{"id":5880,"date":"2010-03-03T07:49:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=5880"},"modified":"2010-03-03T07:49:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T12:49:08","slug":"is_bette_midler_getting_ripped_off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/03\/is_bette_midler_getting_ripped_off.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Bette Midler Getting Ripped Off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2010\/03\/but_only_parks_can_price_a_tre.html\">City builders testify that the Parks Department&#8217;s tree pricing is arbitrary and possibly inflated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Using one calculation method, the city Parks Department could estimate the price of an oak tree 24 inches in diameter at $15,600. Using another, they could charge an unfathomable $123,500.<\/p>\n<p>Often, the bill falls somewhere in between &#8212; and always without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The City Council plans to vote legislation today that&#8217;s meant to clear things up.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Giving builders the option of planting trees would be a particular boost for the Island, Altman added, because it could help move development more quickly and potentially lower costs. The Parks Department charges $1,900 to plant one 8-inch sapling, and usually takes months to do so; builders who testified before the Council said they pay anywhere between $300 and $500 to purchase the same tree.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City builders testify that the Parks Department&#8217;s tree pricing is arbitrary and possibly inflated: Using one calculation method, the city Parks Department could estimate the price of an oak tree 24 inches in diameter at $15,600. Using another, they could charge an unfathomable $123,500. Often, the bill falls somewhere in between &#8212; and always without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-follow_the_money"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5881,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5880\/revisions\/5881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}