Judge to rule Tuesday in Chicago Obama Library lawsuit

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

an hour ago

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge will rule on the city of Chicago’s request to toss a lawsuit aimed at halting President Barack Obama’s museum and library from being built in a public park.

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey heard oral arguments last week in the case and said he would issue a ruling Tuesday. Protect Our Parks wants to stop the $500 million Obama Presidential Center from being built in the selected location. A ruling in favor of the group could signal that the Obama Presidential Center is in real trouble.

The parks advocacy group accuses the city of illegally transferring park land to a private entity, The Obama Foundation. City lawyers say Protect Our Parks misread the law, has misrepresented how the approval process worked and exaggerated potential environmental disruptions.



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[Bayard]

1. Major attraction for the area,

And lots of new local employment, versus park privacy. Tough call.

[apnu]

2. This is the same crowd that drove George Lucas out of Chicago.

He wanted to use empty park land and create a film museum, basically to join the Museum Campus around the Field, Shedd, and Adler area. They dragged this out in the courts until Lucas took his money and left.

[treestar]

3. Are their libraries

Privately built? thought they were historical or contained their government papers.