Sunday, October 11, 2009

Economics 101

Once again, if you tax it, people will seek out the lowest option.
  • We walk up to the bulletproof glass at the counter.

    "Newports, short," we tell the clerk, sliding payment to him through the slot below. He slides back our cigarettes and a receipt.

    The damage: $7.50. Smokers looking for economic relief must love this store. It's a dollar cheaper a pack than most stores in Chicago.

    But if you're the deficit-ridden city or Cook County, this store is not your friend. Not when the pack bears no evidence that the 68-cent Chicago tax and the $2 Cook County tax have been paid.

    As cigarette taxes have gone up, smokers have been finding ways to avoid them, from driving out of state to buying online.

  • In 2006, city revenues from cigarette taxes came in at a little less than $32 million. By 2008, they had declined to about $25 million. This year, they're projected to drop again.

    "In most places, tax increases lead to increased revenues," said David Merriman, a University of Illinois at Chicago economist who has studied cigarette-tax avoidance worldwide for 15 years. "Chicago would be the only place I know of where it's gone the other way."
Really? And this is a professor of economics?

Perhaps he could do a case study of the bottled water tax? Revenues went way down in Chicago after Daley imposed that tax. Surrounding suburbs can't keep bottled water in stock since Shortshanks disregarded the laws of economics. Or maybe the hated "head tax" that keeps small businesses out of Chicago and drives bigger business away? There's dozens of examples, all of which fly in the face of this "economist" who seems to have not traveled the world in search of actual economic examples.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sort of off topic:

I know several people who say they quit smoking with some laser treatment for a hundred bucks. Cheaper than the smokies.

10/11/2009 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Politician comes from the word poly which means many. Tician means ticks Ticks are known as blood suckers. Henceforth meaning many blood suckers! That about sums up all bloodsuckers, i mean politicians! This city will be a grave yard in 5 years! Oh by the way anyone notice on 63rd street there are meters all the way from Halstead up until kostner, than all meter activity stops! Which blood sucker had enough juice to not have meters in the area that he owns property in HMM!! Mr bloodsucking burke ring any bells?? Maybe our clueless suntimes or Tribune can make something of this into a story or two

10/11/2009 12:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Really? And this is a professor of economics?


I had the same reaction when I read the article on Friday. I emailed my friends, stating that anyone who took a class from this professor needs to ask for a refund.

What a shock, increase the price, less people buy. Can I get a Nobel Prize for that revelation?

10/11/2009 12:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

higher taxes=less revenues.....but the tax and spend libs and Dems don't beleive that....and the voting sheep keep voting Democratic...

10/11/2009 12:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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10/11/2009 12:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Ultimate Tactical Warrior said...

What's the problem? Cigarette smoking is a disgusting useless habit to begin with, that should be outlawed. I've never seen an officer that smokes get in a foot chase and actually catch somebody. Some of these gang kids are fast so I've been doing diet meals at home to lose weight to help me catch them. Tax alcohol even more for all I care. The Arab guy that runs a store in the ghetto gives me free bottles of Apple Pucker because I locked up all the Simon City Royals when they were hassling him.

sorry o.t. but I just got to vent about how much I hate Deputy Dugan, Phil Cline, and J-Fed. If it weren't for them, my wife wouldn't have divorced me and I wouldn't be living in a one-bedroom basement apartment in Canaryville. Because of them I didn't get several Department Commendations and honorables which has prevented me from going to Narcotics. Thanx to these power hungry morons, on most of my RDO's I sit at home and watch episodes of "21 Jump Street" and "Full House," crying and punching myself in the face. Because of those assclowns, I had to wear a dumb blue shirt for most of the summer, and not the cool black t-shirt with a tuxedo painted on the front of it like I wanted. If it weren't for them, that stripper at the Admiral wouldn't have maced me in the parking lot when I approached her! Sometimes at night I bite down really hard on my "Masters of the Universe" pillow to make the pain go away. My bed frame is also shaped like a Hotwheels racing car. I hate them and hope they read this. Anyway, sorry about the rant. To all you gang and tac guys, be safe out there/their!

p.s. Hey, NinethWarrior. You ever get that ointment for your rash?

10/11/2009 12:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Professor" more often than not = Liberal. And we all know how Liberals love their taxes.

10/11/2009 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perfect example of taxes don't increase revenus is the 5 cents a bottle tax of platic bottles like bottles of water Buy the 24 pack for $3.00 and $1.20 bottle tax What Daley expected was an increase in taxes on bottled water sold in the city and estimated the amount. Surprise the amount was less than half of the estimate Additionally when Chicagoans went to the suburb to buy the bottled water, as long as they were out there bought groceries, might have bought gas, maybe stop at Walm,art and then go to get a bite to eat. All purchases made at those additional stops cut out the city tax that Chicago would have had if they werent forced to buy the water in the suburbs. Great planning Richie Not only did he lose the tax on the bottled water but on taxes of ever purchase that was made in the suburb

10/11/2009 01:07:00 AM  
Blogger David Snethen said...

