Lawsuit Opposing Obama Presidential Center Grows

[rangerrebew]

Lawsuit Opposing Obama Presidential Center Grows
Paris Schutz | January 15, 2019 5:46 pm

A federal lawsuit aiming to halt the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park is getting bigger.

Three separate groups on Tuesday filed amicus briefs joining the original suit filed by Protect Our Parks, alleging that it would be illegal for the Obama Foundation to go forward with the project in federally protected parkland.

The groups Preservation Chicago and Jackson Park Watch, composed of community members who have been opposed to the project from the beginning, argue that there is no precedent for a museum to be built on protected parkland, contrary to claims the city and Obama Foundation have made. Instead, they argue that museums like the Field Museum or the Museum of Science and Industry were either built on non-federally protected parkland or on the existing footprints of previously demolished buildings, or are housed within buildings that had already existed.

https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/15/lawsuit-opposing-obama-presidential-center-grows

[rangerrebew]

Chicago has a long and storied tradition of political corruption so I wouldn't bet too much on the plaintiffs winning against Obama.  I'm sure they have to deal with an ultra liberal judge who loves Obama.

[Applewood]

While on vacation, I was reading an article that claimed every candidate for Chicago mayor has some ties with Ed Burke, a powerful alderman.   Corruption runs deep in Chicago. The fat cat bosses rule.   You can bet the claimants in this case will lose.  The fix is in.