This reminds me of cities after the Civil Rights Act getting rid of their public pools rather than being forced to integrate them.
"It's either just for me or no one can have it" is such a weird attitude.
People with wealth that want privacy also want cool things near them. You can't have both unless you're mega wealthy.
Like Oprah?
Yeah, but this is here pre-megawealth home.
Her megawealth home that satisfies this is in Hawaii.
I mean the most obvious malicious compliance here would be to make a bus line that runs to the tiny little parking lot at the entrance. Nothing the wealthy hate more than public transportation in their backyard.
I like the way you think.
a park with a ski hill near where I used to live did this during ski season because the ski hill terminated near the access road. Imo even if they just ran the shuttle on weekends it would probably be cheaper than a lawsuit.
The issue seems to be with parking at the trailhead, where a tiny lot allows for just eight vehicles. When that fills up, hikers have to park on roadsides.
County officials plan to create 62 new parking spots near the trailhead – which caused four homeowners to sue in protest in 2022.
They can go get bent.
which caused four homeowners to sue in protest in 2022.
So this is what rich people do with their excess wealth.
They use it to further oppress poor people!
Remember this whenever anyone says "they're a business and they need to make money."
It's a GOOD thing we don't TAX these Wealthy People! Otherwise they might have to give US access to the National Parks we paid for since they won't be able to Afford the Fines!
finland has income based tickets. We could, theoretically, do that here.
what's that? America holding The Rich accountable for their misdeeds?
Well I guess there's a first time for everything.
It’s not clear if the stones have been cleared.
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More like, "we just got paid to not do anything about it". If they wanted those stones cleared they would have brought a fucking excavator, got shit done, and fined the people responsible over $10,000 for the cost of moving them.
Roll the stone into their house and then fine them for creating a hazard that damaged a house.
$850/day to someone who owns a house worth an average of $7.2m really isn't much. These people are wealthy beyond belief and can easily pay that penalty. If the punishment for bad behavior is only a fine, then the bad behavior is effectively legal for the rich.
$850/day to someone who owns a house worth an average of $7.2m really isn’t much.
~ $26K/month, $312K/year.
Oprah could pay that annually by herself and not even notice the expense.
I have said it before and I'll say it again. Oprah is too powerful and, honestly, I bet she has nukes.
I'm fine with the $850/ day fine for 10 days as long as on the 11th day the public is allowed to attach one of their boulders to a helicopter and drop it on their house.
Montecito has so much money and influence that any freeway construction in the area has to avoid Montecito because they hate the noise and traffic. They are also used to getting their way. They want to be a small town of multimillionaires but the problem is that they are between a big city and a national park.
And a small but significant private liberal arts college (Westmont)
Wow. This is like those homeowners that were sued for blocking access to the beach in Malibu.
Rich people seem to like to buy expensive property near nice natural resources and then try to keep those filthy poor away.
You don't own the beach and you don't own the hot springs, you rich fucks!
They're practicing for climate change resource scarcity, they will keep us away from the potable water.
Fuck rich people.
Every last one of them is a scummy, scammy piece of garbage.
It became popular during the pandemic when hiking surged in the area, and has also taken off on social media as a destination.
On one hand, fuck those rich people who live there. On the other hand, fuck those assholes that ruin places like this because they want to take pictures for social media.
Or .... And just hear me out.... People actually like walking through scenic nature and visiting hot springs because they simply enjoy it
What is it with you humans and your insistence that nothing matters unless you can keep it away from those who need it most?
While I agree with the sentiment, I don't think it really applies in this case.
That said, people shouldn't be blocking access to a public area just because they're upset about something
Money sure seems to bring out the moronic meanness of people dont it
There needs to be hefty fines, with a time component, accumulating since the first notice
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