Trump gets an important backer in his bid to live at Mar-a-Lago

[Zorro]

Some of the neighbors don’t want him around.

But former president Donald Trump just found a big ally in his quest to call his Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, home during his post-presidency.

According to a memorandum obtained by The Washington Post, an attorney for the town of Palm Beach is recommending that the town’s council allow Trump to live at the club, even though he signed an agreement in the early 1990s changing the property from a residence to a private club. If the council follows the town attorney’s advice, it would be a blow to a loosely affiliated group of neighbors, preservationists and attorneys who have argued that Trump is prohibited from living at the iconic, nearly century-old estate that he had referred to as his “winter White House.”

The memo represents the first time that a town official has formally weighed in on a nettlesome issue that has threatened to complicate Trump’s ex-presidency. The legal opinion is the latest step in a year-long dispute that could force a decision by town officials who have been reluctant to take a formal position. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residency could be raised before the town council at its two-day meeting next week, possibly as soon as Tuesday — the same day Trump’s Senate impeachment trial begins in Washington.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trump-mar-a-lago-residence-legal-dispute/2021/02/02/39cc193c-65a2-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html

[SoonerPride]

1. He can live there. But take away the club's liquor license. As a private residence he can't have one

Close the club and return it to a private residence.

It can't be both.

[2naSalit]

5. He won't like it if he can't milk it for cash...

Is there something in the water down there or the air..?

I've been to Florida a few times in my life, I don't get it.

[PatSeg]

8. There you go

There sounds fair and reasonable!

[Faux pas]

2. Once again

he doesn't have to honor an agreement.

[spanone]

3. No rules apply to this miscreant

[KPN]

4. What are the odds the town's attorney has a shady deal with the Loser?

[Irish_Dem]

7. I always assumed bribes would handle this situation for Trump.

[crickets]

9. +1

[BlueNProud]

6. Who gives a f***

sick of this pos and his endless drama and conflict and lawsuits.

[GemDigger]

10. The people in FL do. I do simply because the ass gets away with everything.

More than half the country is sick of him but he isn't going away. Turning a blind eye to him is just asking for a sucker punch.

[BlueNProud]

11. He's gotta live somewhere. If it ain't a correctional facility than it might as well be FL.

Just stay away from NYC.

[GemDigger]

12. An agreement is an agreement.

He can stay in FL, but in this instance he just can't live where he wants to.