Groups | Search | Server Info | Login | Register

Groups > alt.clueless > #63

Lawsuit alleges 'con shell game' to build Obama Center in Chicago park

Cross-posted to 5 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

The City of Chicago has engaged in “a short con shell game” to 
help Barack Obama build a 12-story museum and library dedicated 
to his presidency on public parkland, a new lawsuit alleges.

Protect Our Parks filed the lawsuit Monday seeking to block 
construction of the Obama Presidential Center in historic 
Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, where a young Obama cut 
his political teeth.

Established law precludes the Chicago Park District from 
transferring public parkland in Jackson Park to a private non-
governmental entity for its own use, the lawsuit claims.

"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,” according to the lawsuit.

The Chicago Sun-Times also quotes the lawsuit as saying that it 
is seeking a court order barring construction because it views 
the land transfer as an “institutional bait and switch.”

According to the lawsuit, the original purpose of transferring 
the land was to house an official Obama Federal Library. 
However, that is no longer the case. Obama decided the center 
will not include his presidential papers.

The named plaintiffs are three park advocates who are being 
represented by a law firm with ties to a rival of Chicago Mayor 
Rahm Emanuel, according to the paper.

The paper reports that the suit comes with the project slated to 
go before the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday for approvals 
necessary ahead of construction.

In reaction to the lawsuit, an Emanuel spokesman told the paper 
that the Obama Presidential Center is a once-in-a-lifetime 
opportunity to create jobs and honor the legacy of Chicago's 
favorite son.

“While some choose to stand in the way of progress for the South 
Side we are focused on making progress in every community in 
Chicago,” the spokesman, Grant Klinsman, said.

As it has moved forward, the Obama Presidential Center has 
encountered opposition from neighborhood, activist groups and 
others, according to reports.

In January more than 100 professors from the University of 
Chicago released a letter questioning the project’s touted 
economic benefits to South Side residents.

A month later, a report in the Chicago Tribune estimated that 
the cost to taxpayers to widen streets and construct underpasses 
around the center would be $175 million.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/15/lawsuit-alleges-con-
shell-game-to-build-obama-center-in-chicago-park.html
                

Back to alt.clueless | Previous | Next | Find similar

Thread

Lawsuit alleges 'con shell game' to build Obama Center in Chicago park "Sara Jacobs Is A Communist Prostitute" <communist-scum@womenvoteproject.org> - 2018-05-27 11:10 +0200

csiph-web