From Boston's John F. Kennedy Library to Southern California's tribute to Ronald Reagan, America's 13 major presidential libraries get about $65 million a year from the federal government. That opens the facilities, which typically gloss over their namesakes' faults, to criticism that they are taxpayer-funded "centers for presidential spin." The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park will take a different route, opting out of the presidential library network operated by the National Archives and Records Administration —and the millions of dollars in federal support that go along with membership. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trib.in_2JyG6f9&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=ASYIVVsc7chDnQusTSQKefZBm3ELlS-EyyeCZ1f9_Yc&s=QgF8dEJerV9vXl8k69VzKBeVq2VZ62mJnvQYstZFcSs&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__trib.in_2JyG6f9-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=ASYIVVsc7chDnQusTSQKefZBm3ELlS-EyyeCZ1f9_Yc&s=x2dkTOdQ60tLdxfCmmtf_LCHGXzqejDDJrSKQg9kALE&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=ASYIVVsc7chDnQusTSQKefZBm3ELlS-EyyeCZ1f9_Yc&s=4nkngs869lPSC3nP1OtCDRDDpsZLLz-SaVrgLitXBWo&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]