No need to cause a stir about cutting down courthouse trees
The normal reaction anytime someone mentions cutting down a tree is: Nooooo!
That’s why it was a pleasant change when city officials announced plans to cut down trees around Warren County Courthouse and that announcement wasn’t greeted with an onslaught of resistance. There’s no need for it.
Most of the trees surrounding the courthouse are in poor shape. Many are rooting, while others have various diseases. Only one or two should be left standing anyway.
But often this doesn’t seem to matter as people are quick to push for progress as long as that progress doesn’t entail cutting down a tree. At times such a save-the-trees stance can be appropriate, but at other times it’s not needed. This is one of those times.
There are plans to plant other trees around the courthouse once the existing trees are removed. In a few years time, those trees will flourish and add a dash of beauty to Court Square. It will all work out in the end.
A close-up inspection of the courthouse trees shows it’s time for them to be replaced. In this instance, there’s no need for a rally. The right decision has been made.