Econ 102
We've pointed out time and time again where a higher tax rate is going to depress revenues. Here's where reality sets in:
- City government took in tens of millions of dollars less in 2008 than it predicted just a few months ago, which will force further cost-saving measures or a drawdown of a rainy-day fund, the city's top financial officer said today.
"We're some $31 million below what we actually thought" in September, said Chief Financial Officer Paul Volpe, whom Mayor Richard Daley has tapped as his next chief of staff.
A good portion of the lost income resulted from real-estate transfer tax collections that were far below the city's already-lowered estimates. The city expected to collect more than $30 million for the last three months of 2008 but instead collected just $20.5 million.
Sales tax collections dropped by millions of dollars in September compared to the year before, Volpe added. The city has yet to receive its sales tax revenue for the last three months of the year, but Volpe said he was not optimistic.
We aren't optimistic either. We certainly won't be optimistic that they might start to realize that the only thing that raises tax revenue is cutting taxes.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
181 Comments:
A quarter century ago, I read a study on mass transit in the U.S. It was clear that the higher fares went, the lower ridership got, consequently driving several systems out of business. There IS a law of diminishing returns and we are seeing it in action.
Daley has never had the experience of dealing with such severe economic, tourism, security and popularity declines and he is ill-prepared to deal with it. He does not know HOW to draw shoppers. He doesn't know how to revitalize the housing market. He blathers on, saying little, and hopes some miracle will come along to save him.
Not this time, Richie. There is such a thing as a tipping point and it would seem you have exceeded it.
Honestly,
Nobody in my family shops in Chicago or Cook County anymore. Yes, we make small inconsequential purchases out of convenience, but all the big shopping is done outside of Cook County.
It's just a matter of simple economics!!!
Oh no. We sold every revenue stream we had in the city and we may actually have to tap into the billions we made from the sales. I thought they that money went into the Daley Olympic fund? WE can't touch that can we? You little idiots do not know my power!!! Ha Ha Ha......
Let me comment and say just one thing about this-
DUHHHH Ya think?
its a novel concept if people know they can buy the same product for less only a few miles from there house in the burbs people are going to drive a bit and save on the taxes..its not rocket science
I can't wait until they try and factor in the CPD's culpability due to the fact (?) that a lot (hopefully the majority) of beat coppers aren't writing parkers, movers or impounding cars. It seems that we're the whipping-boys for just about everything else that goes wrong with the City's goings on, so why not cut to the chase and blame this on us, too. I sure could use the hearty laugh that such a Daley-derived remark would elicit.
I shop outside of the city for EVERYTHING!!
I'm not giving them a penny of mine anymore. And actually a lot of people i know are doing the same thing. The taxes are so outrageous in cook county that people are just taking a little drive and saving a ton of money. These people running our city/county are just total morons. Like SCC says, econ 102 would tell you the results or raising taxes so high when the goods are readily available for cheaper close. What would you choose?
Legalize all the weed that the animals on the west side buy from each other and tax that. Budget balanced in no time, then Stroger and all the Lexus driving ghetto Reverends can come up with more racist programs that only benefit themselves and their people
You guys do not understand not only are we going to take the pipe on this contract, we are not going to get a raise or retro pay. It is time we stuck together all the way. Daley wants accountability from everyone but himself. We need to demand that he be accountable for all the money that was squandered under his regime.
Our union (a joke, and I know it is not a union but a Fraternal Order) should demand this now, because the longer our contract negotiations are drawn out the more money we lose. Instead of initiating CR numbers on the "Douche Bag" Superintendent our union should be negotiating a contract.
It is always the same the union picks publicity over the important things like a contract.
We are being sold out in front of our very eyes, rights that guys worked long and hard to get for us are being taken away and nobody cares. The City is bleeding our pension dry, and the FOP thinks it is alright, it is not. Boys and Girls let's stand up and be counted. The next time the Olympic Committee is in Chicago we need to have an informational picket where ever they go, fuck that little prick mayor I say enough is enough.
Highest Sales tax in the Nation
Highest Gas Taxes in the Nation
High Property Taxes
Highest City Sticker Fees in the Nation
HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH fees amd expenses....
And we are broke!
Get rid of this midget dictator already.
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
Seniors are being targeted for robberies from Jewel at Archer and Mayfield. There have been four in the last month, M/1 follows seniors from TCF bank to their home in Clearing/Garfield Ridge, pushes in on them in their homes and robs them. The youngest victim so far is 77yrs old. Please help look out for out seniors, sorry not more specifics, but contact 008 for details. It seems to be happening on 2nd watch...
Some of that lost tax revenue is the money I haven't spent in Chicago. I take my City of Chicago paycheck and go to grocery stores in Park Ridge and appliance stores in Glenview and car dealerships in Skokie.
I spend next to NOTHING in Chicago! Videos, food, clothes, you name it, it can be had elsewhere for less.
Fuck Daley and Stroger and their 10.25% sales tax. Soon I will be taking my pension check outside of Cook County entirely and they will see none of it in taxes! Daley will get my old city sticker in the mail along with a big fuck you, never to be bought again.
But the city has 3 mil to spend on redoing the handrails on a bridge, and take home cars for the clout babies.
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
OT: Has anyone figured out why we are turning in all the False Burglar Alarm ticket books?
Because now and in the future False Burglar Alarms will be written on an ANOV citation. This means no free alarms, the poor sucker citizens will now pay the fine from the very first false alarm!
Businesses are first, they will now get an ANOV, no free visits by police for false alarms they ALL get a fine via ANOV.
Hey, Reporters, pick this on up and write about it!
The City will now fine businesses on ALL false burglar alarms, another way to fuck the very life blood of the city: Businesses. This has not been reported on at all
The Military Channel had a show on Hitler last night. Very interesting, when he wanted to produce and sell the "volkswagen" he found that the greatest hinderance to sales was the taxes and fees in place, discouraging middle class purchasing...SO....the National Socialist Workers Party (NAZI) CUT taxes to encourage sales!
Hey Richie, pick up the phone!
Anonymous said...
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
Seniors are being targeted for robberies from Jewel at Archer and Mayfield. There have been four in the last month, M/1 follows seniors from TCF bank to their home in Clearing/Garfield Ridge, pushes in on them in their homes and robs them. The youngest victim so far is 77yrs old. Please help look out for out seniors, sorry not more specifics, but contact 008 for details. It seems to be happening on 2nd watch...
1/03/2009 06:48:00 AM
This is correct we must watch out, I handled 1 it was an 85 year old Father of a P.O., in broad daylight,dude follwed him home,pushed him down by house took wallet and fled in a small red car!
If you're always wrong (ex. Paul Volpe) would you still have your job? I don't think so.
It's those lazy cops. They're not writing enough tickets anymore. At each roll call, we will make sure everyone writes at least 5 to 10 parkers a shift. Or we just start the juggling of cars. Or some foot posts in desolate areas of their districts. No work, No regular car.
It is known as the Law of Diminishing Returns. Perhaps Daley and Volpe should Google that.
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
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Have you ever considered being a Local #341 Union Dildo Mechanic?
OT
what happened at TR's on New Years?
Easy solution:
Lower sales tax below the nearest county outside of Cook. People will flock to the city to spend, if they pay lower sales tax.
Result:
More sales tax revenue.
Common sense: LOWER TAX attracts people from all over. Proof: Southsiders shop in Indiana. Northsiders go to the next county to shop. Lower the sales tax and people will shop in Chicago and Cook County.
The only good thing is that it keeps relatives that want to visit the city and shop away from my house. I don't have to put them up anymore, and I can visit them to shop in their towns.
O.T. Anyone know about the SGT from 004 in critical condition at Christ Hosp.? Off duty beating.
going to indiana to buy a new television today-fuck you and your taxes daley!
AP Report about Homicides in US
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/urban_homicides
While New York and Chicago saw an uptick in slayings last year,...
I guess they were down everywhere but here and New York.
THER ARE 51 REASONS FOR TERM LIMITS AND VOTING OUT INCUMBENTS. THE TEFLON MAYOR AND HIS 50 ALDERMEN. LET' DO IT IN 2009. THEY RECEIVED THEIR RAISES AND WE GOT HIGHER TAXES.
Get ready because this genuis high tax idea is about to go to the white house.
It would seem the present situation is a direct coorelation of the ill, short-sightedness of our mayor and his band of thieves. The economy is in a pinch and he spends on himself and his cronnies but ignores his face inspite of his nose? Bad business. Bad management. Bad planning and most certainly, bad for the city.
People are leaving Chicago for better pastures elsewhere. That means money, income, revenue are leaving too. So the mayor decides to burden the already innundated tax payer even more to make up for the lost revenue. Good idea Dick!
