Hurdles?
- Paraisia Winston looks forward to having the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, 4 miles from her South Shore home, to add a new historical treasure to her already culturally rich African-American community.
She believes the center will spur investment and economic development in her South Side neighborhood — one that has long struggled to secure basic amenities like a major grocery or a recognizable clothing store.
But recently, as development of the Obama center has faced obstacles and groundbreaking has been pushed back, Winston and some of her neighbors have begun to worry about the project’s fate. It faces a legal challenge in federal court over the use of park space for the center, and its chief local backer, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, recently announced he will not be seeking a third term as mayor.
The result is anxiousness that has swept over some residents and communities on the South Side as they brace for a possible long wait, a bitter fight or even another grand disappointment.
This has been a corrupt boondoggle since day one, accurately reflecting the Sparklefarts presidency right down to the draining of public coffers for a monument to a Reign of Error.
- Echoing that suit, a group of environmentalists is arguing that the city and Chicago Park District should not build the Obama project in Jackson Park. Transferring parkland to a private entity such as the Obama Foundation is a violation of Park District code and state law, the plaintiffs contend.
Part of the suit hinges on the expectations for the project itself. Instead of an official presidential library managed by the National Archives and Records Administration, the center will highlight the presidency of Obama without the physical presence of his paper records and will be managed by the foundation, which is not a government entity.
“The new, renamed ‘Presidential Center’ would instead be privately owned, managed and operated in ways that the private Foundation itself would decide,” the federal complaint states.
This is a blatant theft of taxpayer funds for a private endeavor that follows none of the rules or procedures in place.
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posted by SCC at 12:02 AM
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In 20 years that area will be at the top of the list for further gentrification. Good luck paying rent and keeping your ass planted in the neighborhood. My brother is struggling paying his rent, unfortunately I end up helping out because he is my brother and lives in this shithole. But my days are numbered in this shithole
ENGLEWOOD
low value on land.
plenty of vacant lots.
Follow the same plan the City did to little italy on taylor street to build UIC.
Starwars effect
Sorry “Pear-Asia” but your library can go to hell.
I'm still putting it out there; this "Library" screams for the "Obama Wax Museum" to be right across the street on Stony Island. A) It would make fortune. B) It would employ more members of the community than the snooty-not-really-a-Library, Library! Interestingly, Rahm's official Mayoral Library will be announced, but only after 14 months of coverup and denial.
Can you imagine if Parasia said she was looking forward to a cultural addition to her white community? The outrage would scorch the earth.
Private endeavor, private library, Private Funds. End of argument. And while I am on this rant, put this nonsense on private property, not public land. I do not want to pay for this project in any way shape or form.
Forever free and clear. The park land belongs to future Chicagoans not a private foundation dedicated to a Hawaiian.
Toni/Tony has thousands of aches of forest preserve's. The forest is void of anyone going into the woods anyway. Most areas never had man set foot on the preserve's since the Indians roamed the area in the 1800'. Let her give the former President 200 aches to building his, nobody will go to center.
The most non-deserving fraud to be perpetrated on the American people, ever. A true divider-in-chief. He thinks himself so special, one monument to himself is not enough. More citizens should join in to condemn this theft of public property.
All thats need is a blue boy stolen from a construction site. Put it in Paraisa Winston neighborhood and let it overflow with Obama's accomplishments.
"reign of error" excellent analogy. this grifter was as effective as a dishwasher at the policemans ball. its comical to watch him now to arrogantly state the greatness of Trump was all his doing, the man is mush.
"You didn't build that. Someone one else helped you..." Barrack Obama quote from a 2012 campaign speech condemning capitalism and private investment but giving sole credit to government and its generosity. Remember he also stated, "If you were successful, someone along the way gave you help." Giving help like government financial help and public land to a privately run foundation for public re-education. Do as I say not as I do.
"This is a blatant theft of taxpayer funds for a private endeavor that follows none of the rules or procedures in place".
The whole endeavor is just a comment on the life and times of Barrack Hussein Obama. His induction and training as a Chicago democrat will shine as more and more tax payer money will be gobbled up illegally with the connected making millions on the presidential palace. I wasn’t even disturbed when my computer map called the Stevenson Expressway the Barrack Obama Presidential Expressway. When I try to encourage my dog to take a shit I now say, “come’on boy take a barrack”. I learned to live with it. When JB HUT (that is really a great nickname) becomes governor I will learn to live with it more.
Recognizable clothing store? Are you saying the name "Bling MF Bling" is not recognizable ?
Barry can afford to pay for it. No need to use public funds for a private entity. We have enough of that in Chicago.
Theft of taxpayer funds is the cornerstone of democrat policy.
