Obamas defend Jackson Park site at Foundation Summit (locals don't want it)

Chicago Business ^ | 10/29/19 | A.D. QUIG

[Libloather]

Former First Lady Michelle Obama stood in defense of the proposed Obama Presidential Center site in Jackson Park as an intentional, strategic, powerful decision.

“Barack’s presidential library could have been anywhere in the world, because there’s so many people who feel like he is their president all over the world, alright?" she said at today's Obama Summit. "New York wanted it, Hawaii wants it, because it’s also an economic engine. It will be a visited presidential library, because it’s going to be alive. It’s a first. We had to think, where do we put this resource?” she said. “Well, what better place to put it than in our backyard?"

The center faces some organized pushback from preservationists who do not want to see the historic nature of Daniel Burnham’s park altered, and from community groups pressing for protections against being pushed out from rising property values. The proposal is still under federal review.

[Libloather]

Maybe they should put the sanctuary on their new oceanfront property.

[Lurker]

It will not be built in Jackson Park.

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[Paladin2]

Put the Lie Barry in Mecca.

[FreedomPoster]

You seem to know a fair amount about Chicago politics - any comments on this one?

[Paladin2]

The Moose still lives in Chiraq?

[Rastus]

They filmed the movie Kick-Ass in a shuttered waste treatment plant. They said even after having been closed for years, the cast and crew went home every evening smelling like s*** and even a shower couldn’t remove the stench.

Seems like the perfect locale for the Zero Library.

[Sicon]

there’s so many people who feel like he is their president all over the world, alright?

The megolamania (and stupidity) are strong with this one.

[Skywise]

Now let’s see that headline in 2026 when Trump is building his presidential library

Trump demands Jackson Park site at Foundation Summit in spite of ecological damage and destruction of minority owned ghettos.

[butlerweave]

Talk to the Hand ,you’re getting the OPC

[montag813]

“Barack’s presidential library could have been anywhere in the world, because there’s so many people who feel like he is their president all over the world, alright?"

Damn. She is as much of a bitch as eva!

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Nobody wants it, so of course carpetbagger libs do.

[Osage Orange]

A park in Gitmo.....would work for me.

[bigbob]

How about the old Joliet State Prison?

[bryan999]

She?

[PittsburghAfterDark]

The mall they wrecked for the Blues Brothers is available, it had everything.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

New York wanted it, Hawaii wants it, because it’s also an economic engine. It will be a visited presidential library, because it’s going to be alive. It’s a first. We had to think, where do we put this resource?” she said. “Well, what better place to put it than in our backyard?"

Sounds like the crap they tried to sell for the Olympics.

[CivilWarBrewing]

"Michelle Obama stood in defense.."

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Kenyanesian Usurper doesn’t even deserve an outhouse.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

There are a couple of large open tracts in the Obamas’ “backyard”, where Wisconsin Steel and U.S. Steel used to stand. If anyplace could use a economic engine, it’s those areas.

Or, since it could be anywhere in the world for the world’s president, how about Nairobi?

[dfwgator]

And the new Oldsmobiles were in early this year.