President Barack Obama, back in Chicago for a rare two-day trip home, has a busy day of fundraisers on tap today in the city.
The President left his residence in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side in his official limo at 11:37 a.m. for the first of five events, a closed fundraising roundtable for 25 people at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Chicago. Tickets cost $40,000 per person for the roundtable, according to a campaign official.
The next event on the schedule is a Gen44 reception with approximately 1,000 people at the Bridgeport Arts Center. Tickets for that event start at $51 per person, the campaign said.
Following the Gen44 event, Obama will deliver remarks at a fundraiser at his Kenwood home for about 100 people where tickets again cost $40,000 per person.
The president will then deliver remarks to about 200 people at a private home in the Hyde Park neighborhood where tickets cost $5,000 per person, and later in the evening will take part in another $1,000 per person event for about 400 people at a private home in Chicago.
Meanwhile in the other part of Obamland...where they continue to live in the real world.
[h=1]18 Hurt In Shootings Across Chicago Since Friday[/h]
At least 18 people — including a 15-year-old boy shot during an armed robbery attempt — were wounded in weekend shootings across the city.
The bloodiest single shooting since Friday night happened in the South Side Englewood neighborhood about 6:35 p.m. Saturday when four men were shot in a gas station parking lot, police said.
The four men — all in their 20s and 30s — are all listed in good or “stable” condition at area hospitals early Sunday, despite two of them suffering gunshot wounds to the chest, police said.
Police are seeking a shooter or shooters who fired from a small black vehicle, and no one is in custody early Sunday, police said.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/08/12/15-hurt-in-shootings-across-chicago-since-friday/
At least we will not have to worry about any gun violence speeches from Obama on this, it was all black on black shootings, so we no he won't feel the need to explain it.
The President left his residence in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side in his official limo at 11:37 a.m. for the first of five events, a closed fundraising roundtable for 25 people at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Chicago. Tickets cost $40,000 per person for the roundtable, according to a campaign official.
The next event on the schedule is a Gen44 reception with approximately 1,000 people at the Bridgeport Arts Center. Tickets for that event start at $51 per person, the campaign said.
Following the Gen44 event, Obama will deliver remarks at a fundraiser at his Kenwood home for about 100 people where tickets again cost $40,000 per person.
The president will then deliver remarks to about 200 people at a private home in the Hyde Park neighborhood where tickets cost $5,000 per person, and later in the evening will take part in another $1,000 per person event for about 400 people at a private home in Chicago.
Meanwhile in the other part of Obamland...where they continue to live in the real world.
[h=1]18 Hurt In Shootings Across Chicago Since Friday[/h]
At least 18 people — including a 15-year-old boy shot during an armed robbery attempt — were wounded in weekend shootings across the city.
The bloodiest single shooting since Friday night happened in the South Side Englewood neighborhood about 6:35 p.m. Saturday when four men were shot in a gas station parking lot, police said.
The four men — all in their 20s and 30s — are all listed in good or “stable” condition at area hospitals early Sunday, despite two of them suffering gunshot wounds to the chest, police said.
Police are seeking a shooter or shooters who fired from a small black vehicle, and no one is in custody early Sunday, police said.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/08/12/15-hurt-in-shootings-across-chicago-since-friday/
At least we will not have to worry about any gun violence speeches from Obama on this, it was all black on black shootings, so we no he won't feel the need to explain it.