{"id":60597,"date":"2026-02-22T12:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60597"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:19:48","slug":"report-obamas-hideous-presidential-center-is-going-to-cost-chicago-taxpayers-a-lot-more-than-they-were-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60597","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Obama\u2019s Hideous Presidential Center is Going to Cost Chicago Taxpayers A LOT MORE Than They Were Told"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Screencap of YouTube video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to being ugly, the new Obama presidential center is going to be a massive financial burden on the people of Chicago.<\/p>\n

They were sold a bill of goods about how the center was going to bring tourism and revenue to the city, but not so much about the costs.<\/p>\n

In this sense, it is a perfect monument to Obama\u2019s legacy. Overpriced and based on lies, much like Obamacare.<\/p>\n

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FOX News<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

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Bureaucrats hide true price of Obama Presidential Center as taxpayers hit with infrastructure bill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former President Barack Obama once declared that his presidential center would be a \u201cgift\u201d to Chicago, but taxpayers are on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in hidden costs related to the beleaguered project.<\/p>\n

A Fox News Digital investigation shows taxpayers are now stuck footing the bill for surging public infrastructure costs required to support the project \u2014 and no government agency can provide an accounting of the total public cost, despite months of queries and FOIA requests\u2026<\/p>\n

When the project was approved in 2018, Obama pledged to privately fund construction of the expansive 19.3-acre campus in historic Jackson Park through donations to the Obama Foundation \u2013 a commitment that remains in place as the center\u2019s construction continues to be privately financed.<\/p>\n

But the extensive infrastructure required to make the campus operationally viable \u2014 including redesigned roads, stormwater systems, and relocated utilities \u2014 is publicly financed, and without those changes, the center could not function.<\/p>\n

At the time, projections placed public infrastructure costs at roughly $350 million, split between the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago.<\/p>\n

Eight years later, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) told Fox News Digital that approximately $229 million in infrastructure spending was tied to the site, up from its earlier estimate of roughly $174 million. <\/p>\n

The $229 million figure reflects state-managed spending, which may include federal transportation funds routed through IDOT.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The report goes on to state that the agencies which are supposed to be overseeing the accounting on the project are not being upfront with taxpayers and are providing \u2018estimates\u2019 of ongoing costs.<\/p>\n

Everyone knows what that means in the long term.<\/p>\n

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So shocked an Obama project is filled with graft, grift, and corruption. https:\/\/t.co\/RYthnWYkLj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Helmich (@Billhelmich) February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Obama library is symbolic of his entire presidency: ugly, corrupt and an attack on everyday taxpayers. https:\/\/t.co\/WWnCaXd9Gz<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 El Jefe de Colorado Tweets (@jefe_tweets) February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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If you like your doctor you can keep him, part 3,744 https:\/\/t.co\/Ku07bnBukU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pundit Review (@PunditReview) February 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Good luck Chicago, you\u2019re going to need it.<\/p>\n

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