Obama’s presidential library ripped as ‘ugly waste of taxpayer resources’ by Chicagoans

FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. Construction is expected to start in 2018 on Barack Obama's presidential center in Chicago. The former president used his first public appearances since leaving the White House to visit his hometown several times in 2017 and reveal post-presidency plans to work with young people and details about the center. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

By Bradford Richardson - The Washington Times - Monday, January 29, 2018

Chicagoans in droves are venting their displeasure with President Barack Obama’s planned library, calling it an “ugly waste of taxpayer resources” and a “dangerous precedent” for the preservation of historic public parklands.