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The Candidate Next Door
Ashley Parker/The New York Times
Mitt Romney's home in La Jolla, an enclave of San Diego.
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Published: June 6, 2012
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
Mitt Romney bought a $12 million place in La Jolla in 2008.
ON Dunemere Drive, it seems as if just about everyone has a gripe against the owners of No. 311.
The elderly woman next door complains that her car is constantly boxed into her driveway. A few houses over, a gay couple grumbles that their beloved ocean views are in jeopardy. And down the street, a widow grouses that her children’s favorite dog-walking route has been disrupted.
Bellyaching over the arrival of an irritating new neighbor is a suburban cliché, as elemental to the life on America’s Wisteria Lanes as fastidiously edged lawns and Sunday afternoon barbecues.
But here in La Jolla, a wealthy coast-hugging enclave of San Diego, the ordinary resident at the end of the block is no ordinary neighbor.
He is Mitt Romney.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/garden/mitt-romney-the-candidate-next-door.html?ref=garden
Mitt Romney's home in La Jolla, an enclave of San Diego.
By MICHAEL BARBARO
Published: June 6, 2012
Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
Mitt Romney bought a $12 million place in La Jolla in 2008.
ON Dunemere Drive, it seems as if just about everyone has a gripe against the owners of No. 311.
The elderly woman next door complains that her car is constantly boxed into her driveway. A few houses over, a gay couple grumbles that their beloved ocean views are in jeopardy. And down the street, a widow grouses that her children’s favorite dog-walking route has been disrupted.
Bellyaching over the arrival of an irritating new neighbor is a suburban cliché, as elemental to the life on America’s Wisteria Lanes as fastidiously edged lawns and Sunday afternoon barbecues.
But here in La Jolla, a wealthy coast-hugging enclave of San Diego, the ordinary resident at the end of the block is no ordinary neighbor.
He is Mitt Romney.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/garden/mitt-romney-the-candidate-next-door.html?ref=garden
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