Morale is in the toilet, the cost of living has skyrocketed, crime has gone berzerk and people are fed up. Hopefully Blago dummies up and sings like a fairy canary. Bring the whole regime to its knees and start over.
I for one would love a breath of fresh air. A city we could love again. A job worth fighting for and a good place to rasie a family. When are we going to demand these simple and most basic life escentials be returned to us? We pay for them and yet they are never provided. Who are the idiots?
cpd had 12 captains in the 90's and the dept ran fine
get rid of captains and field lt's
lt's can run the watch promote more sgt's
close districts 13 & 23 and cpd will be fine for 2009
M1 following seniors home from jewel on archer ? Someone follow HIM and beat the dogshit out of him ! Free shooting lessons for seniors...all local ranges should cooperate ! The hammerless snub is a timeless invention.
just keep doing your job. ok but my first job is taking care of my family. so i have to work side jobs to pay for tution because the failure that is the puplic school system, city stickers, taxes and fee's for everything. so i dont have much left to give cpd when iam at work but thats life.
"We're some $31 million below what we actually thought" in September, said Chief Financial Officer Paul Volpe, whom Mayor Richard Daley has tapped as his next chief of staff.
Wow. Chicago is promoting failure again....
He does not know HOW to draw shoppers. He doesn't know how to revitalize the housing market
They just do it. He is Daley, m-f-er
I do ALL my major shopping outside Shitcago and cook county. The less I contribute to the city revenue the better I feel.
FUCK dALEY!
MAYBE if that JAGOFF MAYOR wouldnt have given $40 million dollars a year away to his buddies in the HIRED TRUCK PROGRAM this city would be better off.
This musy be how the subjects of the Soviet Union felt.
Daley should decree that ......... ahhh nevermind. I don't want to give him any ideas...
Gee the city is broke, seems like they say that every time the contract is up. What happened to the money that is budgeted for the Police? If we are budgeted for 13,500 and only have around 9,500, what happened to the money? Shit we shluld call the fixer from the Sun-Times I bet she could do a better job than our union. Instead of retro and a raise they will be telling us we are lucky we have a job and should be thanking our ward boss like in that Tom Cruise movie. all the while our mighty King keeps pushing to have his legacy in 2016. I have news for him his fathers legacy came down when they tore down all the projects east of the Ryan, he won't even have one.
Anonymous said...
You guys do not understand not only are we going to take the pipe on this contract, we are not going to get a raise or retro pay.
He is nuts if he tries this. He thinks he hates us now just wait.
I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
1/03/2009 07:05:00 AM
Try Crooked Politician. They always seem to win.
For the most part I think people understand they have to pay taxes. However, when it's obvious you are getting gorged to underwrite fraud and bloated government where government is not there to support all the people but only some people (Daley's friends and family program) AND you are not getting essential services for the inflated taxes you do pay, people will make the effort to take their hard earned money elsewhere if for no other reason than to fuck the government that is taking advantage of them.
SCC has been right all along.
Yahoo News claims homicides down in most urban areas. Chicago gets its nod crammed in the second half of a paragraph towards the bottom of the article.
Is Yahoo covering for the Chicago Machine? Obama?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/urban_homicides
OK here it is, I go out of the city to buy most things. I go out of the county to buy really expensive things. Fuck Shortshanks and Toddler, and Blago too. I wish I were closer to a border, I'd shop just over it for everything.
we recently had to replace a high cost appliance. Saved over $70.00
in tax dollars to chalk-ago and crook co by going to Indiana.
Felt very good, just like buying my gas there and water, etc.
Now I'm begining a calling / writing campaign to demand to see services I'm taxed for ie sewer Taxes??? I want to see them be cleaned out for my money.
Too much tax...too little return
too much tax...too much political
flaunting their money in our faces.
too much lil dick
One Question??? Where in the hell does all the lottery and tollway money go?
"Any suggestions?"
Ya, mall cop for $7.50 an hour. See how far that gets you.
off the subject. Do yourself a favor and read the new book by Denis Leary called "WHY WE SUCK". Would be a good read for all SCC types.
I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
Yes... answer your calls and ignore everything else. Find something you love and start a business. Thats what I did. Even if it only makes a few bux at first at least your not riding the trains or doing the obama bullshit detail. Get your pension and forget about it. What ever a white shirt tells me I say Yes Maam or Sir and by the time I turn around from them I already forgot about it.
Everytime they bitch and counsel me about activity I ask for a written statement of what I should do hourly, dailey, weekly and monthly. Then they shut up for a while. Give us a descent contract and maybe you goofs will get the revenue/activity you want. IDIOTS!
Property transfer tax is a City of Chicago thing right? Realtors call it the "Daley Tax"? If I'm correct, its obvious that in these times people aren't going to buy in the city when they can save $$ in the burbs.
What doesn't make sense to me is why we are supposed to STOP ticketing people when we are in contract negotiations. I know it allegedly proves some kind of point to the City, but in reality it's kind of a "cut off your nose to spite your face" syndrome. The City then works around us, and figures out how to replace certain aspects of our job while offering us 1%.
I know I'm alone on this site in this kind of thinking, but if we were actually bringing in parkers and movers at a higher rate, I'd think it would be harder for the City to offer us crap in return. We are the only City agency that can pay for itself with income...albeit at the expense of our citizens and tourists.
Just my two cents, too late for it now anyway.
I live in Garfield Ridge and (I would not go there but this is an example) Ford City can be up to a half hour drive depending on traffic, Oakbrook mall and a whole shitload of other stores outside of Cook County are also less than a half hour drive, Chicago/Cook County taxes vs. Dupage taxes you do the math
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
Seniors are being targeted for robberies from Jewel at Archer and Mayfield. There have been four in the last month, M/1 follows seniors from TCF bank to their home in Clearing/Garfield Ridge, pushes in on them in their homes and robs them.
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OK I sit in the car while my wife shops at that store, If I see a black man being suspicious in the lot and dial 911 what will happen?
Daley keeps catering to the non-taxpaying, SSI system abusing ghetto residents. They scream mo mo mo and he gives gives gives. Meanswhile, all the law abiding, good, hard working tax payers continue to pay for it and get little to no police service or help from city service requests.
No matter what the city council and Daley says about being out of money, they will miraculously have hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars for a Chicago Olympics that most of the city doesnt want or need and if we get the Olympics be sure the event will leave this city in a financial hole like never seen before.
Daley as long as he is Mayor of Chicago will "never" lift the residency clause. He knows that if he did, each and every city employee would take themselves and their family elsewhere leaving him with even more of a percentage of non tax payers, non community and social contributors and then where will he be.
This City and police department sucks and anybody that says different is an idiot.
most people i know do their shopping and buy gas in the subs.like stated earlier....the contract that we get will be horrible. no retro and higher medical costs that eat up our yearly 2% raises. shortshanks will also blame us for any tax hikes saying'' i had to raise taxes due to the police contract''. face it...until we stand up and really tell them fuck you..we are just toilet paper to these pols.
kind of OT- Why do our tax dollars pay for 2-3 cars to babysit the judges house in front of the funeral home in bridgeport where the kings had a brawl with the police the other day? Are we security guards now? We are already short, now the other citizens in 009 are denied prompt police service because we have to baby sit a house?
NO ONE TO BLAME BUT THE IDIOT VOTERS:
daley and stroger get voted in. they knew that once they were voted in by idiots content with pretty planters they could do whatever they wanted and they have.
Chicago+Crook Co=Democratic(Pseudo) Dictatorship.
It must be true...
CHECK THIS ARTICLE OUT!!!
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1360645,CST-NWS-move04.article
Next.
You may want to call your congressman about this. New gas tax proposed to pay for constuction. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/12/30/news/doc495957d205119684227885.txt
Anonymous said...
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
Seniors are being targeted for robberies from Jewel at Archer and Mayfield. There have been four in the last month, M/1 follows seniors from TCF bank to their home in Clearing/Garfield Ridge, pushes in on them in their homes and robs them. The youngest victim so far is 77yrs old. Please help look out for out seniors, sorry not more specifics, but contact 008 for details. It seems to be happening on 2nd watch...
