A developer has bought the closed Hartford Marriott Farmington for $10.5 million and plans to convert it to a 224-unit apartment complex with indoor and outdoor pools, a two-story fitness center and a public restaurant and bar. Contractors will do extensive remodeling, but all of the sprawling three-story brick hotel will be retained, said Jason Schlesinger, a principal in CLP Farmington LLC. .
Local man says government program is forcing him into poverty Share Updated: 11:07 PM CDT May 19, 2021 Share Updated: 11:07 PM CDT May 19, 2021
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Show Transcript I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION. FORCED POVERTY. SULA: 40-YEAR-OLD ANDREW SCHLESINGER HAS SPINA BFIDA, A CONDITION THAT REQUIRES MULTIPLE DOCTOR VISITS A YEAR FOR ONGOING TREATMENT AND CA.RE I HEAV A IT IS BASICALLY A SCMULE RELAXANT PUMP THAT WITHOUT IT, MY KNEES WODUL BE IN MY FACE. SULA: EVERY YEAR, HIS HOSPITAL BILLS ADD UP TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOALLARS. ANDREW IS ON SSI, WHICH QUALIFIES HIM FOR MEDICA.ID HE ALSO HAS MEDICARE BASED ON HIS DISABILITY, SO THE PROGRAMS TAKE CE AROF THE MEDIC BALILLS. THE PROBLEM IS, UNDER SSI ANDREW IS NEVER PERMITTED TO HAVE MORE THAN $2,000 IN THE BANK. HE SAYAT TS HIS RATE, OWNING A CAR, AND A MODEST HOME IS FAR OUT OF REA.CH AT AGE 40, I’M LIVING IN AN APARTMENT, DON’T HAVE MY OWN CA MR,Y OWN HOUSE. SU
i wonder as we look forward here because you and many of your colleagues have talked about impeachment being such a solemn process. sort of an emergency tool you use only in the most unique circumstances here. i just wonder, what do you think the lesson here for future democratic or republican presidents is in response to impeachment as they saw president trump refuse to cooperate, refuse house subpoenas? do you think that s a dangerous precedent going forward? well, i think both ways are a dangerous precedent. it s dangerous to reach to impeachment without doing a full-blown watergate process. it was a bad process when they did it with president clinton, and the whole process seems to be becoming degraded just like a lot of processes around here continue to be degraded. remember when schlesinger wrote the book the imperial presidency in 197 3 what a quaint raerks that was compared to the limited authority of congress right now. you have been willing to raise questions, not just
there were a whole lot of secrets about to be revealed? yes, ma am. coming up did you engage in sexual acts with him? yes on separate occasions. this guy was clearly leading a double life. when schlesinger continues. dateline continues. proven to relieve and prevent pain from runner s knee, shin splints and plantar fasciitis. dateline continues. born to , and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn t think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. for incredible protection.