Money for MillerCoors
Let's check the recent headlines:
- Chicago Schools Cutting 550 Workers
- City Council Approves Furlough Days
- Union Workers Protest Layoffs at City Hall
And you can choose any of the recent headlines regarding Daley's nephew making money hand over fist and the Olympic Parade of dollars.
Then there's this story slipping under the radar:
Then there's this story slipping under the radar:
MillerCoors LLC officially opened its headquarters in Chicago Friday in a project estimated by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's office to cost $21.8 million.
The new headquarters, at 250 S. Wacker Drive, for the joint venture that combines Milwaukee's Miller Brewing Co. and Colorado's Coors Brewing Co. will bring 325 jobs to Chicago, according to a Daley press release.
- The city of Chicago agreed to provide $6 million in tax incremental financing funds for redevelopment of the property. In addition, the state of Illinois pledged an economic package of roughly $18 million to lure MillerCoors to Chicago over Dallas.
$6 million for MillerCoors. And our contract is two years and a day late so far. But hey, let's just lay off police and fire fighters to cover for our own ineptitude.
Labels: city politics, contract stuff
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
43 Comments:
So, lets see...a combined $24 million from city and state for 325 jobs. That's costing us about $74,000 per job.
I'd agree to take a job in the city if somebody would just hand me $74K in addition to whatever my salary was.
Will this be like the Boeing Corperation coming to Chicago?
Just the 6 and 7 and 8 figure executives and their staffs, but not the manufacturing jobs. All the tax incentives and bonuses to the rich and let the backbone workforce go to hell.
Richie tore up Meigs Field after Boeing moved here when it should have been made into the state of the art urban aviation hub. What will he do now that Miller-Coors is here?
We don't matter to them. Unless the violence gets so bad that it could threaten da Lympics. Then we'll be asked to risk it all for them while operating with a skeleton crew.
Did you catch the mutts that were demonstrating and holding signs saying to raise taxes? Every one of them sucks the system dry. They want our taxes raised so they can continue to do nothing.
TIF is supposed to be for economically depressed areas. Since when did 250 S. Wacker get classified as economically depressed?
This shit makes me sick.
TIF is supposed to be for economically depressed areas. Since when did 250 S. Wacker get classified as economically depressed?
This shit makes me sick.
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OOOOOOOOoooooooops! I forgot to ask: What cronie or family memeber of Daley owns 250 S. Wacker and is happy to have a tenant?
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BOHICA - another multi-million dollar screwing of the taxpayer, a ka Boeing. Thank you, sir, may I have another?
There making 40 OZ now so let them Eat Calke and Have Bread and Circuses!!-Semper Fi
It is proven again and again police and fire services are not a priority, in the "killing fields " of shitcago! Who paid off who? a rich beer company, with overpaid drunken executives gets more money! and goofy quinn is threatening layoffs in the stae but again for the payoffs they find multi-millions! I can't wait 2 more years tennesse here we come!
Which Daley family member is on tap to become employed by MillerCoors?
It's not like Courtney Thompson didn't get a $150k job shortly after Boeing showed up in Chicago.
Not a bad gig for a unemployable neice of the Mayor.
Not bad for an event planner job.
Funny. I noticed a little article like this about Ike Carruthers about a year ago, but then there was never another word about it. It's almost like the news media is obligated to write the articles, the articles in and of themselves would raise a lot of questions but then the issue disappears. Vanishes. Funny how that works. Like, ooops, that one slipped out. The Chicago media sucks.
---not a cop
I hope the FOP take note of all these little develpoments for when we end up in arbitration. It is a joke how Daley throws around tax money for his corporate friends but has nothing left for those of us that work in this city.
Indiana passed a budget and they have over one billion in surplus. That's because they're Republicans. They won't tax and steal like our idiots do. Time to move a little east.
I have to argue this one with you SCC tax incentives and financing is a good way for a city or state to attract new companies and jobs, which hopefully will lead to increased revenues derived from their ventures and employee spending and living. The biggest difference between Chicago and Detroit is that Chicago actually has business headquartered downtown. We don't want to lose that. We'll all be worse off. Go take a look at downtown St. Louis. I don't have a problem with luring strong large companies to Chicago.
HEY FEDS-FITZGERALD, EITHER GET THIS GUY [DALEY] OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF CHICAGO AND DON'T WASTE OUR TAX DOLLARS WITH YOUR BULLSHIT. YOU FEEBS COULDN'T FIND SAND AT A BEACH.
OT --- The Stuttering Prick speaks!
Unions: No Deal Yet To Avoid City Layoffs
July 1, 2009 10:58 AM
Mayor Richard Daley met this morning with labor leader Dennis Gannon, but three major unions representing city workers have not yet reached a deal on concessions to avoid major layoffs.
