Friday, July 31, 2015

Maybe they can get a grant from the Clinton Foundation

Mark Lungariello writes at lohud.com,
CHAPPAQUA – Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino walked up to the gated entrance to the Clinton home in this leafy hamlet on Friday, telling the guard he wanted to see Hillary.
Astorino, a Republican, had summoned reporters to the cul-de-sac outside the home of the Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State to draw attention to Westchester's fight with federal officials over an affordable housing settlement. He said he planned to ask Clinton if she thought the town she lives in is discriminatory. The county executive lashed out at the federal government for threatening penalties this week against Westchester for violating the terms of the 2009 settlement, a claim the county denies. Astorino, sounding a familiar refrain, said the federal government wants to dismantle zoning and go as far as building apartments in single-family-home neighborhoods. “This isn’t alarmist,” he said. “This is happening right here in Westchester County and if you live in Texas, if you live in Ohio, if you live in Florida, if you live in Maine — wherever you live in the United States — you are next.” Read more here.

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