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struggle4progress

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Fri Mar 24, 2017, 05:01 PM Mar 2017

Neighbors arent loving visits to Palm Beach

Updated March 24, 2017 3:26 PM
By Mike Vogel

... As if residents don’t have enough problems with their eroding beaches and snowbirds clogging their roads and favorite restaurants, they now have Trump regularly swooping in (five of the past seven weekends) and wreaking havoc on their community.

Palm Beach County has paid more than $1 million for security, overtime pay and other Trump-related expenses in the past few months, according to Money.com.

New Yorkers can relate. From Election Day to inauguration, it cost us $24 million to provide security at Trump Tower, and we continue to pay six figures a day to protect first lady Melania Trump and their son, Barron. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of Manhattan has asked Congress to “provide city taxpayers a full reimbursement” ...

Trump mocked President Barack Obama for wasting taxpayers’ money on far fewer trips. But that was yesterday ...


http://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/mar-a-lago-s-neighbors-aren-t-loving-donald-trump-s-visits-to-palm-beach-1.13312370

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Neighbors arent loving visits to Palm Beach (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2017 OP
Trump has no concept of what his footprint is these days MrScorpio Mar 2017 #1
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