thomas heffledorf , sr. , owner of pacific grande realty and the wealthiest man in imperial beach ; thomas heffledorf , sr. , who owned a tremendous , gaudy , pink-and-yellow mansion on the beach , just a couple of hundred feet from the pier ; thomas heffledorf , sr. , whose money and power had cowed imperial beachs city council into a permanent , salivating silence ; thomas heffledorf , sr. , who enjoyed cruising up and down seacoast drive in fancy sports cars and rolls royces ; thomas heffledorf , sr. , who was the local papers lone editorialist , and who wrote nothing but encomia for extreme right-wing causes and beliefs ; thomas heffledorf , sr. , who , like his son , bullied all those less fortunate than himand who took great delight in it .