Fail: Obama administration tries to close privately owned Mt. Vernon Estate and Gardens

Even if the National Park Service owned the parking spots, what would be gained by closing them? They should furlough their barricade goons...

Via The Blaze:

The National Park Service blocked parking lots at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon Estate and Gardens “due to a misunderstanding over the ownership of the spaces,” according to Melissa Wood, Mt. Vernon’s media director.

Mount Vernon officials approached the NPS, which removed the barricades “as soon as they realized their mistake,” Wood says, adding that the Park Service maintains the parking lots, but Mount Vernon owns the property.

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