Timber!!!!

On Sunday at the DMB concert in Berkeley, I was able to see first-hand the hippies on the side of the road supporting four activists up in a tree. After nearly two years (21 months to be exact), the "longest urban tree-sit in history" has finally come to an end.

The San Jose Mercury News tastefully describes the end of the long fight and tumultuous day: "But within hours, the crowd had dispersed. All that was left were logs, construction equipment, and one lonely redwood." Full article is available here.

You know what I have to say about all of the madness??
The estimated total for security and surveillance of the tree sitters was $1.5 million. Twenty bucks says this news is going to be all over the TV in SF for at least the next week. Oh joy!