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High price of Florida visits irk Trump resort's neighbors
AFP, republished by Yahoo! Fake News ^ | 3/29/17 | Leila Macor

Posted on 03/30/2017 4:56:22 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Since Donald Trump took office and dubbed his Florida estate the "Winter White House," local authorities have been demanding he reimburse the county for the high cost of his visits.

Now, they say he should pay up or just stop coming

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: fakenews; hypocrisy; maralago; media; tds
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s trumps fault... he should have gone to Martha’s Vinyard


21 posted on 03/30/2017 5:33:19 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: mewzilla

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/trump-russia-intelligence-need-to-know-214520
written by Dr Evelyn Farkas


22 posted on 03/30/2017 5:45:34 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: SoFloFreeper
local authorities have been demanding he reimburse the county for the high cost of his visits.

Now, they say he should pay up or just stop coming


But, but, the 'local authorities' would let obamma snarl traffic.
local arseholes!

23 posted on 03/30/2017 5:45:51 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Did they interview people on Oahu or Martha’s Vineyard when the Obama Clan touched down?


24 posted on 03/30/2017 5:47:48 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey

Palm Beach County, is as liberal as it gets politically, so, when it whines, it means nothing, and has no impact!!!

Fact is the Trump visits to Florida bring mega bucks into the local economy of Palm Beach county!!! Oh well, the Democrat, liberal idiots and fools are not too bright, upstairs!!!


25 posted on 03/30/2017 5:51:01 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Trump works 10+ hours a day, 7 days a week. He needs as much relaxation as he can get.


26 posted on 03/30/2017 5:52:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: pas

Every other weekend at most...and he links it to a meeting or rally at another Southern location.


27 posted on 03/30/2017 5:55:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Did they interview people on Oahu or Martha’s Vineyard when the Obama Clan touched down?

Did they do that weekly?

28 posted on 03/30/2017 5:57:26 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SoFloFreeper

Can’t the local government just say no? In the immigration fight they are saying that the federal government can’t force the state and local government to do anything, how is this different?

I also think that either the secret service requirements or local decisions and/or the estimates being used for additional costs are wrong. How had the fire department racked up $1.7 million for 5 weekends?

If I divide 1.7 million by $50/per hour (assumption on average wage for firefighter or paramedic) I get 34,000 hours. If you take the five weekends that he has been there estimating 96 hours of duty time for those visits that needs to be filled, that works out to at least 70 additional people working each weekend.

1.7 million/50 = 34000/480 (hours in 5 4 day weekend) = 70.83 personnel around the clock for 4 days. There are probably some additional costs for operation of equipment but that should be negligible.

I call BS.


29 posted on 03/30/2017 6:24:03 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: SMARTY

And in the winter.


30 posted on 03/30/2017 6:28:59 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: SoFloFreeper
“These crybabies are angry he is coming to his OWN PROPERTY.”.........

Yet odumbo and his family regularly traveled the world on our dime and not a word was said about the $70+ million those trips cost, not to mention the ‘official’ campaigning jaunts he took to play golf. What the whiners are mad about is Trump is NOT spending any money nor contributing to the local economy while they forget about all the money spent by Trump's supporting staff. Let them whine.

31 posted on 03/30/2017 6:33:26 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: DoodleDawg

The Kennedy Compound on Palm Beach was more disruptive to traffic flow when Kennedy was in office. Mar a Lago is less difficult to control as it is virtually on the exit of a bridge. Too many Neu Yawkers in P.B. now. Not the same place it used to be.


32 posted on 03/30/2017 6:48:28 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Complaining like they did when the O entourage went all over the globe?


33 posted on 03/30/2017 6:51:09 AM PDT by jch10 (President Trump, President Trump, President Trump! I just love saying that!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

So much butt hurt, still! If Trump stayed away they would whine that they were being shunned. Trump can do no good with Hillary supporters. Might as well accept that and get on with making America great again!


34 posted on 03/30/2017 6:54:24 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: DoodleDawg

If memory serves, one, uh woman, used to stand in a ditch outside the place...

How she got smoothies delivered to her in that ditch I have no idea...

35 posted on 03/30/2017 6:59:31 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: DoodleDawg

Does one think Texas would really “cuck-a-doodle-doo” if this were in one its urban area(s)?


36 posted on 03/30/2017 7:06:57 AM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey
Does one think Texas would really “cuck-a-doodle-doo” if this were in one its urban area(s)?

If it was a weekly event and was costing the city and county millions in extra expenses and the businesses in the area hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue then yes, I expect that they would be complaining. Texas or no.

37 posted on 03/30/2017 7:14:05 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SoFloFreeper

I guess those snowflakes would much rather see the entire POTUS clan travel to Mexico, each person in a different jet with their own security detail, reserving an entire hotel for a couple of weeks, all at taxpayer expense? After all, we heard not one complaint from the LSM about the O’DumDum’s family’s extravagances, did we?


38 posted on 03/30/2017 7:15:08 AM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Trump didn’t dub it the Winter WH, the original owner did. Perhaps these so called reporters need to research just a wee little bit before they repeat lies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago - is an estate and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post. Post envisioned the house as a future winter retreat for American presidents and foreign dignitaries, and following her death in 1973, it was bequeathed to the nation. However, successive presidents declined to use the mansion, which was returned to Post’s estate in 1980 and in 1985 was purchased by Donald Trump, later 45th President of the United States.


39 posted on 03/30/2017 7:59:44 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: DoodleDawg
In fairness to Texas, the Bush ranch was in a rural area

Few probably remember Lyndon Johnson had the tax payers build an airport sufficient to handle Air Force One on his Ranch.

40 posted on 03/30/2017 10:53:07 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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