Facebook CEO's Kauai neighbors grumble about new wall
By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press
Jun 28, 2016 8:23 PM CDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on Kauai's north shore.

They say the billionaire tech executive began installing the wall about four to six weeks ago.

Retiree Moku Crain said Tuesday the wall looks daunting and forbidding. Crain hopes and expects Zuckerberg will soften the wall's look by planting foliage around it.

But software engineer Brian Catlin says the fence looks nice. He says it's an improvement on the barbed wire fence that was there.

Lindsay Andrews, a spokeswoman for the billionaire's Kauai property operations, says the rock wall is designed to reduce highway and road noise. Andrews says similar walls are routinely used for this purpose. She says the wall follows all rules and regulations.