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TreasonousBastard

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1. Since the place is an overgrown mess and the sign is falling down, it has been suggested...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 05:06 AM

Jan 2019

that it stay just the way it is as the ultimate monument.

He bought the land to build a golf course, but the neighbors stopped him, so he donated the land to the state as a park. No doubt he took a deduction bigger than the 2 million he paid for it.

When the state wouldn't take proper care of it (he donated no money for upkeep) he wanted it back. NY told him to shove it.

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State lawmakers again trying to remove Trump name from park [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP

Since the place is an overgrown mess and the sign is falling down, it has been suggested... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #1

Yes, I recall the story and I also posted about it in the New York Group. TexasTowelie Jan 2019 #2

A $100M deduction for a $2 million property? How WePurrsevere Jan 2019 #3

Here is the thread from two years ago that I recalled posting: TexasTowelie Jan 2019 #4

Thanks! I'm sorry, yes, fraud is the correct word. nt WePurrsevere Jan 2019 #5