George Lucas gets revenge on his rich neighbors

This is a naked class-warfare piece with no interesting HN angle (as if George is not firmly rich himself), and probably a biased one-sided summary of a complicated topic to boot.

Am I the only one who thinks this makes George Lucas look like a dick?

Also, why is this on HN?

Agree with you on both accounts.

What an amusing turn of events... Skywalker Ranch was legendary... maybe I should visit before they close their doors.

Awesome. However they still have a very convenient way to also object to this: just re-iterating that their concerns are years of construction activity and increased foot traffic, two things that would still exist with the new proposal.

I imagine they'll have a much harder time fighting low-income housing than a movie studio. It might be possible to block it quietly somewhere else, but not with George Lucas and an agenda behind it.

I'm sure they're not making this play blind. I'm guessing it was established beforehand that only housing proposals would be allowed to go through -- but never what type of housing.

You have to love the amount of arrogance displayed here. Nothing like using "poor people" as a weapon.

The homeowners' association shot first!