Memorial Vandals Court Date
Evidently, the first court date passed (02 September) and only one person representing the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation - John Gordon - was present. The case was continued to 09 September at Belmont and Western. We're sure a bunch of off-duty people might want to make a showing this time and lend some support to the CPMF people.
Here's a few pictures of the damage inflicted on the Memorial forwarded to us by Bill Kugelman:
Maybe all the living ex-Superintendents could make a showing? They all buried friends and co-workers on that wall.
UPDATE: 0900 Court Call.
Here's a few pictures of the damage inflicted on the Memorial forwarded to us by Bill Kugelman:
Maybe all the living ex-Superintendents could make a showing? They all buried friends and co-workers on that wall.
UPDATE: 0900 Court Call.
Labels: crime
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
101 Comments:
NO JUSTICE
NO PEACE
Shame on us.....
I will be there before I got to work at area 5
SCC, thank you for posting this! You are absolutely correct. And by the way...what to the people who are in charge of the Memorial Fund receive as a salary? Just curious.
isnt fat phil getting paid a shit load of money to manage the memorial
Im sure if Phatty Phil is compensated he will show. I guess his close to six figure salary at a charitable foundation on top of his six figure pension isnt enough.
Maybe Phil can take a little time away from wining and dining to show up. I mean the foundation pays him a salary and all. Jag.
They should all be caned, like they did to Michael Faye in Singapore...
I'll be there after 1st watch 019
Does anyone know if it's on 9am or 1:30pm call on 09 sep?
It's sacriligious to deface that memorial, the city should not rest until the case is resolved.
Labels: Crime
Speaking of crime; I took my squad yesterday to Leo's on north Elston for a wash. Spoke with Leo and he said that the city has not paid him for the washes to city vehicles since January.
January!
Why don't we try this with our property taxes or our water bills. . .
so we can have a car sit on daleys house, sit outside of pflegers church, sit at CROWE for elijah muhammed but not on our own memorial 24 7?
Why is there not a 24 hour detail at the Memorial ? We can put a car down on all the other nonsense but not this. Chris,get some people over there now. Show us that you are not just another political hack that was appointed. Earn that spot!
Your right no excuses is it the 9am or 1:30 call do you know?
Will Phat Phil try to collect money to clean the wall? Will graffiti blasters come out, or will the city say "it's private property, you clean it"
OT: 7 people shot and 1 homicide on this Sunday since midnight and its early in our holiday weekend. Here comes Chalkie.
To their credit, FOP notified me of the court date in an e-mail. Just sign up for the e-mail alerts.
I attended the first court date and and the ony one there besides myself were 5-6 court advocates. I called F.O.P. and the foundation and informed them of my anger that they had no one representing the officers who could not have a voice in the court room. I sent out an e-mail letting other sknow what had happened. We talk of unity and brotherhood, of being blue. This is the day to show it. Attend the court date. Take time out of your personal life and make our presence felt. It should be standing room only in the courtroom. BT
Where's Cline? Isn't he in charge of this money pit?
Wow, the same Mr. Gordon who lost one son in a car accident on the CPD and the other was fired ( over a B.S. allegation because he was on probation) from the CPD. Im sometimes amazed that he still takes wants anything to do with us. And why is it that he is working so hard for OUR memorial to OUR brothers and sisters and the FOP, command staff, memorial staff cant take time out of their busy day? We need to stand up for ourselves and we need to be there.
I am on Furlo.....what time? 0900?
Wednesday, September 9th at what time and in which branch at Belmont & Western?
I'll go.
NOBODY CARES INCLUDING OUR OWN THATS HOW LOW THIS JOB HAS GONE
What is the courtroom time?
what is the court call for the case
9 sep at what time????
don't blame fat phil or anybody else for not showing up. Everyone was all talk when this happened,stating lets go to the court date, but of course not 1 cop showed!!
They should all be caned, like they did to Michael Faye in Singapore...
9/06/2009 05:01:00 AM
YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE EX-SUPES & GOLD STARS CORRECT??
Please post the ir's and photo's of the arrestee's.
