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I read this article during a flight back from New York last week. I'm not naive, but this was stupefying. Struck me as the kind of thing that we read now in history books about the obnoxious, arrogant behavior of past centuries' 'elite' classes ... right before they lost their heads in the streets.
An excerpt:
"Consider Nelson Peltz. The investor and food magnate's oceanfront estate, called Montsorrel, is among the island's biggest water consumers. His 13.8-acre spread, which combines two properties, used not quite 21 million gallons of water over the past 12 months -- or about 57,000 gallons a day on average -- at a cost of more than $50,000, according to records obtained from the local water utility. That compares with 54,000 gallons a year for an average single-family residence in Palm Beach, says Ken Rearden, assistant city administrator of West Palm Beach. (West Palm Beach supplies Palm Beach's water.)"
Shamefully embarrassing.
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