I get my smokes smuggled in from all over the country.

10/11/2009 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Myself and sooooo many others who are not city workers leave the city and crook county to by their products every day. I haven't bought water or gas in chicago in well over a year and never will. I buy all my groceries in Dupage county. I no longer patronize restaurants in the city either. We went to a popular steak house chain restaurant the other nite in the burbs outside of crook county, when there was one closer down town. I no longer go down town because it's just to expensive to park and the burbs are free. I know four couples that reside in chicago, but got married in another nearby county this summer just to avoid the tax strangle hold the city and county have on us.

The people that run this city and county have to be the DUMBEST businessmen in the WORLD! People will travel to get the best deal they can and many will do it just on principle like myself! They really need to wake up and see what is happening. You can never tax yourself into prosparity!

10/11/2009 01:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

they can't even police all the stores who sell booze and smokes to people with the link card which is against the rules.... how many people are actually assigned to field duties in the atf chicago office--- it's like the little kid who puts his finger in the hole in the dike hoping that the whole thing doesn't blow up--- let's put a little bandaid on a blood gushing wound and hope it works....

10/11/2009 02:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Perhaps in the normal scheme of things this would be so. But, when with each passing week there is a new tax going to be added on it just gets to be too much.

Now I can pay $100/carton for them in Chicago, or I can jump over the boarder and pay $43.

Nah, junior doesn't really need to go to the dentist, better I keep the money in Chicago, so the people in power can have the best of everything, because where would I be without the flower pots lining the streets of Chicago.

10/11/2009 02:27:00 AM  
Anonymous that was close said...

off topic.... the myan people insist that the world is not going to end in 2012. According to an ap article that I read the myan people are laughing about the big deal the "westerners" are making about 2012. they say they are actually getting tired of all of the end of the world talk and say that the 2012 date is significant because the number 13 is symbolic among the myans and dec 21 2012 is the end of the 13th calender period. the significance is that after the 13th calander period they actually party and start a new begining of renewal for the myan people. They are looking at it as a good thing and never said that any myan history states the world is going to end. Its just stupid americans and conspiracy theroists wanting to make waves and put the end of the world crap on the myans.. well, at least i can sleep well at night.

10/11/2009 03:44:00 AM  
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Ten things Chicago should tackle post-Olympics loss
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Chicago, it’s time to move on. If Mayor Daley and the Chicago City Council could please get back to work, the city is sorely in need of attention. Starting with,

1. The Police. The Chicago Police Department has been working for two years without a contract, under a leader they don’t trust, and are woefully understaffed.

2. Violent crime. Taking care of the police is a pretty good start, but certainly not enough. More people are dying here than soldiers in Afghanistan or Iraq. Do something. See above.

3. Frivolous laws. Stop wasting valuable time passing laws against raising chickens in the city, serving foie gras or keeping barking dogs. There are more important things. See above.

4. Shut up and listen. Start using this time to actually hear the people of Chicago and what matters to them. We want safe streets, good schools, jobs and a way to get to those jobs. You know, the things city leaders are supposed to focus on.

5. Transparency. Stop brokering deals in back rooms and sneaking around in the dark of night tearing up things you don’t like. Just stop it.

6. Oversight. Stop spending taxpayer money without any oversight. That means TIF money. Reform the program, put a moratorium on declaring new TIFs and get real estate tax revenue flowing back into the parks and schools where it belongs.

7. Transportation. Get to work on the CTA and stop blaming the state. It’s the Chicago Transit Authority. Without it, we’re Los Angeles with crappy weather.

8. Commercial development. Show some support for local business, not just friends and family of campaign contributors. Small retailers and independent operators make the city unique and keep dollars in the neighborhoods, where it does the most good.

10. Start being honest with the citizenry. This may be more difficult than stopping gang violence, but all our elected leaders claim to love this city and the people in. Now prove it.

10/11/2009 05:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

15 years studying cig. tax avoidance on the public dime?

This parasite should be sent to work an Alaskan road crew or logging battalion once the State starts this form of "reeducation".

Stalin delighted in sending assholes like this, who devoted their lives to Marxism, to Siberia.

Obama will do the same.

10/11/2009 07:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tax revenue is down because so many folks quit...... they quit buying in Chicago & Crook County. I refuse to give any of my hard earned money to Shortshanks or the other thief, Toddler. They spend our money like drunken sailors on shore leave and then have the nerve to cry about being broke. I always enjoy a shopping trip to a neighboring county where my $$$$ stretches much further.

