Another "Merit" Letter? And Another Lie
Someone said J-Fed is looking for a few names for a promotional class.
How's that hiring phase going? Are we short yet?
And where's that lieutenants class that they've had the "merit" letter for since last September?
UPDATE: As a sharp minded reader pointed out:
How's that hiring phase going? Are we short yet?
And where's that lieutenants class that they've had the "merit" letter for since last September?
UPDATE: As a sharp minded reader pointed out:
- Hey, J-Fed promised me, face to face, at Lane Tech, that he would allow me to submit my own name for consideration for merit promotion to Sgt.
He promised he would release information on how this could be done before the next promotions to Sgt.
His words. His promise. Jody Weis, what happened? What about your promise? What about any of your promises? I don't recall you keeping any of them. Except the one about Officer Cozzi never working as a police officer again. You kept that one.
Well, time to go to work so I can keep my promise to J-Fed to keep writing tickets and making arrests and being agressive because as we all know, he has our backs.
Labels: promotions
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
145 Comments:
Either call it a CLOUT letter or please use quotation marks, SCC (i.e., "merit" letter). We wouldn't want the naive to get the wrong idea.
So much for da WEISel and "transparency".
The City of Chicago refuses to categorically and unequivocally define their version of "merit" in writing. No "merit" criteria whatsoever from these corrupt cloutmongers.
Remember the USA Today survey about "What makes good employees quit?"
- UNHAPPINESS WITH MGMT. (35%)
- LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCEMENT (33%)
- LACK OF RECOGNITION (13%)
- INADEQUATE SALARY AND BENEFITS (13%)
- BEING BORED (1%)
If for whatever reasons, you can't quit, the only other honorable, self-respecting option is to...
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I know the blue shirts are really short, believe me. But all of us white shirts (sergeants anyway) where riding those beat cars too for decades in some cases before we made it. Just as you guys need some help and extra bodies, i can't tell ya how much we need them too. Being on both ends, i know that your job (beat guys) is definitely harder, but we are also trying to do our best while being extremely short handed. I've got Cr's upon Cr's i'm trying to clear for you guys and working my ass to do just that, but it gets to be a bit much when you're the only sergeant up on a whole watch a couple times a week and can never take any days off b/c there's not enough sgt's to cover the street/desk. The more time i'm stuck inside or being the only sgt up on a watch is the less likely i'll be able to help you guys out when you need me. Taser, talk u outta a jam, etc..
My wish this year is that they would make a shit load more blue shirts and a little turd more white shirts.
Until then i will work my ass for you guys and run like hell TOWARD the problem with whatever you need from me. You guys are the best and i'm proud as hell of the job you guys do everyday.
Deputy Dog Dugan trying to make a name 4 himself. Wants Caps to start sports programs in the ghetto on weekends. NEWS FLASH - deputy we are police and we need more police answering calls in the back logs not playing games. Please get a clue!
please promote Carothers. 002 Tact moral is at an all time low. may as well promote him now, it's inevitable.
Sgt class is a long time coming. Lets hope they move it along in time for summer..
SCC Think its out of print.It still may be around though.
The Book is called CLOUT. By Len Oconner, former reporter. It was written in 1975 and after reading it,you will have a better understanding about Chicago/Cook County Politics.
Ryko's only touched a few basses,this one touches all.
Hey, J-Fed promised me, face to face, at Lane Tech, that he would allow me to submit my own name for consideration for merit promotion to Sgt.
He promised he would release information on how this could be done before the next promotions to Sgt.
His words. His promise. Jody Weis, what happened? What about your promise? What about any of your promises? I don't recall you keeping any of them. Except the one about Officer Cozzi never working as a police officer again. You kept that one.
Well, time to go to work so I can keep my promise to J-Fed to keep writing tickets and making arrests and being agressive because as we all know, he has our backs.
It seems to me that all the administration/brass does is "play cop" downtown. From what I read, they are constantly changing around the upper level employees, parading around, dressing up in uniforms that they didn't earn the right to wear, giving interviews, etc. but don't address the day to day essential issues of running the department. How can this be allowed? Are they that egotistical, narcissistic and oblivious to their moral and ethical obligations? Years ago, you may have had one or two people like this floating around and everyone thought they were jerks. But now, it seems they have completely taken over the CPD.
---not a cop
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Hey SCC,
Did anyone see the J-Fed interview on Fox the other night? He Obviously is running scared by his answers. He is a true idiot. He was asked about his performance and he muttered some nonsense . However he did mention SCC by saying(paraphrase) "People should not believe what they hear or se on various blogs" Not bad for being so insignificant.mmKep up the good work.
LT class 09 Mar. You heard it here first.....
Speaking of what J-Fed promised; he promised me face to face that all of the promotional list would be posted someplace easily accessible for all to see and be updated frequently. I haven't seen a list yet. It's still hidden in a dark room marked top secret. Move along; nope, nothing to see here.
Whine, whine, whine. So much crying about merit picks. Most merit picks are usually idiots. People who should have tried out for another type of job.
Is there an age cut off?
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http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/politics/2009/02/11/transparency-tifs/
Wonder if this has an ice cube's chance in hell of passing.
Its all a matter of suction.
read Pax501 from 21May08...and the fax is for the executive development program, not for merit sgt nominations.
to not a cop;
yes and yes
How many sgt's are they making?
To all you merit fucks,
(I think i speak for all of us who busted our asses studying for the sgt's test)
I would like to thank you for making me wait at least one more class to earn a promotion that I actually deserved to already have. Accept your promotion, run out and buy your new uniforms and hold your head up high.
After all, you should be proud. You just stole someone else's promotion.
Fuck you!!!
I have said it before, and I will say it again. J-Fed is nothing more than a hand puppet of the mayor.
He would not exist without the mayor.
He could not have made the changes he has made, without the mayor.
He will soon be gone, because of the mayor.
You are all wasting your energy,with your concerns over J-Fed. He will soon be gone, and forgotten.
The Mayor is, and always will be "The Issue"
Mayor Richard Daley's office and the Chicago Park District have made it clear "that they do not wish to talk about issues that may be confrontational until after October 2009," according to the memo by an association committee charged with formulating an approach to the city's Olympic plans.
ok its all about the Olympics!
Stop the whinning!
