Talk:Cathedral City, California

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[edit] Cathedral City

Because of its close location to Palm Springs, the city has a large gay/lesbian population. Local rumor has it the choice of color for the street signs, lamp posts and the city's new logo, purple is subliminial for gay pride. I doubt it since the official symbol of gay pride is the rainbow flag or the pink triangle. Cathedral city has widely accepted the residents, regardless of sexual orientation, as their own. The liberal attitude associated with Cathedral City made it easy throughout its' history for Jews, Latinos, Asians and black Americans to live there and create large parts of an integrated diverse community, where over two-thirds of the population are non-white minority groups. +Mike D 26 04:59, 28 October 2006 (UTC) 12:43, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

In April 2004 (if the date was correct), a special citywide election took place when 55% of Cathedral City's voters approved a merger with Palm Springs by the year 2006. The merger/annexation of Cathedral city never materialized, but the city's police dept., fire service, parks and library was expected to get taken over by Palm Springs. Interesting to note Cathedral City was incorporated back in 1981, in order to avoid annexation attempts by Palm Springs in the late 1970's. I ask for my fellow wikis for help to find any sources on the failed city merger, whether the Desert Sun web page has it or I consult the Cathedral City or Palm Springs city governments. If the two cities merged, Palm Springs (but Cathedral City will adopt their neighbors' lucrative name) totals at over 100,000 people, surpassing the Coachella Valley's largest city: Indio's population now at 75,000. Both PS and CC are in an economic slowdown, while Indio and other "down valley" cities (mostly in Palm Desert) have grown further. It's because less city business regulations and a resurgent economy to draw in businesses away from Palm Springs, but this is also a problem for Cathedral City. + 207.200.116.70 07:12, 1 November 2006 (UTC)