Sunday, September 05, 2004
THIS SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE
By Stockton
According to reports, most of those who have invested in property in the development have now backed out of their contracts. The developers have assured them that everything is going along smoothly and not to be concerned.
"No way," said Brent Hickham, a 38 year-old investment banker. "I've seen all the Poltergeist movies. I'm outta here."
"Others feel the same way. "I'm not having my baby girl sucked into the television," said Amber Johnson. "Walk to the light, my ass!"
One couple has decided to stay. Mark Elliott a 28 year-old trust fund slacker and his inappropriately dressed girlfriend will be moving into their new home early. "It's totally cool," said Elliott. "I'll like be stoned, we'll hear a noise and I'll send her out to investigate. She'll wear high heels, get chased through the woods and we'll see what happens to her."
The developers have brought in an expert to calm buyer's concerns.
Developers hope Father Marrin can help calm doubters.
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By Stockton
L.A. Development Unearths Indian Cemetery
By CHRIS T. NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES - It was inevitable that crews building a massive housing development near west Los Angeles wetlands would unearth American Indian remains.
The ground had yielded bones before, but the extent of the latest find turned one corridor of a multibillion dollar project into a multimillion dollar archaeological dig.
Now about 400 remains of Gabrielino-Tongva tribal ancestors, the original inhabitants of the Los Angeles basin, are packed in boxes in a locked trailer near where they rested for hundreds of years. Delayed for 10 months by the excavation, the just-completed drainage channel built through the burial site will carry runoff from 6,000 properties to the Pacific Ocean less than a mile away.
According to reports, most of those who have invested in property in the development have now backed out of their contracts. The developers have assured them that everything is going along smoothly and not to be concerned.
"No way," said Brent Hickham, a 38 year-old investment banker. "I've seen all the Poltergeist movies. I'm outta here."
"Others feel the same way. "I'm not having my baby girl sucked into the television," said Amber Johnson. "Walk to the light, my ass!"
One couple has decided to stay. Mark Elliott a 28 year-old trust fund slacker and his inappropriately dressed girlfriend will be moving into their new home early. "It's totally cool," said Elliott. "I'll like be stoned, we'll hear a noise and I'll send her out to investigate. She'll wear high heels, get chased through the woods and we'll see what happens to her."
The developers have brought in an expert to calm buyer's concerns.
Developers hope Father Marrin can help calm doubters.