*** BUT THERE IS PLENTY MONEY FOR MILLER/COORS LLC!!!!!!!!
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
2009/07/unions-no-deal-yet-to-
avoid-city-layoffs.html
OT *** More Money Wasted!!!!!
Chicago Pays $915 Per Body For Morgue Transport; Alderman Says That's Too Much
A powerful Chicago alderman, (Burke), argues the city pays too much to have a private company transport bodies to the Cook County morgue, the Tribune's Clout Street blog reports.
*** DAYTON, OH FIRM GETS $75 PER BODY TRANSPORTED THERE, $915 PER BODY HERE. W T F ???????????
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com
/clout_st/2009/07/chicago-pays-915-
per-body-for-morgue-transport-
alderman-says-thats-too-much.html
I ordered my Chicago vehicle sticker a month ago on-line and I still have not received it.
Chicago-the city that works!
MillerCoors is a South African owned firm.
who didn't notice the all latina illegals screaming their demands for more taxes from us the new minority white tax paying citizens who are going broke paying more taxes on everything but the air we breath. When when all us boomers are retired and flee the thieves in city,county, and now state government you latina criminals can wallow in the Detroit like city you deserve! Yes there are still many places in USA where laws are enforced for citizens and illegals alike, but Chicago hell no...just a giant black hole of debt now and for the next several decades. Lived here 57yrs, hope to make it just 2 more then run for my freedom from millions of illegals in chicago & burbs.
...both of his legs are registered firearms with the city of Chicago.
...watch commanders ask him to sign their time due slips.
...he once wrote the swine flu a DUI
...his mover book causes women to climax and his parker book tells a good tale
...Aunt Bea doesn't cheat on her husband but when she does its with M. Seiser
He is the most interesting police officer in the world
I dont always drink ale, but when I do I prefer Big Charlies Grape Ale.
Stay drunk my friends
I have to argue this one with you SCC tax incentives and financing is a good way for a city or state to attract new companies and jobs, which hopefully will lead to increased revenues derived from their ventures and employee spending and living.
Argue away friend. But know this:
1) This is a relocation of corporate offices, meaning executives and some staff. Most of the secretaries and middle managers aren't coming along - they're losing their jobs and looking for work somewhere else. They can't afford to come to Chicago. They'll hire some local secretaries and some phone operators, but the high paying jobs are filled already.
2) These corporate types for the most part aren't going to live in Chicago. Hell, they aren't even going to shop in Chicago. They'll shop in Barrington, Winnetka, Highland Park, etc. Maybe a day trip to Chicago every once in a while, but not that often.
3) MillerCoors isn't moving a factory line here. We aren't suddenly getting a 24-hour a day assembly line that's going to provide decent jobs and open a trucking dock or three or a railway spur. They're moving corporate offices for tax purposes and in a few years, they'll move to another burg for another tax payoff.
Don't be fooled.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Indiana passed a budget and they have over one billion in surplus. That's because they're Republicans. They won't tax and steal like our idiots do. Time to move a little east.
7/01/2009 09:56:00 AM
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You hit it on the Head! States that don't cater to the non taxpayer and illegal will be OK. Watching Quinn talk trying to guilt people into voting for his tax increase makes me sick. I'm sorry people are poor and old but you know what? That's what charities and churches are for, not the government. Keep raising my taxes and I'm gonna be poor too. Its time for the working man to stand up and stop being shafted by people like Quinn so they can keep the non tax payers and Illegals Vote. Quinn was the Lt Gov during Blagos time in Office. And he knew nothing? My Fu$king A$$ he knew nothing!
I also love how California, once the richest state in the nation is now broke. Maybe it has something to do with liberal policies and taking care of Illegals?
Sorry for the rant SCC. I just am so sick of these politicians crying poor when they are the ones mismanaging the tax dollar.
Heard on the radio that the city bought Michael Reese hospital. I may be mistaken, (the news media never gets things right), but the price they said was $8 Mil. more than quoted in paper. Maybe the mayor's favorite nephew got a commission on that and the Coors deal? Maybe there should be a union protest at the sites in the hospital complex that should be saved as historic buildings. The city has money for everything but it's workers. Oh ya, we're just a bunch of clock watchers......
Imagine a Conservative Republican as Mayor of Chicago.
When was the last one?
Very cool, very slick, very hip, this MillerCoors. They sponsor all sorts of postmodern, trendy stuff. Some of it gets conservative and religious groups really upset. Check out "Folsom Street Fair."
SCC says -- "Argue away friend. But know this:" and hits us with three major points, ending "Don't be fooled."
Absolutely fucking-A right on.
MillerCoors won't do us any more good than Boeing or the Olympics.
