Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, is credited with saying: “You can never be too thin or too rich.” Gerald Peters doesn’t look too thin, but ... . He must have found Ponce de León’s mythical Fountain of Youth and enjoys immortality. Today, a friend and I just came from fishing on Cow Creek and are stymied as to how Peters expects to get water to support his harebrained development scheme. With his galleries, restaurants and other personal and business holdings, like another person just said in the paper: A better legacy for the very rich Peters might be a donation to the Santa Fe Conservation Trust.

Richard L. Martinez Santa Fe