Toddler Levels the Playing Field
On one hand, you have State's Attorney Dick Devine complaining loudly about the 17% budget cuts being forced on every county agency in an effort to trim costs. Devine says that these cuts will force his prosecutors to accept more plea bargains (though it's hard to imagine them accepting any more than they already do) and will force his office to be unable to retain the best and brightest among the Harvard and Yale graduates that usually work in County prosecution offices.
Trust Urkel and his people to come up with a brilliant idea:
Trust Urkel and his people to come up with a brilliant idea:
- Cook County Board President Todd Stroger wants public defenders to work just four days a week -- and sometimes only three.
Stroger announced the cost-saving measure Thursday in a letter from special assistant Jonathan Rothstein to the union that represents assistant public defenders.
The letter says starting March 5, no assistant public defender will work more than four days a week.
Hopefully, the public defenders' off days will coincide with the days that ASA's are offering some of these plea bargains. It's a happy medium for everyone!
posted by SCC at 1:00 AM
49 Comments:
what a joke: I mean, I don't fault the toddler for trying to cut the budget, but....there's not enough fat in the budget so that employees don't have to be laid off or have their hours cut? What about the fat cats, the highly paid politically connected, how about chopping them?
todd..how about positions that have notoriously hid patronage jobs...the forest preserve police, the clerks office..etc.
you are making alot of noise with these high profile targets....but ultimately what will change...
go after the spots that hide political jobs quietly..that is where the true budget benefit will be felt...
2/03/2007 01:21:02 AM
You have got to be kidding! There's more fat in the county budget then there is on a whales belly. Tons of jobs (granted that dont pay the best) that aren't needed or purely made up so a politician can give it to a freind (donator or campaign volunteer) when he gets elected/re-elected. God forbid they dont put up a sign in their front yard either.
Go look at the forest prserve. I went there over the summer and rented a boat at Maple lake. When I went to turn it in and pay the ridiculous charge I had to pay cash (no credit cards) so I asked for my reciept. They dont give them I was told. I called and complained (Tamp Pier) they said "No we dont give out reciepts" the guys in the boat launches can steal all day and there is no record of it.
Wow, we should make Toddler a meritorious boss in CPD because he comes up with ideas that have no basis in reality or experience in the actual work place. He'd fit right in with the scrambled egg hats leading the department right now. Hey Charlie W I hope you feel like an ass with you statement about not needing bullet proof partitions from the good citizens of Chicago in stations only to have a shithead pull a gun on Po's hours after. Cheaper to bury us than protect us right. How about a boss who actually spent some time on the street dealing with these heavily armed POS. Yeah, and by his command we will never get rifles on the district level. Every other department in the nation learns by the mistakes and experiences of other departments but us. My god how long did it take before the house mouses in R&D finally got around to letting us wear turtle necks? This department is a joke, lets make Toddler the Sup next and we'll be complete in the idiocy.
has Todd offered to take a 17% pay cut?
You seem to think that if a lawyer didn't go to Harvard or Yale that he must be second or third rate and may well be but a few people can go to those schools and their not likely to take jobs that barely pay $50,000.00 a year. There are attorneys on the county's payroll with 10-15 years service making less than $60K a year. Very few making more. They can't work 2nd jobs because the rules don't permit it and even if they could, they don't have a client base nor the training to do real estate closings or even write Wills. So unlike police officers, they can supplement their incomes.
Just think how much you guys would be screaming if your hours were cut or if you made such little money after spending 100K out of your own pocket for your training.
just wait till you start pissin off the judge's they will order the public def. to show up
Let Urkel do the city budget. Cut the alderman by 50%. 25 wards instead of 50. Those city water crews, cut by 75% Why is there only one guy working and 4 more standing around? The CTA, do like LA no service after 1:00am till 5:00am.
Personally, I applaud Stroger for keeping his word on making the cuts throughout the County system. Tons of waste on both sides, Public Defender's Office as well as Devine's feifdom. Didn't vote for him, but he's beginning to turn me around. Hang in there, Todd!
CHOP FROM THE TOP!
Directors, Assistant Deputy Secret Squirrel Chiefs, and my favorite.....The Chief of pens pencils and parking spaces.
These cronies are paid at least twice what a lower rung subordinate makes.
No more SCC or SCD at work. It is blocked.
