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For all the Obama groupies out there, now's your chance to live next door to the presidential candidate, assuming you have a cool $1.5 million to spend on land.
The vacant Kenwood lot once belonged to the wife of kickback-king Antoin Rezko, one-sixth of which was purchased by the senator last year for $104,500 in a scandal-making deal. Although the land may be tainted with memories of Rezko's impropriety, current owner Michael Sreenan, who purchased the 750,000-square-foot lot from Rita Rezko for $575,000 ten months ago, seems to be banking on the Obama effect, offering up the land for nearly three times the purchase price.
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Funny how Chicagoist does not mention that the current owner of the lot is Resko the Dirtbag's lawyer. He "bought" the land from Resko's "wife" and now is trying to sell it for triple the price. Everything Resko does is covered in filth and Obama is getting dragged down with him. If they were trying to keep Resko's profile low during this election season trying to make some more fast and dirty money like this is not the way to do it. It is a shame that Obama got involved with this dirtbag.
actually I'm sure Resko's lawyer and Resko kidnapped drugged and forced O'Bama to by the land so cheap by gun point
Hehe...reminds me of the time Obama came to speak to us. He shook his finger at us and said "government is not the place to get rich. If you want to get rich, work in the private sector"
He then got back into his fleet of SUVs, and drove back to his million dollar home in Hyde Park.
At least you got a how to get rich tip,as disingenuous as it might have been.
All I got was, and I'm not kidding, "the nail that sticks up, gets hammered and I'm not gonna get hammered"
Course it could have been worse, at least he didn't say it on MLK Day