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1. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 16:17:47 EST kat
   #sheffield Council chamber has been occupied by the people.  There is much dissent in the city, over the running and financing of a road renewal program. The program involves chopping down thousands of healthy trees.  Sheffield has (had?) a reputation of being one of the greenest cities in the #UK.  Also the contractual arrangements around the program are opaque and no allowed to be shared with the people !!!! ???  Which is another cause of anger.
   1. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 17:15:45 EST kat

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      https://indy.im/attachment/1795 https://indy.im/attachment/1794
      1. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 19:01:11 EST kat

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         The regional press catches up with the street.  
         https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/video-protesters-occupy-sheffield-council-chamber-over-controversial-tree-felling-programme-and-stage-all-night-sit-in-1-9007025
   2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 17:53:43 EST zoowar

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      We have a concept of heritage trees. Developers cut them down and pay the minimal fine as the cost of doing business. We need stronger rules and penalties.
      1. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 18:36:47 EST kat

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         @zoowar in the #sheffield case the management and maintenance of the roads has been outsourced to a private multinational - Amey. They declare the trees "antisocial" and "discriminatory" and remove them to repair the roads. One of the issues is that other methods can be used to both preserve the trees and fix the roads, but when this has been pointed out, from recourse to the Councils own "Independent Tree Panel" it's been ignored.
         1. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Feb-2018 18:37:52 EST kat

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            @zoowar A better write up is here http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/issues/streets-ahead-the-battle-for-our-street-trees/ #sheffield
         2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2018 14:07:10 EST zoowar

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            Never trust profiteering capitalism with public resources.
   3. kat (boneidol@indy.im)'s status on Sunday, 25-Feb-2018 14:16:37 EST kat

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      Article in the Guardian about #Sheffield #Tree protests https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/25/for-the-chop-the-battle-to-save-sheffields-trees