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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And a lot of folks want a pool. So there.

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Didn't the Casey Trees Foundation 2015 annual report card state that DC needs to take aggressive steps to preserve District-owned park green space and park tree canopy as a top environmental/conservation priority?

"We ask Mayor Bowser to:

Adopt a 50 percent canopy goal for all Department of Parks and Recreation managed properties.
--Initiate a planning process to create designs for neighborhood parks that incorporate more trees and better growing spaces, make parks safer and increase use.
--Prepare and execute an Open Space Plan that increases residential connections to city greenspace as called for by the Sustainable DC Plan.
--Place conservation easements on city-owned greenspaces to ensure they remain green for the continued benefit of future generations of Washingtonians."

Paving over two acres of Hearst Park for a pool (and the likely loss of mature oaks) would run contrary to this goal.[/quote]

Casey Trees is not without an agenda of its own.[/quote]
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Absolutely.  They advocate restoring the city,s tree canopy to improve air quality, save energy, manage storm water runoff and enhance natural habitat, especially for birds.  Improving the tree canopy [/quote]

Are you the same person who was in charge of coming up with arguments to stop the homeless shelter?  You sound annoyingly similar and unpersuasive with your unrelenting hyperbole. Your chicken little act is not doing the anti pool people any favors. [/quote]

No, not the same person at all.  I have no idea who or what you're talking about.  Homeless shelters are important, I'd prefer not to live near one (yeah, NIMBY, whatever), and if you're honest you don't want to either.

I like trees.  Everyone likes trees.  My point is simply that EVERYONE has an agenda.  The idea that someone shows up with an objective opinion is laughable.  We all have agendas, and some of us are honest enough to admit it.

That's all.  [/quote]

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