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Originally Posted by NYGUY
The cost should be borne by the four homeowners....end of story!!!
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Simple yes. But you can't fine someone without proof. It looks like I am protecting them, but I am not. I don't know them at all, but by law, you can't just level a judgment against someone because it is highly likely.
Just because the fine is going to be paid may not mean that the investigation is stopped. I bet that sooner or later the landscaper who did this will get drunk or aggravate a girlfriend and they will tell on him.
Although the figure seems very high, I know of people who have easily spent twelve or thirteen thousand dollars on landscaping a medium sized villages home. Today we played golf at Saddlebrook and saw someone....I guess from The Villages replacing a pretty good sized tree along the edge of 466, it must have been thirty or more feet tall. So repairs and replacements are made all of the time and it is part of some budget.
I am not trying to minimize this, but I can't think what else can be done if there is not proof of who done it.
It isn't right. It is sad and shameful.
The only good thing is that there is a lesson to be learned..... people will think twice before they start hacking down trees that don't belong to them....and get permission first before removing live oaks.