Children's Museum critics blast 'propaganda in the park' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State

Did you know the Chicago Children's Museum gets a rebate every time one of their patrons pays to park at Navy Pier? The rebate is meant to offset the high cost of parking for the patron, but instead of giving it to the parker, the museum keeps the money.

Parked at the kid's museum? They owe you :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The Watchdogs

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"Axelrod’s work for the Children’s Museum was particularly galling; in one of most bitter political fights in the city’s recent history, Axelrod was on what the public overwhelmingly deemed to be the wrong side.

“ASK’s predilection for operating in the shadows shows up in its work,” BusinessWeek Chicago reported. “On behalf of ComEd and Comcast, the firm helped set up front organizations that were listed as sponsors of public-issue ads. Industry insiders call such practices “’Astroturfing,’ a reference to manufacturing grassroots support. Alderman Brendan Reilly of the 42nd Ward, who has been battling the Children’s Museum’s relocation plans, describes ASK as ‘the gold standard in Astroturf organizing. This is an emerging industry, and ASK has made a name for itself in shaping public opinion and manufacturing public support’.”

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"Mayor Richard M. Daley, one of Axelrod's friends and earliest clients, is pushing construction of a new Children's Museum in Grant Park to replace a facility on Navy Pier that the museum says it has outgrown. So far, though, "open-space" foes have stymied the move. The museum retained ASK early in 2007. Total federal earmarks Obama requested for Chicago Children's Museum, for the construction of a new Chicago Children's Museum facility: $1,300,000."

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