Saturday, June 06, 2009

Rick Telander Article

Telander lines up Daley's ass....and spanks a home run:
  • The City of Chicago, led by Mayor Daley and a vast and tumorous army of aldermen and bagmen and yesmen and opportunists and spineless, parasitic political-machine halfwits of forms never seen outside the roiling cesspool of governmental slop-trough greed, has proven itself unworthy of something as potentially delicious and fulfilling as the 2016 Olympic Games.
  • Dear God, we don't ask for decency in Chicago or Illinois politics. We don't even ask for intelligence. But is it wrong to ask for something less than slapstick?

    Yet things just get worse and worse with our political leaders.

    What, 26 aldermen have been to prison in modern times?

  • Do you know how much money Chicago stands to lose in this deal? Are you a wheeler-dealer? A connected guy? A Daley relative hooked up to pension-fund investments?

    You'll pay, if you're not.

    I guarantee you.

    I promise you.

Go read it all. Telander makes the points we've been trying to make for over a year now. Chicagoans are going to take a tremendous hit if the Olympics chose Shortshanks' paradise.

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103 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Today I was told a certain captain on 3rd watch in the 005 district (J...s) was against allowing officers to attend the wake of Police Officer Valdez (RIP). Well Im hoping this is not true..

6/06/2009 12:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow. I love it. Put THAT on the 9 oclock news.

6/06/2009 12:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great article... slam dunk... I hope it gets some well deserved attention! I have printed it off and will circulate it accordingly! Telander is a blow hard, but he gets some points on this one... And with the Levine story I am wondering what the hell is going on???

6/06/2009 12:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh my god vice is in a bad way please help us. E. G and E. Brown stop this. Its not worth it

6/06/2009 12:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

expect the building inspectors to visit the sun-times building on monday!

6/06/2009 12:44:00 AM  
Blogger It's McTwitter! said...

Cracks are starting to show up on the Daley armor....

Thanks Tellander.

6/06/2009 12:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Finally The Sheep are awake....

6/06/2009 12:49:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

Telander knocked this one waaaayy the fuck out the ballpark!

We'll probably see 42 extra short blubbering like an idiot on the early morning news... "buh buh buh babble boo-hoo, Kevin, da kids... I did it for the kids, buh buh, it's guns and gangs, coo-coo, coo-coo, I love this city, babble boo-hoo, 40,000 took the test if you don't like it quit, babble babble, olympics, boo-hoo." STFU, ya wet eyed punk!

I'll believe it when Chicago MSM beats on shortshanks as hard as they beat on coppers... Or are they SO AFRAID of being frozen out and starved into submission? Some of them deserve to be sitting around a campfire on the banks of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal in rags anyway. Hard charging investigative reporters indeed... No doubt SCC has given you guys a treasure trove of crooked shit you could be exposing... Get yer lazy asses to work! We need to see the Daley Crime capo bundled into a CCDOC prisoner van wearing a paper jumpsuit!

6/06/2009 12:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC do u write for The Reader too? They carried a very similar write up as u.......

6/06/2009 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

toyko 2016 go go godzilla

6/06/2009 01:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAVE YOU HEARD, MEALER HAS GOT THE WATCH CAPT'S/LT'S ANNOUNCING OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM "ROLL CALL" AT THE HOUR, THIS GUY IS A NUT JOB WITH EMOTIONAL ISSUES.. THE CAPT'S ARE SO AFARID OF HIM THEY NEED TOO ASK PERMISSION TOO SHIT. MEALERS LOOKING TO KEEP HIS GOLDSTAR SO BAD HE'S TRING TOO EMPRESS DOWNTOWN SO BAD IT REAL NEEDS SOME ATTION FROM THE PEOPEL WHO CARE. I GUESS THAT MEANS NOBODY.

6/06/2009 01:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hate J-Fed.

6/06/2009 01:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, meters being vandalized, the Sun Times taking a shot at the mayor, what's next? How about another huge and embarrassing march on City Hall by not only the CPD but also the CFD? Seriously. Let's stop talking about how great the last march was and do it again even bigger! SCC step in where the FOP is lacking. Let's organize another march!!! Let's show them what happens when you fuck with the CPD.

6/06/2009 01:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

After I read that article I swear I heard what sounded like the crack of the bat!!!!

6/06/2009 01:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

no contract, no olympic Games....

Masters, Masters, Masters, Mastes

6/06/2009 01:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would like to extend a big FUCK YOU to the midnight bosses in 007

Seems that they had a problem with all the PO's dropping slips for Friday and Saturday so they could attend the wake and funeral for their own guy Alex Valadez. You see alex was a midnight officer and a good one at that. Well good thing Cmdr Calloway got wind of it and got involved. Now all these grieving officers can pay their respects and not do so on two hours or less of rest.

