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Lawsuit means Chicago Obama center plan no sure thing;
chicago Tribune ^ | 14 Feb 2019 | Lolly Bowean

Posted on 02/14/2019 1:09:11 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

...But from the time it was proposed, the project has drawn scrutiny and divided the community along racial and class lines. Some residents worry that it could drive up property taxes and rents and displace poor people who live nearby. Others worry that the jobs would go to residents who live elsewhere.

A federal lawsuit brought by Friends of the Parks — a separate group from Protect Our Parks — helped scuttle a $400 million plan by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas to build a museum on public land next to Chicago’s lakefront. That Lucas suit, like the Obama-project complaint, argued the project ran afoul of laws dating back to the 1800s barring new developments in a 26-mile chain of parks hugging Lake Michigan.

“Defendants have chosen to deal with it in a classic Chicago political way ... a short con shell game, a corrupt scheme to deceive and seemingly legitimize an illegal land grab,” the lawsuit says. It also described the city as “gifting” prized land to a Chicago favorite son.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: zero
Will the allow a TRUMP CENTER in a major Chicago park?

He has done more for the city in two years than 0bama in right plus years.

1 posted on 02/14/2019 1:09:11 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Too many homophobic racist MAGA hat wearing rednecks in Chicago with ropes and bleach....................


2 posted on 02/14/2019 1:13:38 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Dear God, please let Chicago go bankrupt soon.


3 posted on 02/14/2019 1:14:31 PM PST by PGR88
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To: DUMBGRUNT

How large an area do you need for something the size of a portable outhouse?


4 posted on 02/14/2019 1:20:46 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: PGR88

Dear God, please let Chicago go bankrupt soon.

Depending on the accounting method and who keeps the books...

Chicago has been underwater for many years.
Just plain BS held together with more BS.

Would you like to purchase the Skyway?
Some parking meters?

Perhaps a very nice unindicted alderman???

Such a deal!


5 posted on 02/14/2019 1:21:09 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Obama Bath House and Sauna might fly with his old buddies.


6 posted on 02/14/2019 1:28:49 PM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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NOTE WELL: Obama has refused to divulge who is contributing to his billion-dollar presidential center
knowing full his foreign policy decisions....(the deal with Iran).....were expected to yield dividends once he was out of office.

Obama delivers speech to Boeing after $10M donation made to his presidential center
Wash Exam | 1/28/19 | Diana Stancy Correll / FR Posted by DeathBeforeDishonor1

Former President Barack Obama delivered a speech at Boeing’s annual executive retreat earlier this month after the company donated $10 million to Obama’s library and museum in Chicago. Obama made an appearance at the retreat to provide leadership tips and waived his usual speaking fee for the occasion, Obama’s spokeswoman Katie Hill told Bloomberg. Just last year, former President George W. Bush also provided a speech at the same event.

A spokesman for the Obama Foundation, which is overseeing the creation of the Obama Presidential Center, did not disclose the exact amount Boeing donated to the library and museum fund, but noted that Boeing’s website says the gift was more than $1 million. Such a donation isn’t a first for Boeing, who previously donated $10 million to the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.

“We’re proud to partner with both of these presidential centers,” Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe told Bloomberg. Johndroe said it is a priority for Boeing to build relationships in the “communities where we live and work,” given Boeing is headquartered in Chicago and has a new global services division in Dallas. Other speakers at the recent Boeing retreat included Magic Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations and former NBA star. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...

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BACKSTORY--THE BOEING SHAKEDOWN: Obama and Secy of State Hillary teamed up to manipulate US foreign policy.....
signing off on a $29B arms deal that got the Halfrican and the Clintons BIG, BIG BUCKS.

THE SCAM UPCLOSE---While Clinton was Secy of State (and Obama was in the WH dining room watching basketball),
the Boeing Corp. got State Dept clearance for a $29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including Boeing’s F-15 fighter.

At that time, BOEING (cough) "GAVE" $900,000 to the Clinton Foundation.

And to get Obama to tear himself away from basketball, to sign off on the sales,
Boeing was strong-armed into signing up for the Halfrican's $10 million speech.

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Judicial Watch needs to place these Obama travesties on his lengthening J/W FOIA agenda:

<><> The DOJ has info on Obama's unprecedented internal spying on Trump's 2016 campaign, including FBI docs.
.......The DOJ sent Intel Chair Devin Nunes the info.

<><> The Chicago-based tax-exempt Obama Foundation says it wont release the names of his donors.
.........Americans need to have this information.

<><> Obama is exploiting the presidency----pocketing huge speaking fees...
.........he will not reveal the terms of his speaking engagements.

<><> Comey, Clapper, Brennan, possible Susan Rice Face Civil and Criminal Liability for Spying on Americans.
........Americans need to see more on this.

Judicial Watch
425 3rd Street, SW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20024
TELE 1-888-593-8442 between 8:30am and 5:30pm EST.

7 posted on 02/14/2019 1:30:39 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: PGR88

Put it at the Bottom of the Chicago River.


8 posted on 02/14/2019 1:38:03 PM PST by carmen2017
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Others worry that the jobs would go to residents who live elsewhere

Pfffft! The jobs will go to union thugs and affirmative action set-asides regardless of qualifications.

9 posted on 02/14/2019 1:56:01 PM PST by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
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To: PGR88

“Dear God, please let Chicago go bankrupt soon.”

Chicago is like the walkers on the Walking Dead TV show.
Their dead yet their brain refuse to believe they are dead.

Chicago has been corrupt for 100 years. Never going to change.
The 0panzy will get his way. Just reality.


10 posted on 02/14/2019 2:05:44 PM PST by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: Liz

“”Johndroe said it is a priority for Boeing to build relationships in the “communities where we live and work,” given Boeing is headquartered in Chicago and has a new global services division in Dallas.””