On the promotional list, at least they separate the "clout" folk from the ones who actually earned it. I noticed with the last class, most people who got promoted "meritoriously" were from units and not from districts.
I should already be a Sgt off this list, but let me tell u something... If someone is going to jump ahead of me, I'd rather see it be someone who is out there everyday working the streets with me. Someone who deals with bangers, deals with asshole bosses, gets shit on, time due denied, stacked jobs, no lunch, no pdt, etc. If merit wont be disbanned all together, then let the real police get it.
..... Still waiting. Glad I studied so hard.
Until then i will work my ass for you guys and run like hell TOWARD the problem with whatever you need from me. You guys are the best and i'm proud as hell of the job you guys do everyday.
2/12/2009 01:33:00 AM
Your efforts are appreciated, and it sounds like when you wore a blue shirt, you were the police. However, the problem lies where your fellow Sgts, who have never been more than an armed secretary that think 11th & State is some Condo, toss us under a bus!
not at work, is there a promotional list out for SGT.
The only promise he kept is not holding assist.sup. Beatrice Cuello accountable. Anyone else would have had a problem with the department. J-Fed treat her like you treated Officer Cozzi
Do police officers ever stop complaining??? If it is not one thing it is another. I often get confused whether I work in what should be a professional organization or I am attending an all girl’s high school. Considering all the Sh## talking going on. Do yourself a favor and take a minute out each day to be grateful that you have job security and are paid relatively well. After reading some of posts and seeing the grammar and spelling, I doubt most of the people who write in here could get a job anywhere else. And yes, I am a Chicago Policeman.
Anyway we can get Curtis Sliwa and his Guardian Angels to help out until the city starts hiring more PPO Recruits so we can have some back-up out there!
Dear Supt. Weis:
Yesterday, I tried to defend your honor and integrity among a group of "Chicago's Finest" who, for obvious reasons, must remain nameless. I failed, sir. Please help. Uncharacteristically, I was at a total loss for words. How can I respond to the following descriptions of you and your tenure as "top cop":
"Daley's cocksucker", "a money-grubbing whore", "no balls at all", "clueless piece of shit", "the de facto federal receiver", "hatchet man", "a disgrace to the uniform", "empty suit", "treacherous liar", "a fuckin' asshole", "a big pussy", "shameless bitch", "look at what that cunt did to Cozzi", "a pathological liar", "J-Fraud", "one lowlife motherfucker", "mayor's puppet", "phony as a three dollar bill", ad infinitum.
Hopefully, we can turn this around, sir. However, I'm not optimistic. I'm just speechless. Any suggestions?
You can contact me at cpdfop7@yahoo.com
The City met with Seiser and the contract and a Agreement has been entered into by and between the city and f.o.p.
Off topic. Has Huberman ever been involved in a shots fired or officer down call? Not as a bac up but directly involved. The reason I as is because it is going around on Chicago Public School blogs that he has. They are saying that he will be good with CPS security since he has been involved in these type of incidents. Than you.
These merit promotions are just a total morale killer.
It would be one thing if it was just 5% or 10%, but to have 30% of our bosses merit... total joke.
When you see a guy/gal that doesn't do shit on the street and dumb as rocks get promoted while others who actually studied, scored well and are waiting on the list, well it just isn't right.
OFF TOPIC...Maybe Worth Its' Own Post
In his rush to grub money from the sale of city parking meters for HIS Olympics, Shortshanks has shorted people who live on major streets. All over the city there are neighborhoods where people live over stores and there are parking meters on the streets. People have always parked there, in front of where they lived, for free over night and moved their cars before the morning rush. Now, thank-you Richie, the meters belong to a campaign contributor, and they have to be fed 24 hours a day every day.
What are you going to do about this? Send out the Revenuers, the Booters and E & R tow trucks.
I sure don't want to be on a "Overnight Parking Mission" tagging poor working peoples cars. I joined this job to be the police, not a revenue agent for the Daley Crime Family.
OT: But I have to agree with Mary Mitchell in Thursday's column. I read where a North Shore mother was sued 2.5 million dollars for allowing her kid to have a "drinking party" for her teen kid-not for being the host of the party but a bad parent. Moprah points out in her column that nothing happened to Aunt Bea after a warrant was served at her condo. Asshole boyfriend of Aunt Bea's daughter gets locked up, idiot daughter screams what rank squinting eyed Aunt Bea holds and she walks away shrugging her hunched shoulders. Seems to me that Aunt Bea should go back to bartending. The dumb thang should be fired for allowing these criminal activities to occur on her property-just as every landlord would be held accountable. Aunt Bea was USELESS as a P.O. USELESS as a"boss". And obviously USELESS as a "PARENT?". Hey Supt. fire that dumb idiot or at least demote her. The "I didn't know" does not work anymore unless you're Shortshanks.
I would love to see this happen. Put me in front of a board and let me defend/promote myself. Have a p.o. talk about themselves for 5 minutes, you would be able to seperate the morons out in minutes, and then promote them
The merit process is the most corrupt, clout basied, sneaky process the department has. Merit is why this department is so fucked up. Merit is why you have B Cuello as a high ranking boss. Merit is why you have a Crump-Hales etc. A former commander of 023 put a CAPS officer in for merit Sgt. twice. This officer has never ever been a street cop and really is not even a police officer. He worked in the CAPS office his entire time on the job. He became good friends with the commander so the commander picked him over all the other officers that work the street everyday. Thank God he was never selected! This is just one example why merit is a joke and why morale is so low! I'm sure there are many stories like this one. The everyday working copper that just goes to work and does his job will always be passed over.
For Pete's sake, define merit already so we know what to strive for to at least be considered.
Right now the only consideration seems to be the right last name.
How many years do you need on this job to not be considered a newbie?
I was just wondering.
This was posted on Shaved's Blog. It is an awesome video of the King Riots in 011 in 1968.
http://www.justin.tv/clip/a849b00bc3cd103b
Yeah, apply only to get passed over for a 5'02" 175 lb. female whose father is a convict but brings in the votes. Where's the change? Obama + Daley = Detroicago. Can someone say show 'em a power point and they will be placated? Additionally what's the point of living in 16 if the planes are now over your kids head in Edison Park?
Another lie?!
Say it ain't so, Unfrozen Caveman Fed!
