Aldercreatures Fail Again
Models of courage and steadfastness in the face of Shortshank's wrath:
Chicago aldermen “afraid” to increase parking meter rates for the last 20 years on Thursday gave a private contractor carte blanche to raise them sky-high — in exchange for a cool $1.15 billion.
With just three days to contemplate a 75-year transaction, the City Council voted 40 to 5 to unload a fourth major asset — Chicago’s 36,000 parking meters — and sock it to motorists lucky enough to find a space on Chicago streets.
The final vote was 40 to 5.
So much for the aldercreatures being representative of the people. Daley does what he wants and these candy-asses give it up like Pee-Wee Herman in maximum security.
And now that the City has given away the Skyway, four downtown parking garages, Midway and the parking meters, where are the corresponding layoffs that are the crux of these "money saving" initiatives?" Because with the revenue stream coming to an abrupt halt from these previously money-generating enterprises, one would imagine that the large number of jobs attached to each of them would be eliminated lest the salaries led to a negative cash flow? Yes, no, maybe?
Or didn't that fit into the discussion time of three days allotted for the entire undertaking?
So much for the aldercreatures being representative of the people. Daley does what he wants and these candy-asses give it up like Pee-Wee Herman in maximum security.
And now that the City has given away the Skyway, four downtown parking garages, Midway and the parking meters, where are the corresponding layoffs that are the crux of these "money saving" initiatives?" Because with the revenue stream coming to an abrupt halt from these previously money-generating enterprises, one would imagine that the large number of jobs attached to each of them would be eliminated lest the salaries led to a negative cash flow? Yes, no, maybe?
Or didn't that fit into the discussion time of three days allotted for the entire undertaking?
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
74 Comments:
They are selling the police contract to Detroit. Since this will be the "New" Detroit.
one reason 1 billion dollars! WTF. They don't care. Lease it for 75 yrs we dont care because we won't be around at the end. Is that the sentiment of all these criminal political fools. We are fucked big time. Whats next parking fees to chain your bike to a bike rack.
They "comtemplated" how many (months,days) HOURS.... On Billions of Dollars???....How long have we been without a fucking CONTRACT?? Contemplate This Ass-Wipes-ZERO-NADA-ZILCH-NOTHING.....
This just in..
mayor lil dick has opened negotiations to lease/sell the pension board.
Prospective bidders would only opt for a 19 month contract as opposed to the 99 year term that lil dick wanted. but the high point of the deal is that the city pays the high bidder to buy it.
All they ask is that the buyer pay the city and county tax on the deal
It is expected to raise sufficient revenue to bring the fund up to almost 50% in order to cover the next 23 retirements.
that is all.
F the meters. U r an asshole for going downtown anyway. What ab our streets not getting plowed??
Who is this company connected to? Who are the Coporate Pricipals? Did they go to school with Daley? De La Salle conection?
Can someone tell us where the money going??
Chicago is gonna be just like Detroit in the movie RoboCop. Privitized everything.
Wont be long till our CPD patch is replaced by something similar to this. http://tcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/robocop-1-pictures.jpg
I heard on the radio that the parking meter company has also been give enforcement authority. How long before they sell off the and Auto Pounds like Philadelphia?
Will we soon have a TV show like "Parking Wars" on A&E?
By the time all these contracts end we will all be dead, and our kids and grandkids will be scratching their heads saying "WTF" were they thinking, and why did they rename all this stuff after "Daley"...
Richard J Daley International Airport
Richard J Daley Memorial Park
Richard J Daley Avenue
Richard J Daley Pier
Richard J Daley Exhibition Hall
Richard J Daley....
OT- SCC How could you not report on the untimely death of one- Herbert "PIT" Martin member of the legendary "MPH" Line- Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Legend???...Just didn't know when NOT to drive a snowmobile on a lake that was not quite frozen....A tip to you youngsters out there.....DO NOT GO ON THE LAKE IN A SNOWMOBILE IF YOU (a)HEAR IT CRACKING (b) see open water
SCC:
You are aware that the meters produce about $1million a year, right? Now the city doesn't have to pay the salaries, benefits, etc., for thieving city employees collecting coins from the meters.
Maybe the city should have raised taxes. You'd be happy then, right?
Or maybe in order to prevent any privitazation, the city should layoff fire and police personnel? After all, the city has survived with all of your readers/posters claiming and proving a work slowdown/work action.
-City Employee...
