Letter from Ron Bishop

Natural Laws, Not Vandalism

Something went terribly wrong with the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Shortly after the pool was refilled with water, a green scum spread rapidly over the surface. To kill the algae producing that scum, National Park Service employees dumped hydrogen peroxide solution into the pool. The scum stubbornly remained, but shortly after that, the pool’s new blue epoxy coating began bubbling up from the bottom.

President Trump blamed the damage on vandals, despite a total lack of evidence from the hundreds of security cameras that constantly monitor the pool. I believe the actual culprit was the hydrogen peroxide dumped into the pool in broad daylight.