Mrs. Clinton also needs time to have the house prepared for the family’s Secret Service detail, who have to OK the property. So does town building inspector William Maskeill, who has cited an illegal apartment over the garage. But Maskeill has allowed some leeway “due to the unique situation of the buyers,” noting that if, as expected, the security team occupies the garage, it will most likely be acceptable. However soon Hillary makes the move, it’s probable that two future Chappaquans–First Pets Socks the cat and Buddy the dog–will stay in Washington until 2001. Though Buddy often weekends at Camp David, he’d miss the pampering of White House stewards. And Socks is famously fond of a certain chair outside the Oval Office.
