Sunday, July 09, 2006

A Very BIG Lie

It isn't really amazing that they lie - they're politicians - if they ever told the truth, their heads would probably explode. It's just amazing that they keep getting reelected and re-appointed after they get caught telling huge whoppers like these:
  • Twelve weeks ago, Cook County chief of staff James Whigham -- running the county's day-to-day operations -- flatly denied the county was in such dire financial straits that it would have to borrow money to make ends meet.

    Friday, things changed. For the first time in more than a decade, Cook County must borrow to help pay the bills. According to an ordinance delivered to commissioners, they will be asked Wednesday to allow the county to seek a $200 million loan

This is what endless years of straight party line voting have brought us in Cook County - and it's only going to get worse. Doesn't anyone else think maybe we ought to give someone else a chance in Cook County?

Cook County having to borrow is especially amusing in light of this:
  • WASHINGTON, July 8 - An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit this year, even though spending has climbed sharply because of the war in Iraq and the cost of hurricane relief.

    On Tuesday, White House officials are expected to announce that the tax receipts will be about $250 billion above last year's levels and that the deficit will be about $100 billion less than what they projected six months ago.

That's from a New York Times report pretty much reporting that the Bush tax cuts are working better than expected - much better than expected, even in the middle of a war. Anyone have any idea what tax cuts in Cook County would mean?

9 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe they should cut the life support hose that kept Stroger alive!

7/08/2006 11:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

maybe because whigham is the biggest donkey on earth

7/09/2006 01:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After you get your property tax increase within the next year or two,

and then get your county tax increase,

and lets not forget paying for the Mayors legal bills which are around the next corner,

and God only knows what other bills the city is hiding from us,

and the city not paying our pension funding at the proper level,

can we afford to keep living in this drowning cavity of corruption at our current salaries?

I think not.

Forget about buying a house or condo, you won't be able to afford it.

And rents are gonna go sky high, cause the owners will just pass it along like always.

The mayor says he will wait till November to announce his decision of re-election. Can we wait that long, will he skate again?


Tell your friends and family to start preparing now for some heavy increases in the cost of living in this city.

The aldercreatures took care of themselves, so should you.

Vote SEISER! Vote Anybody! Keep the little man out of that office! We cannot afford his bills any more!

7/09/2006 01:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Even when Whigham was an exenpt member on this department everybody knew he was a big asshole. He hid behind the Gold Start Family Club to protect people from calling him what he is.

The guy has always been 150 pounds overweight and the females all say he has the smallest dick they ever saw on a black man. I guess the only thing worse than being a black man with a tiny dick is being a very fat black man with a tiny dick.

He never got the federal appointment he left the job for and is a miserable son-a-bitch. Good for the fattttttt bastard!

Mini-me says, I don't care how much money he steals with Stroger, he will always be the sexually frustrated fat man that he is.

7/09/2006 02:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I recently read the IPeeved (ISP)
Blog. I was surprised. Not nearly as much racist ranting as exists on this one. Maybe they're just a little more professional
about what they do and what they say??

7/09/2006 11:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO: SECOND CITY COP

TURN YOUR BLOG OFF FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS! THE HATE, RACISM, EVERY BODY IS BADDER THAN THE NEXT GUY OR DISTRICT IS RIPPING SOME SIMPLE MINDED PEOPLE UP. OTHERS FEED INTO THE CRAP THAT IS POSTED. YOU SEE IT AS WE ALL DO.
YOUR BLOG STARTED OUT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT IT REALLY HAS TURNED TO SHIT!
THEN MAYBE, PEOPLE MAY GET THE IDEA TO COOL IT.

7/09/2006 07:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can't leave this on "Wasted Manpower" for some reason,but the CPD gun vault is not run by a stripped sgt.,it is run by a full duty sgt. from 004,and he runs a tight ship and there is no overtime.

7/10/2006 12:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How does a brick from a broken window on a shitty politicians office get sent for DNA?Are you fucking kidding me,I would think fingerprints from a murder weapon or a rape kit would be more important,but if your a worthless hat wearing thief I mean politician I guess you can pull it off.Whoever ok'd that brick going to lab,besides being a joke with no balls,you should be sent to callback.

7/10/2006 12:38:00 AM  
Blogger fillmoreranger said...

you dont have to wear a hat

7/10/2006 01:22:00 PM  

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