Thought you might be interested in the latest from Palm Desert. It seems as though (Duane) Hagadone’s swimming pool — the very one reported in the Business Week article — wasn’t approved by the city prior to construction. So it was retroactive approval to accommodate the already-built pool that Duane was requesting and which brought all the opponents to last week’s Planning Commission meeting. Despite the Planning Commission’s unanimous approval (against the Building Department’s recommendation, as you recall), the Palm Desert City Council is scheduled to discuss Hagadone’s request at their meeting this week. More than 40 people in attendance, some representing thousands of unhappy homeowners, apparently didn’t go unnoticed by the Council members. Maybe they’ll take note of this, too: Didn’t the Business Week article refer to 4.5 million imported Italian tiles ... and didn’t it sound like each and every one of them was already glued on on the pool? Pity if they had to be removed ... or if Hagadone was fined a nickel for every one of them.

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