Beaver Barrister
Below is a letter from Joe W. McCaleb, Esq. to the city attorney regarding the beavers and the wetlands at the CCOF. I offer no comment or opinion on Mr. McCaleb's legal conclusions, but I can say that at no time has the city advocated or required that the beavers be killed. References to "conibear traps" flow from the assumptions of local activists, not from any city authority.
posted by Alderman Dana McLendon at 1:02 PM
8 Comments:
Dana,
Wow, looks like the city is going to be the prowd owners of a wet land full of beavers that you have to leave alone! Big brother is watching you guys.
The importance of the "beaver clause" is more liability for the taxpayes of Franklin.
Heller gets off easy and Franklin pays.
Mark my words.
Great! The lawyer provided the precise reason why the City should insist that Heller take care of the beavers.
Wildlife is indeed considered property of the State of Tennessee. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission (TWRA) has jurisdiction over wildlife. The TWRA allows year round hunting and trapping of beavers on private land. Currently the CCOF is private land. I suspect there are viable locations to trap the beavers that are not within 100 yards of a dwelling. Heller can have a wildlife control company trap the beavers.
Of course, all this talk about beavers is silly. You can trap them, but so long as that habitat is there. You will have beavers again in a couple years.
The silence is deafening.
I'm wondering what happened at the committee meeting this week. Will there be a board vote on the new contract? What was discussed at the meeting?
Come on Dana. Let's see some activity.
I hope you haven't abandoned us.
Well, it looks like the city needs to "lawyer up," too. You're an expert in this field: what's your estimate as to how much this "immaterial" issue is going to end up costing the city taxpayers? In billable hours (dollars and cents), please.
Dead to the world here.
Dana was good out of the gate, then foundered at the third turn.
Maybe he gave up against the wall of mounting cronyism.
Perhpas he'll return.
In the meantime, Rome burns.
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