The planned Obama presidential library "Presidential Center" that wants to grab priceless lakefront property from taxpayers for a vast campus that amounts to a cenotaph-like monument to the wonderfulness of the 44th president of the United States recently filed its required Form 990 for 2017 with the IRS.  It revealed three surprising facts. One: The Foundation's fundraising skyrocketed from $13.175 million in 2016 to an eye-popping $232.6 million in 2017, 17.6 times as much.  Would it be too cynical of me to notice that this coincided with the elimination of the self-imposed limit of $1 million per contributor?  We do know that Obama and his wife actively courted donors once out of office with Clinton Global Initiative-like schmooze fests. Screen grab from Obama Foundation video. Two: The Obama Foundation decided to mask the identities of its mega-donors.  With Obama out of office in...(Read Full Post)