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Mar-a-Lago Neighbors Discover Costs of Trump’s Visits - chairman - 02-20-2017 PALM BEACH, Fla. — For some of the businesses and government agencies that surround President Trump’s “Winter White House,” the effects of his frequent weekend getaways to Mar-a-Lago can best be told in numbers. Re: Mar-a-Lago Neighbors Discover Costs of Trump’s Visits - chairman - 02-20-2017 ■ $200,000 in lost fuel sales at a large local airport in a single four-day visit this month. ■ 75 no-shows at a new restaurant in just one night. ■ $60,000 a day to pay overtime to sheriff’s deputies who guard the many closed roads, a tab that is about $1.5 million over all since the election. ■ 250 private flights grounded every day. A month into his presidency, Mr. Trump arrived at Mar-a-Lago, his private club here, for a third weekend in a row this Presidents’ Day weekend. For the locals, that’s at least three days of clogged roads and strict security protocols that hurt local businesses and frustrate residents.