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Hare Brush is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng . The short was released on May 7, 1955, and stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd , except that their roles were reversed for this short. With Elmer thinking that he's a rabbit and Bugs being the hunter.

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• I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire! I own a mansion and a yacht!

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• [disguised as Bugs Bunny] I may be a scwewy wabbit, but I'm not going to Alcatwaz!

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Elmer J. Fudd

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?  I’ve been a home ownew, an opewa singew and a mad scientist, a show pwomoter, a pwivate detective and a huntew. Now I am simpwy a millionaire.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of? I have many but I would say my favowite project I worked on would be “The Hair Brained Hypnotist”. Which awwoed me to finawy give that wascal Bugs Bunny a taste of his own medicine!

How did you become interested in animation? I was drawn to it early in life.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?   I am owiginawy from Bwookwyn, NY. but wivved most of my aduwt wife in Howwywood. My fiwst film was “Confedwete Honey” and it was a wot of fun and I also stawwed in a film called “A Wild Hare” which is what most peopwe considew my fiwst film, but I got my fiwst big bweak in a fiwm cawled “Good Night Elmer” I was paid 65 dowwars for dat role… heheh a wot of money in dose days!

What’s a typical day like for you with regards to your job?  Well, I get up and bwush my teeth although sometimes my toofbrush is not dere because somebody has stowen it. I will den gwab the newspapew and wead it wif my coffee. I wike to wead about what’s going on in Howwywood. Den I will usuaway go for a swim but sometimes dat wascawy wabbit will dwain the pool befowe I get  a chance. From dere I will usuawwy pwactice my singing as I am an acompwished Tenor.

What part of your job do you like best? Why?  I wewwy wike it when I get to hunt wabbits and ducks but it’s vewwy satisfying to make the childwen waugh.

What part of your job do you like least? Why?  When day wascawy wabbit gets the best of me.

What kind of technology do you work with on a daily basis? Tewephones, penciws, papew, a car, and of couwse shotguns. Oh, oh oh and buwwets! Yes wots and wots of buwwets.

What is the most difficult part for you about being in the business? Wel, I feew wike a fool quite often and I do not wike it when a simpew woodwand cweatuew gets the best of me. But dats just who I am and ovew da yeaws I have gwown comforable wif it.

In your travels, have you had any brushes with animation greatness? Oh, many! Mew Bwanc, Arthur Q. Bryant, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Weghorn, Leon Sweshinger. Sylvestew da cat. I’ve even met Chick Jones, fwiz fwewing, Wobewt Cwampett and Wobewt McKimson.

Describe a tough situation you had in life.  It would hafe to be my role in Doggone People. My voice was all scwewed up.

Any side projects or you’re working on or hobbies you’d like to share details of? Wight now I can be seen working on da Wooney Tunes show on Cawtoon Netwowk.

Any unusual talents or hobbies like tying a cherry stem with your tongue or metallurgy? Weww, I am told I am a wovewy singew and I am quite ahndy wif a shotgun. Most of the time. I’m also a faiwy good animatow and dwaftsman and even made my own cartoon once cawled “Rabbit Rampage”.

Is there any advice you can give for an aspiring animation student or artist trying to break into the business?  Be vewwy vewwy quiet.

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Hope you get a bigger part in the second season of the Looney Tunes Show, Elmer! 😀

Thank you vewwy much! Me too! 😉

Mike? Why are you replying as Elmer? Was this not really Elmer J. Fudd? Were we lied to?! Fooled if you will?!

Nah, he asked me too respond on his behalf as he’s very busy these days with appearances at Magic Mountain and this new Cartoon Network series. It was positively the real Elmer J. Fudd. I swear!

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Now with twice the cleaning power, elmer j. fudd millionaire, who owns a mansion and a yacht, under fire for big game hunting.

A photo of the heartless bastard tracking down innocent animals!

Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire, owner of a mansion and a yacht, has gone into hiding after reports surfaced that he killed a rabbit while on a safari in Africa.