1/03/2009 06:48:00 AM
Where's the Tact Team? This should be priority. Fuck the other Directives. We have to protect our own district.
any vets out there have the gps software for iraq? would love to save the $350. brother getting deployed next month. thanks.
rj1256@hotmail.com
New York's health commissioner issued a statement today, saying that a hefty soda tax is the best way to help save people from obesity. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, upon hearing the health commissioner’s statement said “you see that’s why I put a tax on bottled water to stop people from drowning and yous thought it was for selfish reasons. Do yous want drownings? Nobody wants drownings; I don’t want drownings, jeez.”
http://stopthepresses2.blogspot.com/
Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that almost all of the manufacturers have been forced to leave Chicago? Just ask Daley and his crony residential developers in Bridgeport how that happened. If you won't leave, we'll just send City inspectors to your plant and fine you thousands of dollars until you can't afford to stay in business in this wonderful City. And take all of those jobs with you, we don't care. I thought keeping business in the City was good for the economy, but what do I know? I'm just a lowly City worker forced to live here.
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"I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
1/03/2009 07:05:00 AM"
Do ya have a purty mouth?
Only shopping I do in Crook County is via the Internet.The sales tax is 6.25 % for Internet orders within ILL..no RTA tax no Chicago tax, no Crook county tax
Over the holidays saved well over $$$ 700.00 by not buying in daley land
Some of that lost tax revenue is the money I haven't spent in Chicago. I take my City of Chicago paycheck and go to grocery stores in Park Ridge and appliance stores in Glenview and car dealerships in Skokie.
I spend next to NOTHING in Chicago! Videos, food, clothes, you name it, it can be had elsewhere for less.
Sory Einstein but all those suburbs are still in Cook County, so you are paying 10.25%.
For all of those that say they drive to other counties to shop and save, you aren't, what you save on taxes you spend on gas, sorry sucks but is true......
The only winners are the southeast siders who travel 5 minutes over the border and shop in Indiana, but then again they live in Hegwisch, so they aren't winners either....
Rumor around 009 is that Gene dumped a female P.O. with 10 years on job from management on 2nd watch to 3rd watch on day of her father's funeral.....true Gene? If so, this is a new low, even for you!!!
*******Oh, it's true, and her cheery, chubby, cherry-cheeked partner too! (Just kidding AM , your cool with me). Not only did Gene play buddy-buddy with the family at the funeral for the enjoyment of Alderman Burke, but he also told both P.O.'s at Thome's party in front of a table full of their friends that he was putting them on days, and wasn't going to mess with them over a past misunderstanding! This guy is something else! And, yes, I've seen the C.O. book and the memo is dated the day of the funeral. What a jerkoff!
Burglar Alarms now written on ANOVS will be $100 a pop. Meter violations will be enforced 24/7. What the hell is next?
A charge for every toilet flush?
Keep jacking the city and people go elsewhere.
With all the tax hikes here the other counties that we are shopping in are probably making a killing. Open your eyes Daley/Toddler!!!
Daley HAS to give us retro unless he can prove the city is bankrupt. He will have to completely stop spending and use all of his skyway/olympic funds in order for the city not to give us retro.
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
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why dont you just crawl into a hole and leave people alone so you can sit in there and cry about it you loser.
off topic
i'm sick & tired of off seeing gang bangers walking and driving up & down 63rd st. west of central. could we please get some
tact or patrol service on this side of the 8th dist.!!Clearing is going to shit.Do something before your kids start hanging around or get hurt by them.
concerned citizen
Thought that area was all gangbangers? Move to the Motherland Edison P
ark you hillbilly.....
Hey SCC how about this action.
The Media is reporting that now the meters must be fed 24-7 no holiday or after hours breaks, with an increase in meter cost per hour up to 3.50 per hour in the downtown area. Guess what all of that revenue goes to the company that daley sold the meter rites to for the Billion dollars or whatever it is he got for it. The company that bought the revenue rights from those meters is depending on the police and the Department of Revenue to write the tickets to genetate their revenue. The company that bought those future revenues is actually screwed, thay have no way to make city employees write tickets for their( now privatized meters ) Dont look fot the midget to give a shit about meter revenues thay will be going to the private companies. I think this company got sold a bill of goods. They may have to sue the city to recover some money when the revenues come up so short.
OT: Any one know if the CPD is going to have a written exam this year? Thanks
7:05AM if your looking for a new job, check out some of the departments out west. Warm weather, good training, compressed work schedule, better pensions! Cost of living is high, but its better than dealing with stroger, daley, 50 useless alderman, blago ect
NO DIAPERS ALLOWED!!!!
Let your actions speak for themselves! Do nothing!! The City is starting to crumble- and as the City crumbles we become more and more important. The Olympic Committee will come a calling soon and between crime on the rise and us being the murder cap of America I am sure the City might be willing to give a bit more to ensure our happiness. Think about it- what is our hurry to sign a new contract? Worst case- Mayor Dick will not get his 2016 games. Remember these games are his retirement cash cow. Why would anyone rush to give up this type of leverage? Besides, our union should NOT be asking for any raises- just a 6% living adjustment everyone is getting! You want to do some real damage? Lets clean out the FOP and put in some real POLICE who actually give a flying fuck about us! We don't have to know anything about contract negotiations as our current union has proven that already.
I have to go now. I have 8 hours of crossword puzzles and Band Of Brothers to watch!!!
I am the smartest man alive!
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
Yeah... Rocket Scientist... Your the reason the CPD in your words is broken. If more people like you left the Department, it wouldn't be that way. Maybe you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place. Being the Police is not like any other job. YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO IT! If you took it for any other reason, you shouldn't be here. It takes a special person to be an Officer and many of the people on this job don't understand that. If you took this job for the paycheck, you don't belong. Its not that type of Profession. Riding around in a squad for eight hours, sitting at a desk in the D-Unit and never leaving it doesn't make a difference. You wanting to be the Police and believing in your fellow officers is it. It is us against them. We are the difference between civility and chaos. We walk a fine line. To be a good cop, you have to. So if you don't believe that, get another job. I thank you for realizing that.
The flip side of high city taxes is that sometimes the retailers have to dramatically cut prices to lure shoppers back. My wife saw a sweater at a suburban Eddie Bauer store for $39.00 and passed it up. At the Eddie Bauer on Michigan Ave the same sweater was $27.00.
Shop around for the best price and then do the tax calculations. Sometimes you come out ahead where you least expect to.
Crime is up, revenue is down.
I wonder if Mayor Midget has figured out the problem yet.
Everyone else seems to know except for "His Royal Hiney-Bone"
"Legalize all the weed that the animals on the west side buy from each other and tax that. Budget balanced in no time."
Hey, dumbass...
You can buy a Grow-Light from Home Depot for $30 and grow enough of your own weed to keep you smoking that shit for free for the rest of your life. All you need is the light and some dirt and water.
Idiot.
Anonymous said...
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
1/03/2009 07:05:00 AM
Yeah, I've got one. Please leave our Department as soon as possible. Your fellow officers deserve someone who is 100% behind them and you seem to have lost your focus.
Here is another suggestion... the US Army is looking for some heroes like you in Afganistan... its not just a job, its an adventure!
You knew what was expected of you when you signed up. Police work is not a job. Its a profession that needs serious people to do the work that must be done. God's work Father Nangle has called it!
Finally, like it or not, the Mayor and Superintendent are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They are trying, in difficult economic times, to field a functional Police force at the most reasonable expense to taxpayers. As crime evolves, so must crime fighting. I know how much we hate change but so be it.
I also think you can rest assured though, that nobody has "destroy the CPD" or "break our profession" on their list of things to do at city hall or 35th street. I'm not supporting all the shenannigans that IS our government, but sometimes we have to play the cards that are dealt to us, even if we don't agree or like it!!!
This Used To Be Fun. We would all make our "witty" comments to the satire posted.
You know what?
This is not funny anymore.
Our government is out of control.
They are all grabbing what they can, while they can.
Does anyone really believe "His Honor" gives a rats ass about the CPD or any other Department he can not sell off?
If he could he would sell the whole CPD to some security firm.
One with the highest bid, and the best connections.
Protect Yourselves; Brothers and Sisters.
PS; Have a Nice Day !!!
I, you'r Absolute Leader for Life, Richard II, want to inform you that although times are hard I still have more then THIRTY police officers, 2 getting commander's pay, and all the rest getting sergeant's pay assigned to myself and my wonderful family. We could not survice without these bootlicking lackies as our servants.
So, quit whining, pitch in, write those money producing tickets that will finance our glorious olympic dream.
I didn't purchase a single thing, not even a card, in Chicago or Cook County leading up to the holidays. I did absolutely all my shopping online. And with Overstock.com there was usually free or $1 shipping on the entire order. Fuck Chicago and these ridiculous taxes. Daley is a goon.
anyone have any news about zeke from 8's progress? i know the whole tr's story but just wanted to see if anyone heard if he is out of a coma?
