Tuesday, January 23, 2007

CFD Endorses Brown

The Firefighters Union, over the objections of their own president, has voted to endorse Dorothy Brown for mayor over Daley. We suppose that the Union President is mindful of the fact that the firefighters are about to be negotiating a new contract shortly and doesn't want to rile the current occupant of the fifth floor too badly lest he take it out on the rank and file during negotiations. But sometimes, you just have throw caution to the wind and let the guy in charge know that you are royally pissed off.

And what exactly has the mayor done recently to engender any sort of respect or earn any sort of endorsement from the firefighters? Last contract we recall proposals to discontinue the 24 on/48 off that enabled firefighters to hold a number of side jobs. We remember "variances" cutting manpower on trucks being increased. There was a bunch of other stuff that really ticked off the firefighters too - we think they went over 3 years with no contract.

But the mayor isn't worried - he's got Obama's endorsement!
  • "I don't think there's a city in America that has blossomed as much over the last couple of decades than Chicago -- and a lot of that has to do with our mayor. He has a national reputation that's well-deserved ... as somebody's who's innovative, as somebody who's tough, as somebody who's willing to make the hard decisions, as somebody who is constantly thinking about how to make the city better."
  • In August 2005, Obama nearly ran into trouble with Daley when he hedged on whether he'd support the mayor for re-election in light of the corruption investigations at City Hall.
  • Asked then if he planned to support the mayor or if the corruption probes might have given him pause, the senator replied, "What's happened -- some of the reports I've seen ... give me huge pause."
  • An hour later, he called the Sun-Times saying he wanted to clarify his remarks. Obama said the mayor was "obviously going through a rough patch," but he also said Chicago has "never looked better" and that "significant progress has been made on a variety of fronts." The senator said then it was "way premature" to talk about endorsements because the mayor had not yet announced his candidacy.
Way to flip flop Obama. You're well on your way to being the John Kerry of the 2008 election season. The only thing that has changed since 2005 is the number of guilty pleas Fitzgerald has wrung out of patronage hires. The city is still as crooked as they come.

15 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Obama has big problems, not only with his past statements, lack of experience, votes (or lack of same) on various issues, but with the Clintons. I hate the democrats, but the Clintons are jump on Obama like a dog on fresh meat....it should be interesting...

1/23/2007 01:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fire union had some balls. Let's see if the FOP will. Daley has to go.

1/23/2007 05:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great display of "balls" by the rank/file of the CFD.
Now, we should show some STONES and endorse that leftist WALLS.
Just to show that arrogant,bought out,mobbed up prick how we feel.
F*k him for not funding our pensions!!!!!

1/23/2007 06:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daley isn't going anywhere. You guys and gals can't even agree on a work slow-down. Get on with your lives, be his playtoys,& keep the gel in your hair. PS park legally and keep up with the activity.

1/23/2007 05:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The FOP's Donahue will be gone long before King Richie does.

1/23/2007 05:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

DUH! Mayor announced more plans for his Olympic bid today. All city unions need to organize to pressure the city on their contracts and pension plans. With police contracts coming to an end soon, the negotiating for contracts and the filling of pension gaps needs to take precedence over Olympic spending.

1/23/2007 05:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fire union is the shit! Our union licks shit!

1/23/2007 07:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ELECTIONS !! Did you say ELECTIONS ? ELECTIONS are you kidding me? ELECTIONS ! We don't have elections just coronations.

1/23/2007 07:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are a bunch of cry babies. The firemen are assholes and I can't wait until their shifts go to 8 hours. The only service job now a days worth any respect is the paramedics. The hardest workers in the city. Remember 10% of police do 90% of the work, so most of you are worth shit.

1/24/2007 12:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

listen the CFD union president has been scamming the Park Ridge Public School system for yrs. His kids go to Main South w/ some fake address he set up. Claims he is seperated and the kids live w/ mom in park ridge. Total bullshit!!! He lives in the city, with his wife and kids and scams the Park Ridge Public School System. He wants to be a Judge. Just wait, his name will appear on a ballot one day. Thats why he is doing what he is doing.

1/24/2007 02:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Balls? To support Dorothy Brown?

Go to Dorothy Brown's web site and read her stand on the police and decide if you still want the FOP to endorse her.

1/24/2007 07:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

are about to be negotiating a new contract shortly and doesn't want to rile the current occupant of the fifth floor too badly lest he take it out on the rank and file during negotiations


Piss him off, who cares!! What else can they take away from us or do to us??

1/24/2007 11:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dorothy Brown may be anti-police according to her website, but at least she's honest about it. Daley is also anti-police, he just hides it. I will still vote for Brown.

1/25/2007 11:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is nothing great about Obama.
He is not pro law enforcement.

But he didn't have a lot of crime in Hawaii.

1/25/2007 11:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is nothing great about Obama.
He is not pro law enforcement.

But he didn't have a lot of crime in Hawaii.

1/25/2007 11:21:41 PM

Other than doing dope, you mean?

1/30/2007 05:09:00 AM  

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