Fudd, whose whereabouts are currently unkown, feared for his life when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals published photos of him on safari surrounded by animals he had killed, including a tiger, a lion and a beloved local rabbit known as “ Bugs.”   As of today his business is temporarily closed.  Calls to the front desk were answered by a receptionist who said she had no idea when Mr. Fudd would return and directed all inquiries to his lawyer.

“The people of Zimbabwe deserve an apology” said a spokesman for PETA.

Hunting is all about control.  These white men who hunt need to feel superior in some way.  Hence there need to kill. Fudd illegally poached Bugs, drawing him out of his sanctuary, wounded him and then stalked him for forty hours before killing him.  Bugs was murdered. Fudd killed him and Fudd deserves to be extradicted to Zimbabwe to stand trial.

The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, announced his revulsion of big game hunters and promised to end the practice of trophy killing in his Republic.

I have seen the reports of Bugs final hours and let me tell you I haven’t been so outraged since I found out that the elephant meat I ate at my birthday celebration wasn’t gluten free! What kind of world do we live in?

In Hollywood the reaction was fierce with many Hollywood A-listers vowing never to vacation in Zimbabwe until Fudd is brought to justice.  Said Jenny McCarthy:

Zimbabwe is a state. A nation. On a continent. Could it possibly be that Fudd had no difficulty tracking Bugs because Bugs suffered from autism?And if that is the case should the vaccination of rabbits stop?  It might make them harder to kill.

Mia Farrow put out a $50,000 dollar reward for the first person who could track down Fudd and kill him.

Hunting our friends the animals must stop.  Does anyone know what Fudd’s home address is?  I’d like to Tweet it.

Legendary game show host Bob Barker was reported to be so distressed that he vowed to stop sleeping with women in their 20s until Fudd is extradited.

Let’s hope they find him quickly.  I mean I’m 90 years old. I don’t know how much time I have left.  As much as I love animals I love me some young p*ssy even more! 

The IRS has opened up an investigation into Fudd’s finances.  IRS commissioner John Koskinen vowed that no stone will be left unturned to discover any potential wrongdoing in Fudd’s tax returns.

Fortunately the IRS keeps excellent records. Our servers are the best in the world and we never delete anything.  So we have his tax records going back to 1975. We’ll find something to indict the bastard with.

Meanwhile Fudd, the object of the nation’s fury, released a statement asking for forgiveness.

I ask all Americans to rely on their natural magnanimity.  Please forgive me.  I would do anything to bring Bugs back. I am truly sorry and I apologize profusely.  I have given up big game hunting and have entered patriarchy rehab. 

The last word is from Bug’s good friend, Sylvester the Cat, himself blinded by a big game hunter.

Suffering succotash.  I told the Bugs not to go out alone!  Now he’s dead. I blame the Republicans who control congress.

Note:  That may not be the exact quote from Sylvester but we at the Worldwide Headquarters of Manhattan Infidel™ feel that his quote falls within the “ fake but accurate”   standard of acceptance.

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Maybe he killed Woger Wabbit also.

I wouldn’t put it past the bastard!

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When you think of owning a yacht, you probably assume such a luxury is reserved for billionaires . However, there are ways that a middle-class individual can afford something like a yacht, not to mention a bevy of other luxury goods.

First things first, ‘yacht’ is actually a broad term. The largest, most expensive options are called megayachts, but plenty of other smaller options don’t rise to that level of cost. There are quite a few types of yacht classifications based on the purpose, including sailing, explorer/expedition, sports, sport fishers or cruisers. When it comes to thinking about them in terms of cost, the size is generally the primary consideration. You’ll sometimes find these terms merged or used interchangeably, but generally, there are mega yachts, superyachts, large yachts, mid-size yachts and small yachts.

The largest yachts reach lengths over 50 meters and carry a price tag of as much as $600 million, give or take. So, what should you consider that’s not a superyacht?

The smallest ones sport less ostentatious designs and a lack of space for a jacuzzi but can get as low as $500,000 — certainly not cheap, but much more obtainable when speaking relatively. You’ll still benefit from day cruises on the open ocean. Selecting an older, used model is the best way to keep that price as low as possible. For example, there’s the  Ciao Bella 2006 Sunseeker . It’s roughly 15 meters long, sports three cabins and goes for $500,000.

