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Originally Posted by Advogado
No one except the 4 homeowners whose view was improved had the motive to spend the significant amount of money it must have cost to have the trees cut down. it is pure fantasy to suggest that anyone else was responsible. Given the will to do so, by taking the types of investigative measures I earlier suggested, it should be possible for the sheriff to make a case against the guilty party(ies).
Incidentally, unlike the posters who have been writing their own law about the issuance of subpoenas and inventing incredible theories about who perpetrators might be, I have been responsible for putting a couple hundred criminals behind bars--so I have had some experience in this area.
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I got on mapquest.com, pulled up the 1700 block of Lake Miona Drive. The satellite view showed what appears to be a thickly forested strip immediately behind a handful of homes. The trees are (were?) between them and the lake shore. Although I am not sure if those shown are the grove of trees chopped down, felling a 100' x 300' swath of large oak trees would take significant time, a sizable crew, create a lot of noise and likely cost a few thousand dollars.
Again, I find it a totally "in your face" act, especially the stacking of the logs from the cutting for firewood on a property.
Logic dictates that one or more well connected, powerful folks wanted this to be let go and saw to it that it was.