“California state senator Scott Wiener’s office estimated this week that rebuilding the property would cost over $2bn”
Yeah no this isn’t worth it at all lol. Even if it was cheaper I’d be against it.
flyingbookman on
I hear that ballrooms cost more than a billion these days.
No way is $152 million enough to reopen a prison that’s been closed for decades.
Dancing_Cthulhu on
Is there literally any reason to reopen it beyond theatrics? Something tells me the answer is no.
nasorrty346tfrgser on
The reason of closing, is not as GOP said “weak on crime”, is more of the cost and simply not worth running it anymore.
17syllables on
Isn’t it a museum now?
Ok_Juice4449 on
There he goes again. He flits from one new project to another, wasting our taxpayer dollars. He never finishes one thing before he begins another.
Stellar_Echo_Dude on
Utter waste of money, and there is no way it’ll be only $150m. The transport costs alone to get material out to the island will be more than that.
Ironvos on
Is he building his own prison?
PracticalMain5627 on
OMG, the stupid! It Burns!
Normal_Platypus_5300 on
969 days to go 491 days gone
Concentrateman on
This is performative at best. How about building a moat around the White House while your at it? A drawbridge would ad nicely to the decor.
SirZer0th on
If he and his family will take it as permanent resident, you should consider that option.
DistanceToEmpty on
How much more is this going to cost to build and run when **everything** has to be brought in by boat or helicopter?
Hopefully whoever is in charge of this is smart enough to slow walk it through the pre-construction phases so it can easily be undone when the time comes.
kindnesscostszero on
How about concentrating on health care, or literally anything that touches the lives of the millions of people that your inane policies have affected?
mercuryqueen1970 on
I bet he has buddy who did his bathrooms for one of his golf courses that will get the no bid contract.
Sharlut on
Let him and then send his arse there along with his bum allies.
gvillecrimelaw on
Release the full unredacted Trump-Epstein files!
HaxanWriter on
He’s such fucking moron. He will just steal the money for himself, anyway.
Wings81 on
How would this be cheaper than the ballroom?
dave__autista on
imagine trump requesting money for healthcare, childcare, small business subsidies . . .
Counterpoint-4 on
Purely performative; Trump is a four year old playing cowboys and Indians with an audience of grownups wide-eyed!
Xtreeam on
Hope he trades Alcatraz for Mar-a-Lago as his future residence once it opens for him and the rest of his criminal family.
Dadsyuk_13 on
And then release the Epstein files?
SeagateSG1 on
I visited Alcatraz last year. There is zero reason to do this. The place is a historical landmark and making it into anything even remotely resembling a modern prison would be ludicrous. It will cost way more than whatever they’re estimating, you’d have to basically pull it down to the studs and rebuild it entirely. May they block this for long enough for this dude to get permanently distracted elsewhere.
rav4v6 on
Stable genius strikes again.
He just wants the money to divert to his ball room
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For the Trump family.
We don’t have enough prisons?
“California state senator Scott Wiener’s office estimated this week that rebuilding the property would cost over $2bn”
Yeah no this isn’t worth it at all lol. Even if it was cheaper I’d be against it.
I hear that ballrooms cost more than a billion these days.
No way is $152 million enough to reopen a prison that’s been closed for decades.
Is there literally any reason to reopen it beyond theatrics? Something tells me the answer is no.
The reason of closing, is not as GOP said “weak on crime”, is more of the cost and simply not worth running it anymore.
Isn’t it a museum now?
There he goes again. He flits from one new project to another, wasting our taxpayer dollars. He never finishes one thing before he begins another.
Utter waste of money, and there is no way it’ll be only $150m. The transport costs alone to get material out to the island will be more than that.
Is he building his own prison?
OMG, the stupid! It Burns!
969 days to go 491 days gone
This is performative at best. How about building a moat around the White House while your at it? A drawbridge would ad nicely to the decor.
If he and his family will take it as permanent resident, you should consider that option.
How much more is this going to cost to build and run when **everything** has to be brought in by boat or helicopter?
Hopefully whoever is in charge of this is smart enough to slow walk it through the pre-construction phases so it can easily be undone when the time comes.
How about concentrating on health care, or literally anything that touches the lives of the millions of people that your inane policies have affected?
I bet he has buddy who did his bathrooms for one of his golf courses that will get the no bid contract.
Let him and then send his arse there along with his bum allies.
Release the full unredacted Trump-Epstein files!
He’s such fucking moron. He will just steal the money for himself, anyway.
How would this be cheaper than the ballroom?
imagine trump requesting money for healthcare, childcare, small business subsidies . . .
Purely performative; Trump is a four year old playing cowboys and Indians with an audience of grownups wide-eyed!
Hope he trades Alcatraz for Mar-a-Lago as his future residence once it opens for him and the rest of his criminal family.
And then release the Epstein files?
I visited Alcatraz last year. There is zero reason to do this. The place is a historical landmark and making it into anything even remotely resembling a modern prison would be ludicrous. It will cost way more than whatever they’re estimating, you’d have to basically pull it down to the studs and rebuild it entirely. May they block this for long enough for this dude to get permanently distracted elsewhere.
Stable genius strikes again.
He just wants the money to divert to his ball room