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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLook what this muthafucker says about the destruction of the East Wing
From NY Magazine... article is free for a limited time (it says)
Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.
In July, Trump promised the project wont interfere with the current building.
Itll be near it but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which Im the biggest fan of.
But that same month, the White House put out a press release that said, The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits.
So understandably, people were caught off-guard when they saw a backhoe tearing through the outer façade of the East Wing on October 20.
And while federal law says the National Capital Planning Commission must vet even relatively minor construction and renovation projects at the White House, the project has not been submitted to the board.
That may sound kind of illegal, and indeed experts have alleged that the White House is violating federal law by moving forward with the ballroom project. But Trump-appointed National Capital Planning Commission chair Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.
But that same month, the White House put out a press release that said, The site of the new ballroom will be where the small, heavily changed, and reconstructed East Wing currently sits.
So understandably, people were caught off-guard when they saw a backhoe tearing through the outer façade of the East Wing on October 20.
And while federal law says the National Capital Planning Commission must vet even relatively minor construction and renovation projects at the White House, the project has not been submitted to the board.
That may sound kind of illegal, and indeed experts have alleged that the White House is violating federal law by moving forward with the ballroom project. But Trump-appointed National Capital Planning Commission chair Will Scharf, who is also a top White House aide, recently claimed the board only has jurisdiction over construction at federal buildings, not destruction.
Trumps White House Ballroom Demolition Will Be Televised https://share.google/HWVDyKRKcAzs7H4KI
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Look what this muthafucker says about the destruction of the East Wing (Original Post)
IcyPeas
Tuesday
OP
I'm sick of him and his team of idiots vent on skirting our laws and institutions. 🤬
Deuxcents
Tuesday
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Deuxcents
(24,481 posts)1. I'm sick of him and his team of idiots vent on skirting our laws and institutions. 🤬
Johonny
(24,920 posts)2. GOP voters have ruined America
Trump and his leech farm are sucking us dry and they don't give a shit. The country is fucking over. A lot of people don't know it, but the protests this weekend show, a fucking whole lot know we're forked.
Sneederbunk
(16,906 posts)3. After Dema take control, they can name it the Obama Ballroom.
Wednesdays
(21,124 posts)4. I doubt Obama would want his name associated with that abomination. nt
JoseBalow
(8,792 posts)5. They can name it the Obama Memorial Ballroom Demolition
as they tear it down to restore the East Wing to it's original pre-drumpf condition.