Small town fights proposed NFL stadium

Little Walnut, a bedroom community in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, finds itself at the center of the opposition to a proposed NFL stadium in nearby Industry. According to the Tribune, Walnut is the odd man out because other surrounding cities support the stadium:

A leading opponent of a proposed National Football League stadium in the San Gabriel Valley will meet with Industry officials today in an effort to stop the stadium. Walnut Mayor Joaquin Lim will meet with Industry Mayor Dave Perez. Lim has threatened to sue the city of Industry if it approves an environmental report later this month that would allow construction of the stadium to go forward. "We are hoping that Industry will remain a good neighbor of ours," Lim said. "I am hoping that the meeting between Mayor Perez and myself and our staff will be fruitful." The city of Industry is backing the stadium plan as proposed by billionaire land developer Ed Roski Jr., whose company Majestic Realty is headquartered in Industry.

-- Shelby Grad

Comments

[Lim's an idiot...]

I don't know why Joaquin Lim is so outraged over the stadium when most of the people living in Walnut are either indifferent or supportive. I've only seen about a dozen 'no stadium' lawn signs and he wants to spend my property tax dollars on lawyers for (yet another) quixotic lost cause.