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Commentary: Chicago Tree Trimmers Show During a Destructive Storm Why There Are None Better

from Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 12, 2020

Commentary: Chicago Tree Trimmers Show During a Destructive Storm Why There Are None Better Chicago Sun-Times, Aug. 12, 2020 Last month, Ald. Scott Waguespack, 32nd, was quoted by a local newspaper as saying: "We maintain an inefficient tree-trimming system, lose trees due to disease and opaque removal processes, and reinforce long-standing inequities in the delivery of city services." Waguespack was piggybacking on a 2019 report by City Inspector General Joe Ferguson that said the city could save up to 60% on the average cost of trimming a tree. Waguespack and Aldermen George Cardenas, 12th, and Samantha Nugent, 39th, want to create a board to run a better forestry program. READ MORE

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