Bulldozer tactics by Malibu's super-rich

[emad]

Jamie Wilson in Washington
Friday June 10, 2005
The Guardian

It is a perennial conundrum for any self-respecting Malibu millionaire: how to stop the public from unrolling their gaudy towels on the beach in front of your house and cluttering up the view of the ocean from the infinity pool.

The answer this year, it seems, is as simple as it is drastic. The association representing owners of the 108 palatial homes that front Broad Beach - one of Malibu's most exclusive locations, where the residents include Goldie Hawn, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman and Danny DeVito - has caused uproar by using bulldozers to remove the beach.

Tonnes of wet sand were pushed from the publicly owned area up to the high tide mark, creating a huge barrier.

According to a nine page letter of protest sent to the association by the California coastal commission, and quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the removal of sand has lowered the profile of the public beach so that "public access is cut off by wave run-up and standing water".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1503322,00.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. Nice.....

I wonder who's behind THIS little endeavor? Liberal or Conservative, it's not right and they should be punished for their actions. I hate these fucking elitist pigs! :grr:

[acmejack]

2. Oh cmon!

How would you like the unwashed masses frolicking in and polluting YOUR ocean. In addition, the low lifes were lazing around when they need to be working.

[Double T]

3. Don't pay to see their movies.....

then they will have to move out of the Malibu neighborhood. It is the people sitting on the gaudy beach towels that pay to see their movies which allows them the luxury of living in Malibu.