I agree that i also do approx.75% of my shopping out of the city (gas 100%),"Big Richie" should have saw this coming.Infact i will also predict that this parking meter deal will come back to haunt him big time,24 hrs a day enforcement means why put up with Chicago's parking mess where it takes you 15-30 minutes too find a parking spot then you will have to feed it every hour on the hour and it will be very expensive (eventaully $6.00 an hour).That boarders on insanity.Citizens will still park in certain area's but most will realize go to suburbs,much cheaper all around.
I'll do one better on this topic. Taxes in Lasalle County, IL. where my getaway place is, is only 6.5%
Guess what I buy [everything I can] to make up for the costs of travel and save some and the privilege to stay out there on my RDO's, which is much quieter and cleaner and cheaper all around.
It is only 1.5 hour drive which is no big deal in a hybrid vehicle!
Can't wait to get my pension check out there!
FUCK YOU CROOK COUNTY AND SHITCAGO!
OT
I hear things at MSF are really starting to suck. The Lts were more interested in getting guns at the stroke of midnight than making sure their guys were safe. They seem to be self-distructing and they are in a battle for numbers between platoons. GIVE IT UP GUYS, YOU WILL NEVER BE SOS.
FORMER 153
2008 WAS A YEAR OF TRANSITION. 2009WILL BE THE YEAR OF RESULT. WELL WE HAVE TRANSITIONED FROM:
- LOW MORALE TO NO MORALE
- POLICING TO DE-POLICING
- LOWEST MURDER'S TO MURDER CAPITAL
- CHARGING CRIMINAL TO CHARGING POLICE
- PAYING POLICE TO PAYING CRIMINALS
- FIGHTING CRIME TO FIGHTING LAWSUITS
- AGGRESSIVE POLICE WORK TO ASSIGNED JOBS ONLY
- CAR CHASES TO CAMERAS AND GPS
- CB'S TO CR'S
- SHOW OF FORCE TO NO SHOW'S
- POLICE HATERS TO MORE POLICE FIGHTERS
- UNDERMANNED DEPT TO MORE HQ PERSONNEL
- UNDERMANNED DIST TO 99 CARS ANSWERING PRIORITY 1 JOBS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR WORSE
- BUDGET PROBLEMS TO MORE TAKE HOME CARS AND GOLD STAR CREATIONS
- KNOWLEDGABLE LEADERSHIP TO CLUELESS BOSSES
- RED CRIME SCENE TAPE TO 508 DEPT ACKNOWLEDGED CHALKIE SITINGS
- ENJOYING A GOOD BACKYARD PARTY TO BEING FIRED FOR DRINKING OFF DUTY
- SOS SCANDAL TO MSF
- OPS TO IPRA
- RESPECTED DEPT TO NATIONAL DISGRACE
- HONORABLE PROFESSION TO SHAMEFUL JOB
- DEFENDING YOURSELF TO DEFENDANT
- POLICE 24/7 TO 2ND CLASS CITIZEN ALWAYS
- CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO NO RIGHTS AS THE POLICE
-FAVORABLE POLICE BOARD RULING TO FEDERAL INDICTMENT
- FED TO HEAD THE DEPT TO MANY HEADING TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE
THANKS JF
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD TO OUR LEADERS TRANSITION FROM 08 TO FOR 09.
Anonymous said...
off topic
i'm sick & tired of off seeing gang bangers walking and driving up & down 63rd st. west of central. could we please get some
tact or patrol service on this side of the 8th dist.!!Clearing is going to shit.Do something before your kids start hanging around or get hurt by them.
concerned citizen
Thought that area was all gangbangers? Move to the Motherland Edison P
ark you hillbilly.....
1/03/2009 02:00:00 PM
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Edison Park? You must be kidding. There is more shit walking around there then Clearing, Garfield Ridge and Mt Greenwood Combined. The only difference is that you have your head up your A$$.
3:20 PM
Don't drag Father Tom into your proselytizing drivel, "anonymous".
Time for your scalding hot Kool-Aid enema, you sanctimonious prick.
More 'RED LIGHT' camers everywhere I look?????
OFF TOPIC but IMPORTANT......
I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK!!!
THAT IS ALL THANK YOU.
Daley and Weis have destroyed this Dept.
Daley knows that officers will no longer be his revenue "lackeys", and he's getting the civilian ticket writers to take up the slack. Last night I saw them writing tickets around Pompei restaurant on Taylor st. at 2045 hrs. This morning I saw them writing tickets on the block where I live in 024. They have apparently been told to pick up the slack from us immediately, and they seem very willing to do it.
"We are the only City agency that can pay for itself with income...albeit at the expense of our citizens and tourists.
Just my two cents, too late for it now anyway.
1/03/2009 11:07:00 AM"
Ah, yes, the albeit is that fly in the ointment.
You should seriously consider becoming a TMA employee, you've got the attitude for it.
I went grocery shopping to Woodmans in Kenosha over the holidays and spent $302.00 and the tax on that was $3.24
You got Zilch tax off me !
Take that !
Richie /Strokeboy
G.O. 09-01 Effective: 01 Jan 09
1)All sworn and non-sworn department members will make all personal purchases within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago.
a)This includes but is not limited to, food, clothing, fuel, sundry items, appliances, automobiles, and any other item offered for sale by retail establishments.
2)All sworn and non-sworn department members will, when seeking services for hire, only engage services providers that operate a business within the corporate limits of the city of Chicago.
a)This includes but is not limited to, Builders, Carpenters, Electricians, Roofers, Auto Mechanics, Mexicans doing yard work, Hookers, and all other persons for hire.
Approved:
Shortshanks.
Another opinion said...
What doesn't make sense to me is why we are supposed to STOP ticketing people when we are in contract negotiations. I know it allegedly proves some kind of point to the City, but in reality it's kind of a "cut off your nose to spite your face" syndrome. The City then works around us, and figures out how to replace certain aspects of our job while offering us 1%.
...if we were actually bringing in parkers and movers at a higher rate, I'd think it would be harder for the City to offer us crap in return. We are the only City agency that can pay for itself with income...
1/03/2009 11:07:00 AM
...I'd think it would be harder for the City to offer us crap in return...
Yes, it is a logical thought, but if you believe it, you are SO F*CKING INSANE!!!
Hey Daley and Stroger-pay attention!!!!
You listening ?
I did ALL of my major Christmas shopping out in Indiana, where the sales tax is 6-7 percent as opposed to the 10.25 percent you shoved down our collective taxpaying throats. Prior to that I made any major purchase in Indiana, Wisconsin, or Will County, or online. By major I mean upwards of fifty bucks. I will never , with the exception of purchasing a home , which I'm forced to do because I'm a city employee, spend any substantive amount of money in Chicago or
Cook County ever again. Find some other sucker taxpayers to drain so you can pad the payrolls with your family and lackeys, scumbags.
01-03-09 3:20 Go Fuck Yourself you white shirted Jagoff. If you can't see the writing on the wall that's your problem! I will be leaving soon no thanks to jagoffs such as yourself.This department is fallling apart at the seams and do you ever wonder why? You think J-pud and shortshanks are here to help you? You are a fucking moron of the first degree! They would fuck you in an instant if they could. They are devising ways to do just that at this very moment. What a cocksucking fool!
Anonymous said...
...Daley as long as he is Mayor of Chicago will "never" lift the residency clause. He knows that if he did, each and every city employee would take themselves and their family elsewhere...
1/03/2009 11:54:00 AM
AND YOU'VE JUST CONVINCED HIM EVEN MORE THAT ITS THE RIGHT THING FOR HIM TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO.
Sory Einstein but all those suburbs are still in Cook County, so you are paying 10.25%.
For all of those that say they drive to other counties to shop and save, you aren't, what you save on taxes you spend on gas, sorry sucks but is true......
The only winners are the southeast siders who travel 5 minutes over the border and shop in Indiana, but then again they live in Hegwisch, so they aren't winners either....
1/03/2009 01:40:00 PM
Bozo.. i bought a computer at a Best Buy in Wis ..tax savings 155.00 ....gas ??? 25-35 cents cheaper in Wis than crapcago
Talk about a joke.
So we are pumping gas to save $$$ by not paying the attendants salaries.
I was at a city fuel site pumping my own gas. No biggie, I do it for my personal ride. This site had two attendants not pumping gas. Not doing anything but sitting in the hut keeping warm. I pump my gas and get ready to leave. One of the attendants comes rushing out of the little hut telling me to fill out the board. He was referring to a clipboard with the fuel info sheet.
I started to give him the millage when he told me I had to do it myself. I put the car in gear and left.
So two guys get to sit and get paid for doing nothing and the CPD is thinner then a west-side crack whore. How about ditching the precinct captains at the fueling sites and put in a phone that can be used to call a garage attendant if anyone needs help refueling.