I guess we have two more years of this roller coaster ride!
14 Year Olds, cops w/ child porn, Cuello's wacky family, SOS, Cozzi, that copper who shook down Starbucks, rouge agents, mistrust, no contract, Daley...I know I'm forgetting something
How low can we get?!
Anonymous said...
I know the blue shirts are really short, believe me. But all of us white shirts (sergeants anyway) where riding those beat cars too for decades in some cases before we made it. Just as you guys need some help and extra bodies, i can't tell ya how much we need them too. Being on both ends, i know that your job (beat guys) is definitely harder, but we are also trying to do our best while being extremely short handed. I've got Cr's upon Cr's i'm trying to clear for you guys and working my ass to do just that, but it gets to be a bit much when you're the only sergeant up on a whole watch a couple times a week and can never take any days off b/c there's not enough sgt's to cover the street/desk. The more time i'm stuck inside or being the only sgt up on a watch is the less likely i'll be able to help you guys out when you need me. Taser, talk u outta a jam, etc..
My wish this year is that they would make a shit load more blue shirts and a little turd more white shirts.
Until then i will work my ass for you guys and run like hell TOWARD the problem with whatever you need from me. You guys are the best and i'm proud as hell of the job you guys do everyday.
2/12/2009 01:33:00 AM
Sell that shit to the out of towners.
Every Sgt I come across city-wide would fuck over a working PO or pimp out their sister to get ahead.
Right Tony B?
What is with this new gang unit. Why can't vetern police with common sense be found. This is a problem that will grow with time. No positives with the baby police. Good luck Chicago
It's like I went to that secret study group for NOTHING! What BS!!!!
City is trying to force 4 day work weeks on the trade unions, and offering no raises to the police. Well fuck that tell Daley to open up the books to a outside accounting firm to find out how much money in property taxes are being diverted to TIF slush funds for DALEYS contractor friends and olympic bribes. This is where are contract money is going. Property taxes are for city services not olympic dreams. UNIONS need to step up to the plate and fight TIFS are destroying this city and costing taxpayers millions.
SCC,
I never thought I would say this but for once, I actually agree with the the Slumtimes' racist journalist, Mary Mitchell.
Mitchell actually wrote an article questioning Cuello's involvement and JPUD's immediate denial of any involvement by his handpicked Asst. Superintendent (or whatever they are calling her job now). Mitchell asked the question that all of the rank and file of the CPD has been asking since his appointment; Is he qualified to be superintendent? Does he have any clue? What is he still doing here?
JPUD, Isn't time to give up your fantasy of running the 2nd largest police department in the country? Time to be a man and stop playing the police and resign. In the end, it is the best decision for yourself and the CPD.
Of course Mary Mitchell has no journalistic integriy or a creative bone in her whole body, because she basically plagiarized her whole article from the posts on SCC. But at least she is exposing the hypocrisy of this current administration...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
please promote Carothers. 002 Tact moral is at an all time low. may as well promote him now, it's inevitable.
2/12/2009 03:21:00 AM
002 Tact had morale? When?
I caught J-Fed in another lie too. He said to call him If I had one too many and needed a ride home. Well, I called him 3 days ago and left several messages but he never showed to drive me home. I'm cold and tired and still a little buzzed. J-Fed, since I know you read this blog daily, could you come get me and drive me home. I'm sitting on the curb texting this. I'm in front of the big shiny useless bean in millenium park. you have to park around the corner, but bring extra change since the parking meter fees just tripled in price life everything else in this fucked up city.
In regards to the promtional process, and old wise man once said:
"If I don't like a movie, I just get up and leave."
OFF TOPIC.. It seems Jody Weiss got a parking ticket in 014 yesterday. His Pimped out SUV with TINTED WINDOWS (Violation JODY!!!) was parked in a crosswalk, and a copper, from 014, issued the citation. No police markings on the vehicle. Well, of course, the ticket was NON-SUITED, so he won't have to pay the fines for those tickets. Do P.O.s get that luxury also Jody?? I didn't think so.
Jody and the Mayor were meeting with the Hispanic Clergy at a meeting on Division street, but the officers working in 014/013 were not given the heads up by anyone (That is how this could have been avoided). Listen up bosses!!!!
Oh well..the same old things..different rules for the clout heavy, and fuck the low man..OK..now that morale is really in the shitter..let's hit all the schools, churches, and other parking priviledged FUCKS, and let them get a taste too..
Just dump Lucio..he is a turd!!
Anonymous said...
It seems to me that all the administration/brass does is "play cop" downtown. From what I read, they are constantly changing around the upper level employees, parading around, dressing up in uniforms that they didn't earn the right to wear, giving interviews, etc. but don't address the day to day essential issues of running the department. How can this be allowed? Are they that egotistical, narcissistic and oblivious to their moral and ethical obligations? Years ago, you may have had one or two people like this floating around and everyone thought they were jerks. But now, it seems they have completely taken over the CPD.
---not a cop
2/12/2009 06:45:00 AM
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Management generally acts like the administrators they are accustomed to following. With Daley running around like the Cock-of-the-Walk, is it any surprise all the other circus clowns act like Peacocks ?
Deputy Dog Dugan trying to make a name 4 himself. Wants Caps to start sports programs in the ghetto on weekends. NEWS FLASH - deputy we are police and we need more police answering calls in the back logs not playing games. Please get a clue---------------------------
Dugan has to get his head out of the 1950's. These kids don't play sports any more. Drive through a bad neighborhood, the parks are empty. Kids don't play sports anymore. Try to find a GD or a king that can throw a curveball. Or a cop that can for that matter.
Additionally what's the point of living in 16 if the planes are now over your kids head in Edison Park?
Not sure, but how long has O'Hare been open to commercial traffic? 1955. When did you move into your house? Oh yeah, after 1955. Idiot.
Do police officers ever stop complaining??? If it is not one thing it is another. I often get confused whether I work in what should be a professional organization or I am attending an all girl’s high school. Considering all the Sh## talking going on. Do yourself a favor and take a minute out each day to be grateful that you have job security and are paid relatively well. After reading some of posts and seeing the grammar and spelling, I doubt most of the people who write in here could get a job anywhere else. And yes, I am a Chicago Policeman.
2/12/2009 10:54:00 AM
Oh be quiet.
