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CommentaryThe Wildflower Wars
Simmons Buntin | Thu, May 15, 2008 | Tags: simmons buntin, environment, tucson, denver, new urbanism, civano, hoa, sense of place, yard, master-planned communities, flowers, nature in the city, landscaping | 1
A dazzling wildflower season spells trouble for the master-planned communities that spread like invasive weeds along the edges of urban areas across the West. How are the wildflower wars being waged, and why is it important to have natural yards in cities, anyway?
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CommentaryA Boy and His Horse, and the HOA Too
Simmons Buntin | Tue, Jan 15, 2008 | Tags: simmons buntin, new urbanism, civano, hoa, miniature horse | 0
A few weeks before Christmas, Alexander Gonzalez, who lives in the Skyline Bel Air Estates subdivision north of Tucson — in the lush and often posh foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains — learned that the miniature horse he purchased from the proceeds of running the cash register at his grandfather’s service station wasn’t allowed. Livestock? Sure. But no horses, big or small.
Then the eleven-year-old spent more than $1,000 of his own money for a special election to change the…
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