The same principle applies to affording other ‘billionaire items’ where you’ll scale things down without losing the spirit of whatever you’re looking for. Take household staff, for instance, where the image that comes to mind is a massive mansion with a team of maids, cooks, gardeners and more. That’s probably out of range of the average middle-class person. Scale it down to perhaps one staff member, a butler or a housekeeper and you’ll pay around $40,000-$100,000 rather than close to $1 million or more. While most middle-class households don’t have a butler or housekeeper, this is far more doable than having an entire staff. 

Billionaires also buy things like expensive paintings or islands. Oracle founder Larry Ellison purchased a 90,000-acre Hawaiian island for $300 million. Suddenly, a 1-acre island for $500,000 seems much less impossible. Keep applying this idea of scaling things down to fit your lifestyle, do all you can to perfect your credit rating and available credit, consider pooling resources or renting your asset out from time to time, and you’ll find yourself able to afford things you never could.

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I am Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.

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Bugs Bunny in a dress wearing lipstick. 'Nuff said.

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Sufferin' Suckatash

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"Wanna Labrador? Know where you can get a labrador? No? Then Shut Up!!!"

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I thaut I thau a puddy cat

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#5 re: I am Elmer J. Fudd, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.

"Yeah, Rocky's really mad now" and "Rocky's a little too smart for ya, see?" The wonderful Edward G Robinson and Peter Lorre characters in the Bugs cartoon where he comes up from the floor (complete in nighgown and cap and candle) and says..."hmm..sounds like inner sanctum".

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Oh god, there was this one that I loved. There were these 2 little chipmunks, and all of their vegetables got taken to a factory and they followed them...and it was so cute.

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My favorite moment in Warner Bros. is when Bugs and the Mad Scientist chase one another around the castle both high on ether. 'Come ... back ... here ... you ... ra------bit.' That and Robin Hood Daffy, of course. 'Watch as I put a cloth yard shaft through his wishbone.'

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Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Rabbit Season Duck Season--FIRE!

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Daffy's lead-in to "Wabbit Season"-- "That, thir...ith an UNMITIGATED fabricathion!" Daffy "trippiting" down the hill into the lake in "Robin Hood" All of the "Witch Hazel" episodes, especially the Romeo/Juliet takeoff: "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" "Herefore I art!" "Well don't just stand there like a ninny, c'mon up!" "No, I art bashful. You come down, I'll catch ya." "As you like it!"

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Who can forget Witch Hazel singing: A cup of Te-ea, a coo-kie, and you-hoo! And her giddy/maniacal laugh as she jumped and clicked her heels--and her hairpins went flying!

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Bugs: It's true, Doc; I'm a rabbit alright. Would you like to shoot me now or wait 'til you get home? Daffy: Shoot him now! Shoot him now! Bugs: You keep outta this! He doesn't have to shoot you now! Daffy: He does so have to shoot me now! [to Elmer] I demand that you shoot me now! [Elmer raises his gun. As Daffy sticks his tongue out at Bugs, he is shot. Daffy walks back over to Bugs, gunsmoke pouring out of his nostrils] Daffy: [to Bugs] Let's run through that again. Bugs: Okay. Bugs: [deadpan] Would you like to shoot me now or wait till you get home. Daffy:[similarly] Shoot him now, shoot him now. Bugs: [as before] You keep outta this, he doesn't have to shoot you now. Daffy Duck: [re-animated] Hah! That’s it! Hold it right there! [to audience] Pronoun trouble. [to Bugs] It's not "he doesn't have to shoot you now", it's "he doesn't have to shoot me now" [Pause] Daffy: [angrily] Well, I say he does have to shoot me now!! [to Elmer] So shoot me now! [Elmer shoots Daffy again]

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#17 i am elmer j. fudd, millionaire. i own a mansion and a yacht.

now lead your partner the dirty old thing. follow through with an elbow swing. grab a fence post. hold it tight. womp your partner with all your might. hit him in the shin. hit him in the head. hit him again. the critter aint dead. womp him low and womp him high. stick your finger in his eye. pretty little ring. pretty little sound. bang your heads against the ground. but i say, i say, i must confess, i was always a bit soft fuh that foghohn leghohn because after all, no, no, i better not, i just might be in theah.

