- Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media
- Parks officials and the audience watched a video presentation at a Park District hearing on the Obama Presidential Library.
I thought about going incognito to Tuesday night’s big south-side public hearing on the Obama Presidential Library, wearing an Inspector Clouseau mustache and hat, and speaking in a fractured French accent.
As far as I can tell, their attitude toward the west side’s a little like Mayor Rahm’s—they know it’s there, but they don’t want anything to do with it.
Woman in T-shirt: He’s our president and the library belongs on the south side!
Moreover, it’s not even certain that the president wants to put his library in Chicago. Why else would he invite America to compete for the honor of winning that designation?
Just so you know—the hearing was called by the Park District so the public would have a chance to weigh in on whether it was a good idea to turn over public parkland for the library.
My guess is that the university’s just being smart.
