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Unpaid contractors cloud Obama Center’s finish line – The RealDeal
Crain's Chicago Business ^ | June 15, 2026 | Staff Article

Posted on 06/15/2026 9:28:23 AM PDT by PBRCat

African American Contractors Association president Omar Shareef said that a total of seven separate subcontractors have contacted him for help with pursuing missing payments in the past several months. Some of the contractors are owed seven figures. They’re willing to settle for less, as long as they can keep their businesses running.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bailout; chicago; construction; deadbeats; library; obama; ogrifter; scammers

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Not to worry. Valerie Jarrett is being paid lavishly as the Director of the Obama Presidential Center.

Thus far, Obama's unbridled ego has successfully defaced a landmark Chicago park and produced one of the ugliest buildings in America.

1 posted on 06/15/2026 9:28:23 AM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

Be a shame if the building went up in flames. You would have union workers not getting paid a second time to rebuild that disaster.


2 posted on 06/15/2026 9:29:47 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: PBRCat

Unpaid contractors cloud Obama Center’s finish line – The RealDeal. Does this mean it won’t be finished on time? I really want to visit and take a giant dump.


3 posted on 06/15/2026 9:33:09 AM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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To: PBRCat

Someone will have to pay for this monstrosity and the contractors who built it. Is it on the taxpayers in Chicago? Illinois? The rest of us?


4 posted on 06/15/2026 9:34:01 AM PDT by laconic
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To: laconic

Send Larry Summers the bill.


5 posted on 06/15/2026 9:35:28 AM PDT by Kudsman (Somehow , being fundamentally transformed doesn't feel quite right. )
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To: CatOwner

My gut tells me that the writing on the building bears a “hidden” Muslim message.


6 posted on 06/15/2026 9:35:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: PBRCat

Pattern recognition. This is so typical. I lived in the Detroit area for a while. I would constantly here stories about Aretha Franklin getting work done on her home and no one ever got paid.


7 posted on 06/15/2026 9:41:38 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: PBRCat

How much coverage is this getting in the mainstream media? Duh


8 posted on 06/15/2026 9:57:58 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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The contractor’s name is Omar Shareef.
Wonder if he was named after the late Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. This guy here is a different kind of actor, some would say he is a Fraud.


9 posted on 06/15/2026 10:00:43 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: PBRCat

It’s called a lien.

File them.

L


10 posted on 06/15/2026 10:02:19 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: kawhill

It is open. An adult admission to the Obama Presidential Center is $30.00.


11 posted on 06/15/2026 10:03:36 AM PDT by PBRCat
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To: lee martell
Wonder if he was named after the late Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. This guy here is a different kind of actor

Yes, but can he play Contract Bridge?
12 posted on 06/15/2026 10:48:32 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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