Rich people protest mega-mansion construction by richer person

[Liberal_in_LA]

Saudi prince is behind disputed LA mega-mansion

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Residents of the neighborhood that is home to Jay Leno, David Beckham and Bruce Springsteen, held a news conference earlier in the week to publicize their objections to the palatial home.

They complained that the project is oversized for the narrow streets, that years of construction will destroy their quality of life and that the proposal would create mudslide and fire hazards.

"I warned the prince that he was surrounded by very powerful neighbors and that he should be extremely careful in what he proposes to build," said Jarrett Hedborg, a Los Angeles interior designer who has worked on residences for Prince Abdulaziz in Saudi Arabia, Paris and Beverly Park and consulted on the new mansion.

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Residents said the compound's size — a 42,681-square-foot house, a 27,000-square-foot villa, a guest house, staff quarters and a gatehouse — doesn't fit in with the neighborhood of stately mansions, with one neighbor complaining that the pool is bigger than his house.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/22/state/n112942D14.DTL#ixzz1HkmKqOWr

[Marblehead]

1. such a heart warming story

:puke:

[spanone]

2. reckon all things are relative

[Ilsa]

3. Dude will need a train to transport him throughout thenhouse.

I just can't muster any sympathy. }(

[sarcasmo]

4. Thanks for the laugh.