For certain posters this is their raison d'être. They can't end it.

I love it when folks state their opinion on the subject at hand and then feel the need to have to grind their ax about location, size of homes, and anything else that is caught in their shorts that day.

Hence you are right, there are some things that do preclude TV being perfect:D

Mleeja, I'm not trying to be rude or a smart mouth, but this topic seems to bother you greatly.
Obviously people still have comments and opinions to voice.
When a thread is really getting on my nerves, I unsubscribe from it and stop reading the posts.

If someone stole $100,000 out of the cash drawer at a friends store, would you think it vindictive for people to be outraged. In fact, this crime has a similar consequence in the opinion of many posters. Stealing $100,000 would rise to the level of grand theft, a major felony.

I believe that there may be other issues now that the perps have evaded prosecution for all these months that may include obstruction of justice or related charges.

I think postings on TOTV are the proximate cause of the "Friends" coming up with a cash response to the CDD5 offer. Now that we have their attention ,I think that we should keep up not lessen the pressure.

For those who don't wish to read mine or other posts--- don't.

In fairness to everyone that posted, here is what is really at the heart of this matter. That a resident( quasi-neighbor) if you will, thought little enough of fellow residents and was going to leave them on the hook for a wrong s/he committed. And this happens to be a resident who could well afford a very upscale home here, and so one would conclude could easily meet his/her financial obligation. In this same vein this resident had the conceit to believe s/he was so privileged to have the right to act on this wrong with impunity.

Now we find with little explanation that this resident hires an attorney as a go between to strike a deal at a bargain price with no apparent consequences. We don't know what's in the deal and as we learned at the national level people get nervous when deals are made in secret.

I am incensed over the thinking that went into this act and the nature in which this resident(s) went about to hide their guilt. Forgive my histrionics but its like hiding the identity of the burglar . Like most on this forum,I am not a vindictive person but have a strong sense of fairness and so I can understand why some may believe that this wrong-doer(s) got away relatively easy.

Well stated.

Maybe this person, who did something he/she shouldn't have done, after the public reaction that spread to his neighbors, felt remorse and decided to cough up the expense (no small punishment in my book) to hopefully make things right regarding any damages, and to relieve his neighbors of anymore fallout. Instead of being satisfied that expenses will be covered, many still want their pound of flesh. Some people just have no room for forgiveness.

So does privilege. This isn't about money or whose house is bigger. It's about fairness and justice.

Thank you.

You're right. Cutting down a tree is now a felony. Unbelievable!

If you want to be forgiven, step forward, identify yourself, admit what you did, and then ask forgiveness. In other words, man-up and do the right thing. Those actions will relieve the neighbors of any fallout. Nobody will forgive you if you hide behind an attorney and remain anonymous. Regardless, in the absence of any other information, I suspect the anonymous party is only looking to avoid some sort of prosecution. I haven't heard the attorney communicate that the anonymous party was sorry about the trees and the whole affair.

You hit the nail on the head! A mob with blood dripping from their mouths. I'm beginning to understand the locals' negative opinion of TVers.

Go into a national park, say where the Redwoods or Sequoias are located in CA, and cut down a tree and see what happens.

If the person who did this, read this thread, they would correctly conclude that they would be shunned and cursed by all of you. Anyone in their right mind would realize that this is just phase 1 of "justice" in the eyes of this mob.

Exactly! California. Go figure.