Overdue Invoices: The Privilege of Working on Barack's Borg Cube Should Be Reward Enough
The Obama Presidential Center is set to open on June 19, with a grand opening ceremony the night before, featuring a 225-foot museum tower and other facilities. The center has been criticized for its high construction cost of $850 million and its lack of a presidential library due to the Obama Foundation's desire to avoid government oversight. The project has also been marred by unpaid contractors and a significant shortfall in the required endowment for future maintenance and repairs.
- ▪The Obama Presidential Center is the most expensive presidential center, costing $850 million.
- ▪The center does not have a presidential library due to the Obama Foundation's desire to avoid government oversight.
- ▪Many contractors involved in the construction of the center have not been paid, and the required endowment for future maintenance and repairs is significantly underfunded.
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Overdue Invoices: The Privilege of Working on Barack's Borg Cube Should Be Reward Enough Beege Welborn 5:20 PM | June 15, 2026 Obama Foundation via AP Maybe they can gild those invoices, huh?This is turning into a bit of an awkward situation for the Obama Presidential Center, which isn't a library because the Obama Foundation didn't want any government oversight. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); It's not a 'Library' - it's a 'Center' because the Obama Foundation didn't want the National Archives to have any say over anything they did.Weird, huh? https://t.co/kZpRm59M2B— tree hugging sister 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) June 15, 2026Anyway, there is a really lovely picture of the…
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