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Dateline - Chico, CA
Commission Impossible - Tree War Escalates
Chain saw wielding gangs of tree trimmers and marauding deviants continue to clear-cut residential areas of Chico. Few residents recall the catalyst that created this explosion of wanton anti-social behavior. But experts at the Chico State Behavioral Science Institute are beginning to piece things together.
A strengthened tree-ordinance passed in 2007 put scores of arborists out of work. This large population of unemployed, but well equipped, tree experts quickly turned vicious. Some of them grouped together and began trimming and removing trees in the dark of night, as the black market for tree removal came into being. That group further splintered creating the West Side Chico Tree Gang (photo above).
The West Siders began removing trees out of spite. Preferably large oaks or sycamores. The leader of this gang, who goes by "two-stroke", has claimed he won't stop until privots are the only trees left standing.
