As hurdles mount for Obama Presidential Center, worry and anxiety grow on South Side

Chicago Tribune ^ | 10/24/18 | Lolly Bowean, Jeff Coen

[Baynative]

RE:"We deserve better — we deserve a museum, sit-down restaurants and stores."

Is this what Obama's "presidential library" is supposed to be; restaurants and stores? -- I can only imagine what he would charge the lower income south side residents for an Obamaburger and Choom Fries.

[knarf]

Upon reconsideration of the sitting position, I am forced to agree.

[ronnie raygun]

A library where no one will come, how does this benefit the community? The money afforded is probably gone, the money each year for the upkeep is really the issue, this is why the “community “is upset. Free money from the tax payers once again

[ptsal]

There are easily a couple of blocks of private property in the area that could be leveled for this monument.

Since the library's contents are "digital", it could be deposited in the basement restroom of almost any building.   /s

[PIF]

Free money from the tax payers once again

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And free garbage for the rest of us to pick up.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Pretty bad when an outhouse don’t care for leftist.

[bgill]

Please, expose them all.

[Liz]

Then-Pres OBAMA GIVES 50 MILLION TAX DOLLARS TO KENYA;
Obo'S KENYAN HALF-BROTHER CASHES IN---

The tax-exempt “charity” named for their absent Dad. Malik spends most of his time in Kenya with his 12 wives while Obama finances his half brother, Malik, a major fundraiser for the Muslim Brotherhood.

MORE HERE http://shoebat.com/shoebat-foundation/obamas-wahhabist-fundraising-empire/

The Malik Obama IRS filing exposes that Lois Lerner used govt offices to apparently aid and abet money laundering and tax evasion----and that, most egregiously, Lerner used govt offices to grant an alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---with documented ties to terrorist organizations---tax-exempt privileges that she denied to authentic Americans (based solely on the spurious fact that Americans run conservative organizations which are disliked by president Obama).

The alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---was granted Tax-exempt statust via a falsified 501 (c) (3) application. Malik Obama's workplace is located in the Sudan-- on file & listed on his own website.

Apparently the alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---was granted tax exempt status as the modus operandi to collect US taxpayers dollars & funnel them overseas. Also troubling are Malik's joint overseas investments.

BACKSTORY----OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER LINKED TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
WND | Jerome R. Corsi / August 2013 / FR Posted by barmag25

NEW YORK – Malik, Pres Obama’s half-brother in Kenya could cause the White House more headaches over new evidence (1) linking Malik to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and, (2) establishing a controversial tax-exempt fast-tracked by then-IRS supervisor Lois Lerner.

Malik Obama’s duties as overseer of the Muslim Brotherhood’s international investments is one reason for the Obama administration’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to an Egyptian report citing the vice president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt... Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/obamas-brother-linked-to-muslim-brotherhood/#ldfzAyHJuZUAkSp5.99 (Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com .....

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Malik's tax-free Obama Foundation (named after dear old Dad), fast-tracked by Lois Lerner for IRS tax-exempt status, is based at a Virginia UPS store, according to its website. The organization’s IRS filings list another Virginia address that is actually a drug rehab center where the foundation does not appear ever to have been based.

As first reported by The Daily Caller, foundation was speedily approved for IRS exemption by Lois Lerner, the self-same IRS senior official at the center of the targeting of conservative organizations that have waited over two years to receive tax exempt status. The IRS thoughtfully gave Obama Foundation retroactive fund-raising status.......which it stupidly never applied for.

The tax-exempt Barack H. Obama Foundation is run by Abon’go “Roy” Malik Obama, the half-brother of Barack Obama.

The foundation’s mission statement is “to provide people everywhere with resources to uplift their welfare and living standards in memory of dad---Barack H. Obama: in the region of his birth, Kenya, and beyond.” Its guiding principle is “the inherent belief that no one can truly enjoy the riches he has reaped if his neighbor suffers....."We seek to elevate the human condition so that everyone can live in dignity and truly enjoy having one another as neighbors.”

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

Despite raising more than $250,000, the alleged charity doesn’t seem to have done much. Its website claims the organization has built a madrassa and was building an imam’s house as well as some “proposed latrines,” but there is no other evidence that the nonprofit was working to “mitigate social-shortcomings in areas of education and literacy, health and well-being, poverty, and lack of community infrastructure in such basic needs such as water, electricity, shelter and sustenance,” as the site says.

Alton Ray Baysden, a former Dept of State employee, allegedly a registered Republican, who helped start the Barack H Obama foundation, declined to comment before seeing copies of a reporter’s passport and govt ID, along with a description of the article’s “motivation” and “slant.”

Repeated reporters' phone calls went to the organization’s voicemail and were not returned.

