Posted on 01/29/2006 7:44:42 AM PST by SmithL
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her mega-millionaire husband, Richard Blum, are pulling up stakes on their quiet Presidio Terrace home and moving uptown to a Pacific Heights mansion -- with views to die for.
The $16.5 million mansion -- which sits at the foot of Vallejo Street, between the Presidio and some of the city's most hoity-toity addresses -- offers a sweeping view of the bay.
It's right off what Herb Caen christened the "Gold Rush" -- the final two blocks of upper, upper Broadway, where the residents include Ann and Gordon Getty, Oracle founder Larry Ellison, and Mimi Haas -- as in the Levi Strauss Haases.
"And everyone is extending a warm welcome,'' said former Mayor Willie Brown, who hangs with the hill crowd. "They figure it will mean better homeland security."
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Well actually her father was a surgeon, and her second husband was a BRAIN surgeon (hubba hubba!;), so she didn't exactly start out poor. Life's tough, eh?;))
But those of us who only make $100K or $200K a year are GREEDY because we would like a tax cut, would like to keep more of OUR money, who would never be able to afford a million dollar home, let alone a $16,500K home....
the Limo liberals call us GREEDY!
Not even a little bit.
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