BIKE: dangerous tree branch still there

[maniac]

This hazard is still there.  Anybody willing to chop these branches down
with a chain saw or lend me one so I can do it?  Otherwise, I just might
end up sawing these branches off with the saw on my swiss army knife,
though I'd prefer not to slowly and laboriously do it that way...

Stuart
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I am writing this because I am hoping that the bicycle and pedestrian
coordinator (who has responded to other posts here) will see this and
maybe can do something about the problem.  There are two tree branches
coming off of a tree on the south side of Martin Luther King Blvd. across
the street from Campbell Elementary School.  The tree is about midway
between Ulit Ave. and the next street over to the east (according to Yahoo
maps, that street is Miriam Ave.).  These branches come into the sidewalk
space at about head level, and even extend lower than that.


This morning while I was running to work along MLK, I hit my head on one
of these branches (for the third time in the last month!).  I deliberately
dodged the first branch after seeing it at the last minute but got caught
by the second one.


I'm sure that this is a hazard for bicyclists who use the sidewalk as
well.  I hope the City can remove the branches or persuade the property
owner, if necessary, to remove them.  Barring this, is there anyone who is
willing to chain saw the damn things down or lend me a chain saw for a few
minutes so I can do it? I really don't want to hit my head again...it's
especially hard to see these running in the darkness of the morning.  And
I respectfully request that y'all refrain from responses suggesting that I
wear a helmet while I run...