Editing Whitewater controversy (section)

==Aftermath==
Bill and Hillary Clinton never visited the actual Whitewater property. In May 1985, Jim McDougal sold the remaining lots of the failed Whitewater Development Corporation to local realtor, Chris Wade. By 1993, there were a few occupied houses on the site, but most of the properties were still for sale. One owner, tired of the many reporters who visited the site, hung a sign saying "Go Home, Idiots".<ref name="lh2">''Living History'', pp. 195–196.</ref> By 2007, there were about 12 houses in the subdivision, with the last lot up for sale by son, Chris Wade Jr., for $25,000. In Flippin, Arkansas, Jim McDougal's savings and loan bank had been replaced by a variety of small businesses, most recently a barbershop.<ref name="nyt042007">{{cite news |title=Remember Whitewater? The Place Is Still There |first=Paul |last=Schneider |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/20/travel/escapes/20american.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 20, 2007 |access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref>

The length, expense, and results of the Whitewater investigations turned the public against the [[United States Office of the Independent Counsel|Office of the Independent Counsel]]; even Kenneth Starr was opposed to it.<ref name="cnn062999"/> The Independent Counsel law was allowed to expire in 1999.<ref name="cnn062999">{{cite news |title=From Watergate to Whitewater: History of the independent counsel |url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/06/30/ic.history/index.html?iref=allsearch |work=CNN|date=June 30, 1999 |access-date=August 8, 2013}}</ref>