They can block this at work but we will still have freedom of speech and opinion after hours! These dumb ass bosses can't shut us up! The Department forced Sworn to learn computer technology and now the Department block sites because the sworn now makes this an advantage to communicate with each other like never before! The Department should have stuck with paper and no computers! HA! HA! TOO LATE! SCC is here to stay!
Anonymous said...
No more SCC or SCD at work. It is blocked.
2/03/2007 08:39:36 AM
GOOD NEWS, the slow death begins.
Read Men's Health Jan/Feb 2007 page 72 an article written by attorney Dan Abrams regarding libel on blogs. YIKES !!
OVER, Over, nothing is over till we say it is.....(Bluto Blutarski)...Faber High
In lieu of flowers, send donations to "Old Broken Down Blogs.Com"
I heard Meeks is gonna try to help... a southside criminal slowdown is in the works ... Jesse Jackson has come up with a fitting slogan....
"THE TODDLER MUST CUT ... SO DON'T BE A MUTT!"
say it now
"THE TODDLER MUST CUT ... SO DON'T BE A MUTT!"
Go BEARS ------------------ Superbowl tomorrow --------
I tell you who wins here guys. WE DO --- many more cases will be continued.
Oh - and remember to put yourself in that court book. These cocksuckers are deviating for not calling in to your unit if you can't go.
And, by cocksuckers, I mean our balless white shirts, not the ASAs.
Special thanks to Jerry F. for that policy.
I was reading where the White House fence is in need of serious repair.
Maybe we should vote for Osama Obama, he gets fences for free!
the REAL problem rest with Cook County has the highest amount of "non taxpayers" living in this county than all others; soaking the city and county dry, living off the government and always demanding more. mo money mo money. higher baby sittn' checks, mo food stamps, county and state paid gas, electric, rent. fuckn' joke.
I appauld any Cook County budget cuts. Did everyone forget where the money comes from? In case you forgot, it our tax money.
Xsup hill's kid is still in the academy waiting for a new recruit class to start. He started several weeks ago failed the power test and before being retested miracuously became IOD (over the weekend) so he didn't have to retest (and refail and be fired). He walks around in his PJs and displays his gangbanger grade tattoos in the new gym.
Is this site still up ????????
I use to be a county employee and the cuts they are making are rediculous. first there is no need to get rid of the sheriffs police. they are stretched thin as it is. there about 8000 court deputies that work in the courthouses, electronic monitoring, swap,levies and evictions just to name a few. Most of the court deputies that drive a van around all day transporting people and serving court papers are the most useless people on this earth. people get paid 55k just to sit in a squad car and guard a parking lot all day long. also, they could easily cut about 1000 "deputies" from the department and would still be operating at the same pace. The only problem is most of the m1 court deputies and personel are stroger sr. people and were given the job by stroger. So who looses there job, the copper who has had been the police for the last 10 years and was probley got the job by sheehans people....the only reason toddler is making these changes now is because sheehan was too powerful and everyone knew not to make changes to his department. Tom Dart is doing a good job at rallying support for his cause, but i think that it is a loosing battle...God i hope stoger fu*ks up and ends up in jail somehow..
Toddler really pulled the wool over the eyes of the ministers! That is just to funny
Cut the city alderman from 50 to 25....One per police district. Doing so will save shave 2.5 million dollars in salary alone!
What about the fat cats, the highly paid politically connected, how about chopping them?
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As a County Police Sergeant, I agree. Why are we to lose 100 policemen, and all of the Toddler's "crew" get a free pass?
In many ways we are similar to you. Other ways we are different. Example: When the CCSPD has an officer in trouble we call a 10-33. You guys call in a 10-1.
I am calling in a 10-1.
Your brothers in brown need you to call your commissioner-creatures, send letters and emails, and make office visits to tell them that cutting the Sheriff's budget in such a manner is foolish.
Hell, I could have been a State Trooper, CPD, suburban cop, or if I was a little smarter: a cop in warm sunny Florida. My fortune was determined. I went to the jail, went to the police department, got promoted about 10 years later, and here I am. I give our residents the best service that I can provide. As a supervisor, I motivate my guys to do the same. I consider myself a good guy to work for if you are doing your job. I can be a real asshole if you are a dogass.
It just angers the shit out of me that we are viewed as feed cattle to be done away with as soon as is possible.
