they don't use herrings

walking to bart at a quick pace this morning I noticed backhoes aplenty next to the fire station at mandela and 14th - it turns out they're cutting down all the large pine trees to make way for some development - proof that people with money should be killed by poor people. these trees are the tallest in west oakland and were almost all (8 of 10 maybe) along the permiter of the property and could have been built around without much planning (if any given lot offset requirements) but, as salim says, why have polluting trees in your neighborhood?