I know this has nothing to do with Michigan government, but it is such a funny story, I thought I would pass it along.
The Heartland Institute has a great story in their April "Environment and Climate News." It is about a landowner who is forced to cut down his redwood trees because they block the sun from a neighbor's solar panels.
"We are the first citizens in the state of California to be convicted of a crime for growing Redwood trees," said Carolyn Bissett.
Kurt Newick, chairman of the global warming committee of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, says Treanor and Bissett should be forced to cut down their redwoods.
"It's actually better for the environment to put solar on your roof than to plant a tree," Newick told the Mercury News. Newick is a solar panel salesman.
Read the full story here: http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22931
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Is it time to investigate some legislators and elected officials for malfeasance?
That's just sad. Where are all the tree huggers when you need them? Henny
This twist of the left in their want to hold the religion of Al Gore' and the left's science as the truth and that they hold carbon use as evil, shows their ignorance.
When courts start issuing insane judgments, their power is lost. We have begun to slide down the slippery slope to anarchy.
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