#ChicagoValues: Free tickets to Obama Farewell being scalped for up to $5K

Chicago's lakefront

Chicago values are being played out when you of course most expect it.

From the Chicago Tribune:

While President Barack Obama's farewell address was intended to be a free event for those hoping to hear his final oration as commander in chief, there appears to be no shortage of people looking to make a profit from the historic occasion.

Obama, a former U.S. senator turned two-term president, will deliver his last presidential speech Tuesday evening at Chicago's McCormick Place. Free tickets were available on a first-come, first-served basis Saturday morning, prompting several thousand people to withstand single-digit temperatures to wait in line for tickets. By 7 a.m., Chicago police officials were warning hopefuls not already in line not to bother. The crowds had grown so large that all of the available tickets would be scooped up.

By Sunday, advertisements to auction dozens of the elusive tickets had sprouted up on secondary market websites like eBay and Craigslist asking for as much as $5,000 apiece.

Left unclear, however, was whether those tickets were legitimate or could be legally sold.

From my post at Da Tech Guy:

Obama's chickens coming home to roost as he gives Chicago farewell address