Kenya-resident, Malik Obama, in African dress, holds up
photo of his half brother Obama in African dress.

[Liz]

HOW MUCH OF THE $7 BILLION CAME BACK TO OBAMA?

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Will Prez Obama's $7 BILLION US tax dollars to Power Africa turn the lights out on energy poverty? First published 4 Jul 2013
US president's $7bn tax dollars to double power access in sub-Saharan Africa is bold, but realising its potential will not be easy
(NOTE Hillary's top State Dept aide Cheryl Mills was a US govt employee while developing projects in Sub-Sahara Africa at the same time
------she undoubtedly benefited from the $7 billion.)

Power play … Barack Obama showcases the 'soccket' ball, which harnesses kinetic energy, at a power plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

On Sunday, standing in the shadow of the Ubungo power plant in Dar es Salaam, Barack Obama launched a multi-billion dollar effort to "plug Africa into the grid of the global economy". At face value, the US president's Power Africa initiative is welcome. It's an ambitious, aspirational commitment to "double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa". No doubt action is needed – if trends continue, more people in Africa will be without access to modern energy services in 2030 than today. Obama prioritising energy is therefore cause for celebration.

But what can be done to ensure that the potential of Power Africa is realised – that it delivers for poor people across the continent rather than for the portfolios of US exporters, such as General Electric? Striking a balance Rightly, the initiative recognises the importance of off-grid solutions in Africa's sustainable energy future. But of the $7bn dedicated to Power Africa over the next five years, the amount allocated to decentralised solutions looks disproportionately small. Establishing a $2m off-grid fund will do little to address the policy, finance and capacity challenges – such as ease of doing business, availability of startup capital, or the absence of a rural energy agency – of scaling up off-grid options, including micro-hydro schemes and solar home systems. International Energy Agency modelling gives equal priority to on- and off-grid energy investment (pdf) as it estimates that, to reach universal energy access by 2030, 55% of new connections will need to be off-grid.

Services not just supply Big grid generation alone will not end energy poverty. Nor will the traditional emphasis on energy supply. Connection to the grid does not equate to energy access unless it is reliable and people can afford to meet their energy needs, including lighting, heating, cooking and communication. Planning and measuring progress therefore needs to focus on access to energy services, not connections to energy supplies. This service-focused approach has been championed by the UN sustainable energy for all initiative through the global tracking framework, which sets out a new way of defining and delivering energy access. Power Africa runs the risk of being an innovative mechanism using an outdated concept of access; grid electricity is just one piece of the puzzle, and to truly power Africa it's necessary to invest in energy for community services, such as health and education, alongside energising homes and businesses.

Who benefits, who delivers? $5bn of the $7bn Power Africa fund will "support US exports for the development of power projects". With the initiative announced during a US-African trade mission, Obama made no secret that "my own nation will benefit enormously if you reach full potential". General Electric, frequently mentioned by Obama during the launch, will no doubt be among the beneficiaries.

There are two issues at stake here. First, can such a high proportion of tied aid be healthy, or represent value for money? Second, can overreliance on the private sector be justified when public and civil society organisations have a better track record of delivering for the poorest people? Belief among governments and donors in the power of markets to mobilise capital fails to recognise the role of the public sector and civil society in delivering services in the developed world. Obama's administration would do well to reflect on their own national development. At the beginning of the 1930s, only one in 10 rural farms in the US had access to electricity; 20 years later, almost all had access and rural electrification was complete. How? Through a Roosevelt New Deal programme, providing subsidised finance to farmers' co-operatives to build, operate and maintain power lines in areas where private companies would not venture.

Today, civil society remains a major power producer in rural areas of the US, with co-operatives providing power to an estimated 42 million people in 47 states (accounting for about 11% of the total kilowatt hours sold in the country). In low-density populations across Africa, just as in the US, the private sector will struggle to make a profit (US co-ops serve an average of seven consumers per mile of line, compared with an average of 34 consumers for investor-owned utilities). Alongside investing in the private sector, will Power Africa support others who have expertise in delivering to remote, rural communities?

For those who, like Practical Action, have been long-term advocates for energy-enabling development, it is exciting to see funds on the table. Power Africa clearly positions the US administration as a serious player in the drive to deliver energy access. But it is not alone; it sits alongside equally heavy-hitting commitments from, among others, the European commission, which has pledged to deliver modern energy services to 500 million people in developing countries by 2030. The ability to power Africa will, in no small part, depend on a coherent and complementary approach – the international energy community needs to aspire to connect donor dots as well as African homes, community services and businesses.

Helen Morton is head of global advocacy at Practical Action
www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jul/04/barack-obama-africa-energy-poverty