Comments on: Darryl Hannah, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, John Quigley show their support for the nation’s largest inner-city community garden in South Central LA, as they face eviction

By: Mr. Beer Belly

Mr. Beer Belly — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:17:38 +0000

“Darryl Hannah has showed her support by pitching her tent on the ground accompanied by local media and other supporters.”

I’ve pitched a tent over Darryl Hannah before.

By: Dorian Shandy

Dorian Shandy — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:15:37 +0000

The problem is that all these people are farming on someone else’s land. They couldn’t come up with enough money to BUY the land from the owner, so MAYBE a compromise could be made. MAYBE the farmers could hire an architect to design a warehouse(s) that would still allow farming on top of it. MAYBE the warehouse could be made underground, and this could save the owner a ton of money on heating and cooling, as well as still provide space for local farmers. Security would still be an issue, but maybe there could be some cooperative efforts there too… just a thought…

By: April Duke

April Duke — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:30:26 +0000

The problem is, the “farmers” are often illegal aliens using someone else’s property for which they pay no property tax. The property owner is still being charged tax by the city and the state whether or not he can use the property. The property is worth a lot so you can imagine that he is paying over $3000 a month for the privilage of all these people taking his land.
If Darryl Hannah and all the rest cared so much they should let the “farmers” use their property to grow their crops on. And, do we really know that the “farmers” are using organic methods?
Darryl Hannah and friends probably would not let anyone put wind or solar power generators on their property either. It’s usually Not In My Backyard for the celebs, but let a developer be involved, and he is the selfish landowner.