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In landmark ruling, lawmakers declare that a Laguna Beach millionaire must be forced to look at his billionaire neighbor's hideous backyard sculpture every day
Not The Bee.com ^ | 6-7-2022 | Daniel Payne

Posted on 06/07/2022 12:50:16 PM PDT by servo1969

Oh sure, you may think that when you have a cool $7 million in the bank, life is all wine and roses. But that's wrong. Rich people do have problems, and the latest high drama out of Laguna Beach (average household income around $216,000) proves it:

Bond King Bill Gross has finally won the turf war against his neighbor over a million dollar art installation at the billionaire's California beachfront home.

After a lengthy legal battle, the former PIMCO CEO and his wife, Amy Gross, have won approval from Laguna Beach lawmakers to keep their $1 million, 10-foot-tall cobalt glass sculpture installed in his backyard.

"Amy and I are relieved we can finally enjoy our art in peace and in full compliance with the City of Laguna Beach," Gross said in a statement to The Post.

Oh yeah sure, Mr. Gross, you'll enjoy the heck out of this thing for many years:

What is that, exactly? It looks like a particularly chaotic rendition of a song in Apple Music Visualizer, like the final spike of the legendary choral crescendo in Bohemian Rhapsody:

I mean...

That looks less like art and more like some awful torture device. Seriously, I don't blame the man for wanting it out of his line of sight. I'd get stress headaches having to look at that over my morning coffee every day.

Still, though...things got pretty weird during the fight.

The Grosses filed a complaint that Towfiq was a "peeping Tom" and that he had cameras directed at them — a situation that made them feel like they were "in prison."

Towfiq filed his own complaint alleging the couple were "bullies" and that they blared loud music — namely the Gilligan's Island theme song on repeat. ...

Both parties filed restraining orders against each other.

I gotta say, after seeing how rich people settle their beefs, I'm over here in my solidly-middle-class, perfectly pleasant neighborhood like:

Seriously though, that sculpture is dumb!



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To: servo1969

Anyone can see that this represents grasses growing underwater on the sea/lake bed waving in the currents. It should be in the pool area.


21 posted on 06/07/2022 1:08:40 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: servo1969

I would have taken down the art, and painted a ghetto style mural of George Floyd on the wall, with a small note.
“Thanks neighbor!”


22 posted on 06/07/2022 1:11:00 PM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: NorthMountain

Yeah, that would be a $1 million pellet he’d be shooting off...


23 posted on 06/07/2022 1:11:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: servo1969

Looks cool to me. Love to see it at night, see what they’re doing with the lights.


24 posted on 06/07/2022 1:13:48 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: servo1969

I’ve seen worse “art”.


25 posted on 06/07/2022 1:13:51 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: servo1969

His neighbor has a free market solution. He can have a landscaper install, just inside the property line, a “hedgrow” of closely spaced mature tall skinny Italian Cypress. He’ll never see that sculpture anymore.


26 posted on 06/07/2022 1:14:21 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: servo1969

They paid 1 million FOR THAT????? The “artist” must be laughing his ass off.


27 posted on 06/07/2022 1:14:36 PM PDT by Aria
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I’m guessing that is the neighbor’s house in the background of the photo? I’d be more annoyed by the plain concrete wall blocking the view of the sculpture. And agreed - I wouldn’t pay a million for it (or even $100), but the sculpture looks okay.

I’m guessing that both these neighbors have “issues”.


28 posted on 06/07/2022 1:14:48 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: servo1969

I’m sure that most Americans, unlike this spoiled millionaire, have more to worry about than their neighbor’s art display like how to afford Joe Birdbrain’s economic disaster and keep gas in their cars and food on their tables.


29 posted on 06/07/2022 1:15:10 PM PDT by antidemoncrat ( adn)
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To: servo1969

I think it is cool looking but that’s beside the point. It is his money, his property and his artwork.


30 posted on 06/07/2022 1:15:34 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: servo1969

Well what constitutes art is in the eye of the beholder. It’s not like this piece is some sort of offensive pornographic display, and it seems whoever filed suit has too much time and money on his hands. Now he has less money. I’m guessing the two just hate each other for other reasons, and the neighbor foolishly chose this as a way of getting back at him for something else.


31 posted on 06/07/2022 1:17:27 PM PDT by jimwatx
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To: luckystarmom
I believe you are right. I saw it as Cihuily as well. They have an annual exhibit of his at the Phoenix botanical Garden,

Some of his work is quite interesting:

Chiuly Glass art

32 posted on 06/07/2022 1:18:00 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Never do anything illegal, when you are doing something illegal. )
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To: servo1969

Does this guy really think he has it bad????
My meth head neighbor goes to work and puts his German shepherd out before he leaves...rain or shine, below zero or 100 degrees, it doesn’t matter....
And this dog barks..
ALL.... DAY..... LONG...
It’s so bad Mrs Fonebone wants to shoot it...


33 posted on 06/07/2022 1:18:27 PM PDT by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: steve86; Liz; Red Badger; SunkenCiv

I am very surprised anybody recognized Bill Gross by name. On the other hand, it is no user than any other 15.00 pice of plastic junk from the Wal-Mart countertop.


34 posted on 06/07/2022 1:19:44 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: servo1969
As an art aficionado, that sculpture garden is not worth looking at let alone mentioning.   The Bond King needs to get a life.
35 posted on 06/07/2022 1:19:53 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Wuli

Bamboo lines. The neighbor will neverbe able to dig out those roots.


36 posted on 06/07/2022 1:20:36 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: servo1969

Yep...pellet gun was my 1st thought as well.....my 2nd was they paid a freakin’ million for that???

We’re in the wrong line of work.

SMH


37 posted on 06/07/2022 1:20:53 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: servo1969

Must be my taste....

The set of art looks very soothing. I’d have probably put up a plexi-glass type of wall to be able to view it from my side.

Looking at each piece and then as a total it really is soothing......

The man could have simply built a wall of sorts on his side of the property line......


38 posted on 06/07/2022 1:22:54 PM PDT by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: servo1969

My thoughts? If they’ll spend their money on crap like that, it’s no wonder why California is in such trouble. A Million Dollars?


39 posted on 06/07/2022 1:23:36 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: servo1969

Really? While I would not want it in my backyard it is something I could easily ignore if it was in my neighbors yard. I would say it is borderline stupid and something a “Karen” would do to sue to remove it.


40 posted on 06/07/2022 1:24:01 PM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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