The budget is fixed temporarily but we are losing future revenue sources. He is stripping the city down, what will be future revenue sources. You guessed it higher sales tax and real-estate tax.
Another Daley nephew is the VP of the winning company.
just wait till they start selling the uploaded videos from your squad cars. since you are an employee they can use your image and actions without your permission. feel sorry for the officers who did accidental dumb shit and will be plastered on tv BUT feel even sorry for the officers that get sued by lovey and lovey when these videos are public knowledge and they can pick and chose their cases...
Good...since a company has this contract, maybe those fuck wipes will enforce their own parking meters
Another Lease Idea.
Why not put the "mayors office" up for a 75 year lease!
No more patronizing any business in the city. The burbs are much more appealing these days. So long shitcago.
DALEY TRULY IS A SCUMBAG....
Hey SCC. Check out this story. http://www.reversespin.com/?p=951
OT: Residence
How can Aldercreature S Jackson who has a million dollar home complete with 2-2 vehicles including mercedes benz, maids, can reside in Washington and maintain a house here but the media says nothing!
Representative of the people? Bull-shiite!
O.T.
Chicago's police union voted to foot either some or all of the legal bills for Jon Burge, perhaps the city's most infamous former officer, as he faces federal charges tied to allegations of torturing suspects.
Tuesday night, the board of the local Fraternal Order of Police, which represents thousands of officers below the rank of sergeant, voted to pay for Burge's defense in his upcoming federal perjury and obstruction of justice trial, a police source confirmed Thursday.
Attempts to reach FOP President Mark Donahue about the move were unsuccessful. A source familiar with Tuesday's vote says the board OKd funding Burge's defense because the onetime lieutenant -- ultimately fired -- is facing criminal charges linked to his time on the police force
why the FOP?
What do you suppose the city will do for revenue when they run out of things to lease or sell?
but come election time 80% of the voters will decide it could be worse. the other guy will steal too. and the these slimy shit bags get re upped. mell commented and how none of them read up on what their voting on anyway, they all laughed and nodded their empty heads.
Chicago and Crook Co. Democratic politicians have me spinning in my grave.
With Shortshanks, Stroger and Durbin leading the pack, I'd cart all of them off to the guillotines next to the Picasso at high noon.
The feds now have Blowjobevich on a wire, thanks to his "trusted confidant".
These bastards eat their young while the electorate sits around with their thumbs up their asses.
We must cull the herd with these corrupt, rubber stamp aldercreatures. For openers, one for each 100,000 population equals 28 instead of fifty with term limits and a recall referendum in place.
Barack, pick anyone as your successor as junior U.S. senator from Illinois. I think I will be needing a quid pro quo favor real soon.
I would like to know who in the FOP voted to pay for Burge's defense...ridiculous!!!!!!!!!
instead of a roll of quarter in my pocket - im gonna have a 3 lbs sledge to feed the meters !
Does anyone on here know if Jody & Charlie are related?
Neither of them had any expierence in the job that they were hired to do. Both get a lot of money for not know much. Well overpaid. Both are taking a group of men that are part of an organization that has been around for along time and is full of rich tradition and prestige are running that group so far into the ground that it will take a long time to recoup.
Whose boss will fired their respected incompetent Weis 1st?
CPD or ND?
I heard on the radio that the parking meter company has also been give enforcement authority.
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Say what? How is that possible?
So if there are 50 alderpersons, how come the vote was 40-5?
If any copper writes a ticket for expired meter violation they're as soft as it comes.
While we're on the subject of corrupt, rubber stampers, etc....I'm waiting for a posting regarding the FOP's horseshit decision to pay for the defense of that low-life cockroach, aka. John Burge.
Nobody has brought more shame and embarassment to the Chicago Police Department than this low-life, yet his legal bills will be paid with the hard-earned contributions of the decent men and women of the CPD.
Way to go FOP!! Keep dragging the Department further into the sewer.
The weak sheep as usual have no heart! They follow the shepphearder and hopefully they follow him into the prison system very soon! What about eddie burke he at one time took a stand, but afraid to lose his huge perk of 6 bodygurads and cars he shuts up like the little man he is!
Again I ask, Is CPD gonna be responsible for ticketing violators at meters? and if so, will thge city recieve any fine money from those tickets?
"....while the electorate sits around with their thumbs up their asses.
12/05/2008 07:22:00 AM"
Keesing Bandit, what you up to now?
"What do you suppose the city will do for revenue when they run out of things to lease or sell?