You stroke's dumping on Cline about the memorial should ask yourself what did I do for the memorial??? Without Cline there would have been no memorial or memorial foundation.
Total amount of assistance since Mission Beyond the Memorial began in August of 2007:
$683,924.23
August 2009:
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has provided educational assistance to 2 daughters of a catastrophically injured officer from the 022nd District.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has provided educational assistance to 14 children of officers who were killed in the line of duty.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has provided educational assistance to 3 children of officers who were catastrophically injured in the line of duty.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation provided financial assistance to 3 officers from the 016th & 018th Districts and Unit 620 who went on disability.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has approved medical bill assistance for a 012th District officer who suffered from brain cancer.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has approved assistance to the daughter of a police officer from unit 193 who died of cancer.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation began paying the health insurance premium for a 009th District PO who is terminally ill.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has approved assistance to 3 widows of fallen Chicago Police Officers who were killed in the line of duty and who lost their annuity.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has paid a death benefit to the wife of an officer from Unit 193 who died.
September 2009:
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has paid a death benefit to the family of an officer from the 018th District who died.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has provided assistance to an officer from Unit 163 who was in a near fatal motorcycle accident.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation has approved the line of duty death benefit for PO Michael Robbins from the 003rd District who was shot in 1994 and died in 2008.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation began paying the health insurance premium for a PO from the 009th District who is terminally ill.
The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation provided financial assistance to 6 officers from the 003rd, 004th, 018th, & 013th Districts and Units 253, 376 who were going on disability.
What have you done lately ??? Do you even contribute ??? If you do not, shame on you ???
Im sure the turn out will be the usual. Not as many as we should have because no one seems to give a fuck anymore. Thats how it is at anything we have now: benefits, promotional parties. Everyone saying I'm broke too busy yada yada yada. Well get off ur asses and come show the judge and these douchebags attorneys that we dont take kindly to this kind of shit. I'm going.
D Rod
Seems like "Lucky" just aint so lucky
NOT true. Big showing from court advocates from all over the city, and lots of police there. Even the SWAT guys! Judge was pissed about their lateness and attitude.
Detectives didn't show! That is why case got continued.
Is this at Br 29 or Br 42? If 29, why? If 42, wasn't there a prelim already?
Why all the bashing of Cline over this atrocity to the Memorial?
It's not his fault. I've seen Cline show up at a lot more
stressful situations than Weis
did during his first year here.
Phat Phil wasn't perfect, but he was head & shoulders above the clowns running the show now.
You can't even compare their management styles, because Weis is still in search of one.
Phat Phil paid 100K to do what? He certainly isn't managing the property well. Did anyone else notice all the weeds around the wall that was tagged. How about some landscapping money taken out of Phils salary?
what call is that branch ? thanks, i'm iod and would love to make a showing.
OT:
Densey Cole was on a Labor Day edition of Fox News Channel Labor Day Hero's/Workers.... they showed him in Denver and how he's making progress. It also documented how the piece of shit stole his gun and did more damage. Good Peace, below his name it said Officer wants to go back to work... God Bless you Densey!
What the hell is this?!?!??
We need CIVILIANS raising hell. This is a memorial for our stars.
Thanks for posting.
Anyone and everyone off-duty on Sept 9th should go to this court date. Many thanks to Mr. Gordon for showing. God bless.
0900 or 1330 anybody know?
Now, we probably owe these fine young people and apology for leaving a surface available for tagging. Perhaps we should pay reparations for creating an attractive nuisance.
Poor darlings wouldn't have done this if we hadn't put up a memorial to Chicago's Finest.
See you Wednesday morning. Thanks, Kugie, for sending us the pics.
Their parents must be so proud.
Still no info..! What time and what branch! Please.
What have you done lately ??? Do you even contribute ??? If you do not, shame on you ???
9/06/2009 10:53:00 AM
The PMF has not, nor will it ever, see a single cent of my money until the con man-in-charge is no longer connected to the Police Memorial Fund.
If you cannot see how he planned, engineered, and created his soft, but well-paying after-active service retirement job off the backs of our fallen, you obviously have no ability to tell the difference between a con man and a man of integrity, and he is no man of integrity.
