Why Your Taxes Were Raised
Mayor Daley is encouraging people to get ready for winter and use city programs to help cut heating costs.
At the Harrison Park Fieldhouse, 1824 S. Wood, the mayor was on hand for a demonstration of energy-saving tips.
He pointed out that the city is holding a series of winter preparedness fairs. Residents can get a free home winterization kit.
"The bottom line is every dollar you save on home heating is a dollar you can put to good use on food clothing shelter and education to help improve your family's quality of life," said Daley.
A "free home winterization kit"? Why Mr. Mayor, where ever did that "free" kit come from? Oh yeah - our recently approved tax hike.
Has anyone noticed on your People's Gas bills a little box called "Share the Warmth"? A dollar a month to pay for someone else's heat? Seeing as how we taxpayers just got shafted for over $250 million, we think we'll be needing every single dollar to heat our own homes this year. And we'll be checking to see if ComEd has some similar program that we can save household money on by not contributing. Probably a few of the mayor's favorite charities on the payroll deduction are going to get cut, too.
After all, charity starts at home.
Has anyone noticed on your People's Gas bills a little box called "Share the Warmth"? A dollar a month to pay for someone else's heat? Seeing as how we taxpayers just got shafted for over $250 million, we think we'll be needing every single dollar to heat our own homes this year. And we'll be checking to see if ComEd has some similar program that we can save household money on by not contributing. Probably a few of the mayor's favorite charities on the payroll deduction are going to get cut, too.
After all, charity starts at home.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
42 Comments:
I am going to go get a free kit. I dare them to stop me just because I am not a welfare slug.
Maybe Patrick fitzgerald will get daley his own winter kit! By putting him in prison look at all the money daley could save in not having to pay any bills! fuck daley nothing but a crook! More free shit for people who don't contribute while our bills skyrocket!
this city is eliminating the middle class and soon there will only be two classes, and guess which class we will be in.
I GOT THE FREE KIT MAYBE YOU SHOULD POST ALL THE ADDRESSES AND DATES WHEN THEY ARE PASSING THEM OUT.
I STILL DONT THINK I CAN RECOUP MY 4000 DOLLARS WORTH OF COUNTY TAXES.
BE CAREFUL!...about five years ago I noticed a $1 charge on my gas bill. I called to inquire and found that the $1 was going to a "heat relief" program. After working in 011 for 5 years I realized the average recipient of this program had their section 8 apartment heated to around 90 degrees with the heat blaring and oven on full tilt with the door open and burners on. Everyone in the place would be sporting tanks and shorts, all the while I had my thermostat on 67 and wearing sweats and a fleece. When I called Peoples, I was informed a letter was sent out in a previous bill stating that if I didnt want to donate, I needed to say so in writing or call. I had all $18 refunded. So check your bills, this may have changed, but dont let this happen to you!
ps after that I started setting ghetto thermostats to 60 and disconnecting the wiring to the thermostats... afterall, those puffy coats gotta earn their keep!
2 steps to a warmer winter
1. get a job
2. spend your earnings on heat
Why would they need a winterizing kit when the furnace is on ALL the way and the burners are all lit and the door on the stove is wide open,and still they get more free stuff.I think I'll get a kit too, what the hell I paid for it anyway.This is just another in a myriad of examples why socialists should not be elected.I remember when conducting a beat meeting once the good people asked me about address numbers.I said they could be found and purchased at any hardware store.Looks of disbelief and horror filled the room, "No" they said, "We want free ones from the city".Socialists do nothing for themselves but take from everyone and feel entitled to everything.Lazy slobs, and fat to boot.
Why are no workshops in the NW or SW sides where home values are higher and property taxes will go up more???
Oh yeah all us city workers live here and can afford to buy the stuff w/ the raises we got on our new contract that took effect in July.
Get rid of Daley & Stroger and the tax payer would save billions.
keep voting democratic
wait to see how bad it gets if hillary is elected
Ever notice how the Revs ride around in Benz'z and Jags?
I know, how else can you preach the lords word if you can't represent your standing in the community in a materialistic way.
The flock won't take you seriously.
How about driving a stock Chevy Impala and using the difference to aide the flock with their utility bills.
