caring for environment, public = "elitist"

environmental groups join together to stop development of an "irreplaceable wildlife habitat" north of escondido by millionaire land owners. the millionaires' lawyer, who i'm sure is quite wealthy himself, had this to say about those hippie environmentalists who might actually be looking out for the public and the environment:

“Guejito is prepared to give a very substantial portion of the property to public access, but we're not prepared to give up everything or sell it at a devalued price to elitist environmental groups,” Hank Rupp, lawyer for the Rodney Co., said yesterday.

according to wikipedia, an elitist includes someone of great wealth whose views on a matter are to be taken the most seriously. given that mr. rupp is telling us what his clients are going to do with their land - which is part of the public domain - it's ironic that mr. rupp chooses to use this term, when he and his clients are in fact the elitists.