So is anyone in Congress going to tell Trump the reflecting pool….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

I would like to see some proof of that.

As for what happened under the Obama administration - the pool had cracked and was leaking, and losing 500,000 gallons of water a weak. Because it didn't have a circulation system, it needed draining, cleaning, and refilling twice a year. And even with that, it would stink because of goose poop, and assorted debris.

The Department of Interior repaired the pool and installed a new circulation system as well as a new filtration system and pilings. They had also catalogued the 580 granite stones that edged the pool in 1920s, and put them back into place.

This is not at all the same thing as a no-bid contract given to one of Trump's cronies with no experience with restoring historical structures, or paying him $13 million for a paint job to make it look like a swimming pool and not a reflecting pool.

I.e., nothing got fixed or restored. It's going to be gunked back up in a couple weeks.

Absolutely, it'll be a mess in a few days, the pool is now a symbol and therefore a target.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

It is an HGTV Reno meaning it looks good, but it will fall apart in weeks, so I do have a problem with the vanity projects. They aren’t done correctly and will look HORRIBLE in a very short period of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

It is an HGTV Reno meaning it looks good, but it will fall apart in weeks, so I do have a problem with the vanity projects. They aren’t done correctly and will look HORRIBLE in a very short period of time.

Touche'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember when NYC Mayor Ed Koch called Trump to renovate Wollman Skating Rink because after six years, the project had been bungled by everyone who tried? Took Trump a few months and he did it for zero profit.

Girl, you are straight lying. If I recall history correctly, Trump reached out to the local news, bragging that he could do a better job than the then-contractors whose costs were overrun by millions of dollars and poor work performance. Trump begged Koch to give him a chance at no cost to the city, for all Trump wanted in return were the keys to the rink and 20-years of all the proceeds from the concession stands. went to the local news. Trump made millions on this deal. Trump lied and said he would then contribute the proceeds to charity. Koch accepted the deal, but not one charity received a penny from that deal. It has been well established that the now-defunct Trump Organization Charity was a laundering front and did not provide any money to help others beyond Trump, his family, and his friends. This skating rink made Donald Trump. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/04/skating-rink-was-trump-s/33345366007/

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

It wasn't a vanity project MF'ER. The copper pipes were being stolen every night and it was plagued by a host of problems until Trump fixed it. That happened whether you like it or not.

Your quest for approvals are ignored because everyone knows you just setup roadblocks and process to stop any progress. He's going around bureaucrats and the DNC establishment. Good!

Go back to your daddy (Stephen Miller).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As anyone who owns a swimming pool knows, you can just scoop out the algae and then it’s all fixed and it won’t grow back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

The big posters of his swollen face with swollen eyelids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

I saw that. Huge. Who did that without the capital police catching them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

Yesssss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

Yesssss

Amazing! Wonder how they pulled that off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

Which vanity projects are making the city look better???

the giant 8647 burned into the grass on the mall between the washington monument and WW2 memorial.

Yesssss

they must be signalling the antifa sleeper cells.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems as if all the pearl clutching about the reflecting pool was for naught.

Even liberals who see it are impressed. Just like all the other monuments and fountains Trump has cleaned up.

A reminder of how the renovation of the reflecting pool went with Obama:

PP, you don't know the difference between a repair and a renovation. A renovation is a vanity project based on desire. A repair is a necessity based on a requirement. The REPAIRS Obama received APPROVAL from Congress to use to add structural linings, upgrade the infiltration process, reduce the algae, and repair cracks. Now I don't have a problem with Trump's vanity projects because they make the city look better. My problem is the sole source contracting to friends and family at costs well beyond industry norm. Who is getting the kickback?

It is an HGTV Reno meaning it looks good, but it will fall apart in weeks, so I do have a problem with the vanity projects. They aren’t done correctly and will look HORRIBLE in a very short period of time.

I think that's the whole point, they are *expensive* but it's obvious the money isn't really going into the actual project.