Finally, screw the utility companies and their donation requests. They can have their stock holders give their dividends to the needy.
I too am ending the contributions from my pay.
Most people I meet in 007 are still using the old winterization kit: a crack pipe and a 40 oz. of Steel Reserve.
the whole tax raising thing is such a scam - there was no reasn to raise real estate taxes. Real estate tax income was going up on it's own. Look at all the new condo's going up - for example - on te near west side - you've got 4 condo's built on a parcel of land where on 1 single home was - that's 4 times as much tax revenue. You have the new high rises around michigan avenue with 100 plus new condos - waaaay more tax revenue - why can't the media see this and ask questions. new condos are popping up all over .
If you are within 5 years of retirement, begin to research states that you would like to retire too and see if they tax your pension. Also, see what other tax differences there are.
ILLINOIS HAS TO BE THE MOST CORRUPT STATE IN THE U.S.
We've had three former Govs. go to prison in the last 50 years.
Hopefully Rod will be #4.
Has any other state?
"this city is eliminating the middle class and soon there will only be two classes, and guess which class we will be in.
11/16/2007 12:43:00 AM"
BY THE YEAR 2030 CHICAGO WILL BE DIVIDED INTO 2 CITIES EAST& WEST OF THE RIVER. ALL THE BRIDGES WILL BE DETONATED, THE RIVER WILL BE MINED TO PREVENT PEOPLE CROSSING INTO TO THE AFFLUENT SECTOR. DOWNTOWN WILL ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE BY AIR. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE'S BEEN SUCH A GLUT OF HOUSING IN THESE AREAS.
YOU FOLKS WEST OF THE RIVER? EVER SEE THE MOVIE 28 DAYS?
Of course, help is needed in the "poor areas" How many times have you had a job where the thermostat was set at 80+ in the house?
That was one of the things that amazed me when I first came on the job. 85 in the house, everyone in shorts and tshirts and you just know that bill wasn't going to get paid.
I keep my thermostat set at 66 in the winter, make the wife and kids wear sweats to save a couple of bucks.
By the way, I'm still waiting for Pam Zekman to give a public "THANK YOU" for the coppers in 023 who helped her after the purse snatch she was the victim of this past weekend.
You're welcome Pammy, you police hating anti-everything zealot.
Anonymous said...
Why would they need a winterizing kit when the furnace is on ALL the way and the burners are all lit and the door on the stove is wide open,and still they get more free stuff.I think I'll get a kit too, what the hell I paid for it anyway.This is just another in a myriad of examples why socialists should not be elected.I remember when conducting a beat meeting once the good people asked me about address numbers.I said they could be found and purchased at any hardware store.Looks of disbelief and horror filled the room, "No" they said, "We want free ones from the city".Socialists do nothing for themselves but take from everyone and feel entitled to everything.Lazy slobs, and fat to boot.
11/16/2007 01:51:00 AM
This is where we are headed, my friend.....Liberals are going to demand that the G take care of everyone...eventually, the G will go bankrupt (we may already be here, depending on whether or not China bankrupts us), and the liberals' taxes will be sky high, some will get laid off, some will lose their lilly-white picket fence surrounded houses, others will notice that no one in their burb is working anymore, and that it's getting "scary" or "hairy" or "prickely" or whatever PC term they use these days for "ghetto". Then THEY will be taken care of by the G. Then this great country of ours will dissolve because no one will be working except a few conservaitives, who, by the way, lost their guns, so mexico and canada have a great battle to decide who gets vegas. so that will be the end game for our current shituation. Unless we vote for conservative republicans, of which there are NONE in crook county....
fuck that bullshit... iz gonna setz the crib on fire, then gets that talll cash 6 million yes sirreee
He pointed out that the city is holding a series of winter preparedness fairs. Residents can get a free home winterization kit.
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Has the mayor given free stuff NW or SW??
Take a good look at your peoples gas bill. They were taking out $1 each month for help the less privelaged bullshit and I never approved it or asked for it. They just did it. I filed a complaint with them and demanded to see any evidence that I approved the deduction. They did a lot of "um's and whats" and quickly credited my account. The sneaky sons of bitches.
