Branching out I walk to work in the mornings and I can
’t help but notice that there are some areas in Morgan Hill
where the trees have grown so low they block the sidewalk.
Branching out
I walk to work in the mornings and I can’t help but notice that there are some areas in Morgan Hill where the trees have grown so low they block the sidewalk. I know of one tree on Second Street between Monterey and Depot and another one just around the corner of Second Street on Depot. It’s not a big deal to push the branches out of your way, but I would think there’s someone in the city who would come and trim them off the public sidewalks. Granted property owners should probably be responsible for them, but if they don’t do it – is there anyone else who will?
We have a lot of trees in Morgan Hill and they do what they do best: grow. The city does maintain them, if they are on city property. Each tree has its own schedule for trimming and is kept 14 feet above the street and seven feet off the sidewalk, according to Deputy Public Works Director Mori Struve. But there are so many, that it takes a while to get to each one. However, some trees grow a little too fast or interfere with power lines. When that happens, please call the public works department at 776-7337 and ask for Kay Sparling-Bravo to put in a work order. If a tree is on private property, it must be maintained by the owner. If the owner fails to keep the tree with in guidelines, the planning department will send them a letter asking them to comply. Red Phone encourages people to call public works if they know of trees needing trimming.
Mixed signals
I would really like to know why every time I see a police car they don’t bother to put blinkers on or do anything like that. I feel like they think they are above the law. It is very irritating because they are supposed to be representative (of the law) and when our children see that, that’s not right.
Though everyone is probably guilty of forgetting a blinker on occasion, police officers, like the general public, are required to obey the rules of the road when not responding to an emergency, according to Morgan Hill Police Chief Bruce Cumming.
And forgetting a blinker now and then, while potentially dangerous and certainly annoying, hardly a miscreant makes. Red Phone suggests using the blinkerless among us as bad examples when teaching your children to drive. Safer driving starts with safety instruction.
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