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# Los Angeles Getting emotional over ficus
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/los-angeles-getting-emotional-over-ficus-editor/
- Published: 2008-05-23T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:41:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Dick Orton Santa Monica Removing trees was a good idea Editor:*

I knew the trees on Second and Fourth Streets were in peril but I never imagined it would make me so emotional when I saw them lying in the middle of the street on Friday morning.

I never imagined so many on the City Council would vote to remove such beautiful trees and be so indifferent to the massive public opinion to save the them. I also can’t imagine that those on the council who voted to destroy the trees have any aspirations for a political future in Santa Monica.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 23, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052308.pdf?ref=smdp.com)