THIS IS WHY I LOVE SMALL TOWN LIFE!

I'm a bit punchy after spending 8 hours at a city planning session, but I won! At 3:30 AM,  I won my argument that our town doesn't need another big box pharmacy!  The City Planners felt my testimony and others were compelling enough to give them a no vote against the commercialism that threatens to envelope our little town. There was an attempt by a property owner to upzone their property from R4 to commercial limited.  It took my group 5 months of concentrated effort but we convinced our planners that we didn't need another pharmacy in town.  I am quite sure the owners of the property will appeal the decision, but we have managed to get one step further in winning our argument.  This is why I love living in a town where my voice can be heard. We just have to care enough about how our community is evolving to take a stand.  As anyone who lives in Rancho Palos Verdes knows, this town was incorporated because of the principles of maintaining open space and low density.  Just because we have to remind our city leaders occasionally about these ideas doesn't mean it isn't an awesome place to live. In fact, all you have to do is order a latte at Starbucks at Golden Cove and take a seat on the patio while the sun is setting over the ocean to reinforce the idea that we live in the closest thing to paradise that anyone could ever imagine. Believe it!