MEGA DEVELOPMENT IN ARIZONA
In November the town council of Buckeye, Arizona (western edge of the Phoenix sprawl) approved the mega development of a planned community the size of Tempe (83,000 homes!). The Toyota Motor Company, which owns a neighboring property, that they use for testing, has gathered enough signatures to bring this issue to the voters. The Toyota people oppose it because they say that pumping water for 83,000 houses out of the Hassayampa River aquifer will damage their land. Out here in the West it's all about water.