Main Street ficus discussion continues

Ficus trees are beautiful and they improve with age. If you have

ever had to replace the entire sewer line from your house to the

center of the street, after a back-up into every drain in the house,

and all because of two old ficus trees, then you would know that

Balboa Village is correct to replace those invasive trees.

Why not plant orchid trees and palms? Something tropical for the

ocean front. The tree they have been discussing as a replacement has

long thorns. Sorry, Balboa Arbor Society, why not just get with the

program and decide on another beautiful tree.

MARCELLA KIRST

Newport Beach

Please. Can these Newport people step outside their sheltered

little lives for one moment? I only wish I had their problems that

the most important thing in my life is to fight the city on whether

or not some ficus trees (that was damaging other people’s property)

get cut down or if my dog can go on the beach without a leash

(“Newport can tighten leash,” Sept. 5).

I shudder to think of the amount of money the city has had to

waste defending themselves against these self-important people who

have way too much money and time on their hands that they feel they

can go around wasting others.

Personally, I would rather have seen that money go to improving

schools and other areas that would improve the community as a whole

and not just a few.

In the past year, thousands of people lost their lives, many more

their loved ones, we’re fighting terrorism, and people are worried

about their dog on a leash? I would suggest getting a little

perspective on life.

Do you think we can we move on now?

CATHY COLEMAN

Newport Beach

I’m trying to get a group together to file a class-action suit

against the city because they’ve allowed all of these eucalyptus

trees in Corona del Mar to block everybody’s views. I’ve got a

picture of a view I had seven to eight years ago and the city trees

now are blocking my view to a point where it is now diminishing the

value of my home.

What kind of a price do you put on that? The city is not trimming

the trees back the way they should be, they’re getting diseased. The

trees are blocking people’s views now and I might get a group to file

a class-action suit. I know if I went to sell my house now it would

be worth a lot less than it would if I had the view seven years ago.

JIM DEGRADEL

Corona del Mar