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Originally Posted by Via Chicago
i understand Chicagoans love their little fiefdoms (despite talking out of the other corner of their mouth that we need fewer alderman), but all you are doing is coming up with reasons to divide the city rather than bring it together. i try to be as much a citizen of the entire city as I can be, and yes i take an interest in goings ons in places not necessarily in my ward. last i checked i am entitled to that. or should only Loop residents have had a say in the lucas proposal?
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So let's get this straight - giving up 20 acres of park land which mostly south siders use
(let's be honest - most people who go from other parts of town to Jackson Park use it either for MSI, the golf course, or the Osaka Garden - none of which are going away anytime soon)and don't mind to give it up for a Presidential Library is dividing the city? If there's anything that would divide the city, it would be to deny the south side another economic opportunity and give it to the north side.
You're right, you have every right to say these things - as do I. It doesn't make what I'm saying or you're saying right. At the end of the day, it should be decided by the people (and in this case the people who live around there already decided that they don't mind 20 acres going away for the library).