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applegrove

(118,636 posts)
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:14 PM Apr 2017

A New Jersey town is panicking because it's about to become Trump's summer getaway

by Dennis Green at Business Insider

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jersey-town-panicking-because-become-151100292.html

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This has residents and business owners in the area concerned about some of the chaos left over from Trump's frequent trips to Palm Beach: protesters, road closures, traffic, enhanced security, funding issues, and the general spectacle of the President of the United States coming to town.

"We're kind of apprehensive, I guess you could say," Nick Strakhov, a Bedminster land-use board member, told Politico. "It's nice to be recognized. But on the other hand, if it gets to be tedious, we might start to complain."

In recent Bedminster Town Hall meetings, concerned citizens have brought the issue to the forefront.

"West Palm Beach is a lot bigger than we are. Those people are a little more affluent than we are. Has there been any thought to that?" resident Jane Schumann told the all-Republican town board in March.


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A New Jersey town is panicking because it's about to become Trump's summer getaway (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2017 OP
At this point, who could blame them for arson. Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #1
Hopefully it will not go that far. Is it near an airport is my worry. applegrove Apr 2017 #2
He'll take a helicopter between Liberty Airport in Newark and his golf course. no_hypocrisy Apr 2017 #3
No but I've heard they close the airports down as AF1 is set to arrive. And his VIP foreign guests applegrove Apr 2017 #4
he doesn't want to be stuck in traffic jams caused by Christie? crazycatlady Apr 2017 #5
Serious ? Is Marine 1 cheaper to use? irisblue Apr 2017 #7
I'm of course not seriously advocating for arson Sculpin Beauregard Apr 2017 #6

no_hypocrisy

(46,088 posts)
3. He'll take a helicopter between Liberty Airport in Newark and his golf course.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:23 PM
Apr 2017

You didn't think for a minute that Trump would allow himself to be stuck on the New Jersey Turnpike, did you?

applegrove

(118,636 posts)
4. No but I've heard they close the airports down as AF1 is set to arrive. And his VIP foreign guests
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:32 PM
Apr 2017

close down the airport again. My sister was on one flight, the pilots get told only when they are in the air that they can't land for a while in Palm Beach. So they flew in all sorts of patterns to slow the arrival of the plane. She was flying from the Canada to Palm Beach. Somehow she saw the Bahamas on her flight.

Sculpin Beauregard

(1,046 posts)
6. I'm of course not seriously advocating for arson
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:35 PM
Apr 2017

but boy howdy, this president is off the charts in terms of malevolence and an expert at inflicting pain on Americans.

So I don't advocate torching his residence while dancing giddily around it, but I sure do understand the fakkin impulse to do so.

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