Bowser could have stopped the East Wing demolition and chose not to

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Anonymous wrote:The DC municipal government has no jurisdiction over the WH grounds. They can’t even enter the property without an invite.

wtf are you talking about OP?

Exactly. This whole thread is ridiculous.

The White House is subject to the city's environmental regulations. You think the administration can just do anything it wants? You think they could set up an oil refinery on the South Lawn and no one could say boo?

Federal enclaves are exempt from any local regulations. Yeah, they could.

Oh stop. Even Bowser's own advisers are pissed she's looking the other way on this.

Is it because they’re excellent muni lawyers, or because they’re dumb and angry?

The entire Department of Energy and Environment is really unhappy with the mayor.

And yet, DOEE has zero jurisdiction over the white house.

Of course, it has jurisdiction. It would be pretty weird if our air quality laws didn't apply to federal lands, given the massive amount of federal land in DC.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DC municipal government has no jurisdiction over the WH grounds. They can’t even enter the property without an invite.

wtf are you talking about OP?[/quote]
Exactly. This whole thread is ridiculous.[/quote]

The White House is subject to the city's environmental regulations. You think the administration can just do anything it wants? You think they could set up an oil refinery on the South Lawn and no one could say boo?[/quote]

Federal enclaves are exempt from any local regulations. Yeah, they could. [/quote]

Oh stop. Even Bowser's own advisers are pissed she's looking the other way on this. [/quote]

Is it because they’re excellent muni lawyers, or because they’re dumb and angry?[/quote]

The entire Department of Energy and Environment is really unhappy with the mayor. [/quote]

And yet, DOEE has zero jurisdiction over the white house.[/quote]

Of course, it has jurisdiction. It would be pretty weird if our air quality laws didn't apply to federal lands, given the massive amount of federal land in DC. [/quote]

You sweet summer child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asbestos causes cancer and when you raze a building full of asbestos, you scatter it into the air, exposing people all around. It's why we have lots and lots of regulations about it. It would have been great if Bowser could have at least warned the public about this. But that would have required her to admit she allowing Trump to ignore her regulations, so she chose to stay silent.

You think Trump called her BEFORE he destroyed The People’s House? hahahahahahahahaha

I’m now convinced that this faux concern is all about stirring things up to get Trump to focus his racist ass power tripping nastiness on yet another Black professional with power / Black female professional with power. You can’t articulate exactly what Bowser should do — just that she should do SOMETHING to somehow contain the dementor. Why aren’t you, instead, complaining about the dementor? smh

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Asbestos causes cancer and when you raze a building full of asbestos, you scatter it into the air, exposing people all around. It's why we have lots and lots of regulations about it. It would have been great if Bowser could have at least warned the public about this. But that would have required her to admit she allowing Trump to ignore her regulations, so she chose to stay silent.

You think Trump called her BEFORE he destroyed The People’s House? hahahahahahahahaha

I’m now convinced that this faux concern is all about stirring things up to get Trump to focus his racist ass power tripping nastiness on yet another Black professional with power / Black female professional with power. You can’t articulate exactly what Bowser should do — just that she should do SOMETHING to somehow contain the dementor. Why aren’t you, instead, complaining about the dementor? smh

Seems like the very least Bowser could have done was warn the public that the White House was spreading carcinogens in the air, in an area where there are tens of thousands of people every day. The Bowser folks knew immediately this was happening. They send people over to take pictures of the project as soon as it began.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Asbestos causes cancer and when you raze a building full of asbestos, you scatter it into the air, exposing people all around. It's why we have lots and lots of regulations about it. It would have been great if Bowser could have at least warned the public about this. But that would have required her to admit she allowing Trump to ignore her regulations, so she chose to stay silent.

You think Trump called her BEFORE he destroyed The People’s House? hahahahahahahahaha

I’m now convinced that this faux concern is all about stirring things up to get Trump to focus his racist ass power tripping nastiness on yet another Black professional with power / Black female professional with power. You can’t articulate exactly what Bowser should do — just that she should do SOMETHING to somehow contain the dementor. Why aren’t you, instead, complaining about the dementor? smh

Seems like the very least Bowser could have done was warn the public that the White House was spreading carcinogens in the air, in an area where there are tens of thousands of people every day. The Bowser folks knew immediately this was happening. They send people over to take pictures of the project as soon as it began.

Seems like Trump could have followed appropriate procedures and the Feds — unless all of them were fired — could have warned the public that their behavior was endangering the public. Let the people running the show take accountability for their own actions. Isn’t that what the party of personal responsibility claims to espouse?

It’s a federal problem created by federal impulsivity and deliberate negligence on federal property, in what they like to call the federal district . Feds should have informed the tens of thousands of people impacted. They broke it —they own it.
I guess Bowser could have called out the DC National Guard to help with the situation, but… Oh, wait! Your boy views spreading carcinogens as potential future real estate opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Asbestos causes cancer and when you raze a building full of asbestos, you scatter it into the air, exposing people all around. It's why we have lots and lots of regulations about it. It would have been great if Bowser could have at least warned the public about this. But that would have required her to admit she allowing Trump to ignore her regulations, so she chose to stay silent.

You think Trump called her BEFORE he destroyed The People’s House? hahahahahahahahaha

I’m now convinced that this faux concern is all about stirring things up to get Trump to focus his racist ass power tripping nastiness on yet another Black professional with power / Black female professional with power. You can’t articulate exactly what Bowser should do — just that she should do SOMETHING to somehow contain the dementor. Why aren’t you, instead, complaining about the dementor? smh

Seems like the very least Bowser could have done was warn the public that the White House was spreading carcinogens in the air, in an area where there are tens of thousands of people every day. The Bowser folks knew immediately this was happening. They send people over to take pictures of the project as soon as it began.