Also, if no grocers, who love to expand and see their business grow, trust your neighborhood enough to put a store there, you can only blame the painful lessons taught to previous entrepreneurs.
Its the ShitCago way!
Let them build this bogus Obama Cooling Center next to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts. This has been a typical bait-n-switch since the planning stage with Chicago taxpayers always on the hook for generations to come. Adios!
president executive has nothing to show for after eight years.
thank you mr trump for righting this foundering ship.
rein of error is spot on.
"This is a blatant theft of taxpayer funds for a private endeavor that follows none of the rules or procedures in place."
Obama`s legacy.
This is such bs and I hope the “friends of the park” keep this fight up and win. Just exactly why isn’t this going to be the presidential library? Where exactly is the presidential library going to be built. I have more questions then answers. Could it be that Harvard is keeping all of Obama’s papers and grades under lock and key so this so called “library” would be filled with nothing???
Obama went from a US Senator who wrote no legislation, to a President who did little to nothing for the American people, to now trying to saddle Chicago with this legacy of nothing.
Undoubtedly the center, if built, will be available to rent for various functions.
I envision a "Movie Night" showing the "Fast and Furious" series...
Move this garbage dump to Columbia University in NYC.
By the by, if it is built there will be no development in the hood.
Just another way for sparkle farts and the dirty Democratic machine here in Illinois to continue to steal tax payer funds. No shame similar to the Rat POS daley and his lucarative parking meter deal. It just doesn’t end.
If the courts, our alleged standard of justice, upheld that no private entities may be built on Park District land per the nix on George Lucas' 'Star Wars Museum,' why then did... 'Obama Wan-Kenobi' even think he is an exception to the order of the court(s)?
Below is an accurate, direct quote from character 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' in a Star Wars Movie.
“If you define yourself by the power to take life, the desire to dominate, to possess…then you have nothing.”
In plain Chicagoese...
Despite your desire to dominate and possess protected Park District land in Chiraq, you ain't getting nuttin'. Go ahead and scrutin dat!
Just like when Rahm used 55 million to purchase land to make a hotel & build a stadium for DePaul basketball games and the city will not get any taxes from the property.. this will be the next Detroit. I got less than 5 to go and leaving this shitshow and moving to a Republican state.
It's hard to imagine a culturally rich community not securing a grocery store.
This presidential center should be built west of King Drive and the park area. There are plenty of vacant lots available and slum buildings. Taking valuable park land is setting a bad precedent and must be stopped.
Why not build the Obama Library on the west side or south side of Chicago????? It may create jobs and beautify the neighborhood.
Rahm is giving uncountable millions to this idiotic idea,that will become a "white elephant" building that will result is taking precious parkland,and rerouting removing main streets that access hospitals and lake shore drive. Barry Obanma name 1 thing he accomplished that helped people, not illegals and criminals? he has achieved nothing, his terms will go down in history as the "America stopped moving" years.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Translated to democrat: Gibs me DAT!!!!!
There are more than enough open spots in Chicago without losing park property. Tear down Hyde Park High School and build it there. Take over 63rd and Cottage served by public transit. Build a park and the vanity project at the old US Steel South Works on the lakefront. Put it next to the Harold Washington Cultural Center on 47th. Lots of space for it in this city. Put ii in the old school at 6400 S Universty. Just fund it with private money.
Do not build that money sucking pit for that egotistical maniac
well the only good thing about Chgo is the lakefront. Hey, it's just one more building - that'll be the last one, I promise.
...and remember, we almost had a George Lucas museum.
What an idiot
not enough toilet paper in america to wipe off the ebola-bama legacy
Anonymous said...
I'm still putting it out there; this "Library" screams for the "Obama Wax Museum" to be right across the street on Stony Island. A) It would make fortune. B) It would employ more members of the community than the snooty-not-really-a-Library, Library! Interestingly, Rahm's official Mayoral Library will be announced, but only after 14 months of coverup and denial.
10/25/2018 12:45:00 AM
Just...
Damn...
"Ohhhh my head!"
>Hysterical Laughter<
"Obama Wax Museum..."
>Hysterical Laughter II<
"Ohhhh my head, again!"
Contributory to the headache/laughter
is the mental visual of the "Obama Wax Museum"
being akin to an urbanized version of the late
and lamented "Ripley's Believe It or Not"
emporium that was on Wells St. in Old Town.
"Obama Wax Museum"
3652 wax impressions of his worthless, nation hating ass
(one for each day of his misbegotten presidency) hanging
off the walls and a podium with a teleprompter.
Kiss any of the asses and get a recorded
pearl of wisdom like:
"If you like your health care plan you can keep it!"