It's shit like this that it's no wonder why you have twenty plus people from midnights alone bidding out

6/06/2009 02:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT. Whats with the W/C of the 005 District telling his people at roll call that they cant go to the wake? I wasn't there but I heard it from a few, Capt. J*#@$ that is bullshit! You should learn how to respect your fellow fallen officer in blue! Capt Jo#@$, you are a piece of Shit, go fuck yourself!!

6/06/2009 05:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes Obama will get us the Olympics

He is regarded around the world as the Messiah.

The world hasnt a clue about Chicago politics and back room deals.

I thought once it would be good for the police because of the overtime we will recieve.and the money we could make..but....
we will all be putting our lives on the lines in extreme terrorist situations....

Jodi is good at TERROR...give me a break..this clown has made some of the most idiotic decisions this dept. has ever had to deal with...and we are to trust him with REAL terror situations...him and his meritorious bag of clonies!!!

The only money winners will be the part time alderthieves who rezone,approve with benefits,and back door all their deals...and the relatives of our mayor who will reap all the rewards...making millions without ever leaving their houses...with LUCRATIVE contracts!!!!

all the while the taxpayer will be more burdened....more ways to accumulate revenue will have to be realized...the cost of a parking ticket will probably double...meters raised even higher....more revenue,more revenue,more revenue!!!

and dont think just the city is gonna get their cut!!!
The county,and state are gonna want their share....

This is their Olympic dream people...Daleys last... make all his people rich forever scheme...

how much money did he waste during the good times before...that now the city is POOR>>>

Mark Cuban isnt poor....he knows how to value a dollar....hes on tough times now...but not crying poor...

ITS WASTE AND GREED...THAT HAS US IN THIS SITUATION PEOPLE....

ask Daleys relatives what they are giving up.....during hard times....
how many of his relatives are gonna get the LAID off slip!!!

Or Strogers relatives...or any other connected one...

I WISH WE WOULD WAKE UP PEOPLE

DO NOT elect incumbents...vote for any name ya cant recognize!!!its our only chance to reclaim this CITY!!!or at least its a chance!!!

6/06/2009 05:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder if MASTERS MASTERS MASTERS MASTERS MASTERS read this article?

6/06/2009 05:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

somthing tells me da mare is going to throw one of his bridgeport tantrems,over by dere! masters,masters..

6/06/2009 05:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"... Alderman Isaac Carothers is so corrupt that even wearing a wire for the feds didn't prevent him from being indicted ..."

((((((((((((((((((( * )))))))))))))))))))

Still worse is the fact that this stupid morons' father was indicted for the same crimes a couple decades ago.

How brainless are you to repeat a crime committed by dear old dad that sent him to prison, AND you still didn't learn how to do it without getting caught !

And adding insult to injury, our asshole mayor leaves him as the head of the city councils' Police and Fire Committee saying he's innocent until proven guilty ! WTF?


DO YOU THINK FOR ONE SECOND THIS DUMB M-F WOULD WEAR A WIRE FOR A YEAR IF EVEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS INNOCENT ?

6/06/2009 05:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The FEDS tagged Gotti but can't touch daley and his criminal empire. I know lady justice is blind, but uncareing and deaf too?

6/06/2009 06:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT a little

After Alderman Isaac Carothers was indicted the other day for fraud and bribery a reporter found Danny Davis and asked him to comment. Davis in his best satiny smooth voice said, "well uh, ya know, uh some of these people have this stuff so ingrained in them that its hard to get them to stop". Gee, Danny ya mean he's like a serial corruptionist?

6/06/2009 06:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Masters!

6/06/2009 06:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Three Cheers for Rick Telander !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/06/2009 07:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Has the Sun Times declared war on City Hall?"
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I hope so.

To everyone who wrote hoping for the collapse of the Sun-Times, these Higgins drawings and the 2016 Olympics Rick Telander article are two reasons we need healthy major newspapers in this City.

For as much as we don't like the sometimes brutal and unsympathetic articles regarding police, we need the type of coverage of political leaders that only the newspapers seem capable of handling well.

The mere fact that Daley hates the print journalists should be a clue to us all that they are necessary and we should support both the Sun-Times and Tribune as best we can, even if we sometimes get infuriated at their coverage of certain events and individuals.

Finally, it seems they are catching on to what has been written on this blog for a long time, that the Daley Crime Family has been riding roughshod over all aspects of this city treating it as if it is their own bank account.

Let's hope Patrick Fitzgerald has Richard M. Daley et al squarely in his sights. I will kiss my wife and take her dancing on the day Daley gets indicted. Oh what a happy day that will be! To be alive to see stuttering prick in the camera's glare on indictment day!

6/06/2009 07:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok, I give, how the fuck does Chief Brown have all this inside information on private stripe partys. Peterson get your head out of yor ass and see what is going on. Brown and Eve are going to get some people fucked up over this shit.

