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Gore buys Montecito Villa for $8,875,000
LA Slimes ^ | today

Posted on 05/08/2010 1:13:10 PM PDT by jessduntno

In a move that critics may cite as his own inconvenient truth, former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a house in secluded Montecito to their real estate holdings.

The couple spent $8,875,000 on a gated ocean-view villa on 1 1/2 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains, according to real estate sources familiar with the deal. The Italian-style house has high ceilings with beams in the public rooms, a family room, a wine cellar, terraces, six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms in more than 6,500 square feet of living space.

Montecito has long been a haven for Southern California's rich and famous, a spot where celebrity faces can blend into the crowd. Among the community's notable residents have been talk show giant Oprah Winfrey, actors Michael Douglas and Christopher Lloyd, and golfer Fred Couples. The 93108 ZIP Code, which includes the coastal hamlet, was ranked as America's seventh most expensive area last year by Forbes.

Word of the purchase was reported in late April in the Montecito Journal. Gore, 62, did not respond to The Times' requests for comment.

Three years ago, Gore added solar panels and other energy-saving features to his 10,000-square-foot mansion in Belle Meade, Tenn., after he had been criticized for the amount of energy the home used.

After serving as vice president from 1993 to 2001 and playing spokesman on global warming in his 2006 Academy Award-winning film "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore is now chairman of Current TV. He also is the founder and chairman of the Alliance for Climate Protection and a founder of the Beverly Hills-based environmental organization Live Earth.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: algore; buys; gore; gores; hypocrite; jpb; montecito; villa
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To: jessduntno

Does the neighborhood association allow Tipper to hang the laundry outside to dry?


61 posted on 05/08/2010 2:33:50 PM PDT by silverleaf
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To: jessduntno

I expect to see this at the top of the evening news, complete with a tour of the organic garden and the wind farm, 0ff-the-grid energy system, and and...........


62 posted on 05/08/2010 2:36:00 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: jessduntno

Orca and Stedman are married?!! When did that happen...???


63 posted on 05/08/2010 2:37:43 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: avacado
Two thoughts...just how many feet above see level is Al Gore's new home and how many wind mills could have been built (or starving children fed for $8.8 Mil)?
64 posted on 05/08/2010 2:42:08 PM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: avacado

BTW, Great example of the Democrat’s ideals of “social justice”.


65 posted on 05/08/2010 2:44:30 PM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: jessduntno

The villa is on the COAST! You know the one that will disappearing if we do(did-didn’t) act by (about 10 years ago)!
ROTFLMAO


66 posted on 05/08/2010 2:45:28 PM PDT by griswold3 (Immigration solution: Tall Fences, Wide Gates)
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To: griswold3

Actually, Montecito is up the hill a bit - but if Gore’s mythology proves true he’ll end up with a very nice beachfront house. :)


67 posted on 05/08/2010 3:18:11 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ( "The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." - Rowan Atkinson)
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To: silverleaf

Does the neighborhood association allow Tipper to hang the laundry outside to dry?”

I doubt it...his drawers would obscure the view for two miles up and down the coast.


68 posted on 05/08/2010 3:18:11 PM PDT by jessduntno ("My only apology is that it should have been larger." - David Obey, on his "stimulous package.")
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To: La Enchiladita

“Orca and Stedman are married?!! When did that happen...???”

You mean they aren’t? It’s fake, fake beard?


69 posted on 05/08/2010 3:19:24 PM PDT by jessduntno ("My only apology is that it should have been larger." - David Obey, on his "stimulous package.")
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Actually, Montecito is up the hill a bit - but if Gore’s mythology proves true he’ll end up with a very nice beachfront house. :)”

That little coastal section form Sheffield off ramp (just past Summerland) past the cemetery below the golf course is all Montecito, too, although that is not where the Gore Manse is...


70 posted on 05/08/2010 3:28:42 PM PDT by jessduntno ("My only apology is that it should have been larger." - David Obey, on his "stimulous package.")
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To: BlessedBeGod

Guess he’s not concerned about the ocean rising anytime soon.


71 posted on 05/08/2010 3:28:53 PM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: jessduntno

those poor celebrity neighbors ... wait until it starts snowing there regularly now ... and oh the quakes! they’ll all rue the day ...


72 posted on 05/08/2010 3:29:44 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
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To: erikm88

Snake oil salesmen have always depended on one being “born every minute.” Throw in the dumbing down of Americans by the publik skools and snake oil sells even better than it used to.


73 posted on 05/08/2010 3:32:24 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: Interesting Times
Is that the same mansion as the other photos? The other shots do not indicate beach front property.

In my best olberman voice...."owlgore, like other wealthy liberals, are the worst hypocrites in the world! "

74 posted on 05/08/2010 3:32:37 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: onyx

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh........*Snap*


75 posted on 05/08/2010 3:35:43 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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To: newfreep

In my best olberman voice....”owlgore, like other wealthy liberals, are the worst hypocrites in the world! “

Sounded just like him...the bullshit was wafting up from the computer screen, though...airing out the room now...


76 posted on 05/08/2010 3:35:59 PM PDT by jessduntno ("My only apology is that it should have been larger." - David Obey, on his "stimulous package.")
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To: ETL
Is that the same house as in the pictures I posted? I’ve been trying to find a photo that shows its proximity to the ocean but can’t seem to do so.

Yep. See this article.

77 posted on 05/08/2010 3:37:25 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: newfreep

See post #77.


78 posted on 05/08/2010 3:38:11 PM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: Interesting Times
I loved this line from the news article....

"Al Gore, inventor of such hits as Global Warming and the Internet, continues to do his best at putting the "hip" in hypocrite."


79 posted on 05/08/2010 3:49:50 PM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Interesting Times
That first house your link shows is Gore's other mansion in Tennessee.

The other doesn't seem to resemble the actual house much at all.

http://www.examiner.com/x-42761-Entertainment-Editor~y2010m5d1-More-inconvienent-truth-about-hip-Al-Gore-exVP-buys-9M-mansion-on-SoCal-coast
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Actual house:


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Satellite view of the area from Yahoo Maps (Hybrid view works best) :

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Click link to zoom and/or move about the area. I couldn't find the house:

http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=h&lat=34.418965&lon=-119.649475&zoom=19&q1=california%2093108

80 posted on 05/08/2010 4:04:15 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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