Anonymous said...
I know the blue shirts are really short, believe me. But all of us white shirts (sergeants anyway)
eh, yah. flake. No thanks, don't wanna see this "personality" show up at my jobs.
As much as you think you're "one of us", if you are in fact a Sergeant, you aren't one of us.
The last thing I want is a softie thinking he's my buddy and try and do the "right thing" for me. I want a Sgt. whom I don't see again after roll call until checkoff.
O.T., I apologize,
Can I ask a question of the biys and girls working afternoons in 19...what is with the ex I.A.D. idiot who works the desk?
I picture him on the way to a 10-1 and stopping to write w parker...
I hear his wife (THE EX-I.A.D. House mouse is no prize either).
Confucious say----Once I.A.D., always I.A.D., and never marry an I.A.D. (THEY BREED RATS).
There is no way a sane person could have picked J-Fraud for supt. based on credentials.
Shortshanks had to have cut a deal with the Justice Dept. to take this goof to avoid the embarrassment of federal receivership.
Totally un-related. Why do Sgts. in 007 (2nd) treat their people like kids. You kids do not have a fun job and I commend you all for showing up for roll call. You Sgts. sound like idiots.
Hey 4:43 PM. Quit blogging and read the paper. A new runway opened a few weeks ago. THAT runway causes planes to fly over Edison Park. Hey you, idiot, the f--king runway WAS NOT THERE when I moved. Go read something besides your comic book a--hole!
How many years do you need on this job to not be considered a newbie?
I say it's 5yrs
And I thought we had it bad with Bloomturd and Popeye. Daley and Weis must be a real piece of work.
NYPD condolences, guys.
How about making a few classes straight off the list w/out the merit bullshit. Let all the merits make it at the end before the pull the list down.
Thanks for conveying our regards to J-Fed, Northside. We know we can trust you to keep our names out of it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
These merit promotions are just a total morale killer.
It would be one thing if it was just 5% or 10%, but to have 30% of our bosses merit... total joke.
When you see a guy/gal that doesn't do shit on the street and dumb as rocks get promoted while others who actually studied, scored well and are waiting on the list, well it just isn't right.
2/12/2009 11:57:00 AM
I agree, but I want to see WORKING cops, not just cops who can take tests well get promoted. I know a hell of a lot of guys in 011 that worked their asses off for years that get no recognition for what they do. In fact, most of the guys there deserve a promotion. When we see a non working clout baby make sergeant or detective it makes us sick and question why we work at all. I always ask, have you ever seen a supervisors kid NOT get promoted? Some deserve it, but the vast majority do not.
How many years do you need on this job to not be considered a newbie?
I was just wondering.
2/12/2009 02:11:00 PM
One day less than whatever stroke you are talking too. 5 years from now, it will still one day less than that same stroke has.
"Try to find a GD or a king that can throw a curveball. Or a cop that can for that matter.
2/12/2009 04:36:00 PM"
Go to a Roll Call or exempts meeting, they're throwing curve balls evry friggn day!
"Off topic. Has Huberman ever been involved in a shots fired or officer down call? Not as a bac up but directly involved."
He was there when Jim Mullen got shot, screaming on the radio like a lunatic. Don't know about any other incidents?
Hopefully, we can turn this around, sir. However, I'm not optimistic. I'm just speechless. Any suggestions?
You can contact me at cpdfop7@yahoo.com
2/12/2009 11:27:00 AM
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Sometimes I don't know about Northside. Why the hell he would want to offer to help this BLOCKHEAD is beyond me. There is NO 'turning this around.' Not now, not during the next billion superintendents. Not as long as Shorty is around. Get real.
Blago for merit! He already put his letter in. J-Fed is considering.
We have an extremely critical morale problem in the Chicago police force.
not a cop
Anonymous said...
I would love to see this happen. Put me in front of a board and let me defend/promote myself. Have a p.o. talk about themselves for 5 minutes, you would be able to separate the morons out in minutes, and then promote them
2/12/2009 01:27:00 PM
They already "separate the morons out in minutes, and then promote them". And they do it without wasting time at oral boards !!!
Anonymous said...
How many years do you need on this job to not be considered a newbie?
I was just wondering.
2/12/2009 02:11:00 PM
It's not years, it's experience & knowledge. A one year ghetto warrior often knows more than a 5 year vet from 016, not because they are smarter or better, but just cause they've seen it before and done it before... twice !
Cozzi deserves to be treated like a police officer not a thug.
The PBPA is denied viewing the merit eligible list. WTF
Get off your ass Cosgtove, and sue to get it.
Anonymous said...
please promote Carothers. 002 Tact moral is at an all time low. may as well promote him now, it's inevitable.
2/12/2009 03:21:00 AM
he wants to be close to his 3 year pooty cat humpee
Anonymous said...
LT class 09 Mar. You heard it here first.....
2/12/2009 07:30:00 AM
could be a recruit class.
lt. list to be hit with injunction. could further postpone hiring. pissed off sgt holding a pair of aces.
Merit = Pay to Play.
NorthSide said...
Dear Supt. Weis:
Yesterday, I tried to defend your honor and integrity among a group of "Chicago's Finest" who, for obvious reasons, must remain nameless. I failed, sir. Please help. Uncharacteristically, I was at a total loss for words. How can I respond to the following descriptions of you and your tenure as "top cop":
"Daley's cocksucker", "a money-grubbing whore", "no balls at all", "clueless piece of shit", "the de facto federal receiver", "hatchet man", "a disgrace to the uniform", "empty suit", "treacherous liar", "a fuckin' asshole", "a big pussy", "shameless bitch", "look at what that cunt did to Cozzi", "a pathological liar", "J-Fraud", "one lowlife motherfucker", "mayor's puppet", "phony as a three dollar bill", ad infinitum.
Hopefully, we can turn this around, sir. However, I'm not optimistic. I'm just speechless. Any suggestions?
You can contact me at cpdfop7@yahoo.com
2/12/2009 11:27:00 AM
Anonymous said...
Here is a guy with huge balls. Let him lead us. CPDfop7 = you are our hero.
People have always parked there, in front of where they lived, for free over night and moved their cars before the morning rush. Now, thank-you Richie, the meters belong to a campaign contributor, and they have to be fed 24 hours a day every day.
