Roberto and his stupid new palm trees

[GringoCArlos]

Just having returned to the DR for a brief visit, couldn`t help but notice that Santo Domingo`s bonehead mayor has cut down all of the medium to large-sized shade trees along the median of Ave Lincoln and is now replacing them with a bunch of cheap-looking palm trees. I guess he thought there was just too darn much shade along Ave Lincoln, (or else he or his family own a vivero that just happens to sell palm trees, or relocate them from el campo).

Why does he want to turn Santo Domingo into a broken version of Miami Beach?

[gini]

And the same bullsh... happens in Puerto Plata

Sosúa-News

[SantiagoDR]

Change is inevitable........

Without change, how would the politicians line their pockets with more money?

[amparocorp]

when you can't get old growth hardwood trees anymore in the jungle you get them from the next logical location, city streets. my question is not how much did we pay for the new trees, but , how much was made selling the old ones?

[NALs]

Originally Posted by amparocorp

when you can't get old growth hardwood trees anymore in the jungle you get them from the next logical location, city streets. my question is not how much did we pay for the new trees, but , how much was made selling the old ones?

The real question people should be asking themselves is how much politics is behind the current critics frenzy towards this beautification project?

Funny how the plan begins under the PRD and no one blinked an eye. The plan was in effect all through the PLD's rule and no one blinked an eye either. Oh wait, it's a year until the next elections and many of the anti-metro crowd has been silenced considerably in the last few months, so now the critics will focus on something else! It all makes sense now.

And to think that PRD opponents are some of the loudest anti-Santo Domingo Verde critics when they were the one's who started the darn project!

Remember the slogan under the PRD: "Santo Domingo, ciudad de palmas (or something along those lines)"?

Wow, people do have short memories!

Aaaah, Dominican politics...

-NALs

[Don Juan]

Originally Posted by amparocorp

when you can't get old growth hardwood trees anymore in the jungle you get them from the next logical location, city streets. my question is not how much did we pay for the new trees, but , how much was made selling the old ones?

I can't imagine anyone thinking that cutting down shade trees to "beautify" the city makes any sense! Why didn't they just plant the darned palms alongside or on treeless spots? You're right, Amparocorp, Nobody could possibly be that dumb!! Actually, This was a brilliant idea! Let's harvest all this precious wood on the pretext of doing something good for the city!

I think somebody should investigate where the wood ends up. If sold by anyone in gov, the tree murderer should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, Damn it!!

[LatinoRican]

I clicked on the link to Sosua News and could not believe that the administration of Puerto Plata had cut down all the large, shade-giving trees in the main plaza of the city! As my wife is from POP, we have walked that plaza many times and sat under the shade of the trees that have now been so senselessly destroyed. And for what? To plant palm trees also? What happens to people once they are elected to office? Do they become insensible to everything except their own benefit? Cutting down those trees is an offense, not only to the city of POP, but to the country as a whole.

[LarrySpencer]

And what about all the palm trees they are planting along Las Americas? How many times are they going to plant them and them pull them back out? Is this because they are afraid that if they don't that the next hurrican will do it for them? If this is the case, why didn't they just think of that and plant them after the rainy season?

[Stodgord]

I can see some benefits to replacing old wide and low hanging trees for thin high palm trees. They are;

1- Citizen security reasons. Those wide trees created a heaven for criminals to ambush their victims at night.

2- The hot son will prevent "vendedores ambulantes" (panhandlers) from setting up shop under a tree.

3- Homeless won't be able to set camp either, during the day.

4- Overall, the thined out view will give people and motorists a better viewing range, helping unsuspected victims react quicker when a drag race on.


By the way those nay sayers are just exercising their right to "el brinco y el pataleo" .

[GringoCArlos]

You left one out Stodgord - Roberto`s grandchildren can cut down the royal palms in 40 years and then cut them into boards to build new wood shacks (I mean houses) for those less-fortunate Dominicans, gaining their votes, and then replanting hardwood trees again in the streets of Santo Domingo.