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COPYRIGHT 2002 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL
The pigs on Robert Combs' farm stink, but not enough to deter developers from trying sell homes next door in North Las Vegas.
"There's so much growth and so many people wanting new homes, the city just can't refuse it," said Combs, lamenting the nearby growth that he has unsuccessfully battled, but admitting its inevitability.
City Council members last week unanimously approved a 343-home development on 70 acres across from RC Farms, on the northeast corner of North Fifth Street and El Campo Grande Avenue, about two miles north of Craig Road.
Councilwoman Shari Buck, whose ward surrounds the county island that contains the pig farm, said City Council members have long heard complaints about the farm and have tried to avoid...
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