{"id":1409,"date":"2009-12-16T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T12:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/12\/16\/a-backyard-tree-worth-40k\/"},"modified":"2009-12-16T08:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-16T12:04:00","slug":"a-backyard-tree-worth-40k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/12\/16\/a-backyard-tree-worth-40k\/","title":{"rendered":"A backyard tree worth $40k?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an example of government at its most…perplexing. Saratoga County officials are working to “condemn” a backyard pine tree in Ballston Spa.<\/p>\n

Why? Because the 80-foot high pine sticks up into the flight path of the local airport, causing problems for night landings.<\/p>\n

One proposed solution? Pay the homeowner $40,000 to cut the tree down. What does that come out to per board foot, I wonder?<\/p>\n

So far, the homeowners have declined to sell.<\/p>\n

This from the Glens Falls Post Star<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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County officials first sought access to the land about a year ago, when the FAA identified 16 trees around the airport as too tall to allow night landings.<\/p>\n

Neighboring property owners granted the county access to their land, and all the other trees have been cut down within the last year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure what I think about this. If everybody wrings every possible penny out of government, where does that leave us?<\/p>\n

On the other hand, those folks might just REALLY love that tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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