Posted on 06/20/2021 6:34:52 AM PDT by Libloather
Protect Our Parks - now suing the city, federal agencies, the Chicago Park District and the Obama Foundation to block construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park in favor of a site of their choosing in Washington Park - is asking the federal district court to block planned roadwork on Hayes Drive and excavation on the planned OPC campus site.
The move comes after the city, Park District and Obama Foundation filed a motion to dismiss the state law claims in the Protect Our Parks case, invoking the multitude of other buildings devoted to public use in Jackson Park, state and city approval of the plans and an OK by federal district and appeals courts, which ruled against POP when last it sued to block construction of the OPC in Woodlawn.
The defendants acknowledged that POP's new lawsuit is different than its first: at the heart of it is the claim that the federal agencies that authorized construction of the OPC in Jackson Park did not do their due diligence when faced with the option of building the presidential center in Washington Park, which had been another site under consideration.
The defendants say in their motion that POP's objections to the federal authorities' decisions can be addressed "in due course after submission of the federal administrative record," a process laid out under federal law.
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They argue that groundbreaking will cause them permanent and irreparable harm and ask the court to halt construction "that would alter the environmental, architectural and historic elements of Jackson Park until the matters set forth in plaintiffs’ complaint are heard on the merits."
(Excerpt) Read more at hpherald.com ...
In other news -
THE DELAY IN OBAMA’S PRESIDENTIAL CENTER SETS NEW RECORD
https://www.blackenterprise.com/the-delay-in-obamas-presidential-center-sets-new-record/
Berrie O Bozo better do what BIG MIKE wants.
Maybe they should move it to Atlanta.
As noted in the comments, there is NO CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) for this project.
This a big deal.
As a young tenderfoot, I worked for a company that supplied the City of Chicago.
50% Chicago residents or more not unusual.
25% P.O.C or WAY more for 0bama’s building!
10% female or approved equal.
The list goes on and on...
Guessing that when the agreement becomes public all the percentages double.
And it is all but impossible to meet the lesser demands.
I was once sitting next to the CEO of the company when a city rep pulled a copy of paragraph xxx and made additional demands.
After some discussion, it was agreed that one additional full-time employee was required.
He said”Give me the address and will send a check”
This would be a no-show job for some heavy’s brother-in-law.
Some do in fact turn out to be good employees and are probably still working there.
Others are professional black do-nothings.
How about Kenya…
Okay, I did leave out Slick Willies Library and Massage Parlor. So sue me.
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