I’m proud of Sedalia’s ongoing status as a Tree City. And since there is no shortage of trees, there is no shortage of tree-related issues.
“They say there is a city ordinance against blowing leaves and grass and so forth into the streets,” insisted one caller in the most recent edition of Sedline, “That must be a joke, because people do it all the time and nobody does anything about it.”
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