TROUBLE? Nippon Shinpan, the Japanese firm that...

TROUBLE? Nippon Shinpan, the Japanese firm that has taken over the development of 232 prime acres in Dana Point from an Australian company, has been wining and dining local residents. . . . But its Australian liaison has yet to show the plans to city staffers, thus displeasing City Manager William O. Talley. “This may work well in the outback,” Talley fumed. “You can’t scratch out a project on the back of a barroom napkin and submit it.”