Even I would have been forced to salute him if his efforts for the PMF had been uncompensated and he existed solely off his bloated gold braid pension, but too late. He is nothing more than a money whore taking advantage of the emotion created by our desire to honor our most beloved, our fallen brothers and sisters. Shame on him.
weeds all over the memorial---- wow--- no weeds on cumberland from irving park road to addison, a bunch of dedicated number 4's out there all the time pulling weeds and watering and they wear uniforms which means they are organized and paid good.... same thing with the planters on irving park road from 2800 - 4000 west--- money for a bunch of shit that is not needed but no money for the police and fireman--- if the city was awarded a license to get a casino that thing would be built over night--- the money would magically appear---- another reason my cruiser just can't seem to find any parking violations, movers, or criminal activity--- i am trying real hard but am coming up with blanks, ohh soo sorrry...
I'll be there after my shift. But, can you please let us know what court room/call? Thanks. I'll mark this date on my FOP book..
Fucking liberal retards. Why do they have to vandalize our memorial?
Everyone beefing about Phil Cline (one of the best bosses we ever had) and we traded him for this dick wad Weis. Grab a mitt you do nothings.
42-2 0900 court call
This is a bit off topic but I was in the 011 district this past Thursday and I noticed the memorial to Officer Gorden in the front display glass and it was rather dusty and did not look very classy at all. Can someone in the district get that squared away? He deserves better. Thanks.
A Blue Star
You stroke's dumping on Cline about the memorial should ask yourself what did I do for the memorial??? Without Cline there would have been no memorial or memorial foundation.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
That is not what we are bitching about. Officers are upset because Phil is collecting a salary from the foundation. If Phil was so dedicated in his belief to CPD and the foundation, then he would be doing this on his own time out of the goodness of his heart.
Phil has always been for Phil, some of you just couldn't see it. Phil always made sure for the one thing he did for the department, he got two things back for himself.
He sold back over 10,000 hours compt time. His pension is $140,000 year. He was maxed out in deferred comp forever. He collects $85,000 year as a consultant for the county. He collects a percentage for every waste of a police camera sold.
How much money does the selfish bastard need?
You know, his salary from the foundation is to entertain famous rich people to get donations. Don't you think the foundation paying for his dinner is enough?
And don't bitch about officers' donations. There are many of us who drop hundred dollar bills every chance we get to help each other out. Some of us prefer giving it directly to the officer or his/her family and not through the foundation. Some of us pitched in and bought a car for a widow. Nobody would know that, because it isn't this department's business.
HOW MUCH DOES FAT PHIL MAKE RUNNING A MEMORIAL THAT IS ALREADY BUILT?
THOSE CORPORATE DONATIONS STILL ROLLING IN?
it was a great idea, now it a juice spot for the pretend workers in the department.... i wish i could collect donations on company time instead of fighting crime. who do i talk to so i can do walks to remember and still get paid to chill out with my memorial buddies.
DONT WORRY THIS WILL COME BACK TO HAUNT US IN THE FUTURE!
What happened to the cameras that used to watch the memorial 24/7? Who took them down and why aren't put back up?
I will volunteer to work overnight security at the memorial, unpaid and on my owm time. maybe a couple times a month, no problem. With a police radio issued by 001. (I work in 024). I will give 8, 12or 16 hours, a month. My own transportation.
I believe that this is the only way, through volunteerism, that this can be effectively done. Put up a site on a web page somewhere, I'll sign on for some duty
You wont even see Dugan, Peterson, Bea, J-Pud or Jackson. Such great leadership. They really care.
I have br 29 at 0900, I will be traveling between the two courtrooms to be there.
Personally...for my 23 years on this job....I think Cline was the best Super we had...It is not his fault that these jagoffs did this. No...Cline never did anything for me as far as a Spot or anything...but he did get us this precious Memorial...Hats of to Mr. Gordon too...class act!!! I also thought Matt was good...got railroaded...all the rest of them sucked. Hillard fucked a bunch of coppers and was a public embarrassment whenever hey spoke.."Well You Folks..." IDIOT!!! I'll take Cline back in a heatbeat....
