Obama Fundraisers to Deny Thousands a Day at the Beachby Keith Koffler on August 4, 2012, 11:20 am

A
popular Connecticut park and its 234 acres of wetlands, woodlands and
beach on Long Island Sound will be shut down all day Monday so that
President Obama can use the location as a base for fundraising nearby.The Sherwood
Island State Park in Westport, Connecticut will have to turn away
thousands of bathers so that Obama can get to and from his events,
including a $35,800 per head bash at the 9,000-square-foot,
$8.3-million waterfront estate of movie mogul Harvey Wienstein,
according to The Connecticut Post.Here’s a look at what people will be missing:



The Obama incursion is already creating an uproar in the state, according to the Post.

“Could
you imagine if a Republican ever did such a thing? They’d be screaming
from every corner,” said House Minority Leader Lawrence F.
Cafero Jr. ”This is supposed to be the party and the president of the
people? To close this state park in August for purely partisan political
reasons is outrageous. People are going to be on their one-week
vacation and they can’t get into Sherwood Island?”The state
senator representing the area that includes the park, which is set on a
peninsula that juts out into the sound, said other less intrusive
landing points were available to the president.Obama’s travel to
Connecticut kicks off another heavy week of fundraising and campaigning
that will include a two-day trip to Colorado Wednesday and Thursday.http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/08/04/obama-fundraisers-deny-thousands-day-beach/