6/06/2009 08:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Leaving Ike in his position as head of the police and fire committee is the second best reason to march on city hall. It's a slap across the face to us all. The man's under FEDERAL INDICTMENT! Citizens will hopefully join us in demanding the ouster of this man from our committee. It's so bad on the streets w/o enough manpower. Our brothers are being assassinated in the streets. Please make Daley accountable for his actions that endanger everyone in the city. If he continues to say there are 14,000 cops in Chicago someone should start reporting them missing, because the street cops can't find them anywhere.

6/06/2009 08:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Any other media FUCKS out there with balls as big as Rick Telander?
I doubt it...PUSSIES!!!!!!

6/06/2009 08:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Paddy O'Chair said...

Today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day! Here's to all our military retired and active. GOD BLESS all of you.

6/06/2009 08:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rick,

I'm flattered. I know you read this blog for sure now.

The ref. you made about Patti's "Gerbil-cheeked" husband
came right out of this site a few weeks ago.

The only thing is that I was writing about Chuckie Goudie and I always call him "Chipmunk-cheeks".

So, I guess it's OK, Gerbil / Chipmunk who cares . At least you hit the nail on the head about the short guy and his ilk of corrupt dunderheads.

Keep up the good reporting Rick.
You see media guys, the police don't mind being told they were wrong if true. Just report the news fairly and accurately without bias and try to maintain dignity in your chosen profession.

This city could be the best in the country , too bad daley thinks he and his family own it.

Right masters? Resign pud.

6/06/2009 08:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"... Alderman Isaac Carothers is so corrupt that even wearing a wire for the feds didn't prevent him from being indicted ..."

((((((((((((((((((( * )))))))))))))))))))

Still worse is the fact that this stupid morons' father was indicted for the same crimes a couple decades ago.

How brainless are you to repeat a crime committed by dear old dad that sent him to prison, AND you still didn't learn how to do it without getting caught !

And adding insult to injury, our asshole mayor leaves him as the head of the city councils' Police and Fire Committee saying he's innocent until proven guilty ! WTF?


DO YOU THINK FOR ONE SECOND THIS DUMB M-F WOULD WEAR A WIRE FOR A YEAR IF EVEN HE THOUGHT HE WAS INNOCENT ?

6/06/2009 05:58:00 AM
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HOW ABOUT HIS DIPSHIT BROTHER THE LT? THE 3 TIME MERIT PROMOTED HACK WAS GIVING A NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT THE SHOOTING OUTSIDE A SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL. I NEEDED MY "EBONICS TRANSLATION" DICTIONARY TO FOLLOW ALONG.

I'VE HEARD GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE BETTER PUBLIC SPEAKERS THEN THIS GUY. CPD LEADERSHIP IS A F'ING JOKE!

6/06/2009 09:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Home run !!!! Oh, did i mention MASTERS carrys a gun and is NOT a sworn police officer ? Crown Vic with emergency lighting = impersonating an emergency vehicle ?

6/06/2009 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous MAD AS HELL said...

OFF TOPIC, BIT HERE GOES...

The city is has apparently already found a new way to save money and F.. with the Police.
Simply don't pay them for days they have worked.
On 01 Mar 09, the city managed to staff all five watches of VSEP at no cost for salaries.
[for all you civilians out there, this is the deal where police officers work their day-off for straight time, doing security on the CTA buses and trains. You know, the dorkey looking red/white and blue squad cars]
After no one got paid for this day when the check arrived in April, I inquired and was told that due to a new computer system, no one got paid. Assurances were made that the day would be on next months check. Not great, but not the end of the world, guess it happens.
Fast forward to the next month, you guessed it, no pay.
Called the FOP, they claim it is being addressed.
I remember the day I worked as being a cold March day, on which we wrote three ANOVs and some contact cards.
My partner and I
raised cash for the city, that off set the cost of having us work, while preventing "crime and disorder".
She was planning to use the check towards paying for a birthday outing with her kid.
I was, as usual, going to throw mine towards the ever present tuition bill.

Gee J-FED, you don't need a survey to figure out why morale is in the toilet. The department has made an art form of figuring out new ways to piss the working police off.
Hey here's an idea. Since the department is taking inside people that are "unnecessary" and putting them back out on the street, maybe the Public Transit Section timekeeper, should visit the 003rd district and fill one of those openings.

6/06/2009 09:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks Rick for being a stnd up tell it like it is journalist! On another note the poison VANECKO in todays suntimes again lost 7 million more of our dollars! Please Patrick Fitzgerald get daley and the 50 cowards soon thank you in advance! We could meet you at shitty hall and help you load the busses with the scum!

6/06/2009 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Today I was told a certain captain on 3rd watch in the 005 district (J...s) was against allowing officers to attend the wake of Police Officer Valdez (RIP). Well Im hoping this is not true..

6/06/2009 12:15:00 AM

Hope this is a lie, if the truth that captain is a huge POS! Fuck him/her!