To 5:36 PM on 06Sep09-
You should be ashamed of yourself. NOBODY has done more to honor our brothers and sisters in blue who made the ultimate sacrafice than Phil Cline. That memorial which, BTW is recognized nationally as what a Police memorial should look like, would not exist were it not for Phil Cline. And for the record I've never worked for him and he is not one of my friends. I'm just a guy that appreciates it when people do good things for the Police.
9/06/2009 10:53:00 AM
Thanks for composing the comments I was thinking of. Phil has done a tremendous job and is putting OUR money to excellent use. Corporate contributions pay for the administration. OUR money is given directly back to those in need. If you don't know the numbers, ask your unit rep. If you don't want to go there then shut the F#$k up.
Enclose the Memorial with razor wire.
To the poster extolling the record of the CPMF: Remember, a single bad act cancels out a life time of good ones. Think about it.
according to my FOP book, the first district felony court call is 0900 in br 42
By the way there is only one paid employee of the CPMF Its a PO's wife who acts as the secretary
She makes either $12 0r $13 an hour
Branch 42 at Belmont & Western Area 3, 19th District at 0830.
Call Dist. 19 to get last minute answers.
9/06/2009 05:36:00 PM
I agree with you. Why did he not donate his time and write off any of his expenses as tax deductions to a non-profit. Is'nt it the Chicago way "Of where's mine."
I will be there!
Is there proof somewhere of Phil's salary?
I have heard he takes a huge one from them, I have also heard he only takes expenses and I have also heard he doesn't take a dime.
"What have you done lately ??? Do you even contribute ??? If you do not, shame on you ???"
Fuck you. There, I've said it. I give $10 a check to this fund. For the "Beyond" part. The park was and is a waste of money. It's in a shit location, it costs a fortune in cash and good will to maintain it and then we have to stay on top of this crap. They kept blowing up the damn Haymarket statue, what do you think's going to happen to the park?
The fund is valuable, the park is a waste of money. And you know what, where the hell was Cline?
God bless John Gordon!
Anonymous said...
Still no info..! What time and what branch! Please.
9/06/2009 05:22:00 PM
0900, Br 29 or Br 42, one is felony the other is misdemeanor court. If it isn't one, it is the other, only two courtrooms at 2452 W Belmont, as you know.
What will I do in ten years, when I am retired, and problems arise in my life. When I start to blame all these problems on Phil, Jody and Richie and my family realizes that I really am a pathetic sap who can not take initiative in my own life. What will I do, what will I do.
Kicking Clines name around in this topic is equivalent to Richie blaming him for Tony Abate's display of heroism, and the other media created off duty scandals that went no where. But they got rid of Phil, bet you are happy now.
Anonymous said...
Why all the bashing of Cline over this atrocity to the Memorial?
It's not his fault. I've seen Cline show up at a lot more
stressful situations than Weis
did during his first year here.
Phat Phil wasn't perfect, but he was head & shoulders above the clowns running the show now.
You can't even compare their management styles, because Weis is still in search of one.
9/06/2009 11:57:00 AM
Cline, like Weis, is paid big money to show up in stressful situations. That Cline takes a 6 figure salary from a police memorial fund, essentially a charitable organization, is an abomination, shameful, disgraceful and an example of what is and has been wrong with the exempt command staff of this police department.
Those donations are meant to help officers and their families in times of extreme need.
Instead, the fund shells out over $100,000 a year to keep Phil Cline properly gorged on prime steaks and fine booze. They will NEVER get a cent from this 25 year police officer until Cline takes a salary of $1.00 a year and returns every cent of salary he has received.
It is sickening how former high ranking police officials turn every goddamn thing into a money making venture. When my Captain tries to give me a low performance rating this year or next I will have much to point to in my written rebuttal.
True leaders lead by example; no true leaders here.
Village Voice said...
You stroke's dumping on Cline about the memorial should ask yourself what did I do for the memorial??? Without Cline there would have been no memorial or memorial foundation.
