{"id":53722,"date":"2014-06-11T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T16:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=53722"},"modified":"2014-08-08T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T17:20:04","slug":"author-of-book-on-presidential-libraries-critiques-plans-for-the-obama-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/author-of-book-on-presidential-libraries-critiques-plans-for-the-obama-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Curt Smith critiques plans for the Obama library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curt Smith, senior lecturer at the URochester, and author of <em>Windows on the White House: The Story of Presidential Libraries<\/em>, offers strong views about the three leading contenders vying for the Barack Obama Presidential library and why Illinois\u2019 proposal to raise $100 million in state funding for the project is creating quite a stir.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPQ8V6z1GHE?rel=0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As the June 16 deadline for bids for the library approaches, universities in Chicago, Honolulu, and New York City have expressed interest in housing the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting in 1941 with the Franklin Roosevelt library, there is no precedent for using public funds to lay the foundation for a presidential library,\u201d says Smith, a former speechwriter for George H.W. Bush and author of a forthcoming biography (Potomac Books, Fall\/Winter 2014) about the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential libraries have been built through private funds and until now, no one has suggested a presidential library be paid for, even in part, by public funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former presidential speechwriter for George H.W. Bush and author of the upcoming book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.potomacbooksinc.com\/Books\/BookDetail.aspx?productID=364657\">George H.W. 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