Kiss the RIGHT rump and be rewarded with
a skatole and putrescine laden gust of hot wind,
a fart-noise and an eyeball full of fine glitter.
"Cough! Ugh! MY EYE-EEE!"
Then a Rahm al-Ghoul animatron wearing a green unitard
festooned with black question marks drops out of the ceiling,
slaps your glittery eye, trips you, sticks something in your ear
and rear, lifts your wallet then disappears back into the ceiling
pointing and laughing while calling you "CHUMP!"
>Lights flashing, Klaxon sounding, disembodied voice yelling "You WIN!"<
"Ohhhh! My HEAD!"
"Obama Wax Museum"
Stick it smack in the middle of Ogden Park
for what common good it'll actually do.
Nary a taxpayer penny should be spent.
Thank You to the o/p...
We'll be laughing at this shit all day now.
Build a bigger prison instead.
Name it the Barry Soetoro center for wayward yoots.
I agree that the County should sell off forest preserve property.
Much of it is unused. Prime real estate .
Hmmm, how can I still make money off of this?
---Rahm
Build it anywhere but here !!!
Yeah I read that and almost puked out my ass.
This is why the Tribune suspended comments. They decided the 1st amendment wasn't so great after all because you should see the ones that would follow this piece of Mao propaganda.
find a block somewhere in the middle of the ghetto and tear it down and build this abomination there.
Heck, if Paraisia wants a grociary store, scrap the obamaberry and put up a Koeger or Meijer.
As for boondoggles, everything a Democrat proposes cost 10x the initial bid.
Gotta build it before you know what it cost.
Make it private.
Yeah sure, like Solyndra or Chrysler and axe for a gubmint startup and guaranteed bailout in two years.
Put that bathhouse in Hollywood’s or Hawaii.
The pulitzer prized winning pathetic lying carpetbagging freeloader doesn’t even come to town to flush the Rezko Flats of Kenwoods toilet bowls. By now the traps should be bone dry and the stanky gaskets are rotted.
Yeah Right..... Obama can’t even fill an outhouse with his speeches anymore. They have to pay people to attend. Besides that he and a few of his playmates are going to Federal Prison soon
Will there be books on how to build bombs by obama’s Buddy William Ayers in the new obama Lie-brary???
Just change the name of the Harold Washington library, to the Obama Presidential Center. Nobody would notice, saves money, big bbq, everybody's happy!
find a block somewhere in the middle of the ghetto and tear it down and build this abomination there.
10/25/2018 05:53:00 PM
Ja'mal already has the property and the building. He just needs 100 million dollars or so.
The marquee will be "Welcome to the Obama Presidential Center, 7919 S. Ashland."
"Chairperson of the Board, Ja'Mal A. Green."
If Obama wants it, he can pay for it.
The taxpayers should not be on the hook for his personal Taj Mahal.
Bathhouse Barry with Larry Sinclair!
Gee I can’t understand why a former left wing, liberal, law and order hating past president can’t build a library in his name on park property when a short, pudgy, moronic, former mayor was able to ruin a runway and shut down an airport.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Just change the name of the Harold Washington library, to the Obama Presidential Center. Nobody would notice, saves money, big bbq, everybody's happy!
10/25/2018 07:25:00
Right.. that’s the same way we feel about Columbus Day, Pulaski Day and St. Patty’s Day. Who gives AF?
The community sure likes that Kool aid.
Steal a Blue Boy from a construction site and put it in Paraisia's front yard. Then stand back and watch it overflow with OBL accomplishments.
build it at 5th and Cicero ... why ruin the lakefront
It should be the Obama Presidential DETENTION Center. At least it would get plenty of use for the money.
It's gonna have a rap studio tho teaching the community organizers aka gang leaders of the 21st century leadership skills. How to diss the opps in rhymes publish them on social media. Oh and a basketball court for homeless and caravans of illegal aliens to shit on and burn the American flag on.
Cultural richness!!
Anonymous said...
build it at 5th and Cicero ... why ruin the lakefront
10/26/2018 09:55:00 AM
Lol!
"Peaches," "Apple" and the rest of the "Ladies of Negotiable
Affections & Luxurious Leisure" will be glad for the tourism
driven extra business.
Jitney service provided by ol' boy with only
the four front teeth driving the tan Toyota Camry
station wagon with the luggage rack and whip antenna...
"How y'all doin'?"
...Watch your wallet.
It's like when you buy a boat. It's a hole in the water you keep pouring money into with no return. Two happiest days of a boat owner is the day they buy it, and the day they sell it. Maybe one day the can turn it into a Western Avenue used car lot or a MB store front church. At least they will have more that 2 parking spaces in front of a 20 foot store front for Sunday morning preachin"!
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