I don’t understand what they get when those former presidents are no longer in a position to to help them. Doesn’t make sense to me. Must be something about the whole dirty smelly bunch that just escapes we normal people!


11 posted on 02/14/2019 4:52:19 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

They think it gives them gravitas. I look forward to the minarets and the 5 times a day call to prayer.


12 posted on 02/14/2019 4:53:40 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Thank You Rush

Boeing already cashed in.......Hillary’s State Dept ok’ed ca $29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, including Boeing’s F-15 fighter.

At that time, BOEING (cough) “GAVE” $900,000 to the Clinton Foundation.

Obama tore himself away from basketball on TV to sign off on it.


13 posted on 02/14/2019 4:56:29 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Then but why now CONTINUE to funnel money into a dead horse for lack of better terminology.


14 posted on 02/14/2019 5:23:12 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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$100 MILLION OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING HELD BY THE OBAMA FOUNDATION---to each Moroccan Muslim girls
($100 million tax dollars that we know of----probably much, much more)

Then-F/L Michele, her mother and daughters in the Moroccan palace.

Look at that smile----Obama gave her $100 million tax dollars----"to teach Muslim girls in Morocco." (OUCH)

AND GET THIS: The $100 mill is to be held by the Obama Foundation, to be doled out when necessary (cue laugh machine here).

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NOTE WELL: The $100 million "for Muslim girls" came out of the Millenium Challenge Fund at the State Dept----Hillary's fave slush fund.

ACTION NOW: Demand the books be opened-----taxpayers demand to know where the Millenium funds are going.

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

US CONGRESS SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121

U.S. Department of Justice

Comment Line: 202-353-1555 Switchboard: 202-514-2000

To report tax-free non-profit crimes: EMAIL enforcement@SEC.gov

To report fraudulent fund-raising:
FBI tip line web site----https://www.fbi.gov/tips
FBI electronic fraud unit----www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/internet-fraud
FBI Major Case Contact Center: 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324)

15 posted on 02/14/2019 5:25:21 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Trump fired him now it turns out Secy of State Tillerson was pursuing Obama-era policies at the State Dept,
deliberately sabotaging President Trump on Iran policy, relations with Israel, the Paris Accords and other issues.
.......several prominent Obama officials who have knowledge of the Iran deal are still at the State Dept.
<><> Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, in charge of Iran and the Persian Gulf region on the policy planning staff,
<><> a former John Kerry apprentice, Michael Ratney, occupies the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio,
<><> trusted Obama aide, Yael Lempert, served under Tillerson on the same platform.

REFERENCE--- Obama's $1.3B giveaway to Iran was paid in cash Jan 22 and Feb 5 from a little-known fund administered by the US Treasury.The so-called Judgment Fund is made up of tax dollars Congress has permanently approved in the event it's needed....

SOURCE: fiscaltreasury.gov. -----The Judgment Fund was established to pay court judgments and Justice Department compromise settlements of actual or imminent lawsuits against the government. It is administered by the Judgment Fund Section, which is a part of the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The Judgment Fund Internet Claims System (JFICS) is the application used to process all Judgment Fund claims.

The Judgment Fund is a permanent, indefinite appropriation available to pay judicially and administratively ordered monetary awards against the United States. The Judgment Fund is also available to pay amounts owed under compromise agreements negotiated by the U.S. Department of Justice in settlement of claims arising under actual or imminent litigation, if a judgment on the merits would be payable from the Judgment Fund. The statutory authority for the Judgment Fund is 31 U.S.C. 1304.

If funds for paying an award are otherwise provided for in the appropriations of the defendant agency, the Judgment Fund may not pay an award. A federal agency may request that payment of an award be made on its behalf from the Judgment Fund only in those instances where funds are not legally available to pay the award from the agency's own appropriations.

Amounts paid vary significantly from year-to-year. Federal agencies are not required to reimburse the Judgment Fund except when cases are filed under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) or the No FEAR Act (Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act).

We can be contacted at judgment.fund@fiscal.treasury.gov or 202-874-6664.

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UT-OH----J.Ansari Zarif, the Iranian deputy for parliamentary and Iranian affairs within Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he would expose "everyone who allegedly accepted bribes" to facilitate Obama's nuke deal with Iran. "... we will reveal which western politicians receive

Then-President Barack Obama is briefed by Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Director for Iran, NSC, before taping a message to the Iranian people in the Blue Room of the White House, March 18, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

16 posted on 02/14/2019 5:31:49 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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The Obama Presidential Center's chief facilitator, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama's ex-COS, says he will not seek a third term.

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BACKSTORY The Obama mob (never expecting to lose 2016) left a huge paper trail that Hillary was supposed to sweep under the Oval Office rug.
Soon as they occupied the WH, Obama placed his COS Rahm Emanuel in control of the US Dept of the Treasury.....
ponder that...... Rham was Obama's COS AND controlled Treasury.

"Mr President, you are now in complete control of the US Treasury."

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THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move. When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09

More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html

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Pres Trump needs to to ask US Treasury officials what exactly Rahm Emanuel and Obama were doing there.

PAUSE TO REFLECT--- As taxpayers were being gulled by the TARP fraud, Obama had tight control of Treasury and spent trillions of tax dollars. Obama calculatedly placed his then-COS Rahm Emanuel in a dual role.......in the WH and at Treasury. Obama had a stranglehold on the US Treasury via COS Rahm Emanuel's dual role.

17 posted on 02/14/2019 5:33:14 PM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Thrownatbirth

Shouldn’t the old Man’s Country be rehabbed for the Obama Library?


18 posted on 02/14/2019 5:41:01 PM PST by Rebelbase (If Trump walked on water the press headline would read, "TRUMP CAN'T SWIM".)
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