Fire in Old Executive Office Building

Photo courtesy of CNN
With sketchy details the news came over the radio a few minutes ago. A fire has broken out in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House. It is the building that the Vice President has his ceremonial office in. However, he is rarely in that office. Instead, he spends most of his time in his West Wing office.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Firefighters battled thick smoke and flames inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the White House, on Wednesday.

Smoke could be seen from the White House driveway.

Video showed firefighters breaking a window and spraying flames with a hose.

- CNN

Thick black smoke billowed from windows of the Old Executive Office Building on the White House compound on Wednesday.

A fire appeared to be centered on the second floor of the building, which houses staff of the White House, National Security Council and other presidential agencies.
- WJLA, ABC 7

As horrible as the news of a fire is, maybe this actually is a good thing. Fiscally speaking of course. If the VP rarely uses the office in the Old Executive Office Building, then why do we need it. It seems to me to be a waste of taxpayer money. perhaps, we can tear it down and place any of employees that had worked in the so called Old Executive Office Building in other locations of the White House area. In so doing we could save you and me (as we are the Government) some hard earned money. Seriously, do we really need so many governmental buildings? Does the VP really need 2 offices? One of which is purely ceremonial.