12/05/2008 06:42:00 AM"
Think KY jelly.
" why the FOP?
12/05/2008 06:41:00 AM"
Were you going to pony up?
Again I ask, Is CPD gonna be responsible for ticketing violators at meters? and if so, will thge city recieve any fine money from those tickets?
Betcha Toddler comes up with a ingenious idea to sell the jails as a new form of income. He can hire one of his "Westside!" play cousins to broker the deal.
SCC:
You are aware that the meters produce about $1million a year, right? Now the city doesn't have to pay the salaries, benefits, etc., for thieving city employees collecting coins from the meters.
Maybe the city should have raised taxes. You'd be happy then, right?
Or maybe in order to prevent any privitazation, the city should layoff fire and police personnel? After all, the city has survived with all of your readers/posters claiming and proving a work slowdown/work action.
-City Employee...
12/05/2008 01:15:00 AM
Learn how to read you hack. The Shit-Times reports that the meters bring in 20 million a year now. It also says that the City will still be writing tickets.
Everything you posted was bullshit.
You are the quintessential yes-man.
Guess what you turd? Everybody sees through you. Everybody hates you. Everyone knows you are a prostitute. Nobody respects you.
DId you see the breakdown of that $1.1 Billion on the news?
It said $100 MILLION was going to the 'poor.' I forget what word they used to describe the poor.
I got a guy who always begs for change at Cicero/Irving w/ some pathetic look on his face everyday. How 'bout we give it to this fine human Richie?
Obama took Richardson because Richardson got the Mexican vote for old Obama. Ya, Richardson is "real" Mexican isn't he. AYE WEY!
The feds now have Blowjobevich on a wire, thanks to his "trusted confidant".
ROTFLMAO!!!!! I'm waiting for the indictment. Tick, tick, tick....
Sell the skyway, sell midway, sell parking meters...
That way the guy who is mayor today can control all of the money the city would have taken in over the next 100 years.
Tommorrow? That'll be another mayor's problem.
Hmmmm....let's see...since I live on the FAR southeast side and take the Skyway to work and back...that's $6.00 a day, $35.00 per week, $140.00 per month, etc.etc.....and that's just ONE PERSON! Yea...let's get rid of more revenue generating city properties and see how many more people lose their jobs! Brilliant maneuver!
Who did they sell the meters to? What clouted-corrupt nephew or niece found "investors", i.e. pension money, to take this one on??
How much for Buckingham fountain?
A comment from the Reader "Clout City"...
"NEW SIDEWALK TOLLWAYS TO RAISE BILLIONS FOR CASH-STRAPPED CITY
In a bold yet innovative move, City Hall today announced the launch of a new sidewalk tollway system, where pedestrians must pay one dollar per block to walk on sidewalks within Chicago city limits.
"This will raise much needed capital for infrastructure improvements," Mayor Daley said. "I think citizens are really going to like this solution. And they're getting a great value!"
Pedestrians can purchase a pre-loaded I-Pass for $2,500.00 or can pay the slightly higher rate of $1.25 per city block and wait in longer lines if they choose to pay in cash. Gates and lanes will usher pedestrians smoothly through each tollway and prevent anyone from walking for free.
"Chicago really is a great city," said Lincoln Park Trixie. "It's so worth paying more for everything, to live in this filthy, crime-ridden community overrun with corruption and ne'er do wells. Life is really hard here and getting harder all the time! Why would anyone ever want to live anywhere else?""
to my dear city employee-- the city will NEVER lay off police or fire personnel. it is to expensive to train them. instead, they lower the actual number of sworn personnel thru attrition. every member of these depts is a line item in the budget. so if the police dept is slated for 13,500 but is only really 10,000 strong, where is the bread for the 3500 we are short. simple answer is that it is being used elsewhere or outright stolen. work slowdown-- you must be kidding, the cpd has been on a work slowdown since the austin 7 when they started fucking with all the overtime. police are like slot machines now, " one armed bandits" write movers and parkers and fill up the leprechaun's pot of gold. the city has come right out and said they DO NOT WANT WORKING POLICE ANYMORE.
I haven't seen anyone bring up these questions yet:
1) How does a private company have a right to levy fines on the public way?
2) If a person wants to dispute a ticket that he received, what is the process going to be? Will the private company be in charge of deciding whether or not the violation was written in error?