CONTRACT? BACK PAY WITH INTEREST? COSTS GO UP IN CHICAGO FOR "EVERYTHING" AND WE KEEP GETTING PAID LESS AND LESS. FOP SNAP OUT OF IT, WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. BACKLOGS STILL EVERYDAY AND NIGHT, NO POLICE SERVICE WHERE THE CITY WORKERS LIVE. I HATE THIS FUCKING CITY, THE DEPT AND ESPECIALLY DEEP POCKETS DICK HEAD KING RICHY!
me: dad i'm cold
dad: put on a sweater
me: dad what's a thermostat?
dad: something that if you touch i'll break your hand
BE CAREFUL!...about five years ago I noticed a $1 charge on my gas bill. I called to inquire and found that the $1 was going to a "heat relief" program. After working in 011 for 5 years I realized the average recipient of this program had their section 8 apartment heated to around 90 degrees with the heat blaring and oven on full tilt with the door open and burners on. Everyone in the place would be sporting tanks and shorts, all the while I had my thermostat on 67 and wearing sweats and a fleece. When I called Peoples, I was informed a letter was sent out in a previous bill stating that if I didnt want to donate, I needed to say so in writing or call. I had all $18 refunded. So check your bills, this may have changed, but dont let this happen to you!
ps after that I started setting ghetto thermostats to 60 and disconnecting the wiring to the thermostats... afterall, those puffy coats gotta earn their keep!
That is friggin' hilarious!! You should make a skit of that and send it to Saturday Night Live!!!
We should all get together and circulate petitions to stop the city for paying gas and electric bills for people who fail in their responsibility to take care of their priorities.
We should force the city to repeal any taxes that go to pay for these dead beats.
Let them live in darkness and cold. Who cares anymore?
11/16/2007 01:00:00 AM
We keep our thermostat on 68, use a down comforter and had an energy efficient boiler put in a couple years ago.
We're saps, you know that don't you?
Ever notice how the Revs ride around in Benz'z and Jags?
Mope-rah has a Jag. Must be a "black" thang.
Anyone want to guess how many vehicles registered to Operation Push headquarters with the last name Jackson?
Real purty cars too.
Anonymous said...
Most people I meet in 007 are still using the old winterization kit: a crack pipe and a 40 oz. of Steel Reserve.
11/16/2007 09:08:00 AM
OMG! That was so fucking funny.
True, but funny.
You pay so pols can give it out to the illegals and poor.LoL
WE ARE STUPID!!
WHERE DO WE GET THE FREE KITS?
More flower pots down the median strip of west North Avenue. Like we need more flower pots and less medical coverage or raises. The store owners will be pissed off when the snow is plowed in front of their places and I am pissed off at the slowed traffic. Of course all the business people can sell out to Sergio and Banks and they can put up more "Luxury Condos."
You all think it is bad now, wait till Clinton gets in. She is a bigger socialist than her old man ever was. Social liberal will destroy this country while keeping everything for themselves. Nice game plan and everyone without a brain buys into.
Sam Bass
SUCKERS!!!!
In 2000 or early 2001 I pulled over a white Bentley sedan with a M/1 driving it who look like he just stumbled out of "the wild hare" reggae bar. This guy was from central casting had dreadlocks down to his ass.
He was stopping, blocking traffic, and engaging every prostitute on North ave in conversation.So I decided to investigate. I stopped him at North/ashland at which time he started with all the "typical racist police hater rant" You only pulled me over because I'm black..you only are funking with me because you've never seen a brother in a Bentley before..blah..blah..blah!"
I name checked him and warned him about playing with the prostitutes told him to have a good evening. It was about 3:00 am.
Computers were running slow. After he got on 90/94 the vehicle comes back "Firm owned" Registered to..are you ready?
The Nation of islam on the southside!
What a fucking joke. A bunch of gangbangers posing as a religious organization to get a tax exemption!
My Priest drives a 15 year old Buick Lesabre!
The city asks us to give to help the poor and homeless! hey daley you raise our taxes I am giving enough jagoff!
Dates and locations of the Winter Preparedness Fairs are:
• Mon., 11/19/07 3 pm- 8 pm Truman College 1145 W. Wilson
• Wed., 11/28/07 3 pm- 8 pm Amundsen Park 6200 W. Bloomingdale Ave.
