Posted on 12/14/2021 4:14:51 PM PST by Libloather
“The Seventh Circuit was skeptical Thursday of a parks advocacy organization’s arguments opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park, in a case that has left many supporters of the former president bewildered and angry.
“If the Clinton Foundation had approached New York City and asked for 20 acres of Central Park for its Harlem headquarters, it would have been laughed out of court.
“But that is essentially what the Obama Foundation asked of Chicago - and got, in a sweetheart deal inked under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who previously served as Obama’s chief of staff. The deal gives the foundation the right to use 20 acres of lakefront public land in Jackson Park for 99 years for $10.
“A lawsuit challenging this transfer under the public trust doctrine has garnered the attention of local and national preservation organizations.
“‘It’s wrenching,’ Preservation Chicago’s CEO Ward Miller told Courthouse News. ‘We welcome the center with open arms, but this is a terrible site. It’s being shoehorned in. So many laws are being ill-used, and even gutted to make this happen.’
“Charles Birnbaum, CEO and founder of the Washington, D.C.-based the Cultural Landscape Foundation, echoed these sentiments.
“‘When you have a beloved figure like President Obama basically getting the Good Housekeeping seal of approval to the confiscation of public parkland, it sends a message to other municipalities. Which is, if you have a powerful and well-connected board of directors, you too can confiscate parkland held in trust,’ Birnbaum told Courthouse News.
(Excerpt) Read more at preservationchicago.org ...
You are right. The mosaic is all letters.
PIAP is clear in the lower right.
If you like your park, you can keep your park.
I bet the shahada is included in that mosaic.
The Mohammed Obola Museum.
A true manifestation of absolutely evil creatures, who dedicated (and are still dedicating) themselves to utterly destroying the United States of America.
It is a place that only Satan’s children would honor.
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