Posted on 03/27/2012 8:07:46 PM PDT by BobL
SAN DIEGO — At Mitt Romney’s proposed California beach house, the cars will have their own separate elevator.
There’s also a planned outdoor shower and a 3,600-square foot basement — a room with more floor space than the existing home’s entire living quarters.
Those are just some of the amenities planned for the massive renovation of the Romneys’ home in the tony La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, according to plans on file with the city.
A project this ambitious comes with another feature you don’t always find with the typical fixer-upper: its own lobbyist, hired by Romney to push the plan through the approval process.
Work on the project has not yet begun.
But it may not help Romney — whose wealth has caused him trouble connecting with average folks — to be seen building a split-level, four-vehicle garage that comes with a “car lift” to transport automobiles between floors, according to 2008 schematic plans for the renovation obtained by POLITICO that are on file with the city of San Diego.
The documents were provided to POLITICO by a rival campaign, but authenticated independently by POLITICO with San Diego officials.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74518.html#ixzz1qNOg5wgk
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As I understand it, our current president has his own house in Chicago...HEY! How was it he came about to buying that again?
“Especially lately with class-envy articles like these popping up all over the place. “
It’s IMAGES and STUPIDITY that bothers me. Why do this now? He might as well get his wife the Hope Diamond and have her tease the rest of the country for being too poor to be able to afford it.
The guy is (supposedly) trying to WIN AN ELECTION. As I said before, it’s his money, and he can spend it as he wishes. But it is OUR COUNTRY, and if he is going to represent us in November and try to appeal to people that have, maybe, 1% of his wealth, he should starting thinking a bit about appearances.
He is building now because construction is cheap due to the destruction bt Obama regarding the economy.
I would think a 4 car garage in a 3600 sq foot home anywhere would be a tiny home for him.
Be glad he is making more shovel ready jobs by himself than Obama made all his years in the private sector.
“So I’m supposed to think that an outdoor shower is supposed to be some sort of extravagance at a beach house?”
I’ll give you that. But just the fact that he now has to explain it away tells you just HOW STUPID he is for splurging in an election year.
“Small garage, one of my best friends has a 5,000’ garage with 3 hoists, 3- 18’ overhead doors with an 200’ long 8’ wide storage platform for his car “toys”!”
Like I said, I could give Romney a run for his money on the garage side (although I wouldn’t stand a chance against your friend)...but then neither of us is running for president.
I would have built a much fancier house if I had earned $250 Million.
You must be a Ron Paul fan.
Who cares what kind of house Mitt Romney is building with HIS OWN MONEY? If you want class envy, go somewhere else.
You must be a Ron Paul fan.
Who cares what kind of house Mitt Romney is building with HIS OWN MONEY? If you want class envy, go somewhere else.
“Maybe you can’t relate to Mitt’s actions. There are wealthy people who can relate to his lifestyle choices. There are also people who want to be wealthy who can relate to his lifestyle. (wealthy+want to be wealthy) > everybody else”
Like I say, I don’t exactly live hand-to-mouth myself and I have a damn good garage and lots of concrete outside of it. So, yes, I can relate. But then I’m not running for president and I don’t have to make a case that I can relate to the victims of Obama.
They could have just said he hired an Architect
“I’d rather have a President who loves cars than one who hates them.”
Then you want Jay Leno. I have NO CLUE what Romney really thinks of cars (or anything else, for that matter).
Hanks preaches environmentalism to his fans and lives in a house that consumes more energy than my neighborhood.
“He is building now because construction is cheap due to the destruction bt Obama regarding the economy. I would think a 4 car garage in a 3600 sq foot home anywhere would be a tiny home for him. Be glad he is making more shovel ready jobs by himself than Obama made all his years in the private sector.”
I agree that construction is cheap now, but at his level of wealth, the cost is not a major factor, particularly for a house that (relatively) small. Not much different than building one of us adding a shed in our backyard - yes, it’s always nice to get it a bit cheaper, but if we save $100 or not, it’s not the end of the world, and it certainly shouldn’t be worth putting a presidential election (or even city council election) at risk.
“You must be a Ron Paul fan. Who cares what kind of house Mitt Romney is building with HIS OWN MONEY? If you want class envy, go somewhere else.”
LOL. That explains my tag-line. My support has been Cain, then Newt, and now Rick.
But it might help if you understand that Romney is running for president now...he’s NO LONGER a private citizen in the sense that you’re saying. If he so much as gets a parking ticket, it will be splashed on the front pages of newspapers around the country.
“They could have just said he hired an Architect (rather than a lobbyist)”
But I doubt the guy is a lobbyist in the typical sense of the term. He’s more likely an “expediter” that makes a living of guiding rich people through the maze that is the California approval process. Makes perfect sense for anyone with the money to hire someone like that.
The problem is that the media turns him into a “lobbyist” and Romney winds up looking like crap to the GENERAL PUBLIC...in an election year.
Gore had no chance of winning WV. I could have told the Bush campaign that after seeing two petitions in as many convenience stores. Likewise Charleton Heston wasted his time coming to WV.
BTW, neither Kerry nor Obama won WV.
Libs won’t vote for Mitt anyway. Who wants to live a life based on what a liberal might think or say? Screw them.
You're probably right. The description just struck me as funny because I work for an Architect and spend a lot of time helping clients through various approval processes.
Never thought to market my services as a "lobbyist" maybe I could charge a larger fee if I did. LOL
Even a wealthy person is wise to build now. You get more for your money and get to conserve your wealth.
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