Posted on 12/20/2017 8:16:16 PM PST by Morgana
Racist trees will not be tolerated by the bureauweenies running Palm Springs, California, who righteously proclaim that as soon as they find the money to do it, they will remove a row of tamarisk trees that serve as a barrier between the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course and a historically black neighborhood:
Many longtime residents of the neighborhood previously told the (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun they believed the trees were planted for racist reasons in the 1960s, and remained a lasting remnant of the history of segregation in the city.
Removing the racist trees will cost at least $169,000.
But don’t the residents also benefit from the barrier? They don’t want golf balls flying through their windows, do they?
Never mind; the angry blacks have thought of that:
Residents, led by real estate agent Trae Daniel, who moved into the neighborhood 14 years ago, have made four demands of the city. They include: removing the trees; building a 6-foot privacy wall for residents who want it; installing netting or something similar to prevent errant golf balls from flying into residents’ yards; and planting new trees similar to those seen along other parts of the course.
Looks like this is going to cost taxpayers more than $169,000. But it will be worth every penny to combat the microaggressive menace posed by racist trees.
Someone must call The Lorax immediately. He speaks for the trees.
I’ve seen Tamarisk trees, they are huge but to call them a noxious weed is a bit much. They do their job well if one wants privacy.
For real was wondering why those bastards did not tie themselves to the trees. What took them so long? Had a redwood to save that was more important?
The property owners adjoining the golf course are soon going to learn whether higher property values are derived from the privacy afforded by a row of large trees that also serve as a windbreak; or from golf course views. Don’t blame gentrification if white speculators start buying up nearby homes to flip as golf course view properties.
Our enemies around the World must be laughing at all this nonsense.
In most cities in California, you have to get permission to remove trees. This will be juicy...pitting enviros who never want to remove a single tree against the SJWs who see racism in everything. Which group is on top this year? You can never tell the players without a program or see how they are batting.
In our city, Saint George, Utah, which is a desert, slightly cooler than Palm Desert, they are designated by our city as a noxious weed because they are highly allergic and displace other beneficial, native plants. We are required by the city, to remove Tamarisk and tumbleweeds.
To be replaced with Black Locust trees, no doubt.
Liberalism is a mental disease; proof positive.
Exactly right.
When I watched the realtor interviewed by Tucker Carlson, the first thing that popped into my mind is that he probably has a few of those homes under contract for himself or investor clients. I did not take the time to look up the aerial map to see what this guy was up to...
Take a look at Lawrence Street at the east end of the golf course (33°47’53.81”N / 116°28’39.38”W). Yikes!
But, it looks like a desert community style ghetto along that street. Certainly no pride in property appearance.
The Tamerisks or Salt Cedars are a fairly dirty tree, but they are very dense. They weren’t installed for racist reasons. They were installed for the same reasons they were installed along the railroad tracks from Indio to Palm Springs. They first arrived by railroad as fenceposts from the east, but they rapidly sprout roots around any groundwater. They are considered an invasive species if mot maintained.
They provide an outstanding windbreak and grow as tall as the adjacent Eucalyptus trees planted alongside them.
The treeline is adjacent the older Williams street community, which tended to be an isolated black community adjacent the golf course and backed up to the Palm Springs Wash, just west of Cathedral Canyon Country Club. It is a nicely hidden small older subdivision, which became a generally black community. Homes were typically 70s vintage track homes, say 3Br, 2 bath, maybe 2/2s and not in a fancy neighborhood, but surrounded by nicer neighbor hoods and what used to be the Arnold Palmer Golf Course, now the Tahquitz Creek Golf Course. Exit streets ran to either the front of the Arnold Palmer Golf Course entrance or in their back, so some trailer park subdivisions.
Their value was driven by location, and the trees were planted to act as both a windbreak and a noise break, as the subdivision is also on the approach to the Palm Springs Intl Airport.
It’s stupid to take them down. They are a least cost, aesthetic, common sensical improvement to the environment to make the desert more livable for families and vacationers.
I’ve overseen other projects to remove similar treelines and it is very costly. The soils must be removed and roots bored and herbicided repeatedly to avoid their regrowth. Some consider them an invasive species as they leave salts in their trimmings and dropped needles, killing off many adjacent species.
It will cost closer to $1-$5 mil to replace these and remove them. For a subdivision with only 70 homes and about 20 backed up to the golf course, It’s a stupid idea. Ask the railroads and CalTrans. They’ve been trying to remove them for 20 years. It would be less risky to spend $50k per home to improve their landscaping or build something along the wash to improve their subdivision.
Some Conspiracy Theorists believe the only reason they are being removed is they are one of only a few species which are so thick, satellite radar is unable penetrate their coverage and if an indigent population were driven out of their homes and trying to survive, it would be one of the few areas which could not be targeted by satellite based systems. If the NoCa fires are Agenda 21 based, then there might be some coincidences with the efforts to remove Taemerisks from the landscape in the Desert Southwest.
Gotcha, problem is plain to see.
OK cut down the trees and plant new ones?
Isn’t that like a guberment project to use a fan to power a windmill to pump water?
surely that doesn't require a sarc tag
Google Maps gives an unfair appearance. Photo taken while they were browning out the golf course. It’s one of the few courses in the valley that plays closer to an East Coast or Ohio golf course with tall shaded trees, say 35ft + in height.
It’s one of the few all black neighborhoods in the valley and isolated such that anyone else buying their is considered an intruder by the residents.
I do not “do” Google Maps, I only use Google Earth, which is far more rich in resources. Takes more time to master the possibilities, but far more powerful.
Maps is a web crutch, GE is a real tool for earth view sleuthing.
I'll bet there was a local movement started by the neighborhood to have them installed so racists wouldn't inflict property damage playing their privileged game.
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