we didn’t approach anyone about an article about the house. you actively SEEK self promotion. they came to us because we live in a great place! only people who never want to see anyone else living well have issues with that. what is it? misery loves company?

first, the house isn’t 21,000 sq ft, it’s only 20,000. second, you obviously believe all you read and make an awful lot of assumptions. my father in law did better than “reinvent” himself. if you knew the story, you’d know he lifted his family back up after some terrible financial times but i guess being bitter is your best attribute, not research. nobody here is blissfully ignorant. we know what’s going on in the world and in our own backyard and if you did more than write some lame blog you’d have found that out. why should ANYONE feel bad about the money they make? and if you had it, wouldn’t you pass it along to your family? ever meet a rich girl who doesn’t act it? well that’s my wife. your picture shows you to be more concerned with YOU than anyone else so i wouldn’t guess you’d dig that deep.

as for me. i married better than well for reasons you don’t write here but i’d happily talk it over with you at our really long dining room table whenever you’d like. and i am an obscure musician but i’d bet all the creatine and weight lifting equipment you own that i work harder every day than you do and take nothing for granted.

the truth is out there, pete. why not find it? while you’re at it, check out miggsmusic.com and debartolofamilyfoundation.com. we will give you a discount the music and the next gala!

No doubt Ms. DeBartolo has done much for charity. But sitting for a nine-page profile solely on the topic of her life of privilege and over-the-top consumption at a time when many people are suffering in the worst economy of our lifetimes strikes me – and apparently many readers of that story – as being completely tone deaf. As for Donald Trump, he takes a lot of criticism. If Ms. DeBartolo continues to angle for this kind of publicity, she likely will hear more herself. As for bashing “someone you do not even know,” many people don’t know Barack Obama or George W. Bush but that doesn’t stop them from voicing their opinions.

You really had to see and read about this spectacle to believe it. I would think someone devoted to charitable causes would feel bad about broadcasting all the stuff they are able to buy.