Someone, slap some sense into the Toddler!
Signed,
A Concerned County Police Sergeant.
Member, AFSCME 3953.
i was hoping some of us were smarter than this. these cuts are being proposed to piss off the county board who then complain about lack of services to the "public" who will then accept a tax hike. come on guys it isn't that hard to figure out. i know stroger said he won't raise taxes, but the board will pass a raise w/o him
SCC:
(Perhaps you would like to start this as a new topic)
Here are the NEW sergeant’s assignments:
TO----------------------FROM
001 BRIDGES, Tim R. 018
002 FICHT, Leonard K. 024
002 LOPEZ, Jose L. 640
002 McINERNEY, Raymond J.009
002 ROWLING, Steven R. 253
003 DOWNS, Richard E. 153
003 HEIN, Jon P. 013
003 MULLINS, Stanley M. 006
003 PARKS, Cedric V. 620
003 SVILAR, William 610
003 ABER, Nicholas E. 012
004 PITROWSKI, Dawn M. 011
005 FLANAGAN, Thomas J. 701
005 FLANIGAN, Kevin T. 603
005 KINNEY, David B. 620
005 MORRISSEY, Margaret M. 018
005 PETTIS, Christoph 050
005 ROYSTER, Thermon A. 610
005 SMITH, Dennis L. 022
007 BOCARDO, Michael R. 193
007 JASICA, Shannon K. 022
007 LOMBARD, Richard P. 620
007 SCHAAF, Jeffrey A. 010
007 SULLINS, Edward J. 045
009 DORRIS, John E. 008
009 MUSZYNSKY, Michael W. 019
009 O'DONNELL, Johnny 603
010 BORJA, Jean P. 012
010 GEORGE, Mark A. 017
010 SOTO, Alexis C. 015
012 BIELICKI, Anita M. 057
012 FORBES Jr., Terence P. 025
012 LAUFER, James R. 025
013 AXIUM, Jack A. 050
013 BAZAREK, Michael G. 640
013 O'DONNELL, Weslene M. 018
014 NIEVES, Luz A. 121
014 ROWAN, James G. 153
015 AYLWARD, Patrick M. 015
015 BANICH, Thomas J. 023
015 BARZ, Michael J. 650
015 BETANCOURT, William 014
015 DEVINE, Peter C. 640
015 MONTGOMERY, Phyore D. 121
015 PARHAM, Andre 006
015 VALDES, Hector A. 630
024 DELGADO, John M. 013
025 ERNST, Raymond G. 650
025 MILLS, Thomas 121
025 WHITE, Glenn 015
8 sergeants to 015. WHY?? Because they all leave after 3 to 6 months and go to units.
OFF TOPIC:
Dear Mr. Cline,
After watching the news reports for the past several nights, I feel you as you request the citizens of Chicago to act as responsible Bears fans.
As a supporter of Mad mothers Against Drunk Driving, I applaud your efforts in appealing to the public, the importance of drinking responsibly and having a secured designated driver for this wonderful occasion.
I am respectfully requesting that you allow my Daughter, police officer Dawn Bacardi to be allowed the night off for the bears celebrations. I understand you have limited time due for this night., And hope you can understand the importance of this historical event.
I desperately need her to be my designated driver. Through the years, I have learned that a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, therefor, I offer you in exchange for her freedom that night, a wonderful catered event which will include 16 dozen Duncan donuts, 12 football size stuffed pizzas and 22 liters of RC for you and your staff which I’m sure will compliment your night as you watch the game from your wonderful warm command van.
I also have a connection through the NFL to supply 12 extra large T-Shirts in exchange for exclusive P.O.D footage of the Michigan street parade the following day. U-Tube has made me a generous offer for quick takes which I am willing to share with you and Richie D. Im sure this event can be a win win situation for all of us.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience. I can be reached at Toddler S’s office from 8:00am - 9:15 am on Saturday morning. Just use the code word Pizza Man and they will patch you right through.
Sincerely,
Alice Bacardi
It's TRUE!! Since the CPD came out with its own blogger, no one can tap into SCC, SCS or SCD on Dept.
computers! The Dept. has had ENOUGH of guys blabbing and slamming each other on company time. I guess I'll have to buy that internet card for my laptop now, so I can read and post while I'm doing absolutely nothing at the tower!
