You can bet the mortgage, in fact you can bet the mortgages on five mansions, that U2's David Evans is going to sue the California Coastal Commission.

On Thursday, the commission smashed up Evans' plans to foul an undeveloped ridge near Malibu with a five-house compound. But Evans, a.k.a. The Edge, is not a man whose guitar gently weeps. No matter how many times he's called a hypocrite, he just keeps bullying foes, determined to have his way.

I thought the Coastal Commission's executive director, Peter Douglas, called it perfectly Thursday:

"In 38 years of this commission's existence, this is one of the three worst projects that I've seen in terms of environmental devastation," Douglas said. "It's a contradiction in terms -– you can't be serious about being an environmentalist and pick this location."

You can if you're a celebrity rock-and-roller with lobbyists, attorneys, architects and flacks telling people you are, in fact, an environmentalist.

Sure, the project is green. But it's in the wrong place.