Cappy,
That's a bummer.
I have a hunch it may have been an older African American guy who often
hangs around the A+ at 45th and Baltimore, uprooting anything that he thinks
are weeds. He's meticulous. I suspect he thinks that he's doing something
positive. Unfortunately, he appears to be mentally ill and also unable to
tell the difference between weeds and plants that someone is cultivating.
Public and private property is also not a differentiation that he makes. He
has "weeded" the plantings in the trafffic triangle at the same intersection
on at least one occasion. The good folks at UCGreen can probably confirm
this. I saw him pulling some actual weeds along the curb at a SW corner in
the vicinity of 49th and Hazel (I think) before noon today. At least the
drunken USP kid who assaulted my continus coggygria woke up sober (and
hopefully REALLY hungover) the next day. I don't think there's much of a
chance that this poor guy is going to ever understand that what he's doing
is wrong.
Have you considered pyracantha?
-Lew
From: Cappy Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Cappy Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: University City List <UnivCity@list.purple.com>
Subject: [UC] plant vandalism
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:30:43 -0700 (PDT)
Hi all,
Either last night or during the day today, someone ripped all of the ivy
(possibly
paper mulberry?) off of a 30-foot length of chain link fence that runs
along the
side of my house. I'm at the corner of 49th and Walton.
I'm really upset by this and can't figure out why anyone would have done
this. It
was decently manicured and not blocking the sidewalk. Also, if it was pure
maliciousness, the person who removed the ivy wouldn't have cleaned it all
up and
taken it away.
Any idea who might have done this and/or why?
Thanks.
--Cappy
----
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the
list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see
<http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
----
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the
list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see
<http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
