A Chicago plumbing contractor that helped build the Obama Presidential Center has closed its doors and laid off 25 union workers after racking up nearly $4 million in losses on the project, and the Obama Foundation says the construction manager, not the foundation, handles payments. Mike Owen spent months trying to resolve the money quietly. […] The post Obama Presidential Center subcontractor shuts down, lays off 25 workers over $4 million payment dispute appeared first on American Almanac .
A Chicago plumbing contractor that helped build the Obama Presidential Center has closed its doors and laid off 25 union workers after racking up nearly $4 million in losses on the project, and the Obama Foundation says the construction manager, not the foundation, handles payments. Mike Owen spent months trying to resolve the money quietly. He negotiated with Lakeside Alliance, the joint venture managing construction at the center in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. When those talks went nowhere, he went public. When a promised $100,000 payment failed to arrive before the center's grand opening on June 19, he pulled the plug. On June 25, Owen suspended operations at Adamson Plumbing Contractors, sent home 25 union workers, walked…Open
CHICAGO (WGN) – President Barack Obama was joined by three former presidents in an event that brought together world leaders, A-list celebrities, athletes and other internationally known figures. The nearly 20-acre campus, located in the city’s Jackson Park neighborhood on the South Side, will open to the public on Friday, June 19. #obama #barackobama #chicago #michelleobama
Just days before the Obama Presidential Center is scheduled to open, contractors and subcontractors say they are still waiting to be fully paid—raising fresh questions about a project already plagued by soaring costs and broken promises. Several firms claim losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars after building the monstrous eyesore designed […] The post Obama Stiffs Contractors for Presidential Center appeared first on StoneZone .
Just days before the Obama Presidential Center is scheduled to open, contractors and subcontractors say they are still waiting to be fully paid—raising fresh questions about a project already plagued by soaring costs and broken promises. Several firms claim losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars after building the monstrous eyesore designed specifically to be offensive to the senses. Adamson Plumbing president Mike Owen says his company is owed roughly $4 million, while the African American Contractors Association warns that multiple black-owned businesses are facing financial strain. It turns out that the man with deep, deep Kenyan ties does not look out for the American black community. Go figure. Meanwhile,…Open
