Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 10:23:29 -0700
From: N.A. Booko
Subject: Brutal cutting of Pittsboro’s Hillsboro Street Holly Trees
It was only a week or so ago, I noticed the holly trees along Pittsboro’s main street were so beautiful- very green and full of foliage. Yesterday morning I arrived there early and my eyes were assaulted with a horrible scene. All but a couple of the holly trees had been hacked to the quick – squared off leaving multitudes of bare branches – many have no leaves at all.
The over-all effect of the scene is large pcs of drift wood carefully placed about. Most of the cuts are rough, flat with splinters and irregular edges. Only a few branches are cut on an angle. Some of the center trunks (main body of tree) are cut flat horizontally at the very top- a perfect place for germs, vermin, mold, etc. to grow. As an added insult, someone, in order to show where the limbs were to be cut back- SPRAY PAINTED ON THE GROUND AND CONCRETE- IN FLUORESCENT ORANGE PAINT!- Dozens of lines about five inches wide and over a yard long. ( each tree has at least four of these at the base) At the bottom of each and every tree- That paint does not go away- it will be visible for a long time;.
I just can’t see how anyone would think this is the right time of year to do such a trim- I may be dead wrong, but I feel that those trees are going to have a very difficult time leafing out and surviving the hot weather.
Speaking of spray painting lines in Pittsboro- it has become a craze-apparently- White lines here, orange lines there, then there are the bright blue lines- and yes the ever popular highway yellow lines- Black lines, red lines, green lines- There have got to be pink spray lines there somewhere- I just haven’t seen them.
Please take a look at these trees yourself and make your opinion known .
.. . Silence is not golden . . .
N.A. Booko