Developer Drops Tree Activist Lawsuit

[DUreader]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3463058,00.html



LOS ANGELES (AP) - An environmental activist
who spent 72 days in a 400-year-old oak tree to
prevent a developer from cutting it down no
longer faces the threat of a trespassing lawsuit.

Developer John Laing Homes said Wednesday it
would drop its civil trespassing claim against John
Quigley, 42.

``John Quigley has shown a steadfast
commitment to saving the tree, and while we have
differing ideas on how to accomplish this, we
share that same goal,'' said Bill Rattazzi, a
regional vice president for the developer.

In a compromise with environmentalists, the
developer agreed to relocate the tree a few
hundred yards down the road from its disputed
location, where the developer wants the road
widened for a housing development. The cost of
the move to a nearby preserve, including security
and attorney fees, is expected to exceed $1
million.

[Kolesar]

1. Moving a 400 year old tree sounds colossally stupid

That is no solution.

[pansypoo53219]

2. of course

but dammit, THEY MUST HAVE THAT ROAD.
why is this called progress? or DEVELOPEMENT?