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Old 01-26-2020, 10:47 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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"For many, it seems like a betrayal.

The decision to pack up and move the National Archives at Seattle to Southern California and Kansas City, Missouri, has rattled those who have spent hours doing research in the mammoth facility.

A panel charged with looking at ways to trim federal properties deemed excess has recommended the 73-year-old building and its 10-acre site be sold. The U.S. Office of Management and the Budget (OMB) agreed and announced its decision late Friday that the facility should be closed.

“I’m deeply disappointed that OMB failed to heed bipartisan Congressional requests & approved selling #Seattle’s archives facility w/out engaging state & local officials & affected communities as required by law,” tweeted Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the Democrat whose 7th Congressional District includes the Sand Point archives property. “We must get answers about why the law wasn’t followed in this case.”

The move comes despite a letter sent Friday to the OMB by all senators from Washington, Alaska, Oregon and Idaho, and eight of the 10 Washington state representatives to Congress. The letter concluded the recommendation to close the archives “was flawed” and should be rejected."

Article here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...s-in-4-states/
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Old 01-27-2020, 08:35 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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More robbing of the federal budget to fund giveaways to the rich. Why, when supposedly the economy is "booming" (or at least the stock market is, if not the hordes of homeless and the unemployed non-homeless), would it be necessary to "trim" federal properties? Didn't His Orangeness already trim the federal budget after taking office, by refusing to appoint ambassadors and to fill other State Department and embassy positions? Why does the economic "boom" continue to behave like a bust?
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Old 01-27-2020, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Seattle
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Just wondering out loud. The OMB (U.S. Office of Management and the Budget) is controlling the decision about the National Archives in Seattle here, directly against clear and bipartisan Congressional requests. This is the same OMB Trump ordered to delay funds to Ukraine. No secret of Trump's disdain for the "blueness" of Seattle, wonder if there was vindictiveness involved on any level. I wouldn't put it past him.
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Old 01-27-2020, 11:38 AM
 
Location: State of Transition
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Just wondering out loud. The OMB (U.S. Office of Management and the Budget) is controlling the decision about the National Archives in Seattle here, directly against clear and bipartisan Congressional requests. This is the same OMB Trump ordered to delay funds to Ukraine. No secret of Trump's disdain for the "blueness" of Seattle, wonder if there was vindictiveness involved on any level. I wouldn't put it past him.
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Old 01-27-2020, 12:00 PM
 
Location: King County, WA
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Originally Posted by homesinseattle View Post
Just wondering out loud. The OMB (U.S. Office of Management and the Budget) is controlling the decision about the National Archives in Seattle here, directly against clear and bipartisan Congressional requests. This is the same OMB Trump ordered to delay funds to Ukraine. No secret of Trump's disdain for the "blueness" of Seattle, wonder if there was vindictiveness involved on any level. I wouldn't put it past him.
I wondered about that, but DJT has a greater disdain for California.
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Old 01-27-2020, 12:07 PM
 
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More robbing of the federal budget to fund giveaways to the rich. Why, when supposedly the economy is "booming" (or at least the stock market is, if not the hordes of homeless and the unemployed non-homeless), would it be necessary to "trim" federal properties? Didn't His Orangeness already trim the federal budget after taking office, by refusing to appoint ambassadors and to fill other State Department and embassy positions? Why does the economic "boom" continue to behave like a bust?

Hear hear
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