#18 i am elmer j. fudd, millionaire. i own a mansion and a yacht.

"Pay attention boy!" "I'm pitching but you're not catching!" "You're ears are flapping but you're just not listening!" Gotta love Foghorn Leghorn's comments.

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Daffy: I will now play a passage from a famous opera, and you must name the opera. Porky: But... but I'm weary. Daffy: Listen carefully! (plays single note on piano) And there you have it! Now, what's the opera? Porky: C-Cavalleria Rusticana? Daffy: Audience? Audience: Rigoletto!

#21 i am elmer j. fudd, millionaire. i own a mansion and a yacht.

What about Bugs on the moon? "I'm alone on the moon! I'm alone on the moon!! Oh well," and the commerical playing when he tries to radio in to earth? "Bugs to earth" "Krispy Krunchies are the best... Use them on unwanted guests, stuff the mattress with the rest!"

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"Ah! I see the problem. I shoulda made a left a Alburquerque." "Hassan Chop!" and, of course, the Coyote's endless mail order gadgets from Acme.

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"Kill the wabbit!" From the opera episode. That was HILARIOUS.

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Horrow faces a maximum of 120 years in prison, five years of supervised release and a $4 million fine, among other penalties.

Cranston, R.I.: Preparer Belkis M. Guzman, 48, has pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false returns, wire fraud, theft of government funds and aggravated ID theft.

According to court documents, Guzman, who worked at El Centro Multiservicios LLC in Providence, R.I., admitted to preparing false individual income tax returns for clients for tax years 2009 through 2011, which included false dependents, exemptions, tax credits, deductions or expenses. She also admitted to depositing more than 100 fraudulently obtained U.S. Treasury checks, totaling more than $800,700, into her personal bank account. Guzman distributed a portion of the money to others and received a percentage of the negotiated checks as payment for depositing the checks into her account.

Sentencing is Dec. 2, when Guzman faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for the wire fraud count, 10 years for each count of theft of government funds, three years in prison for each count of assisting in the preparation of false returns for clients and two years in prison for each count of aggravated ID theft; she also faces a period of supervised release and monetary penalties.  

Pittsburgh: Tax attorney Steven Lynch has been convicted of 16 counts of failing to collect, account for and pay employment taxes.

According to case evidence, between 2004 and 2015 Lynch co-owned and operated the Iceoplex at Southpointe, a recreational sports facility in Washington County, Pa. The Iceoplex included a fitness center, ice rink, soccer court, restaurant and bar. Lynch controlled the finances for these businesses and was responsible for collecting income and employment taxes withheld from employee wages, accounting for these taxes and filing the 941 forms and paying these taxes to the IRS.

Between 2012 through 2015, Lynch failed to timely pay over more than $790,000 in taxes withheld from wages.

Sentencing is Jan. 11. Lynch faces a maximum of up to five years in prison for each count of willfully failing to collect, account for and pay over employment tax, as well as a period of supervised release and monetary penalties. 

St. Louis: Eyob Tilahun, 30, owner and operator of several local Tax King locations, has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for defrauding the U.S. Treasury.

Tilahun pled guilty to a charge of conspiring to submit false claims for tax refunds, admitting that Tax King’s preparers were trained and instructed to increase clients’ refunds by falsifying certain information on returns. The information included false wages and Schedule Cs that caused the clients to qualify for larger EICs; false education expenses; and phony information regarding fuel taxes.

Tilahun admitted that he profited from the scheme by charging Tax King’s clients fees from approximately $400 to $650. The indictment in the case also alleges that the preparers profited by requesting cash "tips" from the clients of approximately $100 to $1,000.

In addition to the 38-month prison sentence, Tilahun will be ordered to pay restitution expected to exceed $2 million.

Two employees of Tax King have also been sentenced: Tanesa Beverly, 32, of East St. Louis, Illinois, and Melissa Wiley, 35, of Granite City, Illinois, were sentenced to two years’ probation. Beverly and Wiley both worked as preparers at the East St. Louis Tax King in 2013, and both have pled guilty to participating in the conspiracy and filing false returns. In addition to their probation sentences, Beverly was ordered to pay $8,245 restitution and Wiley to pay $13,401.

