Comments on: Ecoterrorists Suspected in Torching of Million Dollar Homes

By: Luxury Homes

Luxury Homes — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:58:38 +0000

This is sad news related to Luxury Homes that Five luxury “green” homes in the “Street of Dreams” development in Woodinville, Washingon were set ablaze by suspected members of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), a radical environmental group founded in the UK. These things should not happen in the future and Government must take steps to resolve this.

By: Boomer Jack Boardman

Boomer Jack Boardman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:30:53 +0000

I can’t help but think of all the hydrocarbons released into the atmosphere by these supposedly eco-friendly eco-terrorists!

By: Debra Sinick

Debra Sinick — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:43:04 +0000

You are welcome, Joseph!

By: Mack in Atlanta

Mack in Atlanta — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:20:45 +0000

What makes these people think they have the right to destroy someone else’s property to promote their cause? I hope they are caught and punished to the max. What a waste!

By: UtahLuxury.com

UtahLuxury.com — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:04:21 +0000

This story just makes me sick. Every year we look forward to seeing some of these amazing homes that take months and sometimes years to build. Only to see some terrorist group go and do something like this.

By: Joseph Ferrara

Joseph Ferrara — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:45:52 +0000

I updated the post to include a link to Debra Sinick’s post. Thanks Debra.

By: Kaye Thomas

Kaye Thomas — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:59:04 +0000

These people are bullies at best and act more like terrorists then those with a “green” agenda. They have an agenda they want pushed and how it gets pushed doesn’t matter.

I grew up in the 60’s.. non-violent protest was how a lot of things changed. This is simply thug behavior trying to masquerade as civil disobedience.

By: Brian Brady

Brian Brady — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:42:05 +0000

Can we do away with the prefix “eco”?

By: Sam Chapman

Sam Chapman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:55:19 +0000

This kind of thing makes me sick. There are extreme radicals in pretty much all groups and the need to be caught and punished.

By: Debra Sinick

Debra Sinick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:09:55 +0000

Ironically, a woman has been found quilty this week of arson in the torching of The Center for Urban Horticulture in 2001. The ELF, this same group, was thought to have burned the center to the ground because they believed, erroneously, experiments were being done to genetically engineer trees. Many UW professors lost years of work in the fire. Here is a link to the article about the trial:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004266399_uwarson07m.html

So here they go again, accomplishing nothing good by what they do. This was the first Seattle Street of Dreams with a eco-friendly sensibility. Sustainable materials were the norm in the building process. It was great for the public to see homes beautifully done and “green” at the same time. It was a great learning experience for people and may also have encouraged people to go “green”. Yes, the homes were still huge, you can’t win them all, but the message of the sustainable materials went a lot farther with the public. How ironic for the group to have torched these homes.

The third irony for me as a blogger is the amount of hits I received on Monday and Tuesday for a post I wrote back in August about these Street of Dreams homes. As journalists will tell you, bad news travels fast and certainly grabs people’s attention. This is the post I wrote last year, if you want an idea of what the homes were like before the fire:
http://eastsiderealestatebuzz.com/2007/07/29/dream-a-little-at-the-seattle-street-of-dreams-show-homes-in-woodinville-wa/