City Council will allow the use of park land for an Obama Presidential Library

City Council will allow the use of park land for an Obama Presidential Library

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It’s official, Chicago’s City Council members have signed off on allowing park land to be used for a potential Obama presidential library. Aldermen signed off on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan without any opposing votes, but only after convincing one alderman to switch his original vote. Joining us with more about how it went down is WBEZ city politics reporter Lauren Chooljian.