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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

Hey look they made something green again on purpose

Anonymous wrote:It's going ot be so expensive to fix literally everything after he's gone.

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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 wrote:why is it black under the algae?

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Anonymous wrote:Picture from today. It’s now green with algae:

Look algae was likely going to bloom anyway but making the pool darker = more absorbed heat. Algae like heat. More absorbed heat = faster algae growth.

Good luck explaining science to the Trump administration.

I mean "put a sheet of black paper and a sheet of white paper in the sun and see which is hotter in 10 minutes" is preschool science, but here we are.

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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

Hey look they made something green again on purpose