In Ca the beach is the Commons; it is public land...yet Romney's army of lawyers finessed away this Commons for his McMansion & specifically its car elevator stretching out under the sand. The notion of The Commons is utterly lost to the Romney mentality.

He's not only pillaging public property. He's also aggressively plundering his own .0001% neighbors and the City tax roles. In that tightly packed neighborhood, ocean views are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars per home. Romney will end/block many neighbors' views...depleting those property values.

That will ultimately lower neighboring property tax revenue to the City. You can bet he's using the "one wall/door standing" statute to keep his property taxes at purchase date rates. ( He even had his lawyers finagle a decreased property tax rate based on the claim that he overpaid for this unique property!)

Romney lawyers are also fighting for his sea wall, which weakens the surrounding cliffs and endangers the beach below for everybody. That's why sea walls in Ca have been largely outlawed.

Except for Romneys' Mormon billionaire pal next door, I think most people in his very wealthy neighborhood and community are sickened by the Romneys. That beach especially, which Romney has grabbed and will destabilize substantially for his car elevator, has almost mythological meaning & is deeply beloved and frequented by all the public.

I doubt Romney has ever even read The Pump House Gang.

Don't you think? Ready to release at the right time for the right price.