Trees on our property!

You have read about my complaints about city trees before if you have read this blog in the past. You know that I am not pleased with the care that city trees are receiving. Today, I had another experience with our city tree. Over 6 months ago, a branch fell from our tree and hit the neighbour's car. The branch caused about $7,000 of damage. Yes, you read correctly. The branch hit the edge of the rear window and then gradually slid down crumpling the window and other parts of the car. It took over a week for the repair. The city would not pay and also claimed that our tree is fine. Today, many months later a company from Keswick came to trim the tree. How they know which branches are fine when there are no leaves on the tree is interesting in itself. According to my neighbour the company came and looked at the tree several days before. I am sure that the company manages to charge for each trip all the way from Keswick. Again, why can't a Toronto company do this?