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Posted on 06/23/2026 6:58:41 AM PDT by Libloather
CHICAGO – A man who has lived on Chicago’s South Side for 18 years and now lives in the shadow of the newly opened Barack Obama Presidential Center described to Fox News Digital the havoc he says the years-long construction project wreaked on his housing complex.
Akoma Amanze is a local cab driver who lives in Jackson Park Terrace, a low-income housing community directly across the street from the 19.3 acre campus dedicated to the 44th president.
Over the weekend, while thousands of people from across the country — celebrities and ordinary folks alike — swarmed the area to visit Obama's new campus that features a museum, library, gardens and recreational activities, Amanze and other residents took in the spectacle.
But Amanze told Fox News Digital the buzz across the street was nothing new. While he made it very clear that he supports Obama, and described living at Jackson Park Terrace as a "very good experience," Amanze and others in his complex dealt with massive headaches caused by the construction.
He described the construction process, which began in 2021, as "sometimes very, very disturbing."
"He's my man, and I'm excited that this site is here" said Amanze, referring to Obama, "but as a resident, there has been a lot of things [that] have stopped us here."
"On two occasions, my apartment flooded while they were digging the lower level of that project," he said. "Two times. And I had to deal with the ramifications of that twice. Those ramifications were that all my apartment was flooded, and I had to throw away everything on the floor. Boxes, papers, clothes, I had to throw them away."
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Over 800 old trees removed.
“Don’t it always seem to go....”
Wait until the Graffiti teams show up to paint the graffiti all over the outside of O’Bama’s Wookie Outhouse.
You get what you voted for.
Sometimes you have to break a few eggs to make an omelette, Amanze, and you're the egg that got broken here.
> While he made it very clear that he supports Obama… <
Then shut up, why don’t ya?
Yeah, but “..he’s my man..” mentality always votes a) black and b) democRat.
> Wait until the Graffiti teams show up to paint the graffiti all over the outside of O’Bama’s Wookie Outhouse. <
Oh, yeah. Plus there is plenty of space on the grounds for the homeless to camp out. And room for drug dealers and other assorted thugs.
It will be interesting to see how the Center handles those folks.
Barry’s Fertility Symbol ,LOL
The Obama Presidential Library is a scam, when something costs in excess of 800 million to build and many of the contractors haven’t been paid, you can only assume that the money was ripped off.
The 450-million-dollar endowment that was promised to pay the operating costs of the library has never been funded, when this disaster starts losing money, Obama will dump it on the citizens of Chicago to pay.
It’s just a center. The library comes later. Somewhere. At some time. After everyone forgets. Cankles’ secret server could be in there.
Deadbeat Barry at it again
As if anyone needed one less reason to go to Chicago.
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot...
I think I just found the official Hussein lie-barry. It’s online.
https://www.obamalibrary.gov/#event-number-86
after the statute of limitations runs out
It so unusual for construction to be disruptive.
Imagine the reaction from the left if a Republican Presidential Library removed 800 old trees.
Why am I not surprised that this guy lives in low-income housing?
If a true account of where the 800 plus million dollars went you will find that Obama, Big Mike and his closest friends have stolen money with both hands while stiffing local minority contractors.
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