Angry survivors blame council 'green' policy

From The Age.com (February 11, 2009):

ANGRY residents last night accused local authorities of contributing to the bushfire toll by failing to let residents chop down trees and clear up bushland that posed a fire risk.

During question time at a packed community meeting in Arthurs Creek on Melbourne's northern fringe, Warwick Spooner — whose mother Marilyn and brother Damien perished along with their home in the Strathewen blaze — criticised the Nillumbik council for the limitations it placed on residents wanting the council's help or permission to clean up around their properties in preparation for the bushfire season. "We've lost two people in my family because you dickheads won't cut trees down," he said. [read more]

I agree with Mr. Spooner those council people are dickheads. This is exactly what happens when people put the environment above human life. Hey, envirofascists people are part of the environment! Didn't occur to the bonehead council that the bushfire itself might destroy the trees and bush? Fires are unpredictable. It does not matter if the citizens burn the trees or nature does it. The result is the same. Sometimes I wonder if the envirofascists have a braincell in their head.