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francisofascii
> His new home would cut into a mountainside just beneath an open space that taxpayers had bought for $64 million to fend off future development.

I think I am siding with the NIMBYs on this. If you have a pristine mountain side with no homes, don't ruin it with one new house.

tommica
Crazy how arrogant people can be, this disrespect he shows really echoes the classic "fuck you, got mine" mentality.

Not saying anyone is immune to that, but just calling it out when its there.

CraigRo
Buy the whole hill then.
esafak
Unless it's one of those barely visible earth-sheltered homes, which he would be a great candidate to buy.
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ghettoCoder
You don't think the wealthy using their money to silence the press is a problem in a functioning democracy? How odd.
tdeck
What functioning democracy? Would love to know so I can move there.
keybored
Yeah, a bit odd to presume that we might live in one when news like this doesn’t surprise anyone.
rexpop
Presume we do, or presume we COULD, if this sort of thing is ubiquitously denounced?

Democracies don't "work", we "work" them. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, talking about it as though you were helplessly seperate from it. All your nihilism does is accommodate bullies.

keybored
I ought to be ashamed of myself? Are you my aunt or something?
throwway120385
Isn't asking this kind of like asking "why can't you just stand by and watch everything get worse like everyone else?"
tdeck
I think it's important not to kid yourself about where power lies in your own society.
keybored
Then you don’t know how to read sarcasm.
sa-code
This sounds like "things are bad so let them get worse", which is not a good look
keybored
Is the PRC a people’s republic? Please don’t wish ill-will on the people of China by disagreeing.
rglover
Apparatchik pretext setting.
yaomtc
To build, you need permitting. To get a permit, you need permission from the municipality. If the neighbors believe they will be adversely affected by the new building, they may petition the municipality to reject the new building or make them alter the plan, at which point it becomes a political issue, not a private home life issue.
tedunangst
If you want to keep your home life private, don't buy a newspaper to publish articles about it.
LeifCarrotson
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068

Possibly extra relevant because said CEO is a frequent poster here (@eastdakota) and their CTO (@jgrahamc)is one of the most prolific and popular members (karma rank 24th).

mike_d
He only cared about posting here when it helped grow Cloudflare, now his account is only active in the occasional crisis management PR thread.
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Voultapher
What a douchebag. I hope he gets ridiculed.

Reminds me of a mattress company buying a review site, promising to keep it independent and promptly deleting any bad mentions about their product.