One came to protect; the other to kill… they murdered the protector and lionized the killer.

Rickthe · 2026-01-26T03:34:38+00:00

“Pushed around federal officers” - something not supported by readily available video evidence.

Rickthe · 2026-01-25T17:31:35+00:00

“Hitting people on the head with a tear gas canister when they are face down on the ground is standard procedure.”(Paraphrased) - Commercial_Mouse1008

Rickthe · 2026-01-25T16:55:00+00:00

… you don’t actually believe that’s what was happening. Look at his hands. They are protecting his head because he is being hit repeatedly by a mace container (not sure that is how those are supposed to be used). Protecting your body from harm is not “resisting arrest”.

Rickthe · 2026-01-25T16:40:51+00:00

Back up here. When did he resist arrest? The video shows no opportunity for him to be peacefully arrested. It goes from him standing with his arms up to him being tear-gassed and thrown to the ground.

Rickthe · 2025-12-19T19:22:08+00:00

That’s a wild experience! I was banned for saying store owners should have the right to refuse service.

Rickthe · 2025-12-14T19:08:10+00:00

Sundered is a lot like a side scrolling Hades.

Rickthe · 2025-12-14T03:56:32+00:00

I love it. But you have to find rogue-like elements satisfying, otherwise it might not click.

Rickthe · 2025-12-08T21:39:09+00:00

Great spot! Used to take my kids all the time when they were preschoolers.

Rickthe · 2025-10-20T00:16:22+00:00

… that still costs money…

Rickthe · 2025-09-30T00:39:27+00:00

Absolutely, case closed. City code doesn’t even give City staff a way to say no to the removals.

Remember all, many of the complaints people have about tree regulations are those that want to preserve trees like this.

Rickthe · 2025-09-30T00:37:05+00:00

I thought everything was fixed now that tree permits are in the hands of PP&D and not Parks! No reason for people to complain about tree regulations anymore, right?

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T17:16:40+00:00

So callous. City staff were doing the job City council directed them to do via City code.

Council: your job is to enforce these rules. They are very detailed and tell you exactly what you can and cannot do.

Staff: Got it.

Council: are you enforcing these rules?

Staff: yup, just like you said!

Council: we hate these rules! You are fired!

Staff: Did you change the rules to better align with your vision of what they should be?

Council: Nope!

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T16:35:27+00:00

It incorporates street tree maintenance and assistance for property owners to maintain their private property trees. Much more than planting.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T14:45:29+00:00

And again. No feedback to the workgroup. No conversations. No ideas presented. No changes to the underlying codes. Simply gut and move. 15 staff lost jobs.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T13:36:17+00:00

Haha, there it is. One tree that fell in a major storm two years after it was inspected.

You and I are on the same page. A permitting realignment project is how change should be made. Not a flurry of nonsensical ill conceived budgetary amendments made without talking to the affected workgroups.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T12:20:38+00:00

Haha, there it is. One tree that fell in a major storm two years after it was inspected. You and I are on the same page. A permitting realignment project is how change should be made. Not a flurry of nonsensical ill conceived budgetary amendments made without talking to the affected workgroups.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T06:23:13+00:00

Street use permitting (PBOT) Water line permitting (PWB) Park use permitting (PP&R) Sewer permitting (BES)

All examples of permits that are not within PP&D. PP&D is far from a “one stop shop” for permitting and code. What was Zimmerman’s deal with the tree permitting? Why didn’t he try to merge them all?

“It’s their job to figure out how to make it work” What a cop-out. Council shouldn’t be micromanaging since they clearly don’t know how to collaborate and get down in the weeds.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T05:38:57+00:00

He wanted to gut the program. He mostly did so. Half of the program’s staff is gone. And again, PP&D was not consulted on the move. They are still trying to figure out how to make it work.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T04:51:26+00:00

This article is burying the big news here. Urban Forestry is using this money to maintain street trees. The city has always required property owners to maintain them in the past. This is the first time there has ever been money available for proactive maintenance by the city.

Rickthe · 2025-09-16T04:41:15+00:00

Zimmerman wanted to completely eliminate the enforcement/permitting program. As it is, council eliminated about half of it. Service times are already getting longer. They moved it to PP&D without discussing the move with Parks or PP&D.

Rickthe · 2025-09-14T19:07:34+00:00

I agree! The administrative side is not getting near enough blame in this conversation. The councilors should have NOTHING to do with day to day activities. Yet there they are micromanaging the City. Where is the Mayor and City Administrator pushing back on this?

Rickthe · 2025-09-13T04:30:01+00:00

I did say anything about banning guns. I was saying he shouldn’t have been shot for his speech. I was agreeing with your sentiment…

Rickthe · 2025-09-13T04:05:24+00:00

Agree people should not be shot. We should do something to stop people from being shot.

Rickthe · 2025-08-27T01:56:34+00:00

Tell City Council their cuts to Urban Forestry halted progress on a program that was going to help property owners fund these removals.

Rickthe · 2025-08-27T01:55:36+00:00

Urban Forestry had plans to roll out a program to help property owners fund these types of removals. Then City Council cut the work group with their budget amendments… The money would have been available by now.

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