Total amount of assistance since Mission Beyond the Memorial began in August of 2007:
$683,924.23
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Dear Village Voice, kindly make public the total amount of compensation paid to Phil Cline since that date you use of August 2007 and let us decide if it is worth paying Mr. Cline a third to one half of what gets paid out to police officers and families in need.
If Cline took only gas money there would be another quarter million dollars, al least, available to pay out to those who might need it for something other than paying their Ruths Chris Steakhouse tab.
The case is going 09 Sept. 09, Branch 42-2, 0900 hrs., Belmont and Western. See you there.
Again, as far as Phat Phil (Cline) is concerned, I'm not sure what, if any he receives from the foundation but this I know FOR SURE.
EVERY penny donated by our members (payroll deduction etc) goes to support our members and/or their families in time of need. "100%"
Any operating costs (maintenance, advertising, mailings, event costs etc.) comes from 'Corporate Donors.'
"OUR" money is well spent. i.e...
* $50,000 immediately given to the family of a Chicago PO killed in line of duty
* Grammar AND high school tuition paid in full for sons/daughters killed in the line of duty. (100 Club of Illinois pays for college. Another fine group helping our own)
*Pays Grammar, high AND college tuition for all children of members catastrophically injured line of duty. (100 Club does not pay for injury, only death)
*$2,500.00 given at beginning of school year (clothing, school supplies)for sons/daughters killed OR catastrophically injured in the line of duty.
* $3,000.00 immediately to the family of any ACTIVE police officer who dies. (Does NOT have to be line of duty) This is for families immediate expenses, funeral, bringing in family from out of town etc.
*Pay all the medical insurance premiums for our police officers who are terminally ill and for widows of police officers killed in line of duty affected by the loss of their annuity.
*"Operation Santa" occurs in December where the homes of the children of police officers killed or catastrophically injured in line of duty and bring them presents fro ...YOU,Santa Claus.
* Sponsors the Candle Light Vigil (Sept 17th., this year at OUR Memorial) a dinner for the Gold Star family members is sponsored by US, the contributing members of the CPD active and retired*.
* retired members can also have payroll deduction from their pension checks. No amount is too small. It's the giving and support that counts.
And last but not least, The Chicago Police Chaplains Ministry is NOT affiliated with the Memorial Foundation and is another worthwhile organization that 'Serves Our Own that Serve and Protect'
Just a few examples from the Chaplains Ministry include but Not limited to are...
Every Chicago Police Officer serving in the Military at Christmas time receives a "We CARE" package from YOU the members of the CPD. No regifting here but meaningful, needed items to our members based upon intelligence gathered from returning volunteers indicating the needs, wants of our members serving our country. Inside the box containing all the goodies is a simple note indicating the contents were sent to them by YOU, signed, "Chicago's Finest!" There are also many events and assistance given to Gold Star families.
Sorry, for the long rant and thanks for reading this far, but let's pick our battles. The Memorial Foundation, Chaplains Ministry serves us...let's support them for what they do and leave the petty personal sniping for those that are NOT serving in our best interests. (The media and mayor come immediately to mind)
All Gave Some Because Some Gave All
o'v (r)
Does anyone know exactly how large the PMF staff is and their salaries? Is it true or just rumor that Cline gets a 100K salary? Being not for profit does not mean that salaries arent being paid out
what call?
If you stupid fucks cannot see exactly what Cline is about, no wonder we are in trouble. Open up your dictionary and read the definition of flim flam. Or watch the 1967 movie titled The Flim-Flam Man. Phat Phil is portrayed by George C. Scott.
Ill be there.
Lunch on me afterwards.
If you think "your" money is going to those in need.. check out the Federal tax forms the Police Memorial Foundation filed.
Go to Guidestar.com... you have to register, and seach for " Chicago Police Memorial Foundation", click on the tab for Form 990, and the last three tax returns are there. You want to look for line 23, specific assistance to individuals.. and statement 3
In 2005, the return shows no direct assistance to police families
In 2006 there was $21,000
In 2007 $39,500
The Foundation also is required to file an AG990-IL with Lisa Madigan's office but it appears that wasn't done. From the AG website:
"Please note that if a charity is not registered with this Office or has not timely filed its financial reports as required by Illinois law, information on that charity will not be available using this Charitable Database"
We also serve who only sift thru mounds of paper.
