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Alex Seitz-Wald on Mar 27, 2012 at 10:40 am
Romney's 3,000 sq. ft. tear down
Last year, Mitt Romney applied for a permit to bulldoze his 3,000-square-foot, $12 million home in on the beach in La Jolla, California, in order to replace it with one nearly four times its size. The non-living portion of the new alone will be twice the size of an Average Americans home, but Romneys campaign said the existing, smaller manse was inadequate for [the Romneys'] needs.
Now, Politico reports that the home comes with a unique feature: Its own lobbyist. It turns out it can be difficult to get the city to approve a new 11,000-square-foot house with its own car elevators, so to help facilitate the construction, Romney hired San Diego attorney and registered lobbyist Matthew Peterson, paying him $21,500 since 2008. Reid Epstein reports:
READ MORE Mitt Romney's Mansion Has Its Own Lobbyist, Car Elevators
Romney's 3,000 sq. ft. tear down
Last year, Mitt Romney applied for a permit to bulldoze his 3,000-square-foot, $12 million home in on the beach in La Jolla, California, in order to replace it with one nearly four times its size. The non-living portion of the new alone will be twice the size of an Average Americans home, but Romneys campaign said the existing, smaller manse was inadequate for [the Romneys'] needs.
Now, Politico reports that the home comes with a unique feature: Its own lobbyist. It turns out it can be difficult to get the city to approve a new 11,000-square-foot house with its own car elevators, so to help facilitate the construction, Romney hired San Diego attorney and registered lobbyist Matthew Peterson, paying him $21,500 since 2008. Reid Epstein reports:
READ MORE Mitt Romney's Mansion Has Its Own Lobbyist, Car Elevators