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# Letter: Council's early morning removal of ficus trees criticized
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/told-you-so-editor/
- Published: 2008-05-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:43:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan*

Back on March 1, I said in my Q-Line answer that the activists better keep a 24 hour watch on the \[ficus\] trees, as the City Council would be sneaky enough to go out at 2 a.m. to cut them down. Okay, I was off by a few hours, but the point is the same. They had to hurry up and suddenly do it early in the morning so they could get away with it.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 28, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052808.pdf?ref=smdp.com)