Section-04 Comments

Click the image at left to view a letter John Quigley wrote to Supervisor Antonovich.

Click the image at left to read a letter from the Southern California Heritage Landscape Forum participants.

Click the image at left to read SCOPE's plan for saving the oak, given to Supervisor Antonovich's office, but not yet acted on. You can help save Old Glory by writing/calling/faxing his office at the addresses below and telling him you want this plan implemented and thereby the tree saved.

Click the image at left to read a letter from Charles Ennis, owner of Expert Tree Service, in which he explains the damage done by Laing, and remediation required to restore it to health.

Click the image at left to read a letter from Rosi Dagit, a Certified Arborist, advising against attempting to move Old Glory, and the low probability of it living after moved.

Click the image at left to read an article in the Western Arborist about moving trees, and how they usually slowly die after the attempt.

Click the image at left to read the agreement SCOPE brokered three years ago to save the tree, and that Laing Homes and the County of Los Angeles failed to follow.