African American Contractors Association president Omar Shareef said that a total of seven separate subcontractors have contacted him for help with pursuing missing payments in the past several months. Some of the contractors are owed seven figures. They’re willing to settle for less, as long as they can keep their businesses running.
Nobody should trust a Chicago politician to pay the bills.
So why is the center being allowed to open? I hope they put a big fat inflatable rat out front, sit in lawn chairs and protest on opening day.