Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 13:33

• "Five arborists working for six months... managed to uncover 11 illegal removals or destructions of trees" which is "less than one 'illegal activity' charge per arborist per quarter," concludes the just-released Field Arborist Productivity Report, commissioned by The Tree Next Door.  Furthermore, there appears to be a "38% rate of absence" with one of the two field arborists still retained on staff while more productive arborists were fired last June due to budget shortfalls.  
• More letters continue to come into Mayor Reed's office about the waste of taxpayer dollars in the Tom Coffin whistleblower lawsuit.  The Mayor has still not responded to any of these letters.
• Tom Coffin's whistleblower lawsuit lead to the next pre-trial hearing being held on October 14 with the trial date to be set on October 19.