3) How is this private company going to get the license plate information? Will they have access to LEADS?
this entire city is going to be leased out. those that live hear are going to have to get fucked over and over again. skyway, parking meters, airports, and watch soon the parking garages. the mayor gets all these billions and billions of dollars but he can't pay the police a decent salary, give us a decent contract, on time too and can't hire the 3,000 officers we're short. people have to stop voting this stroke into office but I understand that the only people that will run against him is make believe reverends from the ghetto with no experience and criminal backgrouns so we're fucked either which way you look at.
In descending order, the following voters are the dumbest in the nation:
(1) Chicago
(2) Cook County
(3) Illinois
Or maybe in order to prevent any privitazation, the city should layoff fire and police personnel? After all, the city has survived with all of your readers/posters claiming and proving a work slowdown/work action.
-City Employee...
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Go ahead, genius...but lay one of us off... we all walk...Oh, "city employee", you don't own a gun? Good Luck!
This is great! When parking was a quarter, those meters didn't hold enough to make stealing them worthwhile. Now, at $6.50 an hour, there could be 70 or 80 bucks in one. I am bidding on the pipe cutter concession in Chicago.
Do the math, clip 4 meters a day, 5 days a week, that's about $1500 a week. $75000 a year for a ten hour work week. Give Richie credit, this is an all round great deal for the Chicago economy. Why you guys beefing?
Let's be fair. Pee Wee was never in MAXIMUM security.
Bless Our Wonderful Mayor. While You Are Busying Yourself with Unimportant Tasks, Our Dedicated Mayor is Seeing To Our Every Need.
You Have The "Gall" To Complain About Parking Meters ?
You Would All Be Better Off On A Bus or Bicycle. Just ask His Honor.
PS: Be Sure Not To Waste Too Much Water While Brushing Your Teeth or Shaving.
"With All Our Rage; We Are Still Just Rats; In A Cage"
HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WILL NEVER HAVE TO PAY A DIME, WE DO SO THEY CAN BE CHAUFERED AROUND.
They are selling the police contract to Detroit. Since this will be the "New" Detroit.
TGet a jumnp on it and start to talk like a Detroiter:
a League is a hardball
Softball is 12 inch fast pitch
A liquor store is a party store.
A Canadien is a @#$#@
Pepperoni is sliced sausage
A shithole is where you live
Chicago's police union voted to foot either some or all of the legal bills for Jon Burge...
I was under the impression that FOP would provide legal representation to patrolmen and detectives if the city would not. Burge was a Lt. or commander when this happened. Was he a dues paying member also? What gives?
What the fuck is Daley doing? He is selling everything in the City. Is he trying to do away with government?
Is this some new government model he picked up on his journey's?
SCC:
You are aware that the meters produce about $1million a year, right? Now the city doesn't have to pay the salaries, benefits, etc., for thieving city employees collecting coins from the meters.
Maybe the city should have raised taxes. You'd be happy then, right?
Or maybe in order to prevent any privitazation, the city should layoff fire and police personnel? After all, the city has survived with all of your readers/posters claiming and proving a work slowdown/work action.
-City Employee...
12/05/2008 01:15:00 AM
How about cut spending, take every department back from control of the Mob and do his fucking job, which means governing with a conscience and not for the financial well-being of his friends and family.
i remember when i was a kid and stuck gum on the coin slots of meters...
WELL BOYS WE R BEING SOLD AS DEBT COLLECTORS NOW!
BE READY FOR METER MISSIONS ITS ALL IN THE CONTRACT THE CITY MADE.
NOW WHY WOULD U RIGHT A METER IF THE CITY ALREADY HAS ITS MONEY?
BECAUSE U WILL BE ORDERED TO DO SO...
AND IT WILL BE A 24 HOUR 7 DAY A WEEK THING WATCH THE METER MAIDS SWOOP INTO THE GHETTOS IN WHITE VANS AT 3 AM.. WITH TICKETS GALORE.
DONT WORRY THE CITY IS GOING TO INSTALL MORE METERS TOO WAIT AND SEE.
I would almost lay a bet that some police services will be privatized soon. Shortshanks is letting the police department dwindle to dangerously low levels and the crime rate is rising. Privatizing mass transit will probably be the first to go.
Daley will cry that the budget shortfalls don't allow him to hire more police. His only option will be to "outsource" to private (well-connected) securty firms.
