Anonymous
October 4, 2019, 5:17 am
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By an edhat reader,
The Four Seasons Biltmore is being privately reserved and access is restricted at all entrances since Thursday. Additionally the 30+ sprinter vans and passengers transportations vehicles and black cars are shuttling people from the Biltmore to Bellosguardo.
Any idea what type of function or company or purpose this is?
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I’m marrying Taylor Swift….sorry for the bother.
It is obscene that this property is being used in this manner. It was willed by Miss Clark to the City of Santa Barbara but it has been co-opted by some hazy group of socialites to use for their private purposes. Security at the gate told me that this was a private party and I had no business knowing what was up. They also claimed that it was private property. A Santa Barbara grand jury should look into this.
Preventing beach access. Take photos to document the areas where access was blocked. Email and call the Coastal Commission. This event is blocking public streets and prevents public access from accessing the beach. It is NOT a coastal event for all, but a private NON-coastal event that excluded the public. This should be a NO NO. Email the City Council and Enforcement to complain too. COASTAL COMMISSION: Tina Segura, tina.segura@coastal.ca.gov and Steve Hudson, Steve.Hudson@coastal.ca.gov @ 805-585-1800. CITY OF SANTA BARBARA CITY COUNCIL & ENFORCEMENT: SBCityCouncil@SantaBarbaraCA.Gov and Request@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.
BOYCOTT AMAZON. Pollution for doorstep deliveries is killing the planet. Online sales are killing small town businesses. Avoiding taxes makes the small guy pay for the big guys use of infrastructure while the big guys pocket $$$. They avoid paying the majority of their workers a living wage. – Saving a few bucks is NOT worth what this company is doing to the economy, their employees or the environment. BOYCOTT AMAZON.
Right on! Every purchase made on Amazon is a nail in the coffin of a small business. Also, I work hard and don’t care to give any of my earnings to the richest man on the planet.
Ah, Amazon. You really can’t beat it for convenience and terrific service. eBay is another, less accommodating option. With the terrible traffic there is now in Santa Barbara, I’d rather enjoy my driving trips by going to the beach or to some lonely spot for a long walk. Going to shops, dealing with mostly know-nothing employees, dodging grubby panhandlers, jockeying for parking amongst the angsty angry chiefly rude other parkers is all such a drag. Trader Joe’s, Gelson’s, Whole Foods, Ralph’s, Vons, Lazy Acres. Those are my only big by-necessity shopping destinations now. Let Amazon drop off the rest of my needed goods at my doorstep. You should see the terrific toilet brush I got yesterday for only $6.80, delivered. Gawd love Amazon.
At that point Roger, I don’t think they are having fun. Not until someone gives them money to buy their heroin. Then the fun starts for them.
Who really cares. Let them have fun the wealthy do heroin too!!!
This is probably a repeat of last years event in October, an event to support the Bellosguardo Foundation. See Article below from last year ——>The Bellosguardo Foundation — the public charity created to manage the late Huguette Clark’s estate above East Beach for the purpose of fostering the arts — has announced plans to host a private fundraiser dinner on October 13. The event will mark the first occasion anyone other than Clark, her staff, and a few select guests have set foot on the enigmatic 24-acre property in more than three decades. The “elegant, Gatsbyesque soiree,” the invitation reads, will be catered by the Four Seasons Biltmore and feature live music. Attendees are encouraged to arrive in black-tie period attire and mingle in the courtyard, where “sleek ebony bars laden with crystal decanters and masses of candles will beckon with flowing champagne, wine, and cocktails.” Ticket prices range from $1,500 to $50,000. According to the Bellosguardo Foundation’s website, the Inaugural Gala will generate “much-needed funds [to] continue to maintain the house, grounds, and collections as we move forward with our larger vision and open the property to the public.” A list of perks includes “exposure to our exclusive, ultra-high net worth guest list,” coverage by “various A-list, luxury media outlets,” and the opportunity to “showcase branding materials.” The Bellosguardo Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit chaired by Dick Wolf — was formed four years ago but has made little progress in carrying out Clark’s will. According to its tax records, it has raised just enough money to cover the salary of its president, Jeremy Lindaman, who collected $265,000 between 2014 and 2017. Most of that money came from Clark’s estate, Wolf himself, and a few of the foundation’s boardmembers. Meanwhile, the property remains saddled with approximately $12 million in deferred maintenance. Lindaman has come under repeated criticism for his management of the $95 million estate. He has declined to publicly answer any questions about the charity’s operations or plans for a public opening. Months ago, the foundation was set to receive $4.5 million in cash as part of the final transfer of Clark’s assets. The foundation’s 2017 tax return (the most recent available) lists its activities for that year as “board formation, community outreach, and monitoring estate proceedings.”
The term “public charity” is a misnomer. But there are two ways the public can be involved with Bellosguardo. One is to make sure the board and CEO are not altering the building in violation of its designation by the city as a historic landmark (this designation makes it unlikely that it will ever be sold). Two is to make sure they are following the IRS rules that allow them to operate the place as a nonprofit.
There have been lots of allegations of the board mismanaging the funds to the The Bellosguardo Foundation in the news, don’t believe me just look it up. The transparency of the foundation has been non existent and political from day one. Jeremy Lindaman the president of the foundation is a political consultant and was an assistant to Helene Schneider. I have a feeling this will beautiful property will never open to the public like it said in her will… Instead it will be used by city as a Gatsbyesque moneymaker for the elite
Interesting that the posts against Amazon justify their call to boycott on the basis that Amazon is harming “local business” and creating delivery pollution. I agree we should boycott Amazon but the reasons seem more important to me: First, Amazon is exploiting workers outside of the US and in the US (pushing their “productivity” and keeping them on less than full-time status). Second, sort of related, Amazon is the ultimate example of the tilt in compensation in private industry. Bezos makes indefensible compensation and his wealth is among the highest in the world. He is on par with other world kleptomaniacs but his position is worsened by his protests that he is a left of center person. What hypocrisy.
Who really cares. Let them have fun.
That is what I’m going to say Next time a Homeless person bothers you…”Who really cares let them have fun.”
If it were to open up to the public, the unfortunate sad truth is that it would turn into another no-go place like Pershing Park, Ortega Park, Vera Cruz Park, MacKenzie Park, and so on. Plenty of parking downtown you notice? Yeah, that’s because fewer and fewer locals go down there. My elderly neighbors loved to window shop, buy an ice cream at “Thrifty’s” (they still call it Thrifty’s even after all these years), and sit on a bench to watcher the passers-by. Benches have pretty much been entirely removed, and they don’t go there any more, so there’s one extra parking space for you. The Clark Estate was always, always, always meant for the wealthy, and I’m happy if that tradition continues.
The folks who fly in on those private jets are victims, and victims feel that are allowed to ruin the planet.