To the editor: I’m appalled by the “formidable” master-planned neighborhood to be developed by Disney within the Coachella Valley, with the Burbank leisure big’s “whimsy and marvel.”
In an period of world local weather change, this venture, with its “grand oasis” of waterparks and swimming swimming pools, is a slap within the face to all of us who attempt to do our half in California’s water conservation effort.
Granted, this announcement comes at a time of an incredible winter with plentiful water, however everyone knows that that is almost definitely a short-term occasion.
The deliberate neighborhood with 1,930 residential models is a behemoth within the Coachella Valley. That is all about earning profits for Disney.
I suppose open pure house within the desert and in every single place else is a factor of the previous.
Peter Pfeiffer, Altadena
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To the editor: Within the Coachella Valley, residents have been requested to cut back water utilization by 15%.
Now we have executed that. Our yards are sand and rock. We’re cautious with showers, baths, dish washing and laundry. It’s not simple; it’s thoughtful and cautious.
Now, Disney needs to construct a neighborhood a half-mile from my residence that can function a 24-acre lagoon. Not a fountain, not a pond — a lagoon.
So once I take a extremely quick bathe, I ought to assume what?
Anne Winter, Palm Desert
