Had this been Obama's or Clinton's project, all would have been well and good, even to the point of using government funds. Who could disagree with that? TD
"The White House ballroom has run into some legal setbacks, which are far from resolved. But now we can report that one other procedural hurdle has been surmounted; the National Capital Planning Commission has officially approved the plans for President Trump's White House project.
The commission, which is led by Trump appointees, met last month to evaluate the plans and public comments, many of which were negative. Critics have blasted the project as "appalling," a "monstrosity" and "vulgar" in the public comments.
Will Scharf, the Trump-appointed commission chair, said he personally read every comment submitted to the commission and many of the negative ones were "unresponsive" and "dealt with issues beyond the scope of this commission," such as the ballroom's funding, the demolition process and Trump.
"Considering issues of this sort is not within our mandate," he said. "We are not some sort of free-ranging ballroom justice commission."
"We can only imagine what kind of Trump Derangement Syndrome-inspired comments Mr. Sharf had to read through; full credit to him for taking on that unpleasant task, presumably to make sure every procedural T was crossed and I dotted.
"One other commissioner objected to the proposed size of the ballroom:" . . .More...
Ward Clark hails from Alaska’s Susitna Valley, where he maintains his rural household in one of America’s last free places. Ward is a twelve-year veteran of the U.S. Army, including service in Operation Desert Storm and (in Germany in support of) Operation Joint Endeavor, and today is a staunch minarchist libertarian, along with being an author, novelist, self-employed small businessman, woods bum, and semi-professional bad influence.
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