Today, the land remains in its pristine state. Unfortunately, the taxpayers and the public are continuing to have to clean up after his mess.вЂќД®vans said Crosby nearly destroyed the ability of the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation plan to be implemented fortunately, his con was discovered before any dirt turned. вЂњHeвЂ™s clearly indicted himself as a Class-A crook and con artist. вЂњWonders never cease in terms of life being stranger than fiction with Mr.

Jonathan Evans, of the Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a lawsuit with the Sierra Club in 2007 to stop the Palmwood project, sounded bemused.

вЂњFor me, it is the great irony that the project that created so much havoc and delay with approving our multi-species program is now a part of the open space network associated with the habitat plan,вЂќ said Tom Kirk, executive director of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments. Legal and environmental challenges ensued, with groups from the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club pointing out the ecological sensitivity of the development on land that is home to bighorn sheep, burrowing owls, the Palm Springs pocket mouse and round-tailed ground squirrel, Le ConteвЂ™s thrasher and loggerhead shrike. The Coachella Valley Association of Governments balked. Desert Hot Springs became the lone holdout on the Habitat Conservation Plan.

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