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Name: Lawrence Arnstein on Sep 24, 2007Comments: Love large canopy trees, ficus included. We need more of these in Santa Monica, not fewer!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 24, 2007Comments: please don't cut down the trees. they are so beautiful and I want my daughter to one day see them. They have been part of our community for many, many years. I remember them as a young girl walking from school at St. Monica's to the mall.Flag
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Name: Daniel Jansenson on Sep 24, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Lorraine Sanchez on Sep 24, 2007Comments: There are many ways to make 2nd and 4th streets more attractive to shoppers:Clean the sidewalks,Refresh store fronts with better window design and paint, add planters... Thin out the canopy of some trees if the store owner insists on less tree. Do 3rd and 4th street have to mimic the promenade The busineses on these streets appeal to us residents. Does every thing have to be aimed at increasing tourism and income Sincerely, Lorraine SanchezFlag
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Name: Paulette Rochelle-Levy on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Save our trees and keep SM cool.Flag
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Name: Andrew Everett on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Sonora on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Michele Modglin on Sep 25, 2007Comments: be the green city we say we are and do not destroy or remove any of the trees!Flag
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Name: Justin Koppelman on Sep 25, 2007Comments: THESE trees are attractive to me as a member of the shopping public. THESE trees tell me that Santa Monica has history and maturity that are lacking in other shopping destinations. THESE trees are what bring me back. THESE trees make the streets of Santa Monica!Flag
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Name: Phyllis Chavez on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Councilmembers, Save our trees!!Flag
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Name: Meg Hansen on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Luis Suarez on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Hello I'm a student at Santa Monica College. I have learned about th tragedy of the commons and i"m shocked this is being considered in a city like Santa Monica. These trees are crucial for the present and future health of humans.Flag
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Name: Jethro Singer on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Although I believe that the City of Santa Monica should do whatever it takes to attract public business, it's primary concern should be to enhance the environment for those of us who actually live in this city. Removing stands of Ficus simply for the purpose of replacing them with the Gingko tress which would take 20 years to mature isn't the answer.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Rob Shepherd on Sep 25, 2007Comments: I find it completely offensive that in a time when global warming is being accelerated by deforestation, that an city is Southern California would even entertain removing large canopy trees like these Ficus. Please leave the trees, they help the environment, help reduce heat in these areas, etc.Flag
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Name: Alison Miller on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Louise Steiner on Sep 25, 2007Comments: This deplorable decision to destroy these lovely beneficial trees linging 4th and 2nd Street must be halted. The trees destruction would make a mockery of Santa Monicas claim to be GREEN.Flag
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Name: Martin Rubin on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Santa Monica mistakes the term green with the greenback dollar too often.Flag
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Name: Sofia Gil on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Link Reynolds on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Let's look at the consequences and impact that the loss of these trees will have on our future! Be wise and insightful and act now before it's too late! Tourists, communities and residents love these trees and IF santa monica truly wants to be a progressive city, it will not only save as many trees as possible but also plant new additions! with every tree lost, you will add to the destruction of our fragile environment and loose our greatest defense against global warming! the city will require more energy in the summer to make up for the shade lost! don't put us in the hole! be smart about this!Flag
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Name: Debra Rawdin Fredricks on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Please do not remove these trees. The trees are the lungs of the planet. This is only one of numerous reasons to prevent the City of S.M. from destroying 75 trees. There is no rhyme or reason to this madness. It is the call of a few "designers" and bureaucrats against the wishes of thousands of people who would never consider the destruction of beautiful, healthy trees with over 40 years of growth. Take your $600,000 and plant MORE trees.Flag
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Name: Daniela Ryan on Sep 25, 2007Comments: What are earth are they thinking!Flag
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Name: Michelle Mehta on Sep 25, 2007Comments: I live on 4th street and work on 2nd street. I cannot imagine walking along these streets every day with these large beautiful trees ripped out. I love living in Santa Monica because of the city's progressive stance on environmental issues. So I'm disappointed and surprised that the city would propose this plan that makes little sense and is alienating your environmentally-minded residents.Flag
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Name: Flo Ginsburg on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Every time we remove the old for something 'new,' we create greater imbalance in our environment. These wonderful old trees not only engender the feeling of protection and strenth, they also provide more oxygen in our City-thin air than would the new trees.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Please inform me in advance if they will be removing the Ficus trees on my block. The affect on property values will warrant my selling the property PRIOR to removal. However, maybe the city of Santa Monica will REDUCE property taxes considering the reduction of value, neighborhood charm and the necessity of more energy spent on cooling and heating my house.Flag
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Name: Iva Hladis on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Kate Holt on Sep 25, 2007Comments: This is such a destructive and unnecessary plan. Santa Monica's ficus trees are glorious havens of shade that I, for one, greatly appreciate during regular visits downtown. These mature trees add character and natural beauty to Second and Fourth Streets; to remove them would be criminal.Flag
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Name: James Roberton on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tereza Scharf on Sep 25, 2007Comments: to whom it may concern i want to express my outrage with the fact that the most enviromental state in the us is cutting the trees so the businesses get their signs more visible.Flag
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Name: Monique Veillette on Sep 25, 2007Comments: TRAGEDY! Please reconsider! These trees add such value to the neighborhood. They are so beautiful! taking them out would be tragic and wrong!Flag
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Name: Kelli Stam on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Nora Perricone on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Andrew Gledhill on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Andrew Gledhill on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Please don't let one of the great treasures of our city be destroyed. I've read that this plan arose from 'design' concerns - ideas of design change all the time, but once the trees are gone, that's it for our lifetime. Please don't let it happen. Andrew Gledhill US Citizen, Santa Monica resident since 1997.Flag
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Name: Susan Hartley on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Karen Rosenhoover on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Lauren Iser on Sep 25, 2007Comments: save the trees!!!!Flag
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Name: Craig Ferrence on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Maureen Boyle on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Susan Kim on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Save the trees!Flag
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Name: Melanie Kroeger on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Tabitha Ji on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Please do not abandon Santa Monica's historically laudable, progressive stance on environmental issues. Twenty years of growth and a shady canopy on a hot summer day is a matter to be celebrated, not destroyed.Flag
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Name: Jack Neworth on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Ellen Schmalholz on Sep 25, 2007Comments: Is it really necessary to kill perfectly good trees and to spend funds unnecessarily Give me and the trees a break!Flag
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Name: Nathaniel Baldwin on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 25, 2007Comments:Flag
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Name: Reb on Sep 25, 2007Comments: DON'T BE FOOLED BY SHORT TERM GAIN. SANTA MONICA WILL BE WORTH MORE IN THE LONG RUN WITH THE TREES. PLEASE *!*Flag