tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post7742041727238228225..comments2024-03-17T23:50:03.863+08:00Comments on Government and Taxes: Property Rights 4: Trees, SM Baguio, Henry Sy and TwitterBienvenido Oplas Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-17959723335323762092012-05-04T07:21:21.660+08:002012-05-04T07:21:21.660+08:00Manong, I'm a resident of Baguio. Consider tha...Manong, I'm a resident of Baguio. Consider that Luneta Hill, where the mall is currently located, is the only green zone that the city has in the central business district. If my memory serves me right they have already cut hundreds of trees in that area during the mall's construction. The redevelopment will not even solve the issue on easing the flow of the traffic nor about helping the environmentally friendly architectural designs on reducing pollution. The issue is not about who owns the land, the issue is how will they comply with terms set by the people who will suffer from great wrath of nature in the long run. The people can do something, CLOSE SESSION ROAD AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO GATHER AND MARCH TOWARDS SM. They should cut their greed not our greens :)SAVEBAGUIODUDEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-86124452895409025602012-04-27T13:18:03.928+08:002012-04-27T13:18:03.928+08:00I just like to point out while you made nice gener...I just like to point out while you made nice generalizations from the SM Baguio issue, I find some data wrong. One of the basic is, SM Baguio did not cut any tree, 182 trees were earth-balled (transferred). SM Baguio's redevelopment is a project, while heavily scrutinized by the public, is actually greener than most projects built in Baguio. Did you know that they will plant 50,000 more trees? Point is, all the people's "OA" reactions is actually counter-productive to the green plan SM is planning. Here's an article I read which I hope you can share also to your readers. thanks and more power to you sir!<br /><br />http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358114/the-pines-of-baguio-cityTonyRomenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-411464614937519162012-04-12T14:16:34.941+08:002012-04-12T14:16:34.941+08:00In this case, do people want to abolish private pr...In this case, do people want to abolish private property in land and all lands should be government property? Supposed that person A has 5 hectares of mostly forested land and he wants to clear many trees to put up a chicken farm or a pasture land for cows to help augment food production in the country. But then other people will intervene and argue that he cannot do that in his private land because humanity needs more trees. In a socialist, all lands belong to the government system, the "outsiders" desire will prevail. In a private property rights system, the "outsiders" desire must give way to the private owners' plan and priorities.Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-90679431833556043312012-04-12T14:01:12.338+08:002012-04-12T14:01:12.338+08:00If Henry SY wants to exercise his rights , then I ...If Henry SY wants to exercise his rights , then I hope he will also respect us in exercising our RIGHTS for a greener earth. Mag isa ka lang pero marami kami. If you will really push through with your evil plans because of greed, I hope you will not regret it. At sana walang madamay kagaya sa nangyari sa Cagayan de Oro and Iligan city. Sana ikaw lang ang managot sa inang kalikasan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-77158684619307099952012-04-10T17:17:59.139+08:002012-04-10T17:17:59.139+08:00On the "externalities" of trees and thei...On the "externalities" of trees and their protective capacity on hilly or sloping land, this argument should apply to all structures in Baguio and other mountainous areas. Tens of thousands of houses and small buildings were built on hilly or even high slope areas in Baguio, the trees there were cut and cleared, not much noise from the public.<br /><br />On the SM case, I think SM has more than enough money to build solid structures to control possible soil erosion.Bienvenido Oplas Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799756132761366267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17839575.post-76228166540303083952012-04-10T17:11:39.751+08:002012-04-10T17:11:39.751+08:00If the land where the trees are located do indeed ...If the land where the trees are located do indeed belong to SM group of companies, then they have the right to do whatever they want with the trees.<br /><br />But are there any risks such as soil erosion or possible landslide that could affect other people? If that is the case, then they should be prudent with cutting trees. Otherwise, if there is no risk involved, then this should be no issue.Elevic Pernishttp://elevicpernis.comnoreply@blogger.com