Paul Wellman

Goodbye Texas, hello Gaviota: Texas native Randy Welty has drawn the ire of neighbors and environmentalists alike for his plans to build a house longer than a football field near Farren Road on the Gaviota Coast. Famous throughout Southern California for his formidable strip club empire and notorious lawsuit against the City of San Bernardino, Welty and his wife, Lynn Ballantyne, proved successful in their bid to have their dream home approved this week.