PLASTIC PLANTS COMING TO COSTA MESA?
At Tuesday's City Council Study Session, the Council will discuss revising our municipal codes to allow homeowners to install synthetic turf. The city is also considering this for parkways and medians. LINK
Alternate LINK in case the above doesn't work.
We at the CM PRESS aren't keen on this idea of artificial grass and we're also not keen on the idea of trying to maintain regular lawn grass in our area.
We've been long time advocates for allowing nature to determine what is right for any clime.
We've always thought it absurd when people have to go to extraordinary lengths to maintain plants--such as grass--in an area where such plants have difficulty flourishing.
No, we're not against grass and there are areas of the country where it does grow naturally without much care or intervention by humans. And, it should remain in those areas.
Here in Costa Mesa, we don't get much rain and grass doesn't do well here, but we think it's a mistake to replace real grass that provides other benefits to the environment with plastic grass that does nothing but try to fool the eye--and it doesn't even do that very well.
Artificial grass upsets the balance of nature and contributes nothing good to the environment the way plants do.
It would be better if the Council revised our plant palate and encouraged the use of native plants which do well here. Take a look at The Camp on Bristol Street for an idea of what native plants look like. To us, they look pretty good.
And, "native" means what grows naturally here now for the natural conditions of our area without much intervention or care by humans.
Don't get us started on Fairview Park, where the City wants to spend lots of money to remove plants that are growing naturally there right now, all on their own with no care, and replace them with so-called "native" plants that are no longer native to this time and place and which will only remain in the park with extensive and expensive care by humans.
First comes artificial grass, then artificial flowers and artificial trees. Maybe we can then bring in some artificial bees, birds and squirrels.
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CITY CONSIDERING TV CONTRACT
Also at Tuesday's Study Session the Council will consider a proposal from CCNusa.tv to install TV screens around the city to broadcast local news and advertising.
Here's the LINK to the Study Session Item. Alternate LINK in case the first one doesn't work.
Here's the LINK to CCNusa.tv.
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SAY...
Why don't we combine the two items above and put in TV screens around the city with pictures of grass?
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OFF DUTY COSTA MESA POLICE OFFICER SHOOTS TWO, KILLING ONE
LINK to North County Times.
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Those are our opinions. Thanks for reading them.
