Obama Center subcontractor shuts down amid $4M fight, lays off 25

Fox News ^ | July 23, 2026 | Michael Dorgan

[PBRCat]

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."

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KEYWORDS: chicago; construction; illinois; kenyanbornmuzzie; moneylaundering; obama; presidency

[PBRCat]

We can sure that Valerie Jarrett is being paid.

[butlerweave]

Go back and take back what you put in ,LOL

[albie]

Dine and dash, build and stiff. It’s a black thing that we’ll never understand.

[bobbo666]

Hmm, just what the DNC did with their WuhanFlu shutdowns — got rid of small businesses that are not commie.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Obama and Dems for the working man!

[sipow]

It would be brilliant if Trump were to swoop in and save the day here.

Either help fund/prosecute this guy’s suite against the Obama Center, or send an army of code inspectors to find any little thing wrong at the place and shut it down till they comply.