Park board urged to call off vote on golf-course contract
Arguing that the $30 million project is being "shoved down the community's throat," Friends of the Parks urged the Chicago Park District board to put off Wednesday's vote on a $1.1 million contract to design and engineer merger of the Jackson Park and South Shore golf courses.
Friends of the Parks Executive Director Juanita Irizarry's opposition to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's giveaway of lakefront park land near Soldier Field killed movie mogul George Lucas' plan to build an interactive museum in Chicago.
Now, she's set her sights on the golf project - shrouded in secrecy highlighted by Emanuel's private emails - that has been on the drawing board for the south lakefront since 2000. The project gained momentum when President Barack Obama chose Jackson Park for his presidential library.
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