Should Galesburg make a play for landing the Barack Obama Presidential Library here?

Sure we should!  It would be a prestigious draw to get tourists to visit our city and to possibly start or relocate a business here.  It would definitely be a big boost to our burg, which Obama has visited a few times over the past decade.   Those interested in being considered for the honor need let their intentions be known to the Foundation by May; then formal, detailed propositions follow.  Hawaii and New York will be in the contending, and several sites in Chicago will be vying to be “in the running” for the Barack H. Obama Library and Museum and the half a billion dollars that will come with the designation to build and endow the library with presidential records and artifacts.  Some presidential libraries “have an accompanying center as a vehicle for ex-presidents to promote policies and coordinate humanitarian efforts”.  Some groups have proposed that a center or institute be built in one location and the library in another.  So maybe Galesburg could be considered for one or the other.