ClydeR
03-27-2012, 11:02 AM
For his new partly subterranean beach house, Romney hired a lobbyist to get San Diego to approve the plans. Subterranean mansions are a growing phenomenon during the recession. Rich people can build big houses without being so flashy to the public.
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 U.S. Secret Service, in a coordinated appeal with the Romney campaign, requested that POLITICO not publish the specific plans, complete with architectural drawings, submitted to a local agency in California as part of the approval process.
More... (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74518.html)
Romney says he is part of "the great middle class (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ba5AWsOZC8)" from "the real streets of America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAlmsbwrY3E)," unlike his political opponents, who he says are out of touch.
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 U.S. Secret Service, in a coordinated appeal with the Romney campaign, requested that POLITICO not publish the specific plans, complete with architectural drawings, submitted to a local agency in California as part of the approval process.
More... (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74518.html)
Romney says he is part of "the great middle class (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ba5AWsOZC8)" from "the real streets of America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAlmsbwrY3E)," unlike his political opponents, who he says are out of touch.