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| On the long dusty road |
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_28066434/extra-territorial-zoning-commission-recommends-industrial-zoning-parcel
Becca and I bumped into our friend Jimmy on the way back from our morning hike, and he suggested the industrial zoning might be a tactic to delay real action that may come in the near future. He seemed to think that the Extra-Territorial Zoning Commission might soon be a thing of the past.
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| Time for a break |
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| Looking back toward the Tortoise |
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| Soaptree Yucca in bloom |
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| Those are bugs (aphids?) on the Yucca |
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| The old and the new |
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| Prickly Pear flower |
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| Cholla blooming west of Tortugas |
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| Our enormous Cholla on our property |
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| Loaded with blossoms |
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| The Cholla is over six feet tall |
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| A huge nest (Cactus Wren?) in the Cholla |
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| Pinkish-red flowers |
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| Mexican Bird-of-Paradise beside our house (canal visible on the wall) |
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| Mexican Bird-of-Paradise |
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| Cholla at our side yard |
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| Red Yucca blooming near the front of our house |
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| Incoming |
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| Cottontail sitting up just beyond our front door |
7 comments:
Our cholla is looking so beautiful now that it's blooming.
I've never seen cholla blossoms like that -- beautiful! And I liked your rabbit as well. How did Becca react?
So sorry to hear about the industrial zoning. When will people who choose leaders recognise the psychopaths and choose instead those who are capable of empathy with all living things?
Caroline: Becca always reacts the same to rabbits she sees in our yard--like they're invaders from a foreign army. She growls and barks and gets her hackles up. Oddly, she never reacts to them that way in the wild.
Jacqui: I wish I knew the answer to your question. People seem always to vote against their own self-interest. Sad.
It seems almost inevitable that the property is going to be developed, doesn't it? It's like a zombie--you just can't kill it! Around here, property owners request a "curative amendment" for properties they want to develop in an unpopular way. Under Pennsylvania law, every municipality must provide for every possible land use. So,for example, even if there's a "big box" strip shopping center located in Community A right at the boundary of Community B, Community B must provide zoning for "big box" strip shopping center. If Community B does not have a parcel already zoned for "big box" shopping center, a parcel owner can file a curative amendment to the zoning code to force Community B to create a "big box" zone. It's insane.
Property owners around here who want to develop in a way that offends the neighbors have a trick: they threaten to file a curative amendment for "mobile home park"--the absolutely worst possible land use in everyone's opinion, right down there with hazardous waste incinerator. Then, in comparison, the property owner's actual desired land use looks so much better and approval usually sails right through.
Sorry I almost missed your comment, Scott, but after reading it perhaps I'd have been better off not seeing it.
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The scenario you discuss is absolutely depressing, and just makes me even more uncertain about whether we'll ever be able to get our priorities in order.
Thanks for commenting, though.
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