MOUNT VERNON’S DONALD TRUMP
I’m sure neither of them would appreciate being likened to the other, but it’s hard not to see a bunch of parallels between Mount Vernon’s Mayor, Richard Thomas, and President Donald Trump. Those similarities are all the more striking in the context of recent fights about government finances. Both the Federal government shutdown and the recent budget crisis in Mount Vernon have shown what happens when arrogant, imperious executives who want total control to spend beyond the