Letter: Large-scale oak forest destruction should be illegal
To the editor,
Thank you editor for publishing the article, “Justin Vineyards criticized for clear-cutting oaks.” It is about time that the citizens of Paso Robles are made aware of what is going on in the North County in a way that is backed up by facts and photos. We have witnessed a “head in the sand” attitude by so many over the years that can only be eliminated by those who take the time to provide this type of mind-changing information. The sort of destruction illustrated here should be illegal.
Donna Matthewson
Paso Robles
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We are on the path to evolve mimicking (Sp?) the city of Thousand Oaks, where all the oaks were cut down by the original developers. God knows how many, probably more than 1,000. No worries, few if any of those pesky oaks for their citizens to worry about now, just acres upon acres of stucco, phony Spanish (concrete) tile, asphalt and concrete.
Local land developer, John King, bulldozed down thousands of beautiful oak trees and raped the land with cut and fill grading in Tract 1990. Worse yet, the high-density, cut-and-fill lots in Tract 1990 are in violation of the Uniform Building Code because they weren't even compacted. SLO County's planning commission and board of supervisors should be ashamed of themselves.
I agree with all comments on this subject of what nature took hundreds of years to grow being distroyed in hours! In addition to the steps being taken to make this kind of action illegal…what can be done to restore this land and prevent planting of grapes all together? The developer of Wonderful Company no longer has lost the "riight" to touch this land except to restore it. We can also refuse to purchase Justin wines or any other product of this corporation.
We are on the path to evolve mimicking (Sp?) the city of Thousand Oaks, where all the oaks were cut down by the original developers. God knows how many, probably more than 1,000. No worries, few if any of those pesky oaks for their citizens to worry about now, just acres upon acres of stucco, phony Spanish (concrete) tile, asphalt and concrete.
Local land developer, John King, bulldozed down thousands of beautiful oak trees and raped the land with cut and fill grading in Tract 1990. Worse yet, the high-density, cut-and-fill lots in Tract 1990 are in violation of the Uniform Building Code because they weren't even compacted. SLO County's planning commission and board of supervisors should be ashamed of themselves.
I agree with all comments on this subject of what nature took hundreds of years to grow being distroyed in hours! In addition to the steps being taken to make this kind of action illegal…what can be done to restore this land and prevent planting of grapes all together? The developer of Wonderful Company no longer has lost the "riight" to touch this land except to restore it. We can also refuse to purchase Justin wines or any other product of this corporation.