6/06/2009 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
HAVE YOU HEARD, MEALER HAS GOT THE WATCH CAPT'S/LT'S ANNOUNCING OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM "ROLL CALL" AT THE HOUR, THIS GUY IS A NUT JOB WITH EMOTIONAL ISSUES.. THE CAPT'S ARE SO AFARID OF HIM THEY NEED TOO ASK PERMISSION TOO SHIT. MEALERS LOOKING TO KEEP HIS GOLDSTAR SO BAD HE'S TRING TOO EMPRESS DOWNTOWN SO BAD IT REAL NEEDS SOME ATTION FROM THE PEOPEL WHO CARE. I GUESS THAT MEANS NOBODY.

6/06/2009 01:06:00 AM

mealer just a punk who in high school was pushed into his locker,now the little boy lost wants to exert power with the weak captains and cowardly lts! Masters hi iad!

6/06/2009 09:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nothing like thinking outside of the box. (Daley's favorite phrase)

Maybe HQ could have anticipated officers from Valdez's unit wanting to attend all services. Maybe they could have sent the HQ desk jockeys to cover the district.

My bad, they wouldn't want any IOD's over broken nails.


Mssters, Masters, Masters.

6/06/2009 09:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Wow, meters being vandalized, the Sun Times taking a shot at the mayor, what's next? How about another huge and embarrassing march on City Hall by not only the CPD but also the CFD? Seriously. Let's stop talking about how great the last march was and do it again even bigger! SCC step in where the FOP is lacking. Let's organize another march!!! Let's show them what happens when you fuck with the CPD.

6/06/2009 01:34:00 AM

Forget city hall lets do it taste of shitcago "where you can get food,beer and get beat up or killed"!

6/06/2009 09:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

[...] Jodi is good at TERROR [...]

He sure is. The citizens of Chicago are being terrorized like never before.

6/06/2009 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh my god vice is in a bad way please help us. E. G and E. Brown stop this. Its not worth it

6/06/2009 12:28:00 AM

Give Vice a leader bring in Leo P.l.e.a.s.e.

goof
unfit
scathing
hypocrit
ego
satan

6/06/2009 10:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The City of Chicago, led by Mayor Daley and a vast and tumorous army of aldermen and bagmen and yesmen and opportunists and spineless, parasitic political-machine halfwits of forms never seen outside the roiling cesspool of governmental slop-trough greed, has proven itself unworthy of something as potentially delicious and fulfilling as the 2016 Olympic Games. Im not a big fan of Rick but JESUS CHRIST the above was well said. NICE JOB

6/06/2009 11:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why wont the Mayor and Aldermen cut their pay. Let them turn back the hands of time and reduce their pay for the better part of the city. Why are they asking the men and women of Chicago to take a cut. Most of us working in Chicago are the back bone of this city. Picking up garbage and cleaning the streets is what we do everyday. The Mayor and Aldermen work part time and collect some of the highest salaries in the country. Why do we need so many Aldermen? Lets cut them in half until times here in Chicago get better. Lay offs should start with the Aldermen!

6/06/2009 11:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FINALLY! The truth leaks out through ink and paper.


Oh, almost forgot---Masters.

6/06/2009 11:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If more writers wrote the truth things would get better in a hurry. Daley is not omnipotent. He has just spent a lifetime convincing everyone that he is.

Turn the lights on. The rats will run for cover. They always do.

6/06/2009 11:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's happening now with taxes and civil disobedience, happened before. It started a country in a new land.

6/06/2009 11:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Look whats happening out in the streets.

Got a revolution got to revolution.

Hey I'm dancing down the streets.

Got a revolution got to revolution.

Ain't it amazing all the people I meet.

Got a revolution, got to revolution!

6/06/2009 11:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I urge everyone to read the entire article. BRILLIANT.

6/06/2009 12:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its Sad that it took a SPORTS columnist to be the first one to ever tell the truth in this city like this!!

6/06/2009 12:53:00 PM  
Blogger Southern IL said...

OT...

Please take a moment today to remember The Brave Young Heros who sacrificed so much to protect our county's freedom.

This day is History...
June 6, 1944. D-Day: The invasion of Normandy.

Thank You and May God Bless Each & Every One Of You.

youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7UQOtU

6/06/2009 01:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why you guys and Telander thinks the IOC would care about our petty politics is a mystery. So we ain't Camalot. Who is and since when is that what the IOC is looking for?

6/06/2009 01:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Masters, baters!

6/06/2009 01:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SCC--just wondering why you didn't have much about IKE?? I think we should all demand he be sent to callback. This is so pathetic--in charge of police & fire committee, and corrupt as hell. Doesn't he have a big say in whether coppers get fired or not? What did J-Pud have to say about it???? Could not find much on net.

Sorry, I've been sick and not seeing much news. Thanks.

