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To: MtnClimber

That’s not all that’s happening...

bho is going to shaft chicago again, because...

Obama Presidential Center deposits just $1M into $470M reserve fund aimed to protect taxpayers
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-deposits-just-1m-into-470m-reserve-fund-aimed-to-protect-taxpayers-fueling-new-criticism

When the Obama Foundation snagged a sweetheart deal to build its beleaguered Obama Presidential Center in a Chicago public park, it pledged to create a $470 million reserve fund to spare taxpayers should the project ever go belly up.

But new tax filings show the foundation has only deposited $1 million into the fund and has not added to it in years, with critics saying the empty promise could potentially leave Chicagoans on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.


9 posted on 12/04/2025 5:08:59 AM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

“the empty promise could potentially leave Chicagoans on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.”

Sorry, Chicagoans; you should have never gotten in bed with this fraud.


51 posted on 12/04/2025 7:58:33 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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