| Reason | Percentage of respondents |
|---|---|
| The city should protect trees using taxes already paid | 78.0 |
| Not enough information is given | 22.5 |
| The city has more important problems than protecting trees | 22.0 |
| I did not want to put a dollar value on protecting trees | 16.0 |
| I can’t afford to pay anything | 12.5 |
| I object to the way the question is asked | 6.5 |
| Protecting trees is not worth anything to me | 0.5 |
(Total percentage sums to more than 100% because respondents were allowed to select multiple responses.)