6/06/2009 01:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Rick T.You hit the nail on the head. I read your column all the time but this is the BEST YET! Good for you, SIR. You're not afraid to call shit as you see it. I'm CPD and all my Brothers and Sisters were talking about your column at Alex's wake on Friday.Best columnist in this rat's nest of a city and not afraid to expose the mass corruption! Maybe the idiot "reporters?" who kiss Shortshank's ass will understand. Maybe Federal Prosecuters will finally indict Shanks and send him to where he belongs-THE SHITHOUSE-along with his thieving son ,wife and nephew( BOBBY VANERKO). HEY IOC-Chicago does not want the olympics. Poll the citizens and not Mayor Shortstuff's band of thieves.

6/06/2009 01:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
HAVE YOU HEARD, MEALER HAS GOT THE WATCH CAPT'S/LT'S ANNOUNCING OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM "ROLL CALL" AT THE HOUR, THIS GUY IS A NUT JOB WITH EMOTIONAL ISSUES.. THE CAPT'S ARE SO AFARID OF HIM THEY NEED TOO ASK PERMISSION TOO SHIT. MEALERS LOOKING TO KEEP HIS GOLDSTAR SO BAD HE'S TRING TOO EMPRESS DOWNTOWN SO BAD IT REAL NEEDS SOME ATTION FROM THE PEOPEL WHO CARE. I GUESS THAT MEANS NOBODY.

6/06/2009 01:06:00 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

017 shows how illiterate they are again! Dude your grammar is terrible....ASK MEALER HOW TO SPELL!

6/06/2009 01:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"grotesquely arrogant"

Could not have said it better myself!

6/06/2009 02:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gee, Danny ya mean he's like a serial corruptionist?

6/06/2009 06:10:00 AM

Serial corruptionist! HAHAHAHAHA! Cops are the BEST comedians!

God Bless AV and his family on this day!

6/06/2009 02:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TWO MORE YEARS TILL RETIREMENT AND ITS PLAINFIELD,ILL. GREAT TOWN AND THE MAYOR IS A RETIRED ISP SGT. ALSO DOWNTOWN PARKING IS FREE.

F-CKYOU DALEY AND JFED.

6/06/2009 02:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Masters. UUW.

Go git 'em IAD!

6/06/2009 02:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would hope you will give us a post to wish Deputy Chief McNulty well on his retirement. I understand there will be no party for him.

Interesting..... There is apparently a new procedure employed in which Exempts can apply to fill McNulty's position. What's interesting is this was not done to fill Tina Skahill's spot or Juan Rivera's spot or Lynette Helm's spot. The question that begs to be answered is, are minority held command postitions exempt from the application process?

6/06/2009 02:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can you just imagine the meeting at the Scum Times?

"Hey, these people are pissed. They're taking out the parking meters. I bet we could sell a few papers on that. Just write a story about what they're feeling. Bash the politicians and point out how much they're costing folks."

Yeah, that'll work. You chicken shits are still going under. Too little, too late.

6/06/2009 02:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Masters

6/06/2009 03:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

OT a little

After Alderman Isaac Carothers was indicted the other day for fraud and bribery a reporter found Danny Davis and asked him to comment. Davis in his best satiny smooth voice said, "well uh, ya know, uh some of these people have this stuff so ingrained in them that its hard to get them to stop". Gee, Danny ya mean he's like a serial corruptionist?

6/06/2009 06:10:00 AM

NO. He means he's like a city politician. F@#$ them all, remember, YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

6/06/2009 03:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT GOV QUINN WANTS TO REDUCE PENSION BENEFITS AND RAISE THE STATE RETIREMENT AGE TO 67
WATCH MAYOR DALEY FOLLOW WITH RAISING MINIMUM AGE TO 53 OR 55
GOOD LUCKTO NEW OFFICERS AND OFFICERS WITH UNDER 10 YEARS

6/06/2009 03:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"DO NOT elect incumbents...vote for any name ya cant recognize!!!its our only chance to reclaim this CITY!!!or at least its a chance!!!

6/06/2009 05:01:00 AM"


That only works, to unseat the incumbent, in a one on one contest.

With more than one challenging candidate, it just means that your votes will be split, ie., the very same way Washington managed to get elected the first time.

What it takes to unseat an incumbent is for a single challenging candidate to get close to all of the votes not cast for the incumbent.

And that's the rub, getting as many voters as possible, who recognize that the incumbents are the ones that we need to get rid of, to all vote for a single challenging candidate in any given contested office.

Since most citizens hold the opinion that it matters who they specifically vote for more than it matters who they are voting against, all the incumbents have to do is ensure that there are two or more challenging candidates in every election.

And, since the vast majority of city voters consider voting for any party other than the dems as tantamount to heresy, the only shot we have at ousting the incumbents is in the democratic party primaries.

Hence the dems routine practice of putting up multiple shill candidates whenever any seriously threatening single candidate appears on the scene.