• Fri., 11/30/07 4 pm- 8 pm Gwendolyn Brooks H.S. 250 E. 111th St.
• Sat., 12/1/07 9am- 2pm Hamilton Park 513 W. 72nd
• Wed., 12/5/07 3 pm- 8 pm Columbia Explorers 4520 S. Kedzie
• Wed., 12/12/07 3 pm- 8 pm Harrison Park 1824 S. Wood
• Sat., 12/15/07 9am- 2pm Morgan Park HS 1744 W. Pryor
• Wed., 12/19/07 3 pm- 8 pm Piotrowski Park 4247 W. 31st St.
• Sat., 1/5/08 9 am- 2 pm Merrimac Park 6343 W. Irving Park
• Sat. 1/12/08 9 am- 2pm North Park Village 5801 N. Pulaski
• Wed, 1/16/08 3 pm- 8 pm Park Manor Elementary 7037 S Rhodes Ave.
• Sat., 1/19/08 9 am- 2 pm Marshall High 3250 W. Adams
Funny, nothing by me. I guess my tax dollars don't get me free stuff.
Just check the box that reads
"Donate to Bills hungry truck fund". That 7.0 V10 is killing me.
11/17/2007 03:50:00 PM
And don't hold your breath either. Now, isn't THAT racism? I guess it doesn't work in reverse.
Dear SCC, wondering why you retreated from posting our comment, did it not meet your criteria, did it not state the truth?
Too much "Pookie" this, "Savage" that, animal references, etc.
Clean it up - you made some good points.
gotcha, thanks for the feedback. sometimes emotions get the best of the commenting. hands type before brain thinks...respect the rebuttal
here are some reasons taxes are raised...
safe passage...when do the cathlolic schools or suburban public schools need tactical/gang and watch presence daily for dismissals. these eight hour a day jails i mean learning centers swallow up man hours and city and state spending.
CHA...every abandoned and occupied unit has the heat to at least 90 degrees with the windows open, who pays we do.
THE DOC... huge manpower lost, useless event numbers, and "wolfpacks" why are these so called depressed neighborhoods afforded so much. 1% are working people, and the rest abosorb state and federal money like a sponge. who is to blame for this senseless violence except the inhabitants of this DOC area. Meanwhile these plagues upon society travel to the unpoliced areas in the districts to demonstrate their abilities to enhance crime.
bussing... this brainchild of the government. taking the "deprived" inner city neandrethals and commuting them into middle class areas. all in the hopes of educating them and making them an integral part of society. nope, instead the residents that were forced to share classroom space with the invaders began to emmulate the visitors, and dropping their own GPA's. Now we have the pleasure of the gang and criminal element in every neighborhood of this city.
hiring standards...look around in your district, several officers cannot speak english. when our relatives arrived in this country they had to learn the language, or starve. today bilingual signs, instructions etc make this truly the land of opportunity. let the fop release the SS#'S of our employees. if an officer is illegal he/she does not deserve this job.
city services...when has garfield ridge, edison park, ashburne, bucktown, mount greenwood been afforded the luxury of free sidewalks or curbs. if these working class stiffs are lucky they will fall into the 50/50 program. but every depressed area seems to be enriched with new sidewalks, curbs, parks, pools, lighting etc... at no cost to residents or increase in taxes.
SSI... states supported income. stop any street urchin, and the will tell you they are on "ssi" for asthma, depreesion, the sniffles etc...More income of ours to them, more taxes for us.
look at history, for example lincoln, research him it shows his true plan. Kennedy the giver of everything for his beloved votes. even adolf hitler, in all of his insanity there were considerable moments of a completely sane man. its true he was "schitzo" but look into his push, and in a small way he was making progress that woud have been to our benefit today.
One thing is sure in this life, and that's death and taxes. but while we are here should'nt there be an erqual balance, for everyone to pay a fair share. I dn't care if you're white,black,yellow,brown,purple, or orange. if you do not contribute to this country or society, and badmouth our sovreign state. then stop taking and leave, we do not want or need you! lets not go down in history as the greatest nation that gave itself away!!! a thanks to scc for letting myself and others like me to vent.
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