Court is at 9:00 A.M. in Branch 42 I think the court room will have a lot more Police Officer and Court Advocates this time, For the people that do care two of the offenders acted like ass in the court and the judge did say something about. I think we need to full the court room to let the judge know that we do not want the offender to just get community service time like other graffiti offender do. Polices this is our property. I will be there because thelittle you no what our from my district .
The PMF has not, nor will it ever, see a single cent of my money until the con man-in-charge is no longer connected to the Police Memorial Fund.
If you cannot see how he planned, engineered, and created his soft, but well-paying after-active service retirement job off the backs of our fallen, you obviously have no ability to tell the difference between a con man and a man of integrity, and he is no man of integrity.
Even I would have been forced to salute him if his efforts for the PMF had been uncompensated and he existed solely off his bloated gold braid pension, but too late. He is nothing more than a money whore taking advantage of the emotion created by our desire to honor our most beloved, our fallen brothers and sisters. Shame on him.
The that wrote this should turn in his star ... you are not worthy of wwearing it. Not one penny, Not one ... comes from the donations that come out of our paychecks ... The salaries are paid from corporate contributions ... you people that complain about Cline getting a salary make me sick ... you will be the first ones with your hand out if god forbid something were to happen to you ... saying wheres mine !!! Yeah why throw a fin into the coffers, to help out some copper of his family who may need help ... You do not deserve to be called brothers in blue ..
Village Voice said...
You stroke's dumping on Cline about the memorial should ask yourself what did I do for the memorial??? Without Cline there would have been no memorial or memorial foundation.
Total amount of assistance since Mission Beyond the Memorial began in August of 2007:
$683,924.23
---
Dear Village Voice, kindly make public the total amount of compensation paid to Phil Cline since that date you use of August 2007 and let us decide if it is worth paying Mr. Cline a third to one half of what gets paid out to police officers and families in need.
If Cline took only gas money there would be another quarter million dollars, al least, available to pay out to those who might need it for something other than paying their Ruths Chris Steakhouse tab.
9/07/2009 07:15:00 AM
Hmmm. Let's see. Start a foundation that will pay me a salary (unknown and undisclosed) for the rest of my life while I'm collecting Supt. pension and hire a few friends to work out of their garage or home but also at a nice comfortable salary.
Sorry, that doesn't sound so altruistic to me.
Dont justify that Cline is taking his salary portion from corporate donations. Just think of how much more money would be in the foundation if Cline didn't siphon from the corporate donations. It doesn't matter how you slice it, he's still taking money from the foundation. Real big heart - fk him.
"it was a great idea, now it a juice spot for the pretend workers in the department.... i wish i could collect donations on company time instead of fighting crime. who do i talk to so i can do walks to remember and still get paid to chill out with my memorial buddies."
RHONDA IN A/4 SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU OUT IN THAT DEPARTMENT, IF SHE'S STIL THERE?
If Phil Cline is the worst thing that could happen to you in your career. Or if his memory torments you to this day, you need to call the Employee Assistance Program now. Lock up your gun, kiss the wife and kids, and take some alone time for yourself.
$85,000.oo in tax payers money for consulting fees from the cook county sheriff's office. I call BS on this one. Public records? Put up or shut up jag.
I went to www.guidestar.com as you suggested. I noticed a vehicle was expensed on the CPMF federal tax return for 2007.
1. Does Phil get a car too? Could it be the Ford Explorer registered to the CPMF at 1359 W. Washington? Who drives the Explorer?
I also noticed on the 2006 return that a "government" contribution of $100,000.00 was reported in the income section of the return.
This derails the stance that all contributions were private.
1. Was this 100K contribution from the federal, state or local government? What strings were attached to it? Have the terms been violated?
I also noted the By-Laws that established the CPMF in 2004 strictly PROHIBITED paying Board members and/or executives of the CPMF...until Phil came in that is ...
