What’s in a Name? Accidental Irony
Re “Closing In on Canyons” (Jan. 29):
It’s nice when a developer takes the time to name his property after whatever he had to bulldoze to make room for it. This evenhanded arrangement has been proposed for the richly ironic “Live Oak Plaza,” a strip mall and gas station suggested as improvements to the rural crossroads of El Toro and Live Oak Canyon roads.
The developer of a nearby parcel prefers the merely confusing idea of giving horsy names, “Saddle Creek” and “Saddle Crest,” to his deforestation and strip-mining projects and has sought the county’s permission to chop down over 1,000 mature oaks and to grade the offending slopes.
CRAIG PARKER
Huntington Beach
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