He Was (And to a Large Extent Remains) The King of the World! So Why Is His Boyhood Home Run-Down & On the Market for Peanuts? I Say the Joint Should be Historically Preserved...

The countryside of America is riddled with preserved boyhood or girlhood homes of so-called historical figures who can't even shake a stick at "The Greatest," Muhammad Ali.  So why is his boyhood home in Louisville not being historically preserved?  Instead, the house is in terrible condition, worth less (in the abstract) than $25K reportedly, and currently on the market "by owner" for a paltry $50K (link below)...

Ali is one of the very biggest (if not The Biggest) sports figures in American history.  He remains to this day one of the most well-known (if not The Most Well-Known) Americans worldwide.  Go to some tiny village anywhere on the planet -- South America, Africa, Asia, doesn't matter -- and the locals, including many of the kids, will still to this day know his name and who he is.

He's always been that big.  Completely larger than life, even over the span of the last 25-plus years when the terrible disease of Parkinson's syndrome has robbed The Champ of most of his physical motor skills.  

Agree or disagree with Ali's past political stances -- including his late '60s U.S. Supreme Court case that pitted 1st Amendment religious freedom rights against a compulsory military draft -- it still remains undeniable that this man is one of the most fascinating, famous and memorable American sports or historical figures ever to exist.

In all the incredibly wasteful trillion-dollar spending of the Obama "stimulus" in 2009, you mean to tell me we couldn't find room for a mill or two to historically preserve The Greatest's boyhood home and turn it into a museum and/or tourist attraction?

And what about Louisville and the State of Kentucky?  Good Grief, Ali's is as big of a native son as you will ever have!  And you guys have also ignored this very obvious, intuitive opportunity to preserve a great big piece of history right there in your backyard?  Has Joe Frazier just been elected Mayor of Derby City or something?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194426/Muhammad-Alis-childhood-home-sale-50-000-crumbling-property-worth-half-asking-price.html

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