I don't like to promote violence but when pol-connected asswhipes start stealing money from, I may be inclined to "take out" some of those meters.
The WEISel is becoming a bigger laughingstock than Blagojevich.
saw that interview on fox i thought jody didnt read scc by his remarks about not believing everything you read on the blogs sure sounds like he does
Off topic. Has Huberman ever been involved in a shots fired or officer down call? Not as a bac up but directly involved. The reason I as is because it is going around on Chicago Public School blogs that he has. They are saying that he will be good with CPS security since he has been involved in these type of incidents. Than you.
2/12/2009 11:56:00 AM
Security is run by ex CPD Lt. Andres "It's all clear right CPD?" we can let the kids back in, right CPD?" Durbak. Talk about an overpaid do-nothing. His decisions are based solely on what a white shirt on the scene tells him; has absolutely no investigative skills himself; seemingly unwilling to accept any responsibility for the job he has. Like he was never really the police. I don't expect any security miracles over there...
On behalf of my constituents, I would like to say that the merit process is fair and sound.
Without "merit" a great man like myself would have never gottten into Harvard! I back the CPD merit system 100%.
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Attn: SCC - this should be it's own post!
http://www.justin.tv/clip/a849b00bc3cd103b
These are videos of the REAL Chicago Police Department. Times when cops stuck together, backed each other up, acted like a TEAM.
Notice anything? Do you notice everyone, from recruit to 2-star veterans, was WEARING THE SAME GODDAMN UNIFORM! Hats or helmets, ties, no fucking cargo pants, no dickies, no gym shoes, and no nylon weave belts. No sense of entitlement or privilege. You KNEW you were joining the police department for god’s sake.....why do you oh-sh-special hair gel college kids think you're above wearing the uniform of the day.
Yesterday, I stood roll call with 21 other police officers and there weren't 2 guys wearing the same uniform. Between baseball caps (are you kidding?) and clown pants, different colored vest carriers and gun belts, NOBODY wore the same uniform.
Even little league coaches know that when you get a bunch of individuals together and dress them the same, they start to gel. Now it only acts to separate the troops. One stroke who thinks that he's Been There, Done That only wears only one belt and puts gun, cuffs, mags, etc on it to be so, so cool.
Ask Northside, Snethen, Revolver Police, even Shaved.....a UNIFORM breeds an esprit de corps and a like mindedness that makes shit like rogue cops really difficult if not impossible to exist.
It started as a disease. Some useless boss thought it'd be good to allow the inside bitches to get away with wearing short sleeves and open collars. Then the sweaters which you could wear without a tie as long as the collar tabs were outside like you were wearing a Saturday Night Fever leisure suit.
I had an almost overwhelming sense of nostalgia watching the old newsreels. This was a POLICE DEPARTMENT, a force to be reckoned with. You didn't piss off a cop. You never heard some jagoff yell "Well lock me up, then!" No infighting, no catty shit posted on some blog, no "I'm going to make up my own uniform" pretend tough guys.
Hey badasses.....put yourselves in those times. Try standing next to a REAL COP. Those guys facing down a snipers rifle, intent on killing him or his partner because they were THE POLICE. A cop who wore the uniform, not because it was in a General Order, but because it represented the pride and tradition of the CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
The IOC evaluation commission, chaired by executive board member Nawal El Moutawakel, will study the bid files and visit the four cities. The panel will first go to Chicago from April 4-7, followed by stops in Tokyo from April 16-19, Rio from April 29-May 2 and Madrid from May 5-8. ***Well if we want to send DALEY a message we should all do only what we have to do for those 4days. Hopefully the city will go up for grabs and the Olympics will not end up here.
Retired p.o. Jer Dunnig
J-Fed is a little girlie man.
How many years do you need on this job to not be considered a newbie?
IT DON'T MATTER AS LONG AS YOU KEEP A GOOD WORK ETHIC..... JUST LOOK AT MANY OF THESE OLD TIMERS AROUND, THEY CAN BARLEY GET OUT OF THE CAR... EXCEPT WHEN IT COMES TO LUNCH AND THE MILL TIME...THEN THEY MOVE ... LOL
AND DON'T HATE ON THE NEW AND IMPROVED GANG UNIT. WE HAVE MADE A NAME AND CAN DO MUCH BETTER WORK THAN THE OTHER UNIT.
B SAFE! YOUNG BLOOD!!!
Hey idiot. The O'hare airport was allowed to expand with old man Daley because he guaranteed that the planes would skirt the city. Now they don't. So when you call someone an idiot know your history. The Daley family promise is not being kept. And Gresham has a ton of other issues that most of us stay away from.
I,too,hate Mary Mitchell but besides being right in her column today, think back to the beginning, she protested Jodie from day one.Although at the time her displeasure was probably just J-duds race.
SCC:
I agree with the first poster (Noah Webster). Please put quotations marks around the word merit in your headline on the blue background.
Outsiders read this and they say what's wrong with promoting on merit.
To 0236,
Either you've had incredibly bad luck or you're one of the few idiots that keep showing up on tv f...ing things up for everyone else. Most, not all, Sgts are trying to help the blue shirts out as much as they can. Not all of us have an agenda other than getting home the same way we came and making sure none of our guys get jammed up. Look at yourself if everyone's out to get you...maybe you're just an a..hole.
How much does FOX pay to interview that freak????
It's getting even worse, Jody. I'm getting eMails and phone messages from officers calling you names that I wouldn't dare use on this family Web site.
It appears that you have irreversible credibility issues. Your "approval rating" now stands at 0.001% with a margin of error of plus or minus one percent.
I called David Axelrod for help. He said that he was tied up indefinitely. I'm at my wit's end.
Yo, J-Fed
WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK!
Anonymous said...
It seems to me that all the administration/brass does is "play cop" downtown. From what I read, they are constantly changing around the upper level employees, parading around, dressing up in uniforms that they didn't earn the right to wear, giving interviews, etc. but don't address the day to day essential issues of running the department. How can this be allowed? Are they that egotistical, narcissistic and oblivious to their moral and ethical obligations? Years ago, you may have had one or two people like this floating around and everyone thought they were jerks. But now, it seems they have completely taken over the CPD.
---not a cop
2/12/2009 06:45:00 AM
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Yes. (a cop)
LIAR, LIAR, PANTIES ON FIRE!
