Work related to Obama Presidential Center to cost Illinois taxpayers nearly $200 million

Fox News ^ | 6-16-18 (8 hours ago) | Adam Shaw

[Texas Fossil]

The Center still has a series of approval steps to go through, including a federal review, but has also faced a lawsuit by Protect Our Parks, which alleged that the city was engaging in a “short con shell game” to get the 12-story museum and library built on parkland.

The lawsuit argued that while the purpose of transferring the land was to house the official Obama presidential library, the center will not include his presidential papers, only a digital copy.

"Defendants have chosen to deal with it in a classic Chicago political way, known as a short con shell game, a corrupt scheme to deceive and seemingly legitimize an illegal land grab, one that will endure for centuries to come, regardless of future changing public park needs and increasingly consequential environmental conditions,” the lawsuit said.

But the Obama Foundation and Chicago officials have pushed back on that narrative, saying that the center will be an enormous benefit to the local community.

[rockinqsranch]

Two hundred million dollars worth of BS. Enjoy Illinois.

[Texas Fossil]

Well we all know there are none.

smile

[Texas Fossil]

Interesting thought. And possibly enough money for a cemetery for all the murder victims in Chi Town?

[Texas Fossil]

It is sad, Chicago is terminally corrupt. Many parts of Illinois are like the rest of the Midwest. Decent people.

[Texas Fossil]

In Electronic format only? hee hee hee

What a hoot.

[Texas Fossil]

Expose him for what he really is, and save the taxpayers a lot. If it got hot enough he might actually go “abroad”.

[Ozark Tom]

National Archivist can’t even find relevant documents for a Presidential Library. Without material for research, how could it be a library?

This is a shrine for the cult of Obama, and nothing more.

[Texas Fossil]

Shrine?

A befitting shrine would be a open public toilet.

[Calvin Locke]

That’s okay. They’ll just redirect the lottery money to pay for it.

[SERKIT]

The Barry Soetoro Presidential Lie-Berry will soon become the hub of the Anti-Trump Resistance Movement. Once JB Prickster becomes the State’s Guber in the Fall, this building will likely house the “Center for Progressive Thought” or some other Orwellian-named boiler room within the city limits of Rahmabad. Prickster has already vowed to make Ill-Annoy the epicenter of the Anti-Trump Movement, and sure to get Ill-Annoy Republican support from all the committed Never-Trumpers in the IL-GOPe.

[CincyRichieRich]

Just think about all the screwel trips of youngsters by the Bullard who will visit it. Puke-o-rama.

[Skybird]

Jug Ears—the gift that keeps on taking...

[RedMonqey]

Headshake. Still hiding the papers?

Very fitting. I hear that Obama was very good at 'hiding the sausage"

As I non Chicagian, I hope they bankrupt the city. Pass the popcorn. Leftist fighting Leftist is good entertainment!

[RedMonqey]

What books will this incompetent asshole’s ‘library’ actually have in it ?

They should just go to the Carter Library and copy everything. Then just put Obama where Carter is mentioned. Pretty much how Carter presided and will ave a lot of money!

[Texas Fossil]

They have ruined Chicago. Long before Obozo.

But, I certainly would like to see the taxpayers our for payback from the Leftist slime running Chi Town.

[SaveFerris]

After Illinois foisted this fraud on the rest of us.....

[Texas Fossil]

Sigh, I just want to be able to not even think about the vermin and his friends.

[Texas Fossil]

Headshake.

[Texas Fossil]

Sorry to hear that.

[RedMonqey]

So they are just digging the hole deeper?

It's interesting to watch a train wreck when you're not part of it.

(my apologies to Chicago and Illinois Freepers)