{"id":4292,"date":"2012-10-04T00:15:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2016-02-28T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T23:49:33","slug":"welcome-to-pacific-stump-thanks-to-bill-kampe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/welcome-to-pacific-stump-thanks-to-bill-kampe\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Pacific Stump – Thanks to Bill Kampe and Robert Huitt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gentlemen . . . Start Your ChainSaws !<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Stumps<\/a>

Stumps – Pacific Grove’s Newest Industry Thanks to Bill Kampe<\/p><\/div>\n

Pacific Grove<\/strong> has lost about half of its trees since 1986 \u2013 which is just short while ago.<\/p>\n

You might think a town with reverence for trees in its very own name would try to stop that crisis. But no, Pacific Grove<\/strong> is now joining Seaside in the race to see which town can remove all trace of trees first.<\/p>\n

Half of Pacific Grove’s evaporating forest canopy was chainsawed down since 1986. (The canopy was already down to only 33% in 1986 because the first two-thirds were chopped down in the previous 100 years.) This is because more than 700 trees a year are cut down every year. Few are planted; fewer still survive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Kampe<\/a>

Kampe – Gets Tree Hater Award<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

But that wasn\u2019t enough for tree haters like Councilman Bill Kampe<\/a>. With Kampe cleverly trying to hide his effort (because he’s running for Mayor) – the PG Council just unanimously weakened the city ordinance so that giant trees on private property can be cut without any permit — possibly as soon as next month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. For more than half a Century all trees on residential land in Pacific Grove were protected. Now only native trees are protected \u2013 and oh by the way the Council specifically excluded our native Redwoods from the definition of native trees. <\/strong><\/p>\n

You know those giant Eucalyptus at the Post Office? And the beautiful giant Redwoods all over town? Owners won’t even need a permit to chop them down if Kampe gets his way.<\/p>\n

2. It gets even Worse. If the tree destruction ordinance gets a second approval it will be far cheaper to cut a tree down without a permit (only a $100 fine) \u2013 than to pay for a permit. Plus if you don\u2019t get caught \u2013 its free !<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Councilman Huitt demonstrated his immunity to reason and rationality with a giant logical fallacy. He tried to persuade himself that somehow by allowing more trees to get cut (than the 700+ trees we lose every year) and eliminating penalties for logging without a permit — the new ordinance “should improve our forest.” If by “improve” he means “destroy” or “eliminate” – well then Huitt would be correct.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Huitt’s “reasoning” is the same as “People are mad to get a ticket for running stop signs. So we should improve our traffic by stopping fewer people and removing the penalties for running stop signs.”<\/p>\n

4. Councilman Rudy Fisher is so uncomfortable with trees he wanted to reduce the goal of restoring our Canopy from 33 percent to 25 percent. He doesn’t even want the city to try to restore our forest. Wish he’d admitted that when he was running for Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Bill Kampe did admit (but only recently- after he got elected<\/em>) that he ran for Council so he could delete our Tree ordinance. Tonight he got his goal. Robert Huitt made the motion to destroy our tree ordinance; Kampe Seconded it. Only Councilman Miller and Mayor Garcia raised any questions, but in the end everyone voted for it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you love trees – you can return their favors – Vote Against Kampe and Huitt in the Election.<\/p>\n

Thankfully this law has to be voted on once more before it takes effect. You can let the rest of the City Council<\/strong> know you don’t want this harmful law passed.<\/p>\n

\"Pine<\/a>

Pine Lit with Sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

Further Reading: Pacific Grove Tree Protection Getting Chainsawed \u2013 by Bill Kampe and Ken Cuneo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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