NEW MEXICO TOURIST DESTINATION
Posted on 01/31/2014 12:28:16 PM PST by kristinn
The formal process to build a library housing President Barack Obama's presidential records and artifacts began Friday with the formation of a new foundation, launched by top supporters with Obama's blessing, that will develop and build the monument to his legacy.
The nonprofit Barack H. Obama Foundation will be led by Marty Nesbitt, a close Obama friend from Chicago, and Julianna Smoot, a former White House social secretary and top official in Obama's re-election campaign.
A vigorous competition to host the library is already underway. Hawaii, where Obama was born, and Illinois, his longtime home, have been lobbying the Obamas both publicly and privately. New York, where Obama went to college, also has expressed interest.
With so many of Obama's aides and supporters calling Chicago home, the focus has increasingly turned to the Windy City, where Obama was first elected and came into his own as a national political figure. The involvement of Nesbitt, a Chicago businessman, in forming the foundation is likely to amplify speculation that Chicago has an inside track to getting the library. The third founding member of the nonprofit's board, Kevin Poorman, is also based in Chicago and runs a company formed by Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker, who is now Obama's commerce secretary.
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The foundation plans to hire fulltime staff later this year. Although it will start fundraising right away to cover its own costs, most of the money to build the library won't be raised until after Obama leaves the White House. While Obama is still in office, the foundation won't take donations from foreign nationals, lobbyists or organizations that aren't nonprofits. It also plans to disclose all donations over $200.
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IIRC, Valerie Jarret bought property and was supposed to make $$$$$$.
I still love that Chicago didn't get the Olympics. They thought it was a slam dunk. Oprah, the Obamas...all of them went over to take credit...and it didn't happen.
If in the states, it will have to be in one with legalized marijuana.
If it is going to included documents, paper, it will only contain Executive Orders that he’s signed because nothing else exists. No diplomas, birth certificates, no voting records, no transcripts, no nothing.
Now, on the other hand if we’re talking about a Obama Presidental TelePromptr Library, then we’re talking a whole lot of BS, lies and empty promises.
Dearborn,Michigan fits well.
NEW MEXICO TOURIST DESTINATION
Just make it transparent or virtual....like his history.
Lol...someone could make some money by printing stickers of that sign...to be posted on outhouses and dumpsters, everywhere.
It will be next to Cominskey Field. /s
Michelle Malkin is so spot on...since day one.
Leavenworth! With him as Curator!
I have a dumpster out back of the house, krap let’s use the paper for what it is worth and flush it when we are done.
Don’t forget Nairobi.
Put it in the same place he’s got his high school records, college transcripts, papers from his days in the Illinois Senate and the like.
That way we can be sure it will get all the attention it deserves.
LOL the “international” branch
I’m sure they can find one of those old phone booths and still have plenty of room for the phone
George Soros’ house!
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