With the leasing of the parking meters and giving a private company the ability to write tickets for revenue generation, a whole can of worms has been opened. How many other police poweres can be given to private enterprises. How about allowing a private enterprise to write mcc charges? At some point the police may only be needed to make arrests on signed complaints. Through the attrition rate, we may be down to about 5000 CPD officers in the next few years creating a manufactured crisis that the mayor and city coucil will rectify by outsourcing many traditional police functions. The sad part is the public will be happy becuase something is being done. The city wins financially since they don't have to pay for things like health insurance premiums and retirement benefits.
Does it take a rocket scientist to thread these family ties back? C'mon can one of newpapers do this or do we have to. We can you know. We can embarass the shit out of you.
That's 1 Billion over 75 years or roughly 13 million a year. Same with Midway and everything else.
Meters are to be fed 24/7 including Sundays. Gone are the day of Parking meter Holidays!!
The private company gets to write tickets also. How is that? I dont know, but Daley can write ordanances however he wants and the Aldercreatures-a.k.a. spineless wimps who have sold their souls to the Daley Machine will just rubber stamp the new ordanance.
I have some problems/reservations writing tickets for a private entity. I will continue to write fire plugs and handicaps for the obvious reasons.
My corporation . DLASALLYINCl., a wholely owned subsidiary of FREDO LTD,, has just purchased over 80% of the city's fire hydrants in certain "disadvantaged" areas (with free federal funds) ; a hydrant connection fee will be automatically billed to the city....thanks again, your former budget commissioner...that is all....
You know dick wants to buy Mercy Hospital and turn it into Olympic Village. Last I heard on the news I belive the sale price was $580 million or so. Why do you think he really made the parking sale?
And what about all the condo owners who used to be able to park all night within a few blocks of their residence? Do they have to wake up in the middle of the night 4 or 5 times to drop quarters?
I don't just mean Lincoln Park or Gold Coast, I mean Archer Avenue, Western AVenue, Northwest Highway, Belmont. Neighborhoods. What an ignorant selfserving dick.
Is there any type of agreement where this private company can or cannot install more meters if they so want?
"....while the electorate sits around with their thumbs up their asses...."
I voted early.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
36000 meters. Lets average it at $1.00 per day.
"Meters are to be fed 24/7 including Sundays. Gone are the day of Parking meter Holidays!!"
The legitimate purpose of having metered parking is to motivate turn over in selected, retail areas.
It is not, nor has ever been, to charge rent for the usage of the publicly owned street parking areas, to the very owners of said streets.
Said owners of the public way, being the public, already pay, in taxations, for the maintenance and upkeep of the streets that they collectively own.
daley's illegal act, in selling, to private entities, the rights to use, of property owned by the public, purportedly in the name of the public, is, on it's face, unlawful.
Unlawful acts, whether committed by one party to a contract, or both parties, render said contractual agreements null and void.
The judicious application, in civil court, of contract law, will be the most effective means to put an end to many of daley's scams.
Were any civil court to affirm unlawful contracts, the precedent set would be as worthy of SCOTUS review as the recent 2nd Amendment Rights one is.
If not on a state level, certainly on a Federal one, business interests would have the most to lose, were an unlawful act to be affirmed to not be a valid cause of contractual nullification.
Something for the business interests to think long and hard about, and quickly, as rights neglected become rights no longer considered, by some courts, to be rights.
While we're on the subject of corrupt, rubber stampers, etc....I'm waiting for a posting regarding the FOP's horseshit decision to pay for the defense of that low-life cockroach, aka. John Burge.
The man was never convicted of any crime, but a POS like you will take the word of some dogass trying to get money. Two of these so-called innocents have already commited more crimes since their release thanks to that jagoff Ryan.
Anonymous said...
Meters are to be fed 24/7 including Sundays. Gone are the day of Parking meter Holidays!!
The private company gets to write tickets also. How is that? I dont know, but Daley can write ordanances however he wants and the Aldercreatures-a.k.a. spineless wimps who have sold their souls to the Daley Machine will just rubber stamp the new ordanance.
I have some problems/reservations writing tickets for a private entity. I will continue to write fire plugs and handicaps for the obvious reasons.
12/05/2008 09:08:00 PM
I have problems writing any tickets without a contract how about you!
Wow, another billion dollars for the Daley administration to steal. I hope the money is wisely spent on much needed underground children s museum.
"I hope the money is wisely spent on much needed underground children s museum.
12/07/2008 03:24:00 AM"
If you mean that the 'children' are being buried underground, than, yes, daley must consider that the money is being spent 'wisely'.
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