OFF TOPIC.. It seems Jody Weiss got a parking ticket in 014 yesterday. His Pimped out SUV with TINTED WINDOWS (Violation JODY!!!) was parked in a crosswalk, and a copper, from 014, issued the citation. No police markings on the vehicle. Well, of course, the ticket was NON-SUITED, so he won't have to pay the fines for those tickets. Do P.O.s get that luxury also Jody?? I didn't think so.
Jody and the Mayor were meeting with the Hispanic Clergy at a meeting on Division street, but the officers working in 014/013 were not given the heads up by anyone (That is how this could have been avoided). Listen up bosses!!!!
Oh well..the same old things..different rules for the clout heavy, and fuck the low man..OK..now that morale is really in the shitter..let's hit all the schools, churches, and other parking priviledged FUCKS, and let them get a taste too..
Just dump Lucio..he is a turd!!
2/12/2009 03:19:00 PM
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Now, imagine the good will he could have generated by just PAYING the ticket.
My mom uses a walker and those crosswalks are critical. What arrogant jerk parks ACROSS a crosswalk?
Oh, and no, PO's DON'T get to have their tickets non-suited, even when they are blatantly wrong. But Weis has never BEEN a PO, so the rules for police don't apply.
MERIT=Pay To Play. Should be also investigated by the Feds for discriminatory hiring practices, decades of reverse-discrimination. UN-American! Corruption at its Finest. Shitcago SUCKS.
If they keep making all these Sgts and Lt's, soon there won't be ANY P.O.s to supervise.
CAPS Sponsored Sports Games on the weekend in the Ghetto? Really? What sport? DODGE-BULLETS??? Another GENIUS think outside the box Idea. Un-Fuckin Believable..
6:14 PM
Lighten up! It's called sarcasm. Now you're saying that of all people, Northside is a clout baby. LMAO!
10:54 AM
You have a serious case of DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS. This explains why you will always be a LOSER.
The last thing I want is a softie thinking he's my buddy and try and do the "right thing" for me. I want a Sgt. whom I don't see again after roll call until checkoff.
2/12/2009 04:59:00 PM
Unfortunately softball, you can't be trusted. If you worry about your supervisor seeing you, What are you doing wrong!!
We'd be better off if the Justice Dept. just took us away from Shortshanks and the Weisel. It couldn't be any worse.
haven't seen anything on this angle yet:
1. parking meters now must be fed 24/7/62 and at a much higher cost then before.
2. 80% of meters are located on the city's main streets outside of the downtown areas.
3. many citizens who live in apartments above storefronts located on these main streets previously have parked their vehicles there overnight.
4. now these citizens will have to either: a) pay to park overnight or b) park on the side streets where there are no meters.
5. some side streets are designated as residential permit parking only, with some being at all times and some being from 6pm to 6 am.
6. the obvious results of the new parking meter costs and rules will be: a) more citizens vying over those side street parking spaces not restricted by residential permit parking, or b) more citizens being exposed to the risk of being ticketed for parking on residential only streets without the permit required, (and without being able to get the permit, since they don't live on that street).
7. thus, more citizens will be either: a) paying for main street metered overnight parking, or b) not paying for main street metered overnight parking and getting ticketed, or c) parking on side streets which are neither metered nor residential permit parking regulated, thus competing for overnight parking spaces with the actual residents living on those side streets, (likely motivating said actual residents to seek residential permit parking only designation), or d) parking on side streets currently designated with residential permit parking only status and, lacking the ability to acquire said permit, getting ticketed, or e) choosing to rid themselves of their vehicle(s), thus increasing the likelihood of their using the city's public transportation system, or f) choosing to move out of those residential apartments located on metered main streets and, perhaps, out of the city entirely, or g) determining if they can afford to purchase a residence with a garage, within, or outside of, the city, and, if so, doing just that, or h) seeking to move to residential properties not burdened by either being located upon a metered public street or a residential permit parking only street, thus increasing the demand for said properties rental units and, thus, increasing the potential rents to be gained for said rental units.
the above raises a few questions:
1. do property owners of real property located on streets with metered parking have any means by which to rescind their street's status as being metered parking?
2. what criteria do our city officials use to designate a particular city street as a metered one?
3. will the city now choose to increase the number of streets being metered parking only?
4. what criteria do our city officials use to designate a residential side street as being permit restricted?
5. will the city now choose to increase the number of residential streets being designated as residential permit parking only?
6. is the end goal of our city officials to impose either metered parking or residential permit parking onto all of the city's streets?
"They already "separate the morons out in minutes, and then promote them". And they do it without wasting time at oral boards !!!
2/12/2009 06:38:00 PM"
there are other ways being used to access a candidate's oral skills, with much less need for conversation.
"Not as long as Shorty is around. Get real.
2/12/2009 06:14:00 PM"
an excellent suggestion.
For Pete's sake, define merit already so we know what to strive for to at least be considered.
How about you strive to pass the test on your own instead of crying about merit last names
Alright, 6:14 PM. You've talked me out of it. Thanks for showing me the light.
Sorry, WEISel. Those coppers are right. Among other things, you are the consumate asshole.
I don't know what I'd do without you, 6:14 PM.
Anonymous said...
We have an extremely critical morale problem in the Chicago police force.
not a cop
2/12/2009 06:37:00 PM
No problem. There is no morale. If there were and it were low, then there would be a problem. It is every man for themselves and the only two days that count are the 1st and 16th, payday.
Blame Richard M. Daley and lately Jody Weis but really, the major blame is Daley. Used to be a good place to work. No more.
“Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.”
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Not particularly relevant, I just like the quote, I think it is from Harry Truman.
Aside from being the consummate asshole, J-Fed is also a BLOCKHEAD and all the other stuff in Northside's 11:27 AM post.
Transparency is the new GOVERNMENT word! What about MERIT promotions MR GMAN? OH I FORGOT! THIS IS CHICAGO! GORDON GEKKO WAS RIGHT! "ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY KID, EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST CONVERSATION! WANNA FRIEND, BUY A DOG!"
