[EagleUSA]

Ever look at pictures of the “low-income” (no-income) housing of the Soviet Russia???

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Obama: “Yes, that was my housing policy, but it's not the housing policy that I knew.”

Obama: “Yes, that was the district I represented, but it's not the district I knew.”

/sarc.

Will Obama take any responsibility at all for this?

[vpintheak]

Don’t worry, all we have to do is “Hope” for “Change we can believe in” and everything will be alright.

[fortunecookie]

The Boston Globe rips Obama? It’s the 7th sign. Wow, I expected nothin but love for Obama from Boston, but he’s even too left for them??

[F-117A]

Bump for later reading!

[Former Proud Canadian]

If you didn't read the article, it basically says that Obama sponsored legislation that gave millions of dollars to developers (Resko and other friends of Obama). They proceeded to build public housing that fell to ruin fairly quickly.

Obama thinks this is excellent public policy.

[freeangel]

Ho Hum-—more of do as I say, not as I do.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

Notice that the column says: “Grove Parc and several other prominent failures were deveolped and managed by Obama’s close friends and political supporters.”

[keepitreal]

Among those tied to Obama politically, personally, or professionally are:

Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama's presidential campaign and a member of his finance committee. Jarrett is the chief executive of Habitat Co., which managed Grove Parc Plaza from 2001 until this winter and co-managed an even larger subsidized complex in Chicago that was seized by the federal government in 2006, after city inspectors found widespread problems.

Allison Davis, a major fund-raiser for Obama's US Senate campaign and a former lead partner at Obama's former law firm. Davis, a developer, was involved in the creation of Grove Parc and has used government subsidies to rehabilitate more than 1,500 units in Chicago, including a North Side building cited by city inspectors last year after chronic plumbing failures resulted in raw sewage spilling into several apartments.
Antoin "Tony" Rezko, perhaps the most important fund-raiser for Obama's early political campaigns and a friend who helped the Obamas buy a home in 2005. Rezko's company used subsidies to rehabilitate more than 1,000 apartments, mostly in and around Obama's district, then refused to manage the units, leaving the buildings to decay to the point where many no longer were habitable.

Campaign finance records show that six prominent developers - including Jarrett, Davis, and Rezko - collectively contributed more than $175,000 to Obama's campaigns over the last decade and raised hundreds of thousands more from other donors. Rezko alone raised at least $200,000, by Obama's own accounting.

One of those contributors, Cecil Butler, controlled Lawndale Restoration, the largest subsidized complex in Chicago, which was seized by the government in 2006 after city inspectors found more than 1,800 code violations.

Butler and Davis did not respond to messages. Rezko is in prison; his lawyer did not respond to inquiries.

Friends helping friends. One hand washes the other.

[Doohickey]

People don’t value free. You get what you (we) pay for. This country is in deep doo doo if we’re seriously considering this assclown a “leader”.

[Fido969]

How many people getting those funds are corrupt Democrats?

[NewHampshireDuo]

All McCain needs is a photo of the run down neighborhood before Obama’s community action and then a picture now. Probably same squalid conditions, just a higher population density.

[fullermedia]

Wow... wonder if media actually looking into Obama is going to become a habit.

[Fred]

"This is the way we do business in Chicago...ya got a problem with that???"

[toddlintown]

Use of the passive voice. “They [the buildings] deteriorated.”

Not quite. The tenants treat them like crap because they have nothing invested in them. Screw ‘em up and let the government build more of them, maybe this time with bigscreen TVs included.

[okie01]

The Boston Globe is owned by the New York Times, which is in the pocket of...who?

Does this investigative reporting piece amrk the beginning of a stealth counter-attack by She Who Shall Not Be Named?

My betting would be "Yep!"

[CarryingOn]

Just follow the money. The tax-payer’s money that is. These Democrat bandits know how to work the system. Earmark the money to your cronies, often a “non-profit,” with no oversight or accountability once the funds are dispersed that's it. Your cut comes back as a “campaign contribution” or real estate deal or other “business” transaction. It's been working for years. The dumb taxpayer never knows what hit him.

[Chode]

[VOA]

bump

[george76]

Jarrett, Davis, and Rezko all served on Obama’s campaign finance committee when he won a seat in the US Senate in 2004.

Allison Davis, a major fund-raiser for Obama’s US Senate campaign and a former lead partner at Obama’s former law firm. Davis, a developer, was involved in the creation of Grove Parc and has used government subsidies to rehabilitate more than 1,500 units in Chicago, including a North Side building cited by city inspectors last year after chronic plumbing failures resulted in raw sewage spilling into several apartments.

Antoin “Tony” Rezko, perhaps the most important fund-raiser for Obama’s early political campaigns and a friend who helped the Obamas buy a home in 2005. Rezko’s company used subsidies to rehabilitate more than 1,000 apartments, mostly in and around Obama’s district, then refused to manage the units, leaving the buildings to decay to the point where many no longer were habitable.

Campaign finance records show that six prominent developers - including Jarrett, Davis, and Rezko - collectively contributed more than $175,000 to Obama’s campaigns over the last decade and raised hundreds of thousands more from other donors. Rezko alone raised at least $200,000, by Obama’s own accounting.