Year: 2011

Just in case you were wondering what’s happening with Coyote Hills:

Fighting a multi-billion company like Chevron takes a lot of perseverance and money!  The Friends of Coyote Hills is an all volunteer group from the community (we are not paid). We live in the community so we have a deep stake in the outcome of West Coyote Hills.

The donations we receive are spent wholly on the effort to save West Coyote Hills. Your tax-deductible* donation will be spent on legal and other consulting services, education and public awareness supplies and materials (i.e. signs, banners, newsletters, brochures) that directly further the effort to save all of West Coyote Hills.

Interested? Read more here.

A few months back we told you about a new group called Open Coyote Hills here. Their friendly looking green and white signs have appeared all over Fullerton to show support for Chevron’s West Coyote Hills plan.   The development was voted down by the city council last year, but thanks to the ongoing threat of a lawsuit by Chevron, will be brought back before the council tonight, July 12.  No doubt some of Open Coyote Hills’ illustrious members will be on hand to state their support for the 760 home development.

An April 1 email from Scott Starkey of West Coyote Hills forwards a message introducing Open Coyote Hills.  Additionally, the West Coyote Hills website features a direct link to Open Coyote Hills, where they are described as “an independent group of Fullerton residents who joined together to support West Coyote Hills.”

Friends – I wanted to call your attention to the email below from Open Coyote Hills, a recently formed group that wants West Coyote Hills to be approved so the land can be enjoyed. Their website is extensive and worth checking out. Thank you for your interest in West Coyote Hills. We will keep you posted on our efforts to bring back a low-density plan for West Coyote Hills that preserves 55 percent of the property as open space and generates about $38 million to local agencies to improve schools and services. Regards, Scott Starkey scott@westcoyotehills.com   —–Original Message—– From: OPEN COYOTE HILLS [info@opencoyotehills.com] Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 11:58 AM To: Scott Starkey Subject: Open Coyote Hills website now online Scott – Our new website www.OpenCoyoteHills.com is now live and we’re reaching out to Fullerton residents to help spread the word. The site contains a brief history section and an extensive FAQ — both of which should be of interest to all residents. It also offers those who are excited about the plan a way to show their support by adding their names to our Supporters page. Can you please pass this information along to those on your West Coyote Hills interest list? Thank you, The Open Coyote Hills Steering Committee Molly McClanahan Bob Hayden Jack Dean Debra Pember Chris Heusser Rick Crane Tom Dalton Katie Dalton

However, if you hover over any of the links to Open Coyote Hills you’ll see a short hidden text referencing emcdesignca, a design firm found online here:

http://www.emcdesignca.com/

Funny thing is, one of EMC Design’s clients is none other than West Coyote Hills.  Click on the “Client Work” link, then on “West Coyote Hills” to see images of the website and familiar color brochure promoting the development.

Did the same design group that produced the website for West Coyote Hills, the development plan, also create the website for Open Coyote Hills, an ostensibly independent group of familiar Fullertonions supporting that plan?