DO YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY AND FOP ARE DOING? THEY ARE DOWNSIZING THE CPD BY "GIVING" YOU TEN HOUR SHIFTS! TWO WATCHES, NOT THREE! LESS SUPERVISORS, FIELD LTS, WATCH COMMANDERS, AND SOON, COMMANDERS AND ADS'S! STOP THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF AND PROTECT THE JOB! MD AND THE FOP SOLD OUT A LONG TIME AGO! WE ARE ALL PAWNS IN A GIANT CHESS GAME! CHECK AND MATE! BAH BYE!
My moral is high. Now pay me. I only do what I want. Now pay me. Harry got brakes.
Look People, I was on the job for 30 yrs. and retired as soon as I could. It was a good job back when and it seems that we did not have the bull shit you guys are putting up with, but there was still bull shit. There was clout all over the place but no merit promotions I can see how horrible that would be. I suggest that you start planning your second career. Start looking for a second job where you can excel when you leave. Maybe a business or go to school for something, the city will pay for it so take advantage of it . That’s how you beat these bastards. I was lucky and started a successful business and have been doing it now for almost 20 years. It’s great, you have your pension when you’re short and a windfall when things are good. You would be surprised to see, or maybe you wouldn’t, at these bosses when they retire and go out to the real world are not very successful unless it’s another clout government job. Take it easy, slow down, back up your partner. Remember the longer you live on your pension the more you beat the game. You are the winner. Don’t let the job get the best of you, YOU get the best of the job.
I know the blue shirts are really short, believe me. But all of us white shirts (sergeants anyway)
eh, yah. flake. No thanks, don't wanna see this "personality" show up at my jobs.
As much as you think you're "one of us", if you are in fact a Sergeant, you aren't one of us.
The last thing I want is a softie thinking he's my buddy and try and do the "right thing" for me. I want a Sgt. whom I don't see again after roll call until checkoff.
Nobody said they were your buddy, they just said they know you work hard & appreciate the job you are doing. As a "White Shirt" I find it deplorable that you want to separate us from the "blue shirts." God forbid I take this personal and decide to be like most "blue shirts" these days and not do a damn thing all day long, then ask for lunch at 2 and complain when I am denied due to a back log. I can also be like some "blue shirts" and never volunteer or answer up when a fellow officer needs some assistance. I can also find ways to be down for hours on b.s. jobs when you need to ask me a question or want me to get you out of a jam. As a 26 year veteran of this job, all I can say is that it is sad to see how this Department has fallen from something to be proud of to something to be ashamed of. It is not all the administrations fault, it is your fault as well. No matter what, be proud of the job you do each day, remember the reason you became a cop and most of all take care of each other. We all need to go home at the end of the day, but if you fail to be there for your fellow 'Police Officers (blue or white) you have not only failed them, you have failed yourself.
Hopefully, we can turn this around, sir. However, I'm not optimistic. I'm just speechless. Any suggestions?
You can contact me at cpdfop7@yahoo.com
2/12/2009 11:27:00 AM
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Sometimes I don't know about Northside. Why the hell he would want to offer to help this BLOCKHEAD is beyond me. There is NO 'turning this around.' Not now, not during the next billion superintendents. Not as long as Shorty is around. Get real.
Huh? Are you retarded?
Anonymous said...
The PBPA is denied viewing the merit eligible list. WTF
Get off your ass Cosgtove, and sue to get it.
2/12/2009 07:09:00 PM
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Cosgrove has been retired for several years now. I hope you're not a Sgt. It's pretty sad you don't know who the president of your PBPA unit.
northside....your post at 2/12, 11:27 am was brilliant; I've seen lots of cops who could tell it like it is, but that post captured it, big time....#201
oopps, I did it again said...
People have always parked there, in front of where they lived, for free over night and moved their cars before the morning rush. Now, thank-you Richie, the meters belong to a campaign contributor, and they have to be fed 24 hours a day every day.
I don't like to promote violence but when pol-connected asswhipes start stealing money from, I may be inclined to "take out" some of those meters.
2/12/2009 07:27:00 PM
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Just think of the spike in street robberies when people have to start parking further and further from home at night.
Good morning from the Bronx, my Chicago brothers and sisters
Between Thee Rant and your blog, I'm just curious. Why doesn't your union FOP take a NO CONFIDENCE vote on both J-Fed and Daley?
We got our problems in the NYPD but Pat Lynch would be out if the PBA didn't have a vote on these 2 a-holes like you're stuck with.
"eh, yah. flake. No thanks, don't wanna see this "personality" show up at my jobs.
As much as you think you're "one of us", if you are in fact a Sergeant, you aren't one of us.
The last thing I want is a softie thinking he's my buddy and try and do the "right thing" for me. I want a Sgt. whom I don't see again after roll call until checkoff.
2/12/2009 04:59:00 PM"
Ah, an agent provocateur pokes his/her clout monkey snout above his/her chinaman's anal nether regions and tries to sound blue.
Divide and conquer ain't cutting it anymore, asshole nuzzler.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
We have an extremely critical morale problem in the Chicago police force.
not a cop
2/12/2009 06:37:00 PM
No problem. There is no morale. If there were and it were low, then there would be a problem. It is every man for themselves and the only two days that count are the 1st and 16th, payday.
Blame Richard M. Daley and lately Jody Weis but really, the major blame is Daley. Used to be a good place to work. No more.
2/12/2009 10:29:00 PM
Eagle shit this morning, Monday is a holiday so the direct deposit hit today. Morals is good today.
Now where the hell is that clock so as I can watch it...
Hey badasses.....put yourselves in those times. Try standing next to a REAL COP. Those guys facing down a snipers rifle, intent on killing him or his partner because they were THE POLICE. A cop who wore the uniform, not because it was in a General Order, but because it represented the pride and tradition of the CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
2/12/2009 08:22:00 PM
I think I love you.
---not a cop
To all you merit fucks,
(I think i speak for all of us who busted our asses studying for the sgt's test)
IF OFFERED, WOULD YOU TURN IT DOWN?
Confucious say----Once I.A.D., always I.A.D., and never marry an I.A.D. (THEY BREED RATS).
2/12/2009 05:02:00 PM
Hi Kevin-welcome back to 19 you psycho idiot...
eh, yah. flake. No thanks, don't wanna see this "personality" show up at my jobs.
As much as you think you're "one of us", if you are in fact a Sergeant, you aren't one of us.
