Why do you think it's political and what would "rich beach home owners" have to do with it?

I doubt that the pilot was trying to be political. He was an idiot with an airplane who has a history of buzzing. We'll probably see him on the news in a couple of days whining about how unfair the FAA is treating him.

And the minimum altitude above a gathering of people is 1000ft. Most folks consider this to mean over cities and towns but it also applies to crowded beaches. It's 500ft out in sparsely populated areas.

Harvey