Multiculti, PC corporate clones with ice water in their veins and calculators for hearts.
Dont forget $50000 worth of brand new copiers (color no less) in our station. Anyone else got new stuff while we have no contract??
Phil Schitz here said...
TIF is supposed to be for economically depressed areas. Since when did 250 S. Wacker get classified as economically depressed?
This shit makes me sick.
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OOOOOOOOoooooooops! I forgot to ask: What cronie or family memeber of Daley owns 250 S. Wacker and is happy to have a tenant?
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7/01/2009 01:52:00 AM
Isn't that the Vanecko building?
Maybe we can have the arbitrator look at the personnel reports which states we have 10,300 active including 1,300 light duty.This also includes white shirts and the city says were only 500 short what a fucking lie.figure an average of 60,000 a worker times 3,000 thats 180 million that should be spent on other cops hopefully f.o.p will have the balls to throw this in the arbitrators face
dickie diamond said...
Maybe we can have the arbitrator look at the personnel reports which states we have 10,300 active including 1,300 light duty.This also includes white shirts and the city says were only 500 short what a fucking lie.figure an average of 60,000 a worker times 3,000 thats 180 million that should be spent on other cops hopefully f.o.p will have the balls to throw this in the arbitrators face
7/01/2009 10:54:00 PM
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What the hell are you talking about?
There are only 500-600 limited/convalescent duty.
Once the new contract is settled there will be 0 limited/convalescent duty because the city is eleminating that perk.
Remember when the time comes to vote on the next contract READ YOUR MEDICAL BENEFTIS section.
DO NOT VOTE FOR A CONTRACT THAT ELIMINATES BENEFITS IN FAVOR OF $$$$.
ONCE YOU LOSE BENEFITS = YOU NEVER REGAIN THEM.
(Someone with 30yrs. of service that has seen lots of lost benefits)
Isn't that the Vanecko building?
7/01/2009 10:33:00 PM
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Apparently not. According to Real Estate daily:
The deal would be a key win for Boston investment firm AEW Capital Management L.P., which bought the mostly vacant building more than a year ago for a lofty price of about $57 million.
Go Arbitrator! Do not settle without Olympic decision. Give us the same contract as NYPD.
who didn't notice the all latina illegals screaming their demands for more taxes from us the new minority white tax paying citizens who are going broke paying more taxes on everything but the air we breath. When when all us boomers are retired and flee the thieves in city,county, and now state government you latina criminals can wallow in the Detroit like city you deserve! Yes there are still many places in USA where laws are enforced for citizens and illegals alike, but Chicago hell no...just a giant black hole of debt now and for the next several decades. Lived here 57yrs, hope to make it just 2 more then run for my freedom from millions of illegals in chicago & burbs.
7/01/2009 01:03:00 PM
Said the same fucking thing. All the people on tv screaming their asses off don't work and don't pay any fucking taxes! But man, they want, want, want.
Ummm Beeeerrr!!!
Ever notice how all they show is the handicapped or the mentally challenged people when they talk about cutting programs. These programs do not have to be cut. I have not heard one word about what it cost for the illigal welfare and other needless "social programs" that should be cut. All you have to see is Fr. Flager (sp?) out there with his bull horn and you know it's not good. Nobody wants to tell the truth anymore, not that they ever really did.
Yes, thank you! It IS a Vanecko Bldg or at least it was. Mentioned in this very blog. We need someone to start keeping track of all these Co's and address's w/a chalkboard. Maybe someone could just take a walk into the lobby and read the directory. Vanecko and Davis have subsidiary Co's.
Whoever said "Isn't that a V. bldg? need's to make detective.
Ummm Beeeerrr!!!
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my thoughts exactly.
wow! went to find the address on Centerpoints website and it's been changed from TWO DAYS AGO!!!!
Anyone print it out before?
Another economic snapshot tonight in 025 -- the empty Circuit City at Grand and Harlem being torn down!
Lots of newer retail square feet, with parking, on a really busy corner -- and I guess no one sees any future for it.
About 1/4 demolished already and a guy out there in the dark tonight was burning off the steel light standards in the parking lot. Of course there was a crane holding the top of these fifty-footers to control them once he burned through the base -- maybe they're pushing the job at night 'cuz that's a rental crane, but still, and all, they can't be in a hurry to build condos there. More like in a hurry to get it erased and rolled flat so they don't have to pay property taxes on an empty white elephant, is my guess.
Right across the street is a whole empty corner of older buildings with "Grand/Harlem condo development" signs all over it; signs must be three years old by now and peeling in the weather. Another non-starter...
But MillerCoors will save us, by slipping 75 large to scholarships for borriquenos, while simultaneously refrescoing them like the Montanas Rockies with its feeble-ass "Lite" beer...
Don't make me laugh.
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