felled as many trees as Team Gahan. No single governing clique in recent memory has failed ...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Post-clearcutting cycle of nourishment: "Shelby Place median in New Albany to get facelift."

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Just one Gahan campaign donation from 2015. 2016 Democratic visionaries. "It looks like Shelby Place soon will be getting a f...
Sunday, December 31, 2017

Your turn, Shelby Place: City Hall's insatiable Husqvarna envy claims a few more trees before year's end.

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Top: December 30, 2017. Bottom: Circa 2014 (Google Maps). Has any previous mayor of New Albany hated trees as much as Jeff Gahan?
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Chainsaws are the soundtrack to our anchors: "How Should We Pay for Street Trees?"

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Don’t ask Jeff Gahan about tree canopies or heat islands. He can’t hear you for the pervasive sound of chainsaws. Yes, I understand tha...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Earth to Gahan: Street trees increase home prices, shade trees reduce household energy use, and these effects can be measured and expressed in dollars.

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Following up on Saturday's post ... Pusillanimous prioritization? Nickels and dimes later, it remains that we need HUNDREDS of tre...
Saturday, September 02, 2017

Pusillanimous prioritization? Nickels and dimes later, it remains that we need HUNDREDS of trees planted yearly, not a few dozen.

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This is what the two Rogers are talking about. Let's pop the champagne -- the trees have been cleared! Wait ... two Rogers? Rea...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

BIG LEAK! The Green Mouse has obtained an advance copy of Deaf Gahan's "Long Term Urban Canopy Inventory and Management."

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Well, just these three pages. The Green Mouse wasn't feeling very well, and he decided to move to Jeffersonville.
Wednesday, August 09, 2017

The simple fact is we've all become numb to Jeff Gahan's signature Shade Eradication Program.

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What Judge Cody wants, Judge Cody gets -- with valet efficiency. The remainder of us wait years for our stumps to be ground and ...