Brickbat: No Hope

'The Ghost Breakers'

In her will, Dolores Hope directed that the home she shared for many years with her husband actor Bob Hope be sold and the proceeds given to a charity they founded. Linda Hope, their daughter, wants to do that. But she's fighting an effort by Los Angeles City Councilman David Ryu to have the property declared a cultural landmark. Ryu says he fears part of the house might be destroyed without the designation.