When he was voted Executive Director by the Board in August of 2007, they had to have changed the Charter and By-laws in order to lift the aforementioned prohibition...they voted to provide a salary to him. So who were the cronies on the Board...His close friends? Tom Donahue, the close friend and his a neighbor in Florida with whom Phil and his crony Molloy tried to scam a county contract using Donahue's wife's consulting company as the front company?
The actions of the Board and its goings on at ALL meetings should be transparent and available for anyone to review. Why should they have any privacy or privleged communications? We should know which Board members voted Cline in charge of the CPMF... How much they voted to pay him and what about that car? How did he get that? What is it used for?
So many questions....so little time...and oh, where is the 2008 return? Not filed yet? extended until Nov. 15th? Cline must be terrified to file it ... He may have to choose between lying to the IRS ( a federal crime) or continue to lie to all the contributors he either flim-flammed or coherced into giving through pay roll contributions. .
Perhaps a a class action suit should be filed by all those who were flim flammed, cheated, lied to, intimidated, etc. etc. etc. or a
Civil RICO????? Phil made the PMF a "corrupt organization" under the meaning of the term in the civil RICO statute.... Shameless.
All the old superintendents are too busy depositing those 8000 dollar a month or more retirement checks...Don't bet on them showing up...
You can harp all you want about how the memorial foundation gives back now. But what about the millions that were spent on the park. And the thousands that are used to mantain it. Couldnt all of this money have been raised and given right back to the families of deceased policemen from the beginning instead of wasting it on a memorial that very few use or go to. I buy almost any benefit ticket placed in front of me. But I refuse to give one cent to support this park and phatty Phils and his cronies slush fund.
No boss from the department will be there, retired or active duty. This is the pattern and sad state and joke our department is! If we had a real department J-fed, Cline and many others would be there, but sadly they will not. It's the continuation of the message they have been sending us for years. No unity and be for yourself only. If Cline is a no shown it's only proof of the corruption surrounding his running the memorial. SAD!!!!!!
I attended the first court date and and the ony one there besides myself were 5-6 court advocates. I called F.O.P. and the foundation and informed them of my anger that they had no one representing the officers who could not have a voice in the court room. I sent out an e-mail letting other sknow what had happened. We talk of unity and brotherhood, of being blue. This is the day to show it. Attend the court date. Take time out of your personal life and make our presence felt. It should be standing room only in the courtroom. BT
9/06/2009 08:57:00 AM
This is why it appears that the memorial is so corrupt! They want all the money but never seem to care about protecting it! Why isn't this something we all should have known about?
Sorry I lost half the article, but you get the drift. Tom Donahue and wife own KTD out of their house, and Cline and Molloy work for them. Donahue was finally dumped from Hidta last year, thankfully. But again, they're all 19th ward cronies.
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At $96,678, the KTD Group proposal was "by far" the lowest of three bids and brought the added advantage of Cline's experience, said Bill Cunningham, chief of staff for Sheriff Tom Dart.
Dart wants Cline's expertise to review the general operations of the sheriff's office and devise a deployment plan for fighting gangs similar to Cline's in Chicago, Cunningham said.
"We're looking forward to working with Supt. Cline," Cunningham said.
The proposed contract still needs the approval of the Cook County Board. Its Legislative Committee is scheduled to consider the bid later this month.
Reached separately, Kathleen and Thomas Donahue referred questions about her firm and the contract bid to the sheriff's office.
"I'm not a part of the company," he said. As director, Thomas Donahue oversees law enforcement officers detailed to the drug-fighting task force from various agencies, including the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Donahue works out of the Cook County Administration Building at 69 West Washington St.; the rent is paid with grant money, Cunningham said.
The funds that pay for the task force are funneled through Cook County, but Thomas Donahue is not considered a county employee, Cunningham said.
In September, the County Board renewed Thomas Donahue's contract as task force director, at $153,216 per year, which is paid with federal grant money. Thomas Donahue's work with the county and area law enforcement had no bearing on the selection of his wife's firm, Cunningham said.
"None of the things that Mr. Cline will be working on have anything to do with [the task force]," he said. "It has absolutely nothing to do with Mr. Donahue."