Seems like Trump could have followed appropriate procedures and the Feds — unless all of them were fired — could have warned the public that their behavior was endangering the public. Let the people running the show take accountability for their own actions. Isn’t that what the party of personal responsibility claims to espouse?

It’s a federal problem created by federal impulsivity and deliberate negligence on federal property, in what they like to call the federal district . Feds should have informed the tens of thousands of people impacted. They broke it —they own it.
I guess Bowser could have called out the DC National Guard to help with the situation, but… Oh, wait! Your boy views spreading carcinogens as potential future real estate opportunities.

Obviously, Trump should have followed the law. Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Trump is a giant *sshole who doesn't care about anyone except himself. I don't understand why that excuses Bowser from having to warn the public about a health hazard in the middle of the city. She didn't say boo because she didn't want to admit that she was giving Trump a pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Asbestos causes cancer and when you raze a building full of asbestos, you scatter it into the air, exposing people all around. It's why we have lots and lots of regulations about it. It would have been great if Bowser could have at least warned the public about this. But that would have required her to admit she allowing Trump to ignore her regulations, so she chose to stay silent.

You think Trump called her BEFORE he destroyed The People’s House? hahahahahahahahaha

I’m now convinced that this faux concern is all about stirring things up to get Trump to focus his racist ass power tripping nastiness on yet another Black professional with power / Black female professional with power. You can’t articulate exactly what Bowser should do — just that she should do SOMETHING to somehow contain the dementor. Why aren’t you, instead, complaining about the dementor? smh

Seems like the very least Bowser could have done was warn the public that the White House was spreading carcinogens in the air, in an area where there are tens of thousands of people every day. The Bowser folks knew immediately this was happening. They send people over to take pictures of the project as soon as it began.

Seems like Trump could have followed appropriate procedures and the Feds — unless all of them were fired — could have warned the public that their behavior was endangering the public. Let the people running the show take accountability for their own actions. Isn’t that what the party of personal responsibility claims to espouse?

It’s a federal problem created by federal impulsivity and deliberate negligence on federal property, in what they like to call the federal district . Feds should have informed the tens of thousands of people impacted. They broke it —they own it.
I guess Bowser could have called out the DC National Guard to help with the situation, but… Oh, wait! Your boy views spreading carcinogens as potential future real estate opportunities.

Obviously, Trump should have followed the law. Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Trump is a giant *sshole who doesn't care about anyone except himself. I don't understand why that excuses Bowser from having to warn the public about a health hazard in the middle of the city. She didn't say boo because she didn't want to admit that she was giving Trump a pass.

Oh yes, I’ve noticed. And the more it’s on the Feds to own their destructiveness, the more everyone else will notice it too. The Feds should have made any warnings about hazards — especially hazards that they created.

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DC law does not apply to the federal government. Neither does state law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC law does not apply to the federal government. Neither does state law.

You need a permit from the city to remove asbestos.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC law does not apply to the federal government. Neither does state law.

You need a permit from the city to remove asbestos.

Not on federal property.

If this were true, DC could shut down Congress and the Whitehouse for asbestos inspections.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC law does not apply to the federal government. Neither does state law.

You need a permit from the city to remove asbestos.

Not on federal property.

If this were true, DC could shut down Congress and the Whitehouse for asbestos inspections.

It is true. Which is why there was a huge debate inside the Bowser administration about what to do about it. It went all the way up to the mayor who decided not to confront the White House about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The DC municipal government has no jurisdiction over the WH grounds. They can’t even enter the property without an invite.

wtf are you talking about OP?

Not true. There was a big debate within the Bowser administration about this. Many were upset that Bowser chose to do nothing.

NP. Can someone please some receipts for this.

[Anonymous]

I'm pp, I really find it hard to believe that Bowser wouldn't have leaked it to the press. So far, we know that Stewart McLaurin at the White House Historical Association knew beforehand, and he told me they have all the furnishing and paintings in storage. But, who else knew. I haven't seen anything aside from him.

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Anonymous wrote:"Permits? We don't need no stinkin permits!"

They really don't. OSHA doesn't apply at federal sites either. Neat, huh?

It's true that OSHA only has jurisdiction over non-governmental entities, but it's not true that nothing in Federal government has no justification over any other part of Federal government.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DC municipal government has no jurisdiction over the WH grounds. They can’t even enter the property without an invite.

wtf are you talking about OP?

Exactly. This whole thread is ridiculous.

The White House is subject to the city's environmental regulations. You think the administration can just do anything it wants? You think they could set up an oil refinery on the South Lawn and no one could say boo?

Federal enclaves are exempt from any local regulations. Yeah, they could.

Oh stop. Even Bowser's own advisers are pissed she's looking the other way on this.

Is it because they’re excellent muni lawyers, or because they’re dumb and angry?

The entire Department of Energy and Environment is really unhappy with the mayor.

Because they have TDS, or do they have a real statutory/regulatory basis

Jeebus. These are the city's experts on these laws. They helped write the laws. I think they have a pretty good grasp of where they have jurisdiction.

I agree that those with expertise in this area have a good grasp. I disagree that those with a good grasp are those objecting.

If the President can do whatever he wants regardless of legal authority, the Mayor can do so also