"We are just simply telling Barack Obama, the Foundation, the general contractor, and their Lakeside Alliance partners to pay these contractors so that they can go on with their lives." President of the African American Contractors Association Omar Shareef demands answers regarding the Obama Center construction disaster.
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
This week, the Obama Presidential Center will celebrate its long-awaited grand opening in Chicago. There will be speeches, celebrity appearances, glowing media coverage, and carefully choreographed tributes to “hope” and “change.” The official dedication is scheduled for June 18, with public access beginning on Juneteenth. But behind the polished granite, soaring architecture, and endless self-congratulation […] The post Obama Center’s Unpaid Black Contractors: A Monument to Progressive Failure appeared first on StoneZone .
This week, the Obama Presidential Center will celebrate its long-awaited grand opening in Chicago. There will be speeches, celebrity appearances, glowing media coverage, and carefully choreographed tributes to “hope” and “change.” The official dedication is scheduled for June 18, with public access beginning on Juneteenth. But behind the polished granite, soaring architecture, and endless self-congratulation lies a much uglier story. Multiple Black-owned subcontractors that helped build the Obama Center are reportedly owed millions of dollars and are now fighting to keep their businesses alive. The very entrepreneurs the project promised to uplift through its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have instead become…Open
The United States is reliant on unpaid family caregivers, and millions of adult children are caring for parents who didn’t really care for them.
Former president Barack Obama’s foundation has announced that it will be launching its lavish $850 million presidential center in Chicago in June and is seeking […] Source
Former president Barack Obama’s foundation has announced that it will be launching its lavish $850 million presidential center in Chicago in June and is seeking […] Source