Four other defendants in the case previously pleaded guilty.

Tallulah, La.: Preparer Frankie Cammack, 48, has received two years in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a tax return containing false information.

Cammack, sentenced on one count of aiding and assisting in making and subscribing a fraudulent and false return, was also ordered to pay $92,339 restitution to the U.S. Treasury.

According to testimony, Cammack prepared 26 returns for eight different taxpayers for tax years 2009 through 2012, all of which contained false information regarding either business expenses or education credits. The false information was used to generate excessive refunds totaling $114,791.

The Internal Revenue Service is getting ready for an onslaught of tax returns arriving by Tax Day, though many taxpayers will be eligible for automatic extensions due to natural disasters.

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Billionaire fights to dock his boat on water behind his house. His 164-foot boat, that is.

The love of the water, and a mega-yacht to enjoy it, is putting one resident at odds with village of north palm beach leaders..

For some people, the ultimate Florida lifestyle is a waterfront house , a private dock and a boat parked next to it. But what if that boat is a mega-yacht , and the mega-yacht stretches 164 feet?

That's the conundrum facing the Village of North Palm Beach.

This tiny community in northern Palm Beach County, with only 13,000 full-time residents, has an identity so tied to the water that a ship's steering wheel is the village's emblem.

But it's that love of the water that is putting one resident at odds with village leaders.

For the past several years, homeowner Michael Bozutto has been battling the village for the right to park his 164-foot Westport, dubbed Honey, behind a home he owns at 932 Shore Drive.

The house, built in 1961, is a one-story, ranch-style property with three bedrooms on a half-acre lot. Bozzuto paid $840,247 for the house in 2014, according to Palm Beach County property records.

Lawsuit rooted in dispute over where to dock mega-yacht

What makes this plain house special is its location. It's on a rare corner bordered on the north and east by navigable waters that provide access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Lake Worth Inlet. The east-facing dock is large enough to accommodate Bozzuto's motor yacht.

Since Bozutto bought Honey for an undisclosed sum a decade ago, he mostly has parked it at the Old Port Cove Marina, near Tiger Woods' 155-foot showy mega-yacht, ironically dubbed Privacy.

More recently, Bozzuto has wanted to park Honey alongside his Shore Drive house, one of four houses he owns in the village. While Bozzuto keeps some personal property at the Shore Drive house, he lives at a house he owns at Harbour Isles Court.

Village officials warned Bozzuto he can't park Honey at 932 Shore Drive because boats can only be parked on docks behind houses that are occupied by the homeowner.

But village rules do not define the word "occupied." For instance, the rules do not state that occupied means the house is a residence where the owner lives. Village rules also contain no restrictions on the size of boats that can be kept at private docks.

After years of pushing back against what he believes are fuzzy rules, Bozzuto in March filed a lawsuit against the village.

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He alleged the municipality is illegally depriving him of his property rights because nothing in the village code prevents him from mooring Honey at his house. He is asking a Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge to rule that he has a constitutional right to dock Honey there.

Gregory Coleman, Bozzuto's West Palm Beach attorney, said the village has plenty of waterfront homes with yachts parked behind them. But Coleman said the village is illegally blocking Bozzuto from docking Honey at his house because the village is bending to pressure from a handful of neighbors who think the boat is too big.

The selective enforcement is wrong, said Coleman, a former president of the Florida Bar.

"He's a very under-the-radar guy who doesn't cause anybody any problems," Coleman said of Bozzuto. "He pays his property taxes, and he wants to be left alone by the village of North Palm Beach. Unfortunately, they are singling Mike out."

Neither Leonard Rubin, the village's longtime attorney, nor Village Manager Chuck Huff responded to requests for comment.

Eric Stettin, a Fort Lauderdale-based attorney who is representing the village in the Bozzuto lawsuit, said he could not comment on pending litigation.

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Coleman's lawsuit describes the conflict as a battle over property rights, but real estate and yachting experts say it's also a sign of the times.