I have a Doctor friend whom is an M.D. with the Cook County Hospital System. My friends job was eliminated from the Toddler's budget. My friend also said that the people with out connections are getting the ax. The folks with clout are staying with Cook County. For example if one particular grade (position) gets eliminated he moves someone in with the same grade (position) but lesser experience and clout into that area. My friend has 22 years of service with the County in the Medical Field. My friend said that too many hire ups in the Cook County Health Care System don't have the experience and the upper government in the Health Field are inefficient! Ultimately this will cost the County more $$$ in the long run.
001 BRIDGES, Tim R. 018
Who is this to go from 018 to 001?
Hey you can buy clout for very little. A few hundred dollars a year. Give an alderman a couple of hundred bucks for campaign stuff, and it will go a long way. Didn't a police commander give cash to Troutman? yes. Do the feds even care? No
Toddler wants his people to give up 20 days. At 2080 hours it should be 35 days.
At a 7hr day 1820hrs woork a year (yuk yuk) thats 30 day given up at 17%.
Anonymous said...
001 BRIDGES, Tim R. 018
Who is this to go from 018 to 001?
2/03/2007 09:42:40 PM
Didn't he play Willis on "Different Strokes"?
imadic said...
By the way while Im at it, While Devine is complaining about budget cuts he is hiring the 24 year old daughter of a good frend of his. His friend who sang at his inauguration.
IMADIC but richard is a goof.
2/03/2007 12:58:39 PM
Good thing his son made Dick so quickly...
Signed,
A Concerned County Police Sergeant.
Member, AFSCME 3953.
2/03/2007 03:44:18 PM
What's your residency rule?
015 DEVINE, Peter C. 640
Is this the SA's kid?
That county sgt. sounds like Sgt. Frank Ryan. He made it on his own right?
Anonymous said...
015 DEVINE, Peter C. 640
Is this the SA's kid?
2/04/2007 11:18:06 AM
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Yep, made Det last year, now a Sgt. Seems like a OK guy.
Pete made Dick then Sgt in less than a year. Yes, the ASA's kid...who happened to ALWAYS get felony appoval on his cases-just ask his old team. This job is LEGIT.
. . "Here are the NEW sergeant’s assignments . .
8 sergeants to 015. WHY?? Because they all leave after 3 to 6 months and go to units. . .
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NEWSFLASH.. 6 months? NOPE 2 sergeants from 015 as of SUNDAY 4 Feb are detailed to Unit 121.. I.A.D.
[015 BARZ, Michael J. from 650 and
015 VALDES, Hector A. from 630]
What's your residency rule?
2/04/2007 11:16:48 AM
We don't have a residency rule. We have coppers living 4-5 counties around. Problem is that this is going to bite them. Anyone with a take home squad needs to park it in Cook County.
I guess the former Detective that lives in Pontiac is S.O.L.!
Got a bunch in Will County as well as Lake County. Nice houses, but the ride in everyday has to bite ass!!
We have a cop that lives in Wisconsin, and he parks his ride at the substation. Been doing so for awhile now. Seems fair to me.
That county sgt. sounds like Sgt. Frank Ryan. He made it on his own right?
2/04/2007 11:38:40 AM
We don't have a Frank Ryan. A joe and a Bill, both patrolmen.
We do have a bunch of double-dippers that retired from Chicago. Word is that they are toast. Gonna miss a few of them, but I have no use for Jack K. in our 911 center. Good f%^&ing riddence to that psycho boy.
Too bad bears
BY THE WAY . . .
DEVINE's kid was made merit sergeant.. AND is in 015.. guess who the NEXT sgt. to leave 015 will be?
HIGH PAYING POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
High paying, little work, positions are now available!
I have no more relatives nor acquaintances who are not already on the county payroll.
You may apply with a note from your friendly democRAT ward committeman at 69 W.Washington during my staff's normal business hours...11:45 to 1:15pm, Do not call during our lunch time, noon to 1:15.
Todd Erkel Stroger, your President
And thanks again for voting democRAT........suckers
regarding 2:23:23 comment ....Shut up you lazy excuse for a cop... let me guess..... you work in 18 or 23 and think your the real police... Well go bum rush some boyz on Halsted and get promoted meritorious or go work in the Suburbs.
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