"Legalize all the weed that the animals on the west side buy from each other and tax that. Budget balanced in no time."
Hey, dumbass...
You can buy a Grow-Light from Home Depot for $30 and grow enough of your own weed to keep you smoking that shit for free for the rest of your life. All you need is the light and some dirt and water.
Idiot.
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Hey jagoff
I have one word for you
TOBACCO
jerk off
IMADIC
Noy only do I not shop in the city and try to shop outside the county, I buy my shit outside the state, I go to Indiana to buygas shop at Costco etc. Fuck these thieving Jagoffs When this city starts looking like Detroit it will be a little too late for Shortshanks besides....he'll probably lose the next mayoral so he better fuck try to sell whatever the fuck else he can before his ass gets laid off.
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
1/03/2009 07:05:00 AM
How about a rub-n-tug specialist? You seem pretty good at stroking people.
Anonymous said...
...Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that almost all of the manufacturers have been forced to leave Chicago?...
1/03/2009 01:00:00 PM
Are you making this up? Assuming? Exaggerating? Citing a source that documents it as fact?
PLEASE CLARIFY.
"A good portion of the lost income resulted from real-estate transfer tax collections that were far below the city's already-lowered estimates."
You betcha -- and this is NOT going to improve. Boy, are there a lot of --
* Unsold condo units -- 21 empty in a 24-unit building
* Half-finished condo projects -- they got the basement poured and then ran out of money and abandoned it
* Barely-started-then-died condo projects -- they bought the building, and in some cases actually tore it down, and then couldn't get construction financing. The plywood artists' conceptions on the temporary fencing are beginning to delaminate in the weather year after year...
All the little get-rich-quick Polish-immigrant "mortgage brokers" in the storefronts on Belmont are folding up and going back home...and the giants as well. Watch for Zitella especially to go bankrupt -- I've never seen a firm so overextended. The bigger they are...
Aldermen's incomes are also being seriously affected -- the bribes for spot-case rezoning are drying up. No more little 'agreements' so that some fly-by-night can jam six units of "luxury townhomes" onto a former single-family home lot.
The city loves this rat-like overcrowding because it also brings in maximum property tax payments per square foot -- or would, if there were anyone left to buy the units.
No more no-money-down "NINJA" (No Income, No Job) loans available to 17-member illegal families...there were huge banners in foreign languages on the sides of buildings offering these mortgages to anything that could drag itself across the sidewalk and into the office and make an "X" on a paper of some kind.
What the hell DID people think was going to happen?
Reference -- Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds, Charles Mackay, 1852
Finally, like it or not, the Mayor and Superintendent are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They are trying, in difficult economic times, to field a functional Police force at the most reasonable expense to taxpayers. As crime evolves, so must crime fighting. I know how much we hate change but so be it.
I also think you can rest assured though, that nobody has "destroy the CPD" or "break our profession" on their list of things to do at city hall or 35th street. I'm not supporting all the shenannigans that IS our government, but sometimes we have to play the cards that are dealt to us, even if we don't agree or like it!!!
1/03/2009 03:20:00 PM
So write 300 parkers, slug.
Signed,
Missy 018 Parking Ticket Guru
Anonymous said...
...Guess what all of that revenue goes to the company that daley sold the meter rites to for the Billion dollars or whatever it is he got for it. The company that bought the revenue rights from those meters is depending on the police and the Department of Revenue to write the tickets to genetate their revenue...
1/03/2009 02:06:00 PM
The money going inside the meters goes to the lessee.
The CITY will still rely on and collect the fines generated by parking citations. It is in the best interest of the City to continue to write the meter violations in prolific numbers.
Dear Mr. toddler Stroger, thanks for raising our sales tax. I bought 3 "big ticket" items for Christmas, 2 in Indiana and one in Dupage. Thanks for saving me a considerable sum.
All you need is the light and some dirt and water.
Idiot.
1/03/2009 02:58:00 PM
Hey, clueless, all you need is water. Fuck the soil. You can't smoke it. Grow the Hydro in water and use the water for your bong.
Idiot!
Yeah, I've got one. Please leave our Department as soon as possible. Your fellow officers deserve someone who is 100% behind them and you seem to have lost your focus.
Here is another suggestion... the US Army is looking for some heroes like you in Afganistan... its not just a job, its an adventure!
You had me at "hello"
"A quarter century ago, I read a study on mass transit in the U.S. It was clear that the higher fares went, the lower ridership got, consequently driving several systems out of business. There IS a law of diminishing returns and we are seeing it in action.
"Daley has never had the experience of dealing with such severe economic, tourism, security and popularity declines and he is ill-prepared to deal with it. He does not know HOW to draw shoppers. He doesn't know how to revitalize the housing market. He blathers on, saying little, and hopes some miracle will come along to save him.
"Not this time, Richie. There is such a thing as a tipping point and it would seem you have exceeded it."
--1/03/2009 12:23:00 AM
Bravo! Exactly -- And keep in mind that PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION USED TO BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RIDING TO AND FROM WORK -- not to haul mobs to and from Roman spectacles on the lakefront.
As one writer said here in another thread, "Man, was 018 fucked up last night (New Year's Eve).
"About 80% of the people who go down there now for the free public spectacles are total jagoffs. People stabbed on Navy Pier with X-acto knives, thousands of thugs at the Rock/Roll McDonalds. Excalibur, Crowbar...all went up for grabs. Numerous hotel fights. Lots of POs hurt. Coppers and bosses all did a great job in hopeless conditions.
"All real shit, gets worse every year. It's sad, what was intended for tax paying Yuppies is now dominated by hordes of violent predators from the permanent Underclass. They have to start charging for all these downtown circuses."
--1/01/2009 01:22:00 PM
Actually, the city was for working people before the "Yuppies" and their financial manipulation came along -- not to mention the Daley head tax on employees that drove so many companies out of the city.
"Shopping" and "housing" and "tourism" used to be very much secondary to the creation of wealth -- to the making of things. It is becoming more and more obvious that they are not adequate replacements.
I have copies of the 1958 and 1961 Illinois Manufacturers' Directory; if even one guy was making something in a little factory, it was in there. These thick, heavy books are like guides to a lost, ancient civilization; probably 95% of the manufacturers listed in Chicago and environs are gone now.
The Lake Street "L," for example, was built to take people to and from jobs in a tremendously busy manufacturing area, not to provide convenient pillars to urinate against while wandering the vacant lots that are there today.
Daley's ideal city comprises government buildings, financial institutions, residences, stores, and parks. The money to sustain all this will flow from some silent, hidden well as we all float around on free solar-powered, anti-gravity sandals.
Right?
As you say, we've passed the tipping point.
Have you ever considered being a Local #341 Union Dildo Mechanic?
1/03/2009 09:04:00 AM
Thanks for the suggestion, probably could meet some chicks too.
anyone have any news about zeke from 8's progress? i know the whole tr's story but just wanted to see if anyone heard if he is out of a coma?
If you know the whole story why don't you contact the dicks in A/2 and clue them in. It seems, from what I'm reading, that nothing is known about the specifics of the incident. In any event I'll pray the sergeant recovers quickly and completely.
Hey, dumbass...
You can buy a Grow-Light from Home Depot for $30 and grow enough of your own weed to keep you smoking that shit for free for the rest of your life. All you need is the light and some dirt and water.
Idiot.
1/03/2009 02:58:00 PM
Sounds like a sure fire way to bring about a city Grow-Light tax. Maybe a dirt tax too. Water is already taxed so nothing there to do but hike the rate.
Looks like I'll be driving to Lake County for my dirt and Grow-Lights.
I believe the mayor thinks he lives in Disney World, everything is so expensive but it’s worth it. Raising fees to unbelievable levels. Well guess what MR. Mayor NOBODY LIVES THERE who the hell can FOOL……. Unbelievable
Intersting article in the Tribune at:
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-khat3-2009jan03,0,6457114.story
It is about Khat. I first heard of this when I attended TARA. Not thinking it was that dominant in the US this article changed my mind.
Anonymous said...
Daley and JPUD has suceeded in their goal to destroy the CPD. We are Richie's #1 enemy, because we cost too much. He has made it his goal to break our profession and he has won. I am looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
1/03/2009 07:05:00 AM
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How about French soldier, you cowardly quitter?
Anonymous said...
kind of OT- Why do our tax dollars pay for 2-3 cars to babysit the judges house in front of the funeral home in bridgeport where the kings had a brawl with the police the other day? Are we security guards now? We are already short, now the other citizens in 009 are denied prompt police service because we have to baby sit a house?
1/03/2009 12:20:00
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Seems like the CCSPD should be doing this task.
