Leave Pierce College Farmland Alone
In response to Mayerene Barker’s recent article about a land-use study at Pierce College, what is wrong with just leaving the property alone?
The study must have been a joke to many users of the area. Those of us who run and walk there may be surprised to find a need for trails to be developed. The equestrian folk must be surprised at the need for an equestrian center.
Those of us interested in the history of the San Fernando Valley as an agricultural food provider to the nation just a few years ago may be upset at losing one of the few working farms in the area.
One of the wonderful natural uses of the land is the yearly return of the geese in the winter, bringing their beautiful V-shaped flight formations to the morning and evening skies. What happens to them is important. The use of publicly held land should be developed within the community when possible, not merely be dictated by the financial problems of the community college district or the desires of the developers. Pierce President Dan Means’ statement regarding development of agricultural-zoned lands reminds me of the bumper sticker on many recreational vans: “We are spending our children’s inheritance.”
DICK STOY
Arleta
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