City Official Apologizes After Tree Is Cut Down To Be Used For Trump Rally

[deminks]

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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The mayor's chief of staff in Mobile, Alabama, is apologizing for his role in having a large tree cut down at a city park so it could be used as a prop during President-elect Donald Trump's recent "thank you" rally.

Colby Cooper said he became "overzealous" while trying to ensure that expectations of Trump's advance team were met.

Al.com reports (http://bit.ly/2hAuyZB ) that Mobile residents raised questions almost immediately after the cedar tree at Public Safety Memorial Park was felled Friday. It was taken to Ladd-Peebles Stadium, placed in front of the scoreboard and decorated with Christmas ornaments to serve as a backdrop while Trump spoke at Saturday's rally.

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:facepalm

[katmondoo]

1. A beautiful tree looking tacky behind the tacky looking president to be

[louis-t]

2. Hmm, maybe next time he should cut off his finger and give to them

or just hand over his infant daughter to "ensure the expectations" of drumpf.

This sickness is far from over.

[Me.]

3. Will THere Be NO End

Of the Trump related ugliness. Rhetorical of course.

[Hugin]

4. Well, he can go on apologizing for the next 100 years it takes to grow another tree.

Auuuugh!

[SamKnause]

5. Fuck, I am sick of this insanity !!!!!

I am surprised they didn't line the streets in gold

for the orange, bloated, lying, evil, sack of shit.

What's next ???

Will they have to bow in his presence ???

[Maru Kitteh]

6. He should be forced to pay the same fine any other citizen would for felling the tree.

A large cedar? Those things take forever to grow. You IGNORANT fucking deplorable.

[Tanuki]

10. +100. He stole public property. He could have gone to a Christmas tree concession

or farm and bought one like anyone else who wants one. He's not "overzealous"; he's a thief. He should be prosecuted for theft, vandalism, whatever an ordinary person who did the same thing would be charged with. And they ought to fire his sorry ass.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Red cedar down here actually grows very fast in good soil.

But for the size of the one they killed, yes, a fair amount of time, and it was in a PARK! for god's sake.

I am pleased at the community reaction. Damaging trees is a sensitive issue around here.

[Vinca]

7. When you think about it, the tree is a symbol of what this country has become:

a prop for a rich guy who is only in this position because he's a narcissist who couldn't bring himself to withdraw from the race early on. He is totally unqualified for the job and not especially interested in learning about world affairs. What he does plan to do is take his show on the road so the adoring, dimwitted masses will fawn over him for the next 4 years. More trees will be sacrificed for the Manbaby.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. Is Shitler really too cheap...

To BUY a prop tree at a local tree lot?

Good grief...I cannot take it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. Metaphor, metaphor....I'm looking for a metaphor.

Something beautiful that takes years to grow is needlessly cut down for the sole reason of being used as a temporary, self-aggrandizing prop for a tacky Madman and then quickly disposed of.

Does anyone smell a metaphor here?

[TeamPooka]

11. sigh

those reflect my thoughts too.
This country is fucked.

[angstlessk]

12. Beauty and the beast...

[0rganism]

13. hmm, repurposing public property for use as a prop to glorify Pharaoh Trump

methinks the mayor's chief of staff is ahead of his time -- soon, Mr. Cooper, soon the looting will begin in earnest and your trespass will be seen only as a minor harbinger of the "Greatness" yet to come

[Calculating]

14. Stopped reading at Alabama

Nuff said.

[gratuitous]

15. Relax, people; it's not like it was something important

Unless Harvey Updyke was involved, then it would be a Major Crime.

[lpbk2713]

17. The usual routine.

Do whatever the hell you want to do and then offer a lame
apology after the irreversible damage has been done.