Kathleen Donahue founded KTD in 2002, according to the firm's Web site. But papers filed with the state indicate it was incorporated in 2004.
The company's address is listed as a post office box in Orland Park, but incorporation papers list the Donahue's family home as the primary address.
I work mids, I WILL make sure to show my face at that 42-2
Branch 42
Felony Preliminary Hearings
2452 W Belmont, Chicago, IL 60618
(773) 404-3304
To those Cline bashers ...Stay home ... you are not worthy of being the police ... run and get your free McDonalds or Burger King because thats all you are good for. Jealousy is an ugly thing. and that is all you are about. You are neither smart enough or have any work ethic that allows you to be successful. You are disgrace to the good officers that put on the uniform everyday and actually work.
Candle light Vigil 17 Sep 2009 at Memorial Park ... Honor the Fallen
If Phil Cline is the worst thing that could happen to you in your career. Or if his memory torments you to this day, you need to call the Employee Assistance Program now. Lock up your gun, kiss the wife and kids, and take some alone time for yourself.
9/07/2009 07:29:00 PM
Stay off the blog Phil. Go back to counting your money. I'll never forget your "kindnesses" to me. I can only hope you receive same, or better, in return.
I still call BS on Cline and the Sheriff. The County board never voted on any contract for Cline, Cline never got a penny from the County. Again BS, jag.
My observations of 09 Sept 2009,0900 hrs Br 42-2:
As I entered thru the front doors of 2452 W Belmont, I,not being the police,waited in line to be checked. The Deputy,having known me for 15 years waived me thru not due to courtesy but moreover that I earned that privilege. I walked toward 42-2 and heard the low roar typical of that of a room full of Coppers. I found a seat and stayed to myself not recognizing any of the faces lined up against both walls or filling all the spaces in the seats. I took a moment to reflect on Rick Fransis,Mike Ceriale,Irma Ruiz,Eric Lee,Mike Dofyn,John Hurley,and every name and face in between that I cant recall but mourned for none the less.A familiar Sarge appeared and not a word was spoken, just the nod and smile of one warrior to another. The judge appeared and did his "judge thing" for a while then came the case of the Memorial Vandals. As the FIRST name was read ALL OF US STOOD. The ENTIRE court room barring of course the 2 or 3 actual offenders in there.I cant properly describe the looks on the three offenders faces but it was akin to that of a man being led to the Gas Chamber. Doomed.I glanced around the courtroom and saw faces and eyes attached to those far tougher and badder than I could EVER aspire to be fixed on the 3 offenders. As were mine.I had half expected to see the typical gang or street slug,but the trio was a fat hispanic male,a well dressed white girl, and a second girl in average clothing.Funny..THIS time the male didnt run off at the mouth. THIS time he looked scared(as he SHOULD be)There were the typical legal wranglings,and there is a continuance to 2 weeks from today(someone PLEASE post the correct date)But what was MOST striking was the unity of the Officers in attendance.I was PROUD to say the very least to be able to stand next to you today.I am THANKFUL that there are men and women in this City that STAND for something and that have honor and respect for the Fallen.After all was said and done and the mass dispersed,(does that qualify for an event number?) We all went off in search of friends we have fought along side of or havent seen in ages.I went "home" to the 019 Desk and most to all working crowded to the desk to hear the relation of events. Most to all resounded THERE WILL BE MORE THERE NEXT TIME.
Thank you from my heart for the Privilege to stand with you there today.
Cort D. Chubko
LATHROP ONE
(scc if you post a new page re this please attach this commentary)
Take time out of your personal life and make our presence felt. It should be standing room only in the courtroom. BT
BT it was a pleasure meeting you today. WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
L-1
I've been around long enough to remember Jim Rochford. I would put him and Phil Cline as two of the best Sup't.s we have ever had.
Real cops who worked their way up the ladder. Yeah, they had clout. Face it, anyone who makes exempt has someone watching out for them. I used to drink with Matt Rodriguez on North Ave. He lost his stripes after running a fire hydrant down in the '70's. Made it back to the top c/o his buddy Brezack.
Criticize all you want. Phil treated us well. Not like the FBI crap we now have.
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