As wealthy new residents pour into the county wanting all the perks of the Sunshine State, they want a boat to go along with their waterfront homes and golf club memberships. Some longtime residents fear Palm Beach County is turning into a playground for billionaires, to the detriment of everyday people who also want to live in sunshine and peace.

This conflict between Old Florida and new money is an ever-present tension, but even seasoned yacht brokers say they've never seen interest in luxury yachts quite as strong as it is now.

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"What we've seen in the marketplace right after COVID in the yachting industry, and especially the superyacht segment, is the most incredible growth ever seen in the history of yachting to date," said Shannon McCoy, a luxury yacht advisor and broker with Worth Avenue Yachts in Palm Beach.

"A lot of people are moving here with serious money," added Pascal Savoy, U.S. managing director of Camper & Nicholsons International yacht brokers in Fort Lauderdale.

While in the past Palm Beach County was not considered lively enough for some buyers, Savoy said the county's growing sophistication is putting it on the map in a way never seen before.

"It's a mini-Monaco for us," Savoy said.

Prices for mega-yachts can range from $18 million to $60 million, or many times that, for the largest and most decked-out mega-yachts, Savoy said.

While some yachts can be glitzy, a 164-foot Westport is considered a more low-profile boat, Savoy added.

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Bozzuto is no newcomer to North Palm Beach. He's been a resident of the village for 20 years.

He is the billionaire owner of a family-owned supermarket wholesaler in Connecticut, and an investor and philanthropist who likes to collect houses and yachts, Coleman said.

In addition to the four North Palm Beach houses and several yachts he owns, Bozzuto in February paid a whopping $31.1 million for a house in the Town of Palm Beach Shores. The house, which has two docks, sits just north of the Palm Beach/Lake Worth Inlet.

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Coleman said there is plenty of room for other boaters to navigate the waterway when Honey is parked at the Shore Drive house in North Palm Beach. And while other people may not have as large a yacht, there are other sizeable yachts parked on docks behind other North Palm Beach homes, too, he added.

At a 2017 village council meeting, then-Mayor Darryl Aubrey commented on the issue, according to the complaint.

"When I didn't live here full time, I had a boat sitting in my dock, I was gone nine months of the year. I don't see how you can say that someone has to be in a residence year-round, seems to be some interpretation of occupant, there would be an enormous number of violations," Aubrey said.

Another member of the village council asked if the village had a definition now, the complaint said.

Rubin, the village attorney, replied: "No, we don't," according to the lawsuit.

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Palm Beach County's waterways run deep, and they are popular

The yacht docking dispute is particularly timely, given the scarcity of dock space for boats of all sizes.

The most convenient place to park a boat is on the water behind a house, brokers say. But not every waterway or channel can accommodate the draft, or depth, of a mega-yacht.

However, the dock behind Bozzuto's Shore Drive house can.

Not only is the Westport not known for its deep hulls, but the waterway also is typical of northern Palm Beach County, which boasts deep water and easy access to the ocean via the Lake Worth Inlet, said Coleman, a lifelong boater.

"In Palm Beach County, they have deeper water, and it allows people to have larger yachts," Savoy agreed.

But not every waterway is deep enough for every boat.

McCoy said she specializes in helping advise potential yacht owners about the county's varied water depths before they buy a house, if they plan to dock their yacht behind it.

If yacht owners don't have a private dock, the other option is a marina. But marina space is hard to find, with many dock berths reserved for months in advance, McCoy said.

Despite the challenges of owning a boat and finding a place to dock it, yacht brokers say demand continues.

They see interest continuing from business executives moving here with their families as they relocate their companies to Palm Beach County. There's also a growing demand for yachts among female buyers, McCoy added.

They also see younger mega-yacht buyers, some even in their early 30s. This is in sharp contrast to the mostly older buyers in the past, Savoy said.

Palm Beach County may not be as go-go as Miami-Dade County when it comes to showy ships, but if interest continues, "it's coming," Savoy said. "You're going to attract bigger yachts."

Put another way: "No one needs a boat, but everyone needs a boat," McCoy said. "It's the ultimate lifestyle."

Alexandra Clough is a business writer and columnist at  The Palm Beach Post . You can reach her at  [email protected] . Twitter:  @acloughpbp .  Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.