There's a voting strategy that's been posted on the Reader's blog comments every so often, one that could work to knock out the incumbents in their own primary, but it, too requires that the voters care enough about ousting incumbent idiots to use it when they vote. And it's nature is one that runs counter to most citizens natural conception of how, and for whom, they choose to cast their votes.

So, if the primary goal is to oust incumbents, regardless of who specifically is replacing them, then the counter intuitive voting method described on the Reader's CloutCity blog's comments can achieve that goal, if enough citizens apply the voting method.

If, however, the primary goal is to elect desirable challenging candidates to replace the currently undesirable crop of incumbents, than it will require sufficiently desirable candidates and tons of do-ray-me to promote said candidates, both tough nuts to crack, though not as tough these days of our collective discontent as in days gone by.

That's why I've suggested the formation of a Blue Party Ticket, drawn from the rank ad file of the CPD and CFD.

It's now worth a shot more than it has been at any other time in our city's history.

6/06/2009 03:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The IOC knows what's going on in Chicago, they can see all the trouble afoot.

Rio 2016. Bank on it. South America has never had the games, and Brazil is an emerging power in the hemisphere.

6/06/2009 03:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Unbelievable that 007 midnights would be denied time due. I assumed the whole watch would be carried and TRU or and MSF would fill in. If I had known that I would have volunteered to be detailed for the two days and I'm sure most of the guys on my team would have done the same. And they wonder why morale is in the toilet. Salt on open wounds.

6/06/2009 03:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

2nd watch capt in 18 great << cuz the asswipe is off on the medical !! the days of 18 being a paradise are long over, with goofball sgts and a micromanager for a commander !!! grass isnt always greener, as you would think !!!!

6/06/2009 04:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

David Hoffman would be an EXCELLENT candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 2011. I say our various Police Union heads call a private meeting with the man and convince him to run; let the fundraising parties begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/06/2009 04:37:00 PM  
Blogger John Northen said...

If you click on the SCC link at the top ("and spanks a home run") and scroll down from Rick Telander's superb column to (at least 15 pages of) "comments", you may conclude that it's not just us--the CPD and CFD--that got Daley's number.

At last, I believe that the general public of at least median intelligence KNOW that King Richard is one shamelessly corrupt, scheming, lying muthafucka, let the taxpayers be damned.

* * * * *

Back to the third jewel of the Triple Crown. I've got "Mine That Bird" for a grand to win the Belmont. There will never be another "Secretariat" but MTB should handily win the mile and a half--the longest track in the nation.

But for the amazing filly "Rachel Alexandra" in the shorter Preakness, MTB could have won the Triple Crown.

MTB for a grand to win.

6/06/2009 04:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't wait to see a mob with torches and pitchforks outside shortshank's house....and the day he is Federally indicted will be a grand one indeed. "Please God....."

6/06/2009 05:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Summer Bird said...

You bet on the wrong BIRD, Northside.

6/06/2009 05:56:00 PM  
Blogger John Northen said...

SUMMER BIRD! Oh, well...

Can you lend me a grand for a year at a two percent APY, Pam?

6/06/2009 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In order to get the CR# you need to post his full name:
Mike Masters
or
Michael Masters

Just remember that ole Ray Ray Homilton is the driving force behind all that Mike Masters does.

Ray Ray baits him and Mike Masters follows the foolish taunts of Ray Ray.

Two idiots that know nothing about being the police.

6/06/2009 06:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"017 shows how illiterate they are again! Dude your grammar is terrible....ASK MEALER HOW TO SPELL!"

--6/06/2009 01:59:00 PM

Easy, he might be texting with a toothpick from a tiny little screen between calls and his dome light never worked anyway...

6/06/2009 07:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"I will kiss my wife and take her dancing on the day Daley gets indicted. Oh what a happy day that will be! To be alive to see stuttering prick in the camera's glare on indictment day!

6/06/2009 07:15:00 AM"


You mean she's been waiting all these years?

6/06/2009 07:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's ridiculous is that the Mayor states the City has a 350 million rainy day fund tucked away YET, he asks city workers to take up to 20 days off UNPAID when that won't put a significant dent in his shortfall.

What I want to know is WHAT QUALIFIES as a rainy day? The fact that the economy has tanked and we are taxed and fee'd up the wazzu is a RAINY DAY.

Apparently the Mayor is saying that City workers, their economic condition, their families, food on their table, their children's education and receiving the salaries that they were hired for is not important enough to use the "Rainy Day" fund!

Just goes to show you how much he respects the job of the people that work for this city. And he's trying to get the unions to concede to this lunacy and unnecessary attempt to pocket his workers earned money. The money he receives from this screwing of workers is miniscule to the budget deficit but he is the boss - he makes the rules.

I still wonder just what a rainy day is to him.

6/06/2009 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm guessing that EB is paying a CI who also happens to be a bodyguard for strippers. Seriously, it's just a guess, but how else to those guys get paid for just standing there? It's probably a relative since it sounds like he couldn't develop a CI if he was at Snitches-Are-Us.

