Sharks in the wave pool
Posted by Badlands Journa... on Friday, 30 September 2022https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/09/30/sharks-in-the-wave-pool/
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Sharks in the Wave Pool
BY BILL HATCH
The City Council of La Quinta CA last week unanimously cancelled the Coral Mountain project, “a wellness resort community” featuring a 16-acre surf-wave pool. The locals, who prefer “quiet, tranquility, and dark skies” as one opponent said, had more persuasive experts, better publicity, and the worst drought in 1,200 years on their side.