tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post3469678368821203495..comments2024-03-27T23:29:04.889-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: Emeryville Planning Director Doubles as ArtistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-9825121307228266042013-07-30T12:52:03.725-07:002013-07-30T12:52:03.725-07:00Hey Moe (our city attorney), what do you think, is...Hey Moe (our city attorney), what do you think, is this a tree or a bush. “Dongk, Bang, Slap” You dummy, Curly (our planning director), I can make it anything you want it to be. “yak yak yak”. Hey, where’s Larry (our previous city manager), he’ll know what to do. Ah that knucklehead is over in Albany building a development and slapping around a few protesters. I heard they needed someone to fill in for their city manager who’s not afraid to bend a few rules. Yeah, I’ll show you…bend over. “Yak Yac Yac”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-40814632112112170862013-07-30T11:13:34.867-07:002013-07-30T11:13:34.867-07:00Un saucier a tabat, c'est degoutant.Un saucier a tabat, c'est degoutant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-44946588547416760322013-07-30T10:43:28.817-07:002013-07-30T10:43:28.817-07:00Here, here!!Here, here!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-12744274408531227842013-07-30T09:34:17.478-07:002013-07-30T09:34:17.478-07:00Patrick never read the Tattler and neither does Ch...Patrick never read the Tattler and neither does Charlie Bryant. None of the managers at City Hall read it. Nobody reads it at the School District, especially the School Board and three of the five City Council members don't read the Tattler. And that's why all these people in positions of authority in Emeryville are so angry with the Tattler: because they don't read it. Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-67756228141990385952013-07-30T09:21:37.464-07:002013-07-30T09:21:37.464-07:00I'm not an expert on trees but the University ...I'm not an expert on trees but the University of California 's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources is. That's the source of my info on Eugenia Syzygium paniculatum. <br />The point here is that the School District has been severely PRUNING those trees you mention. Stop pruning them and they'll grow into 50 foot tall trees. Since the School District has in fact stopped pruning them, they're starting to grow, almost doubling their height already. Are you going to advocate cutting down a tree because it's too short because the applicant has been pruning it that way? Ever read Catch 22 Charlie? People want trees here in Emeryville. And they want objective analysis coming from the Staff, not subjective direction with a hidden agenda. Is this city planning? Or something else?Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-56552645534612023762013-07-29T21:57:53.525-07:002013-07-29T21:57:53.525-07:00You're quite an expert on trees, aren't yo...You're quite an expert on trees, aren't you? Go back and read my comment again. I'm not talking about 50 foot trees. The "upright bushes" on 47th Street can't be more than about 6 feet tall, and they've been pruned to the "lollipop" shape that you detest so much. You really like those trees? The Planning Commission didn't seem to think they were worth saving. You didn't mention that.<br /><br />I would say that your "journalism" is not very upright.Charlie Bryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-86302704026692225752013-07-29T21:29:01.649-07:002013-07-29T21:29:01.649-07:00I thought we already had a poet laureate. this is...I thought we already had a poet laureate. this is getting interesting.<br /><br />i'm still laughing and you know laughter does not come easily with me.<br /><br />no, brian, that was patrick o'keeffe who said he didn't read the tattler. good to hear from you charlie.<br /><br />p.s. what is a post structural philosopher. is that like a structural engineer but one who philosophizes?shirley enomotonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-45199030642455699012013-07-29T20:37:39.363-07:002013-07-29T20:37:39.363-07:00Uh oh...the Planning Director (who says he doesn&#...Uh oh...the Planning Director (who says he doesn't read the Tattler) says the 25 foot tall tree in the photo is the wrong tree. Even though the photo depicts one of the trees that will be killed for the Center of 'Community' Life project (every tree on 47th Street), apparently it's not the tree Mr Bryant was talking about when he used the term "upright bushes". Those trees, Australian Brush Cherries (Eugenia Syzygium paniculatum, Family Myrtaceae) grow to a height of 30 to 50 feet...approximately double the height of the tree in the photo. So we apologize for showing such a short tree in the photo, we should have shown a 50 foot tall tree. <br />Surely even you wouldn't disagree that 50 feet is upright...very upright.<br /><br />Thanks for coming back to the Tattler, Charlie. We've always had the feeling your public claims of not being a reader were based on something not very upright.<br />Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-56824327201476654152013-07-29T20:09:37.812-07:002013-07-29T20:09:37.812-07:00There is no (tree) there there.
Look what happene...There is no (tree) there there.<br /><br />Look what happened on West Powell when all the trees were taken down--nothing and nothingness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-18638822551484207682013-07-29T18:42:08.837-07:002013-07-29T18:42:08.837-07:00Oh Brian, you’re such a kidder! Taking things out ...Oh Brian, you’re such a kidder! Taking things out of context as usual. Now, if you had been paying attention, you would have known that I wasn’t talking about the Trident Maple in your picture. I specifically said I was talking about the Australian Brush Cherries in the middle of the block, in front of the school on 47th Street. Just go to Google Street View and look at them. Surely even you wouldn’t disagree with my characterization of these as “upright bushes”? <br /><br />Charlie Bryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-8659585396513802032013-07-29T17:12:11.495-07:002013-07-29T17:12:11.495-07:00this is about the funniest article donahue has wr...this is about the funniest article donahue has written but "upright bush?" did mr. bryant perhaps take a semantics class with s.i. hayakawa?<br /><br /> shirley enomotonoreply@blogger.com