6/06/2009 08:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Paddy O'Chair said...

Well there you have it America. The SPORTS writer at the Chicago Sun Times finally had to take matters into his own hands and reveal what the award winning investigative journalist's have been ignoring for years now. That should tell you everything you need to know about Chicago. Thanks Rick Telander for validating the frustrations of the entire CPD and CFD. You should be the only reporter getting an award for investigative reporting. SCC know's we'd give it to him/her if we could. You both have my undying respect and gratitude.

6/06/2009 08:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What's interesting is this was not done to fill Tina Skahill's spot or Juan Rivera's spot or Lynette Helm's spot. The question that begs to be answered is, are minority held command postitions exempt from the application process?

Use your brain for a minute. Those moves were about MASTERS CR#. Tina would not play the game, Helm's said FUCK YOU I'm not playing either so she is demoted, and HDO Juan said I know how to play put me in Boss.

6/06/2009 09:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

off topic: just would like to say thank you to p.o. duffy for helping me at white sox park today. p.o. from 701

6/06/2009 09:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the comments section...In the greater SCHEME of things, Rick's column is just a stupid rant that's not going to make a difference. (not verbatim) Scheme is the word the author used. American Heritage Dict says, Scheme; An underhand or secret plan; plot; intrigue. To make devious plans. This must be from someone involved in a scheme. People who aren't criminals only use that word as a negative noun, or schemer, neg. verb. Our city is so rife w/corruption that even the crooks know it's too entrenched. Daley has more than enough greedy, life-ruining bloodsuckers who can't and won't be weened from their Outfit Don.

6/06/2009 09:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm retired and carry a gun. If Telander ever feels the need for protection or security just let SCC know buddy.

6/06/2009 09:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

ok, I give, how the fuck does Chief Brown have all this inside information on private stripe partys. Peterson get your head out of yor ass and see what is going on. Brown and Eve are going to get some people fucked up over this shit.

6/06/2009 08:07:00 AM

Agreed. There is more crooked shit going on in vice then being tossed on the blog. Something weird almost criminal is going on with Brown. He is pulling information out of his ass that only freakers on the inside would have. Jodi, you need to slap this shit out of Steve for recommending Ernie. You gotta move this leak of a chief. Everybody knows hes compromising cases and Fitz is gonna embarrass you. And for the record and shear pleasure, Gushes is nothing but a cud chewing lying rat. Get the fuck out of our uniform Eve and put on your 5XL polyester pants and teach preschool somewhere else!!!!

6/06/2009 09:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Major
Asswipe
Suckhole
Toe-licker
Egomaniac
Retard
Sycophant

6/06/2009 11:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mike Masters read the article and he was pissed. He wants to pistol whip the reporter with his trusty sidearm.

6/06/2009 11:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's hoping the media really grows some balls. The pen is supposed to be mightier than the sword. Do what's right, like our founding fathers did. People would read your damn paper if you wrote the truth. We all know the stuttering fool emperor isn't wearing any clothes & we know you've been bullshit. When you see corruption, print it. If the Daley machine comes after you, print it. How about the dirty filthy truth for a change, no more corrupt agenda! Stop slamming our police. There are a few bad apples in every job, the majority are brave heroes and they deserve the same rights as everyone. You've been putting murderous thieves on a pedestal and knocking our heroes down all day long. Policing is a dirty, hard, dangerous job, but someone has to do it or we all die, get robbed, raped, etc.! Sheesh, a tiny glimmer of hope when you show the little burned kid flashing gang symbols, expose the stinking judges, the politicians who are destroying a once great city... Daley is the root of the problem. BE PART OF THE SOLUTION - NOT THE PROBLEM!!!
-bowed but not broken, disgusted by bullshit citizen.

6/06/2009 11:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice job Telander.

It's nice to see some columnists in Chicago who are unwilling to kiss the king's ass.

6/07/2009 12:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rainy Day Fund = Payoffs to corrupt olympic committee members. It's how it's done there also.

6/07/2009 12:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TWO of the richest, most descriptive sentences in his column in the history of english literature. Bring on the Nobel Peace Prize. Make him the Poet Laureate. Write a book Tea! It'll be a bestseller right out of the box. I'll buy two.

6/07/2009 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sorry to hear you're sick. Get well soon. Get some rest, we can wait.

6/07/2009 01:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAVE YOU HEARD, MEALER HAS GOT THE WATCH CAPT'S/LT'S ANNOUNCING OVER THE P.A. SYSTEM "ROLL CALL" AT THE HOUR, THIS GUY IS A NUT JOB WITH EMOTIONAL ISSUES..
-------
OMG!!!! You mean you have to be at work on time? The horror!!!

6/07/2009 01:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"I still wonder just what a rainy day is to him.