Time to dress Snethen up like an old man and send him to do some banking in Garcia Ridge.
I have to go now. I have 8 hours of crossword puzzles and Band Of Brothers to watch!!!
I am the smartest man alive!
1/03/2009 02:20:00 PM
Guess what? You are the same pooch that did your crossword puzzles and watched movies before J-Fed. You WERE useless, you ARE useless, and you ALWAYD will be useless! I still hold my head up high as a Chicago Police Officer and bust my ass every day to keep the thin blue line in this city, like 90% of the Department. I'm glad to see more posts from officers that are tired of the dogs always posting here. Be Safe!!!
off the subject. Do yourself a favor and read the new book by Denis Leary called "WHY WE SUCK". Would be a good read for all SCC types.
1/03/2009 10:45:00 AM
SOUNDS LIKE A GUIDE FOR STREET WALKERS, ATHLETE GROUPIES AND HQ PERSONNEL.
Finally, like it or not, the Mayor and Superintendent are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They are trying, in difficult economic times, to field a functional Police force at the most reasonable expense to taxpayers. As crime evolves, so must crime fighting. I know how much we hate change but so be it.
I also think you can rest assured though, that nobody has "destroy the CPD" or "break our profession" on their list of things to do at city hall or 35th street. I'm not supporting all the shenannigans that IS our government, but sometimes we have to play the cards that are dealt to us, even if we don't agree or like it!!!
1/03/2009 03:20:00 PM
Jody needs to STOP TROLLING ON THIS BLOG! COMPANY GUY
kind of OT- Why do our tax dollars pay for 2-3 cars to babysit the judges house in front of the funeral home in bridgeport where the kings had a brawl with the police the other day? Are we security guards now? We are already short, now the other citizens in 009 are denied prompt police service because we have to baby sit a house?
1/03/2009 12:20:00 PM
HE HAS MONEY AND HOME PRICES ARE LOW. HE SHOULD JUST MOVE! PROBLEM SOLVED
I buy as much as I can out of Cook County and the City of Chicago. Now kiss my ass Mayor Shortshanks.
"Any suggestions?"
HELP WANTED
Chicago Police Superintendent
No experience necessary
$310,000 per yr.
Send resume to 321 n. Lasalle
ATT Mr. Dick
The gang bangers west of Central, are not your typical gang banger, They are called Midways, cop, fireman and other city workers kids, here is one myspace link, look at the videos and see if your son or daughter is in one or if they are on his friends list, if so when your kid gets in trouble remember your last name will be associated with them, its time to stop saying NOT MY KID
Why are judges living in Bridgeport? Can't they afford to live someplace else??
agreed with those who shop and spend outside of Cook County, out of state, or via the internet....the tax and spend Democrats are not only out of their mind, they're out of control....and has anybody seen this....some states have seen gas tax revenues drop, due to less driving, less gas consumption....what the tree huggers were hoping for, no?...so....some states are looking into raising taxes based on how many miles a person drives their car, via "forcing" people to register their odometer reading each time they renew their license plates....liberal insanity at its finest
Glad I shopped as much as possible outside of Shitcago/Crook County in 2008. Saved some money for my family and got great satisfaction that the Daley Pak of Thieves didn't get their grimy little hands on any of the taxes I paid on my stuff. This year I'm going to try to buy just about everything outside of the tentacles of the Daley / Stroger /Blagovoyovich Crime Cartel.
I hope the City starts slapping Hang-On Citations to all the goofs vehicles in the City whose Car Alarms go off all the time for no reason. Also, cite all the Assholes who let their dogs outside and the dogs bark for hours and the ignorant fucks just leave em outside to annoy everyone in the neighborhood. Fuck all these ignoramuses.
TO: 10:00 am;
Yahoo.com is another bunch of Liberal Goofs, as most anyone should be able to tell from their articals. I never patronize them or any of their advertisers. Same true with AOL, as Rosie O'Donnell and her Commie friends own major shares of.
OK I sit in the car while my wife shops at that store, If I see a black man being suspicious in the lot and dial 911 what will happen?
Ref: the call with several robberies have occurred from Jewel against seniors and that is why I called...
Yeah... Rocket Scientist... Your the reason the CPD in your words is broken. If more people like you left the Department, it wouldn't be that way. Maybe you shouldn't have taken the job in the first place. Being the Police is not like any other job. YOU HAVE TO WANT TO DO IT! If you took it for any other reason, you shouldn't be here. It takes a special person to be an Officer and many of the people on this job don't understand that. If you took this job for the paycheck, you don't belong. Its not that type of Profession. Riding around in a squad for eight hours, sitting at a desk in the D-Unit and never leaving it doesn't make a difference. You wanting to be the Police and believing in your fellow officers is it. It is us against them. We are the difference between civility and chaos. We walk a fine line. To be a good cop, you have to. So if you don't believe that, get another job. I thank you for realizing that.
1/03/2009 02:24:00 PM
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More than likely you're just another 5-year-or-less-on-the-job fool that has an unquenchable thirst for the Daley Koolaid...Oh Yeah!!! Wake up dummy.
Yeah, I've got one. Please leave our Department as soon as possible. Your fellow officers deserve someone who is 100% behind them and you seem to have lost your focus.
Here is another suggestion... the US Army is looking for some heroes like you in Afganistan... its not just a job, its an adventure!
You knew what was expected of you when you signed up. Police work is not a job. Its a profession that needs serious people to do the work that must be done. God's work Father Nangle has called it!
Finally, like it or not, the Mayor and Superintendent are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They are trying, in difficult economic times, to field a functional Police force at the most reasonable expense to taxpayers. As crime evolves, so must crime fighting. I know how much we hate change but so be it.
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See my response to the prior, like-minded, moronic poster. DITTO.
I live in Garfield Ridge and (I would not go there but this is an example) Ford City can be up to a half hour drive depending on traffic, Oakbrook mall and a whole shitload of other stores outside of Cook County are also less than a half hour drive, Chicago/Cook County taxes vs. Dupage taxes you do the math
1/03/2009 11:45:00 AM
BUT, you do have a higher probability of getting shot in Ford City vs. Oakbrook... so where is the fun in going to Oakbrook?
I'm not supporting all the shenannigans that IS our government, but sometimes we have to play the cards that are dealt to us, even if we don't agree or like it!!!
1/03/2009 03:20:00 PM
Keep suckin' the company dick, see how far that will get you!
I hear things at MSF are really starting to suck. The Lts were more interested in getting guns at the stroke of midnight than making sure their guys were safe. They seem to be self-distructing and they are in a battle for numbers between platoons. GIVE IT UP GUYS, YOU WILL NEVER BE SOS.
FORMER 153
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Somone whos was rejected no doubt
More 'RED LIGHT' camers everywhere I look?????
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Are there any RED LIGHT cameras in bridgeport? 11th ward to be more specific. Just curious.
I'm all for an informational picket too! Let's organize for the next Olympic meeting. Mayor Daley should be put on the spot.
OMG. Right there are two perfectly good reasons for drug testing your own children. Does anyone lay claim to those two Stepford Cops spewing the rhetoric of City Hall? GOD forgive me, I'd have to stuff my own child in an oversized pillowcase and drown him in a bayou or swamp somewhere if that incecessant blathering didn't cease!
1/03/09 08:36:00 PM...
AH HAH! You raise a VERY interesting point my friend.
Was driving around the district about 10 years ago & musing on all the rowhouses, townhouses & condos going up... asked old partner, "where the fuck did single family housing get off to in this city?" Little did we suspect how prescient those words were. Unless you got at least a million dollars to spend in a dicey area you ain't seeing no more roomy, 4 b/r, 2.5 bath, full basment old chicago style brick dwellings (& that's with a shittily poured, barely 2 car concrete slab for your "off street" parking) being built in this city ever again. Shit, if I had a million bucks & wanted to stay here, I'd buy a small warehouse on a deserted rail siding, fence it off & rehab the shit out of it & call it a day... no nosy assed neighbors to rat me out to J-fart cuz i'm in my boxers having an adult beverage with a "likely lass" on my own property... life should be so good!
BUT, you do have a higher probability of getting shot in Ford City vs. Oakbrook... so where is the fun in going to Oakbrook?
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Looking at the girls at Oakbrook is always fun.
Bozo.. i bought a computer at a Best Buy in Wis ..tax savings 155.00 ....gas ??? 25-35 cents cheaper in Wis than crapcago
Great but the origional poster(not you) said he shopped in Park Ridge, Glenview and Skokie, all in Cook County,so go fuck yourself! but stay safe while doing so.....
Time to dress Snethen up like an old man and send him to do some banking in Garcia Ridge.
