Broadway is half Crystal Lake and half Lakewood down to Meridian Street. Last year Crystal Lake paved its half of the street. This year Lakewood is repaving. There was no need to trim trees on the Crystal Lake side of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tree Trimming
At nine o’clock in the morning Commonwealth Edison’s tree hackers were back at work on the block where we reside on Lake Avenue. Although branches were being fed into a chipper, ones in front of our house remained untouched. The … Continue reading
Com Ed is sending tree cutters to many areas in McHenry County during the next three months. That’s what the post card says. Com Ed calls it “vegetation management.” With all the authority cited, one might wonder why State Rep. … Continue reading
Not only was State Rep. Jack Franks spanked by the Chicago Tribune Sunday, but Chuck Sweeney, the political columnist for the Rockford Register-Star took negative notice of his Com Ed tree removal legislation, House Bill 3884. After hostile reaction from … Continue reading
Who could have known that the Chicago Tribune would take on “Chainsaw Jack” Franks and use “Illinois Chain Saw Massacre” in it’s editorial sub-headline? But there it was. A whole editorial aimed at the overreach, no, that’s too mild a … Continue reading
Apparently “Chainsaw Jack” Franks didn’t have enough lubricating oil to get his bill (House Bill 3884, email addresses of Public Utility Committee members included in linked story) to allow Commonwealth Edison and Ameren to cut any tree it wanted to … Continue reading
State Rep. Jack Franks (D-Marengo) is using up a lot of political capital carrying Commonwealth Edison’s chainsaw. He has introduced legislation (House Bill 3884) which will allow electric utilities to chop down any tree within 20 feet of a power … Continue reading
After his last minute “conversion” to the electric rate hike side of the bill promoted by Com Ed and Ameren, it appears that Democrat Jack Franks is now playing water boy for the not-so-regulated-as-before utilities. We have the Emily Berendt … Continue reading
Well, they’re not quite lumberjacks, but they’re as close as we come. If you haven’t driven on the road between Crystal Lake and McHenry, you are going to find it a lot more light next time around. The tree canopy … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again. To protect its wires, Commonwealth Edison hires a company called Asplundh to trim tress along its right-of-way. Every wonder where the Asplundh tree trimming trucks park at night? On Thursday. March 27th, they were … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again. To protect its wires, Commonwealth Edison hires a company called Asplundh to trim tress along its right-of-way. Every wonder where the Asplundh tree trimming trucks park at night? On Thursday. March 27th, they were … Continue reading