Posted on 07/23/2026 6:19:10 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Weeks after the Obama Presidential Center’s star-studded opening in Chicago, a subcontractor who previously claimed his company was stiffed for nearly $4 million has shut down operations and laid off 25 union workers.
Mike Owen, the owner of Chicago-based Adamson Plumbing Contractors, told Fox News Digital that the financial fallout forced the company to abandon about half a dozen other construction jobs and left it on the verge of collapse. Owen described the shutdown as a painful decision he believed was necessary to save the company from bankruptcy.
"Laying off close to 30 people is something that no owner in our industry wants to do," Owen said. "It’s a hard thing to do, especially when you know you can finish them and the company can still make money. But we were put in a pretty bad corner."
The company is one of several subcontractors to report financial trouble after working on the center, which was promoted as a transformative economic opportunity for small and minority-owned businesses.
A previous Fox News Digital investigation identified several subcontractors — including Black-owned firms the project was specifically intended to support — that said they were owed money or had absorbed losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions. The largest dispute involves the Concrete Collective, which is seeking more than $40 million in additional payment.
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You'd think after seeing what that demon did to our country for 8 years people would know better than to climb in bed with him.
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His huge Dumbo ears are like Luigi’s huge eyebrows. The homosexuals get turned on by them and can’t help themselves.
Can he not put a lien on that monstrosity of a building or would the liberal judges not allow it?
Well it IS chicongo after all.....he files a lien there’s no telling what retribution would await.
All the GCs on the abandon ed projects suddenly have to scramble to find other plumbing companies to do their work and get their projects back on schedule...to avoid their own contractual and legal troubles. Nice ripple effect. It's the same way that Bastard O has continued to ripple through our country.
Once again, everything democrats touch turns to sht.
Not to mention that structure is beyond hideous.
Looks like an alter to worship Gog if you ask me.
The general public will not hear news like this, and they still love Obama. Just like the people of NYC love Mamdani, even though he pees down their back and tells them it’s raining. It’s ok, he has a good “vibe”.
SUCKERS!
Sheeple
The ears serve as handlebars for the head.
It does seem that NOTHING about the edifice BLENDS in with the surrounding, nothing about it extracted values or trends of the people of Chicago. It might look okay in Dubai.
Lien the property!! Maybe a suit can be filed for the pain and suffering.
The contractor can file a mechanics lien.
Im surprised there’s not loud speakers on the roof for call to prayer 5 times a day.
Back when Obama was president, there were a million stories about him throwing his subordinates under the bus. I guess some things never change.
Back when Obama was president, there were a million stories about him throwing his subordinates under the bus. I guess some things never change.
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in the mean time, yesterday pictures reported hussein coming out of the new multi million dollar mansion he just purchased in London, GB
Actually, the building looks like something Obama might be pleased to give the US:
—a GIANT middle finger!
“”The largest dispute involves the Concrete Collective,””
That’s understandable - the monstrosity is all CONCRETE....
Ever heard how obama got to be a senator?
“The Primary Opponent (Blair Hull): In the early Democratic primary race, Obama was trailing a wealthy businessman named Blair Hull. Several news organizations petitioned a judge to unseal Hull’s divorce records. When the documents were opened, they contained allegations of abuse, significantly damaging Hull’s campaign and causing his support to collapse, which helped Obama win the primary.
The General Election Opponent (Jack Ryan): Later in the campaign, various media outlets, including the Chicago Tribune, successfully petitioned a California court to unseal the custody and divorce records of Obama’s Republican opponent, Jack Ryan, and his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan.
The unsealed files revealed salacious allegations against Ryan, causing a major political firestorm. Ryan subsequently dropped out of the race, and was replaced by Alan Keyes.The unsealing of these records by judges and media outlets is frequently cited by political commentators as a pivotal turning point that launched Barack Obama’s national political career.”
The reputation chicago politics has as beyond dirty is no myth.
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