sunlight and shame

 

Protesters demanding Obama sign community benefits agreement make voices heard

   Black aldermen attempting to congratulate African-American contractors that won the right to help build the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park were drowned out Wednesday by protesters demanding that former President Barack Obama put it in writing.

The clash between black elected officials who are willing to take former President Obama at his word and neighborhood activists demanding a “community benefits agreement” echoed through the hallways outside the City Council chambers on the second floor of City Hall.

The Black Caucus called the news conference to applaud the decision to award 51 percent of all construction contracts to companies owned by minorities and to congratulate the so-called “Presidential Partners Consortium” comprised of the city’s largest Africa-American-owned construction firms.

Protesters chanting, “C.B.A.” and “Shame,” had other ideas. They were determined to drown out the aldermen and make their voices heard.

now why would all these black aldermen not want a community benefits agreement?  
follow the money. if you can.
funny. exactly 51%. just enough to satisfy the voters. [ed.]