Anything to get him out of that dress....
westside, inside do-nothing said...
I can't wait until they try and factor in the CPD's culpability due to the fact (?) that a lot (hopefully the majority) of beat coppers aren't writing parkers, movers or impounding cars. It seems that we're the whipping-boys for just about everything else that goes wrong with the City's goings on, so why not cut to the chase and blame this on us, too. I sure could use the hearty laugh that such a Daley-derived remark would elicit.
1/03/2009 01:50:00 AM
very true west side up until our last contract expierd i would write a handful of parkers and a tvb just about everyday but now fuck it only write movers on accidents to get a court date and i only make arrests to get court time and take money and i write about one parker a month to some jag off fuck you mr. mayor
Did the city sell the pool cars? Officer gets into an accident, damages car. He is sent the bill (hopefully by mistake). The City is charging for two men, 1 hour, plus fuel and use of pool car to get parts. Heck, we can't even get two men per car. Then they charge $50 per day for the pool car until original car is fixed.
This was suppose to be sent to the insurance company which of course is the City. How can you charge for something that you own? Not like they had to go to Enterprise.
Double dipping or insurance fraud?
"Any suggestions?"
HELP WANTED
Chicago Police Superintendent
No experience necessary
$310,000 per yr.
Send resume to 321 n. Lasalle
ATT Mr. Dick
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!
THAT WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!
Finally, like it or not, the Mayor and Superintendent are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They are trying, in difficult economic times, to field a functional Police force at the most reasonable expense to taxpayers. As crime evolves, so must crime fighting. I know how much we hate change but so be it.
I also think you can rest assured though, that nobody has "destroy the CPD" or "break our profession" on their list of things to do at city hall or 35th street. I'm not supporting all the shenannigans that IS our government, but sometimes we have to play the cards that are dealt to us, even if we don't agree or like it!!!
1/03/2009 03:20:00 PM
They have chocies to make running this department. Prmoting inexperienced and incompetent exempts is a huge mistake. Creating new units while stripping districts of manpower is a huge mistake. Over-reacting to a very small minority of bad officers with rules that have a severe effect on officers is another mistake. Walking DUI'S?? Holding officers as POW's for years in call back is a gross error of judgement and cruel and unusual punishment. Charge after a year or release them. Cannot ignore the murder rate, second highest in the country. Weiss has choices and so far nothing is working. In the meantime, officers are not proactive for lack of support. Go figure.
Time to dress Snethen up like an old man and send him to do some banking in Garcia Ridge.
1/03/2009 10:04:00 PM
Dress him up like an old man?
I hear things at MSF are really starting to suck. The Lts were more interested in getting guns at the stroke of midnight than making sure their guys were safe. They seem to be self-distructing and they are in a battle for numbers between platoons. GIVE IT UP GUYS, YOU WILL NEVER BE SOS.
FORMER 153
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Somone whos was rejected no doubt
That happened a few years ago in TRU, Chiczewski(sp) came in talking about how he wanted everyone out on the street at midnight chasing gunshots-guns etc. one of our Sgts. just looked at him shaking his head and told his people privately that he didn't care what the Deputy said and at midnight had his people under a viaduct from 0001-0015, he told them their safety was more important to him than the Deputies numbers game.. wish he was still around, now it's all yes men...
Anonymous said...
...Does anyone think that it's a coincidence that almost all of the manufacturers have been forced to leave Chicago?...
1/03/2009 01:00:00 PM
Are you making this up? Assuming? Exaggerating? Citing a source that documents it as fact?
PLEASE CLARIFY.
1/03/2009 08:30:00 PM
No, I'm not making it, assuming it, or exaggerating. I have personal knowledge of it occurring. But I can't go into further detail at this time.
NorthSide said...
3:20 PM
Don't drag Father Tom into your proselytizing drivel, "anonymous".
Time for your scalding hot Kool-Aid enema, you sanctimonious prick.
1/03/2009 06:16:00 PM
Father Tom would agree with every word that was said.
Thanks for the enema... your Kool-Aid hot toddy is ready! Sip it slowly, rectum licker!
Anonymous said...
Bozo.. i bought a computer at a Best Buy in Wis ..tax savings 155.00 ....gas ??? 25-35 cents cheaper in Wis than crapcago
Great but the origional poster(not you) said he shopped in Park Ridge, Glenview and Skokie, all in Cook County,so go fuck yourself! but stay safe while doing so.....
1/04/2009 03:35:00 AM
Hey ass wipe !! use your 3rd grade education to read the whole post., forget about driving, don't do any writing
Anonymous said...
I went grocery shopping to Woodmans in Kenosha over the holidays and spent $302.00 and the tax on that was $3.24
You got Zilch tax off me !
Take that !
Richie /Strokeboy
1/03/2009 07:19:00 PM
So you spent twice as much on gas to and from Wisconsin as you did on sales tax... WHAT'S YOUR POINT!!!
REGARDING: Did the city sell the pool cars? Officer gets into an accident, damages car. He is sent the bill (hopefully by mistake). The City is charging for two men, 1 hour, plus fuel and use of pool car to get parts. Heck, we can't even get two men per car. Then they charge $50 per day for the pool car until original car is fixed.
This was suppose to be sent to the insurance company which of course is the City. How can you charge for something that you own? Not like they had to go to Enterprise.
Double dipping or insurance fraud?
I'm also curious about this. My city vehicle was damaged on private property. The city charged the private citizens insurance for towing, not once, not twice, but for 3 seperate tows. The City also charged the persons insurance company for a pool car replacement fee of $50.00 per day. The insurance company paid up the bill which was over $1,500.00 2 months ago. Well, the city vehicle has been in the shop for 3 MONTHS!!!! The private citizens insurance company paid for the damage to the city vehicle, 2 months ago... Now a DEMAND for payment from the city again to the private citizen for NEW Damages, after being inspected by the Motor Maint. and Surprise, another $2,500.00 worth of damages were found. Also, the city is again charging the private citizens insurance company with tows, pool car replacement fees of $50.00 per day, and work that was needed prior to the accident. I can say personally, no pool car has ever been issued to replace this vehicle, which has been sitting at Motor Maint. for 2 months. This sounds like insurance fraud to me.
westside, inside do-nothing said...
More than likely you're just another 5-year-or-less-on-the-job fool that has an unquenchable thirst for the Daley Koolaid...Oh Yeah!!! Wake up dummy.
1/03/2009 11:50:00 PM
EAT SHIT, YOU WORTHLESS ASSHOLE!
You and the ASSWIPES like you, are getting waaaayyy too much print space without opposition! You are not the voice of Chicago Police Officers... You are simply an open sore that oozes puss, a cancerous puss at that!!!
You call yourself an 'inside do-nothing' like its a thing to be admired... your fellow officers despise you because you are a lazy worthless sack of shit... you are an embarrassment to the uniform and, no doubt, to your family...
GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!!!!
Anonymous said...
Time to dress Snethen up like an old man and send him to do some banking in Garcia Ridge.
1/03/2009 10:04:00 PM
F Y I
SNETHEN IS AN OLD MAN!!!
Anonymous said...
OMG. Right there are two perfectly good reasons for drug testing your own children. Does anyone lay claim to those two Stepford Cops spewing the rhetoric of City Hall? GOD forgive me, I'd have to stuff my own child in an oversized pillowcase and drown him in a bayou or swamp somewhere if that incecessant blathering didn't cease!
1/04/2009 01:33:00 AM
And surely our species will be better off for it. Perhaps you could stuff yourself as well, since you are making the world a better place to live with your absence. Thank you for removing yourself from this planet for the betterment of the rest of us!!!
You call yourself an 'inside do-nothing' like its a thing to be admired... your fellow officers despise you because you are a lazy worthless sack of shit... you are an embarrassment to the uniform and, no doubt, to your family...
GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!!!!
1/04/2009 04:19:00 PM
If he were to go "Fuck Himself" he would, technically, no longer qualify as a 'do nothing.' Can you appreciate the irony?
Talking about taxes.Hasn't anyone looked at their recipts lately??? I never noticed this...apparently if you go for example to Walgreens and buy general merchandise and food you get double taxed!!!! the 10.25% tax and than an additional 2.25% for food. WTF!!! Since when did this start????
Another Retiree says; Talk to me in five years you ass-kissing little pricks. After the machine has chewed you up and spit you out. I've heard these days they take your money for promotions and then laugh like the devil when you don't get what you paid for. Defend, defend, defend! They'll defend you too!
SCC you should have a post about double taxing in the city. 10.25% for general merchandise and than an additional 2.25% on food at certain stores such as CVS, Walgreens, etc.. WTF...the theft from the Aldercreatures, Mighty Daley, and Stroker never ends. Let me bend over now.
