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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMar-a-Lago Gets $600,000 Security Upgrade on Taxpayers' Dime
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
US To Pay For $580K Security Upgrade At Mar-A-Lago
October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021
Mar-a-Lago Gets $600,000 Security Upgrade on Taxpayers Dime
THATS RICH
Justin Rohrlich
Reporter
Published Oct. 15, 2021 4:18PM ET
For a private club whose owner boasts the property offers the best of everything, Mar-a-Lagos security systems apparently arent quite up to par. A $580,600 Secret Service contract awarded in August to a construction contractor based in Arkansas states its purpose is TO PROVIDE MAR-A-LAGO WITH A PHYSICAL SECURITY BUILD-OUT UPGRADE, according to federal procurement records. The contract goes through July 28, 2022, and was awarded without a competitive bidding process; the cost, naturally, will be borne by U.S. taxpayers.
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THATS RICH
Justin Rohrlich
Reporter
Published Oct. 15, 2021 4:18PM ET
For a private club whose owner boasts the property offers the best of everything, Mar-a-Lagos security systems apparently arent quite up to par. A $580,600 Secret Service contract awarded in August to a construction contractor based in Arkansas states its purpose is TO PROVIDE MAR-A-LAGO WITH A PHYSICAL SECURITY BUILD-OUT UPGRADE, according to federal procurement records. The contract goes through July 28, 2022, and was awarded without a competitive bidding process; the cost, naturally, will be borne by U.S. taxpayers.
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Mar-a-Lago Gets $600,000 Security Upgrade on Taxpayers' Dime (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2021
OP
Vinca
(50,170 posts)1. He's going to grift us until his last, dying breath.
Champp
(2,114 posts)2. Republican casino hustler hustles US taxpayers yet again
How many millions did we have to pay for this ungrateful Republican "bilionaire" to play gourmet golf at our expense?
samplegirl
(11,415 posts)3. I had a guy tell me Biden's gonna make us go
Broke.
MissMillie
(38,456 posts)4. SOP... seriously, this isn't anything to to complain about
I'm sure it's done for every former occupant of the White House.
nuxvomica
(12,365 posts)5. I don't mind if it includes bars on the windows
I think the former president should have maximum security around him.
samnsara
(17,570 posts)6. lets hope this is to keep trump** IN
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)7. The taker keeps on taking.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)8. The Grift Will Never Die. Can someone please write a folk song about that?