Former President Barack Obama recently released the new design for his Presidential Center in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park. The main building has been widely panned as a squat, stumpy version of the stately Washington Monument. Adding insult to eyesore, Illinois taxpayers may also be on the hook for as much as $100 million in infrastructure spending related to the project.

However, in a rare instance, federal taxpayers may actually catch a break on this latest boondoggle. This site was originally intended to include Obama’s presidential library, but a penny-pinching change in the center’s architectural layout may lay the groundwork for needed reform in the presidential library system.