Operation: Annihilate

The township where I live has been in our neighborhood systematically cutting down all the trees that line the streets. They are trying to prevent the spread of an invasive pest known as the Emerald Ash borer. It’s a terrible shame to see these wonderful 15 year old trees being cut down. I drive down the street and it looks like I’m in some barren tundra wasteland.

And the Ash Borer isn’t the only threat to our landscape. With the constant commerical development in our area, field after field is being stripped of all the trees to make way for another shopping plaza or office complex. Instead of beautiful corn fields and pine forests, now you see CVS pharmacies and banks. You can’t go a mile without seeing another drugstore or bank - and they’re not stopping. Each new development brings more traffic to the area and soon everything will be gridlocked. The other day it took me over 10 minutes to turn out of our subdivision. I suspect it comes down to taxes and money. Greedy bastards.

I look on these barren plots of land and think of that TV advertisement with the Native American weeping for his land being polluted. And the tear running down his cheek.