Legal issue at the root of council's tree e-mails

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February 26, 2009

[edit] Legal issue at the root of council's tree e-mails

"It was fun to read. The Encinitas City Council went ape over the famous tree in Orpheus Park. You remember: the lone Tipuana tipu with the hippie squatter strumming his guitar in the branches, defying the city's chain saws.

The council's e-mail thread was by turns hilarious, caustic, maudlin – and likely illegal. The squabbling foursome richly deserved to be spanked in public. Hard.

Good for Marco Gonzalez, North County's smart, home-grown environmental attorney, for stepping up and challenging the “send all” muck created by Teresa Barth, Dan Dalager, Jerome Stocks and Jim Bond." Read the full article here.