Here's how to stop construction of the grand ballroom

[Orange Buffoon]

To all:
The National Capital Planning Commission has scheduled its final vote on approving President Trump’s grand ballroom project for April 2, having delayed it from March 5 because of the tremendous public comment it has received. The commission is stacked with Trump cronies. The New York Times published a two-page spread in its paper edition today detailing the architectural details of the project and the commission’s rescheduled vote. I have written the following letter and mailed it by regular mail to the commission; I will also, on the opening of the comment period at noon on Mar. 16, send it through the online portal (the NCPC’s preferred method, although I think flooding the mails will be more impressive). Please take a moment to write your own letter and likewise submit it. Turning aside this ill-considered project depends on a mass outpouring of condemnation. Thanks for your consideration. Here are the commission’s address and phone number: National Capital Planning Commission, 401 9th St. NW, #500N, Washington, DC 20004. Ph. [phone].

Written comments can also be submitted through the online portal, beginning at 12 p.m. on March 16th. Instructions are here: https://www.ncpc.gov/participate/guidelines/#:~:text=The%20NCPC%20welcomes%20public%20comment%20on%20items,meetings%20Meetings%20are%20live%2Dstreamed%2C%20videotaped%2C%20and%20transcribed.

Here is what I wrote, for better or worse:

To the National Capital Planning Commission:
This unsightly project is just another example of President Trump forcing his will on the American people for something they do not want. The American people liked the White House the way it was, before Trump moved in with bulldozers in the dead of night—illegally, without following rules or the normal required procedures, the way he does everything. The American people were aghast at the destruction of their sacred seat of government. They do not want this monstrosity, this outsized gaudy edifice to Trump’s towering ego. They view it with revulsion. Please in your ruling side with the sentiments of the American people—who overwhelmingly have expressed their condemnation of a project that, from the beginning, has flouted constitutional legality. Of the 32,000 comments that you have received from the public on this project, 98 percent have been negative. Only 1 percent have been positive (NY Times, March 7, p. A12). You have the power to bring a halt to this travesty. Do not neglect your duty to do so out of a desire to “please the boss.” History is watching.