Letter Writer Outraged Over Missing Tree Guards Pretends to be the Horatio Street Association
There seems to be an inordinately loud bruhaha over the missing tree guards in front of 82-88 Horatio street. The Tree Guards were removed while the sidewalks, stoops and gutters were redone by the Co-op. While it has taken an absurdly long time for this process to complete, there is no reason that we’ve seen to doubt the contractor & Co-op managments board’s promises that the tree guards will eventually be replaced.
But someone apparently believes there is. Posing as the Horatio Street Association, someone has been sending letters and posting signs demanding the return of the Tree Guards:
This bruhaha is interesting because someone is posting notes and sending letters as representatives of the Horatio Street Association They certainly live on Horatio Street but they are not in any way representing the HSA and these postings and letters are not from HSA. Being more optimistic than our neighbor, I assume that the guards will be returned. Remember that an important way to preserve the planting is by watering. This help is appreciated by your neighbors. Looks like nature is going to help in the next few days. – Marjorie Colt, V. President for the HSA
Now, I helped plant those tree pits, I’ve watched the pretty begonias die during the sidewalk renovation, and I’ve watched the sloppiness of the contractors that has led to a bunch of concrete being left in the tree pits, in what was already difficult dirt (sometimes even the potato plants couldn’t thrive in these pits) – but I’m still bewildered by the hue and cry on this particular subject… Is there more to this story than meets the eye? And, seriously, who impersonates a Street Association? Really, impersonating a street association? Really?
