Blog Stage Seven: Original editorial or commentary #2

As I mentioned on Stage Five assignment, Austin Tree Ordinance violates private property Rights. , Government is trying to regulate and protect trees in the very strict way, however, even it has great purpose, the government is facing an angry backlash from landowners over the overregulation. Because the government is not just protecting trees but also they are violating the property rights. it would be so awkward to require a government permit to trim or remove your trees in your backyard garden. For example, if a landowner wants to remove a tree in order to construct an improvement such as swimming pool, one has to get a permit of tree-cutting from the government. Moreover, if the government denied, then the landowner has to keep up with that without any compensation though he is the owner of the property, can do nothing. This directly contradicts Article I, Section 17 of the Texas Constitution, which provides that “no person’s property shall be taken, damaged or destroyed for or applied to public use without adequate compensation being made.”

Recently, around 50 cities have adopted burdensome tree-cutting regulations and ordinances that cause a huge amount of expenditure, according to data from the Texas International Society of Arboriculture. If the trend continues, there may not be many places left soon where a Texans’ right to private property is secure from the government.

 Fortunately, some of representatives and senators recognized the danger of overregulation and they are trying to make the best bills that can solve those problems. They said, "there is no explicit answer to solve the problem but we will as much effort as much possible to make a bill that respects the private property right." 

I am taking physical geography class in this semester and we are currently learning about how severe degree of global warming around the world now. It keeps worse and worse and the warming was 80% to 90% the result of the long-term climate pattern. The warming trend over the past few decades can be linked to the burning oil or cutting tree..etc.

So my point is Even though property rights are an essential ingredient to free society, There is nothing more important than our home, the earth is our property, too.