F Y I
SNETHEN IS AN OLD MAN!!!
1/04/2009 04:23:00 PM
He may just be an "Old Man", but he's one "Old Man" I wouldent want to fuck with!
Time for a new "creative" budget director!
"the 10.25% tax and than an additional 2.25% for food. WTF!!! Since when did this start????"
Ok Einstien-let's review:
http://www.civicfed.org/articles/civicfed_268.pdf
http://www.revenue.state.il.us/Publications/Sales/strrm/01012008/st-25.pdf
http://www.bankrate.com/yho/itax/edit/state/profiles/state_tax_Ill.asp
http://legacy.cookcountygov.com/Media/06_releases/ccpr_030608-salestax-release.html
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/03/cook-county-sal.html
So basically- food is taxed at a lower rate than other retail items- you weren't charged more tax or 'double taxes' but charged differently for the food. The food tax is singled out from the regular retail taxes.
If you're not believing: add up the food items, add the tax and deduct it from your receipt. Then add up the non-food items, tax it by 10.25% and that should be the rest of the bill. Unless you bought items like soda-which it taxed at a 3% rate.
So- inform yourself! don't whine!
" you should have a post about double taxing in the city. 10.25% for general merchandise and than an additional 2.25% on food at certain stores such as CVS, Walgreens, etc.."
...and maybe you should try to increase your reading comprehension and read a newspaper once in a while. Last March the papers were full of this information-the taxes are two seperate rates for different types of items-not an additional tax on food.
Red Light Camera ruling for Chicago as posted by Chicago Sun Times:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1362558,chicago-red-light-cameres-court-of-appeals-010509.article
It's going to get worse! Currently there are 248 cameras covering 123 intersections. By the year 2012, there will be 330 intersections to negotiate. Thank you King Richard.
If he were to go "Fuck Himself" he would, technically, no longer qualify as a 'do nothing.' Can you appreciate the irony?
1/04/2009 09:39:00 PM
Not yet.
You said it,"It's going to get worse!", another prediction for 2012.
Regarding post
1/03/09 08:36:00 PM...
1/04/2009 02:02:00 AM says...
"AH HAH! You raise a VERY interesting point my friend.
"Was driving around the district about 10 years ago & musing on all the rowhouses, townhouses & condos going up... asked old partner, 'where the fuck did single family housing get off to in this city?' Little did we suspect how prescient those words were. Unless you got at least a million dollars to spend in a dicey area you ain't seeing no more roomy, 4 b/r, 2.5 bath, full basment old chicago style brick dwellings (& that's with a shittily poured, barely 2 car concrete slab for your 'off street' parking) being built in this city ever again."
I saw this coming for years -- as I traveled around the city, all I saw was this frenzy of condominium conversions and new construction. I never did manage to find the gold mine, oil well, steel mill, new Ford plant, etc. that would provide the jobs to allow people to buy these places. Just the opposite; factories were being torn down to build condos, one lawyer living where 100 men once worked.
Northwest Highway in 016 is an example -- used to be kind of quiet-backstreet atmosphere, factories and apartments for the people who worked in them. Now? Smaller local stores gone, workers thrown out in condo conversions, factories torn down for huge, unsalable townhouses -- Zitella especially is going broke there, owes Parkway Bank $3 million for the 6060 NW Hwy property alone.
You never hear anything about it, but the destruction of so much rental housing has been a disaster. Elderly people who lived quietly in a small apartment for 30 years or more suddenly thrown out by "developers," i.e. any punk who could float one of those anything-goes loans to grab a building. (There are lots of decent people without much money who live in apartments; this does not automatically make them "shit." Many apartment dwellers pay property taxes at a higher rate per square foot than homeowners do. It's passed along in the rent, naturally. Yet, they're often treated like they don't even exist.)
"Shit, if I had a million bucks & wanted to stay here, I'd buy a small warehouse on a deserted rail siding, fence it off & rehab the shit out of it & call it a day... no nosy assed neighbors to rat me out to J-fart cuz i'm in my boxers having an adult beverage with a 'likely lass' on my own property... life should be so good!"
Yeah, I've thought of that, except the property taxes would probably be at a "commercial property" rate, much higher. Got you coming and going...
Any suggestions for who we can run against mayor mumbles?
01/05/2009 06:36PM
yeah, a lot of coppers i know are in the same boat, building rich & cash poor and it sucks really hard! but i did get a laugh about a post on another strand where the consensus was if the city budged on residency how many coppers would entertain liquidating everything, buying some acreage in tall corn country & building a 2-3000 square foot "little house on the prarie." people poke fun at the guys who were timely enough to buy land in texas, idaho, wyoming, arkansas, tennessee etc, but they read it just right. if i could find a spread with some good sheltered land with some sweet water (spring or well) i'd consider it or file for future referrence. buyers market but cash is king & nobody is in the mood to hear about how good your credit is these days.
stay safe & good luck... & yeah you're right... all the good riverfront/rail-siding warehouse stuff in 013/014,(love what they did to the old warehouse 2600 blk of Maypole, stright-up Bruce Wayne stuff like sliding walls etc.) 012/009 is gone... wasn't even trying to entertain 018/019, was too expensive for years.
Stop kissing Snethens ass willya? It would make even him him sick!
"Any suggestions for who we can run against mayor mumbles?
1/06/2009 12:07:00 AM"
Take your pick:
Seiser
The Keesing Bandit
Shaved Long Cock
There can only be one.
So- inform yourself! don't whine!
1/05/2009 01:11:00 PM
UMMM, that's why I wrote the post to get informed. I was just asking about it cause I didn't notice it before. So, thank you for the information. I didn't know i had to be Einstein to ask a question. Didn't mean to sound like I was whining. I am just tired of paying taxes that are high. Aren't you?
...and maybe you should try to increase your reading comprehension and read a newspaper once in a while. Last March the papers were full of this information-the taxes are two seperate rates for different types of items-not an additional tax on food.
1/05/2009 01:14:00 PM
Sorry I asked. I try to stay away from reading those liberal papers. I rather ask SCC, he is more reliable.
The "NEW LUXURY CONDOS COMING SOON" signs are coming apart in the rain. Trees are starting to grow through the half-finished, abandoned foundations.
The speculators are jumping out the windows.
Depression.
"CHICAGO -- Real-estate executive Steven L. Good was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday in his Jaguar in a forest preserve outside Chicago, said the Kane County Sheriff's Department.
"Mr. Good, 52 years old, was chief executive of Sheldon Good & Co., one of the nation's largest real-estate auction firms. His father founded the company in 1965..."
This is a very big story -- but not a word on Chicago TV news. Just ghetto fires "somewhere else" and the latest diet fads and trendy restaurant openings. That won't get Sally Soccermom to think twice about laying out more borrowed cash for a big-screen or tummy tuck but this might.
After all, the local media, with their nose-up-rear-end, "booster," relationship to local business -- all that free advertising masquerading as "news" -- "don't want to cause a panic."
Translation -- if you stop buying and buying and buying, their advertisers will feel the pinch and cut back...
A question of knowing which side one's bread is buttered on, hm?
Full story at --
http://online.wsj.com/article/
SB123127267562558295.html
"There can only be one.
1/07/2009 01:40:00 AM"
My votes go to Festus.
"My votes go to Festus.
1/09/2009 02:41:00 AM"
Why, thanks, mister Dillion, I sure do reckon that's the nicest, most congenial thing you've ever done fer me, and that sure does put me in a pickle, by golly, it surely does.
Why, when ole doc Adams hears about this, he's sure to be a pokin' and a proddin' me about it, you know how he kin git when he's in one of dem cantankerus moods a his.
An', why, mister Dillion, whilst I be proud, real proud, I got's ta say, for you ta be votin' for me, in fact, ta be votin' multiple times fer me, ifin dat's what you means by usin' the plural form of da word vote, I reckon it mights be a tad bit a too much ta expect anybody but your wunderful self ta truly appreciate those fine qualities of leadership and integritaty, which I presume you ta be appreciating in my humble self, ta insprire you ta dedicadate your precious right ta vote entiredly all towards gittin' this here town a new mayer.
I'm a gonna have ta think on this here situawaytion, think on it quite a piece a time, befer I kin decide ifin it warrants my makin' it any more easier for dat ole doc Adams ta be a pickin' and a prodin' and a pokin' at me, you know, how he does when he gits inta one of dem canturankorus moods of his, which he seems ta be gittin' inta more and more oftin these days, yessiree, it's sure looks ta be a pickle you be puttin' me in, mister Dillion, surely it do.
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