Friday, September 21, 2018

$10 for 99-Year Lease: Chicago Gifts Part of Jackson Park to 'Obama Center'

$10 for 99-Year Lease: Chicago Gifts Part of Jackson Park to 'Obama Center':

Image result for wikicommons images Rahm EmanuelThe now outgoing Rahm Emanuel administration is touting a deal to give away about 20 acres of historic Jackson Park to the controversial “Obama Center” for the tiny payment of $10 for a 99-year lease.
Despite multiple lawsuits seeking to stop the destruction of the historic city park and increasing federal inquiries into the backroom deals between Chicago politicians and Barack Obama’s presidential center, city officials are going full steam to give the go-ahead for the former president’s project, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

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