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Trump’s Mar-a-Lago neighbor owns company behind Reflecting Pool humiliation
When Patronage Cleans the PoolPower Decides, Then ExplainsThe New York Times reported that the National Park Service handed a $1.7 million no-bid contract to Greenwater Services to clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, despite the usual competitive-bidding process. The company’s ownership ties back to John J. Cafaro, a Trump donor and Mar-a-Lago neighbor. A second no-bid contract, worth $14.7 million, went to another firm for related work, and parts of the new blue coating later appeared to detach and float to the surface.Who Actually Had the PowerThe key decision was not made by a…
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