6/06/2009 08:18:00 PM"



When the city's citizens surround him and all begin pissing at the same time?

6/07/2009 02:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Get the fuck out of our uniform Eve and put on your 5XL polyester pants and teach preschool somewhere else!!!!

6/06/2009 09:46:00 PM"


Save the children!

6/07/2009 02:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

" Anonymous said...
The FEDS tagged Gotti but can't touch daley and his criminal empire. I know lady justice is blind, but uncareing and deaf too?

6/06/2009 06:03:00 AM"

Shortshanks probably owns "Lady Justice" and can make her vote any way he tells her. We know of at least one very highly placed goverment official that will protect Daley. the tentacles reach into very high places.

6/07/2009 03:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think this can be shared with all proud working PO's, an email I received from Rick Telander:

(Officers)--keep the faith. I appreciate what you've done. We need a proud moral dignified police force more than anything. Best rt
--------------------------
Sent using BlackBerry

6/07/2009 07:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all midnight officers in 007 who were mistreated by their Captain:

Put what happened in writing and deliver all that paper to Mark Donahue at the FOP, Unit 541. Do not let a miserable bastard of a Captain run roughshod over you, do not let him run you out of a district you deserve to work in under good working conditions. DO NOT STAND FOR MISTREATMENT! Put you name to paper, no anonymous ranting complaints. Write down a calm, measured To-From report detailing exactly what happened and the language used and then allow the FOP to file a grievance to remedy the hostile working conditions you are suffering.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT CRAP, NEITHER DO YOU HAVE TO BID OUT TO GET BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS.

Put it in writing, not from one PO but from ALL, send it along and let that bastard answer for being a miserable cock sucker. Bounce HIS ass out of there, not you officers!

This is exactly where FOP can stand up for you and make it right.

6/07/2009 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does EB know about the "Franks" motion?

My guess his CI is one of his play dollies or more. They give it up and he cuts them out.

puns intended.

6/07/2009 02:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://dailydaley.windycitizen.com/

6/07/2009 04:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tell you what, you can take Telander (Lake Forest resident), Kass (Western Springs resident), Mark Brown (Oak Park, you know where they have registered sex partners) and shove them all up your ass with regard to the validity of any commentary they make about Chicago. As far as I'm concerned they parasites, from their laptops in the burbs, they flick their boogers at the City, and take the big paychecks to pay for their digs in the outer reaches while all the while you guys sit here and say "great job, great column".

You guys are soft as shit, we live here, we work here. You hate Shitcago and Crook County, then leave.

You want to write scathing commentary, go to Lake Forest and piss on Lovie Smith.

As far as the Olympics, I could give a fuck about a 2 week event that features sports I wouldn't be interested in watching.

But if it puts people to work for 6 years or so to make some infrastructure improvements, well thats a plus for all of us.

We dont deserve the Olympics...fuck you Telander.

6/08/2009 09:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You guys are soft as shit, we live here, we work here. You hate Shitcago and Crook County, then leave...
Spoken like a true Daley Machine loving scum sucking dummycrat
Fuck you you mayoral suppository.
For the first time in a long time The Scum Times published the truth...
did it hurt lil fella? want a pillow for your head?
Pull it out of Daley's ass first.

6/08/2009 09:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

9:56PM- No you asshole, I live here, I read the bullshit you on this blog constantly carp about. Fact is, things are shitty all over. Ask yourself this, would road repairs and other infrastructure improvements that might put 100,000 or 200,000 jobs in Chicago improve the city, improve the tax base and be a worthwhile project? Do you think GM or Chrysler are going to relocate here and put people to work? We manufacture nothing but hamburgers here? So here's a chance to take a huge 6 year bite out of unemployment, maybe offset some of the shit you have to deal with on the street. It seems all you care about is whining poor me, where's my contract, where's my pdt, Jody has a huge head, Masters is a tool. Why dont you get your head out of your ass, clear the shit from your eyes and look around? Think its better in Tinley Park or Barrington, go ahead, check it out. Fact is we're here, have been here and likely because of the real estate market are gonna stay here. Make the adjustment. Or just be an obnoxious malcontent who takes your check twice a month. Turd.

6/09/2009 07:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

... Think its better in Tinley Park or Barrington, go ahead, check it out...
The only reason those cities are not superior to Shitcago is due to Shitcago's size and economic base. The quality of life schools and other infrastructures are far superior to Shitcagos.
You still smell like the Mayor Dumbly's, Rat Quinn and Tod Strokers cheerleader. This city county and state are the most corrupt in the country.We are going to sponsor an event that'll pad the mayor, his lackey, flunkies, and campaign contributors pockets while bankrupting the city. We are overtaxed underpaid and our pensions are in jeopardy, and still you cheerlead this city.
You are not only obnoxious but ignorant as well.
Now go get your fucking shine box, you mayoral suppository.

6/09/2009 09:40:00 AM  

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