The last thing I want is a softie thinking he's my buddy and try and do the "right thing" for me. I want a Sgt. whom I don't see again after roll call until checkoff.
Nobody said they were your buddy, they just said they know you work hard & appreciate the job you are doing. As a "White Shirt" I find it deplorable that you want to separate us from the "blue shirts." God forbid I take this personal and decide to be like most "blue shirts" these days and not do a damn thing all day long, then ask for lunch at 2 and complain when I am denied due to a back log. I can also be like some "blue shirts" and never volunteer or answer up when a fellow officer needs some assistance. I can also find ways to be down for hours on b.s. jobs when you need to ask me a question or want me to get you out of a jam. As a 26 year veteran of this job, all I can say is that it is sad to see how this Department has fallen from something to be proud of to something to be ashamed of. It is not all the administrations fault, it is your fault as well. No matter what, be proud of the job you do each day, remember the reason you became a cop and most of all take care of each other. We all need to go home at the end of the day, but if you fail to be there for your fellow 'Police Officers (blue or white) you have not only failed them, you have failed yourself.
2/12/2009 11:18:00 PM
You're telling me in your 26 years you never once had a SGT that was your friend or called you by your first name even?
All I can say is I'm glad you never made SGT.
There actually was a time when I enjoyed going to work, think all working coppers know what i mean. It's sad, I dont see that happening again any time soon.
Anonymous said...
DO YOU PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITY AND FOP ARE DOING? THEY ARE DOWNSIZING THE CPD BY "GIVING" YOU TEN HOUR SHIFTS! TWO WATCHES, NOT THREE! LESS SUPERVISORS, FIELD LTS, WATCH COMMANDERS, AND SOON, COMMANDERS AND ADS'S! STOP THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF AND PROTECT THE JOB! MD AND THE FOP SOLD OUT A LONG TIME AGO! WE ARE ALL PAWNS IN A GIANT CHESS GAME! CHECK AND MATE! BAH BYE!
2/12/2009 10:47:00 PM
I want 10 hour days! Less supervisors that is a problem? goof! go back down to basement thank you!
Dear "I WAS STANDING AT ROLL CALL THE OTHER DAY WITH 21 OTHER P.O.'S".You said it yourself 21 other P.O.'s,I don't know where you work at but we in 011 would be lucky to have 21 P.O.'s at any of our roll calls.The only time we see that many at roll call is for holiday pay.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
These merit promotions are just a total morale killer.
It would be one thing if it was just 5% or 10%, but to have 30% of our bosses merit... total joke.
When you see a guy/gal that doesn't do shit on the street and dumb as rocks get promoted while others who actually studied, scored well and are waiting on the list, well it just isn't right.
2/12/2009 11:57:00 AM
I agree, but I want to see WORKING cops, not just cops who can take tests well get promoted. I know a hell of a lot of guys in 011 that worked their asses off for years that get no recognition for what they do. In fact, most of the guys there deserve a promotion. When we see a non working clout baby make sergeant or detective it makes us sick and question why we work at all. I always ask, have you ever seen a supervisors kid NOT get promoted? Some deserve it, but the vast majority do not.
2/12/2009 05:51:00 PM
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When are youo people going to realize that these "clout babies" or family members PASSED the tests because they studied the answers!!
You and I studied everything else they had the direct questions so all they had to do was STUDY HTEIR ANSWERS that they practiced for several weeks or monthes after they were given them either by the "study group" or just handed to them at home by mom or dad!
MEANWHILE back in court were the 20% of the personnel that did all the work putting dude away at 26th st. and they would be 1,000 out from the top since they really had no time to study!
TAKE THE TESTING PROCESS AND STICK IT!
People that ACED those tests had A LOT of time on their hands from not having to go to court and juggle families (kids etc.). Many worked days at the desk or HQ or hit the medical to study or whatever!!
MERIT pix may be considered bullshit to some .... but the real bullshit is half the people that ace these tests should never have been the police either since most, NOT ALL....never spent time doing the police job or going to court putting the bad guys away as they hid from the job to study!!
Hey sarge don't u guys have your own blog? We don't need" late lunch" lectures here.
Ask Northside, Snethen, Revolver Police, even Shaved.....a UNIFORM breeds an esprit de corps and a like mindedness that makes shit like rogue cops really difficult if not impossible to exist.
It started as a disease. Some useless boss thought it'd be good to allow the inside bitches to get away with wearing short sleeves and open collars. Then the sweaters which you could wear without a tie as long as the collar tabs were outside like you were wearing a Saturday Night Fever leisure suit.
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And now it's dreds, hair beads, award-winning airbrush jobs on inch-long fuschia fingernails, kickass two-carat studs in both ears, and don't even let me get me started on the women!
Sometimes I don't know about Northside. Why the hell he would want to offer to help this BLOCKHEAD
Your entitled to your opinion. In my opinion from reading his posts Northside has brains and balls.
Hey how come you did not post the the poll I sent you ... Maybe because the merit sgts. are doing a way better job that the ones who made it off the list ??? Go figure ...
I hear that one of the questions being asked of Lts wishing to become Capts is: what is your involvement in the community outside of your duties as a Police Officer? Or something like that.
Can anyone confirm if they are being askied basically if they help out their Aldercreature.
Hey how come you did not post the the poll I sent you ...
Too long, too vague, too much nonsense attempting to grade people who have under 10 months in grade. We aren't opening that can of worms.
02/13/2009 06:41:00 PM
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa, quit your whining. You did poorly so deal with it. You must not go to court, because then you would know court is the best place to study, especially when you have a trial. Unless you do nothing but misdemeanors.
SCC said...
Hey how come you did not post the the poll I sent you ...
Too long, too vague, too much nonsense attempting to grade people who have under 10 months in grade. We aren't opening that can of worms.
2/14/2009 08:58:00 AM
that's a little cowardly SCC since you have no problem opening up any other can of worms with rumor or innuendo ... grow some balls
Our blog, our rules.
Until one of them embarrasses themselves doing something stupid or obtains a rank that makes them a "public figure," then there's no purpose in what you've proposed.
You're welcome to start your own free blog though to grade whomever you want.
How many Sgts have been made so far off the 2006 test legit and merit? Anyone know?
" ... grow some balls
2/15/2009 12:25:00 AM"
Why, so you can lick them?
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