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Newt's World

Episode 114: The War on the Suburbs

Newt's World

Gingrich 360

News, Politics

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There is a war on the suburbs in this country, when Washington bureaucrats come into your town and force changes in local zoning laws in the name of fair housing. This is how one county in New York fought back. Newt’s guest is Rob Astorino, former Westchester County Executive.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Newt.

0:01.0

Do the virus.

0:02.0

I'm recording from home.

0:03.5

So you may notice a difference in audio quality.

0:10.0

On this episode of Newt's World, we have a guest who knows personally how dangerous it

0:15.5

is to have the federal government decide that Washington bureaucrats will define what

0:20.5

kind of zoning you can have, what kind of neighborhood you can have, and that they can

0:24.9

bring the full power of the federal government to force your county or your state to cave

0:31.1

and do what the Washington bureaucrats want.

0:33.6

This is really a vital issue.

0:35.7

There are bills in Congress, which Vice President Biden has endorsed, which would literally

0:40.6

tie federal funds for highways and other things, whether or not your county agrees to do what

0:47.6

they're told by Washington bureaucrats.

0:50.6

This could mean that your house could have next to it a five-story apartment building

0:55.6

means that you would literally not be in control and not be allowed to have single families

1:00.1

only of any kind.

1:01.8

This is not some kind of threat or nightmare.

1:05.4

This is a reality that occurred during the Obama years and our yesterday, Rabastrino,

1:11.3

was right in the middle of it, has the executive of Westchester County, New York.

1:15.6

And I wanted to take this time to bring this issue to your attention, because I really do

1:20.4

think this is one of the places that could most change America and most change the quality

1:26.0

of our life and the relative amount of freedom we have.

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