View-Obsessed West Seattle Homeowners Who Illegally Cut Trees Sued for $1.6M

by Ana Sofia KnaufHomeowners felled about 150 trees along a steep slope in West Seattle back in January. Ezume Images / Shutterstock
Suck it, view-mongers. Yesterday, city officials announced that they are finally suing a group of West Seattle homeowners who illegally cut down around 150 big leaf maples and Scouler willow trees that once stood on either side of 35th Avenue Southwest.Through two lawsuits filed in King County Superior Court, the city is seeking $1.6 million in damages for timber t