Dog beach controversy
Just north of the Trump golf course is a very nice, very pricey and very private housing community. It's called the Portuguese Bend Club.
Its well guarded and unnaccesable to outsiders. I've been invited over a couple of times and the people I've met there are have all been very hospitable.
The community has its own private beach. It's a law I don't agree with -- I think beaches should be community property -- but those are the rules.
What bugs me is people who think they don't have enough private beach and try to extend their property lines by tricking or bullying people. The Los Angeles Times writes about this from time to time up in Malibu, where movie moguls like David Geffen like to chase the masses off their pretend property.
I should remind my four readers that while the sandy part of the beach is private property, below the water line is as public as the corner library. I think you should all go there immediately. Your ankles will get wet, but what fun you'll have standing there!
I should also remind my four readers that they should always be polite, pick up their trash, follow rules and keep their unfriendly dogs at home. I think it's OK to have them bark though.
I've received a few amusing e-mails from people complaining about my discussing a secluded beach near there (connected to a public parking lot at the Trump course -- its a splendid, but difficult walk. You should go there after you finished standing in the waves).
Or maybe it's the same person, I don't know. But here's the point they always make: Stop talking about that secret beach. It's nobody's business. And it's about 500 feet away from our private beach and we don't want regular people going there.
Except that regular people actually own said beach. It's a public beach. And, because of the rock formations, you can't really see one beach from the other.
After calling me a poser and an attention seeker, one person actually wrote this:
... Publishing a blog ... destroys private communities by giving the public a new place to go and populate, leave trash, bring their loud untamed children as well as their unruly dogs ... .
Hey, I hate children as much as the next guy, but they have as much right to go to enjoy the ocean as any jerk who doesn't want to share it with them.
Like I said, you should all go there immediately.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
I love reading your blogs. Glad to see the numbers of your readers are on the rise. :-)
we certainly like your blog and try to check it out regularly
see ya at the dog park :-)
If you are dreaming of being Mr. Hollywood, there are a number of Movie-Extra agencies where you could apply and submit a portfolio of your accomplishments. I gather you are a person who simply enjoys drama and controversy among dog lovers and private communities who enjoy the expensive property they've worked so hard to build a life on. Of course, since you are the author of this blog, you have authority to pick/choose the items you want to print. What an attention junkie you must be! Do you even own a dog?