FUCK DALEY

FUCK TODDLER

10/11/2009 07:56:00 AM  
Blogger john said...

Economics 101 is the reason I relocated out of state after retirement.
If you happen to live on the northwest side in a nice house ( which you worked for) , taxes will be at least 5,000 annually. Say you are a sergeant and your pension is 70,000 - real estate taxes are 7% of your retirement. 10 years from now I bet taxes will double to 10,000 which will be close to 15% of your pension.
What do you get for your taxes ?


old retired guy

10/11/2009 07:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Funny that the article had no mention of the mopes selling "loosies".

10/11/2009 08:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

another example, that idiot SHORTSHANKS looked like the complete fool he is when he complained the the movie CHICAGO, with Richard Gere, Renee Zeleweger and Catherine Zita-Jones was made in TORONTO!

That multi-million dollar production, with it's payroll and jobs and local benefits went north due to his greed and taxes. The same with many other film and TV productions. When we do get a movie made here here like the latest BATMAN, or PUBLIC ENEMIES, the economics are all different. thanks to Richie, almost everything comes from out-of-town.

What we need to do is get rid of Daley, get rid of his anti-business taxes, and turn that Michael Reese property into an anchor movie studio complex.

10/11/2009 08:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I buy as much as I can out of the City, and out of the County if possible. Going out to eat? I have no problem driving to Oak Brook or other collar suburbs. Big purchases? Not here, not ever.

I can't stand greed. Tax me irresponsibly, and I'll go someplace else. If Chicago dropped its sales tax below that of the surrounding areas, I'd buy EVERYTHING here.

10/11/2009 08:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The most apparent reason this is happening is common sense, the city doesnt have it. But, when you are ready to make a large or expensive purchase, dont you consider the cheaper taxes of the surrounding area/counties? Everyone knows that Daley does not surround himself with people that are smart. Like Lipinski said "He surrounds himself with buffers, people that can take the fall". Do you remember when a vehicle impound resulted in a guaranteed hearing appearance at 11th & state? The city decided that it was too much to give an officer that and made it an appearance only if a hearing was requested by the vehicle owner. Do you remember the result? Impounds fell through the floor. The real reason to this subject is in my opinion, is that Daley is simply incompetent.

10/11/2009 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

tax it and they will leave

10/11/2009 09:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Do "they" want us smokers to be any different that the whore polititians that run this city, county and state. Before the authorities put us in jail let's put the pols in jail first.

10/11/2009 10:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
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10/11/2009 12:41:00 AM

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Cool special effect. How did you do this upside down, backward thing? At first I thought I was "stroking out" again. I was in mid-dial calling 911!

10/11/2009 10:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM
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Take the test then.

10/11/2009 10:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe someone should remind the professor about the point of diminishing returns. This is what occurs on a graph after the x and y axis intersect, where supply is greater than demand.

In non economic parlance, if the price goes up, people won't buy. I haven't bought bottled water in the city since the new tax was imposed.

10/11/2009 10:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM
Then you should of applied for the police departmant and go thru the BS we go thru working the streets of Chicago! Then my friend you would also be pissed that you don't have a contract. It's nothing for free, we earned it and deserve it!

10/11/2009 11:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just want to share a bitter lesson my friend learned when he started to buy his cigarettes online. This was only 2 years ago when the prices were bad but not like now. He got a huge bill from the I.R.S. & he had to pay taxes on all those cartons of smokes he bought thus the savings all went up in smoke! Sad but true.

10/11/2009 11:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Something for the uniform stores to keep in mind as well... 75 bucks for a sweater? It better damn well have a ralph lauren label on it!

10/11/2009 11:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I buy EVERYTHING out of the city, out of the county if possible. Only way I shop in city is if its on duty with a discount ;D

10/11/2009 11:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!
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Oh yeah? Other city employees dont have to run through a dark gangway chasing a guy with a gun that will do whatever it takes to get away from you. Other city employes don't have to climb on the roof of a burning building hoping that it dosn't fall in on them. Other city employess don't leave the house everyday just hoping that today isn't the day that they don't come home. We get all the things you talk about because we earn them and we risk our lifes for people we don't know everyday, in a city that dosn't have our backs. Most other city employees wouldn't last 2 weeks doing a policemen or a firemans job. Don't say that you want our jobs with or without a contract cause you have no idea what we go through. What a disgrace your post was.....I could go on all day...Think about what you just said next time you need a policemen or fireman.

10/11/2009 11:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I quit smoking, quit drinking, buy most things on-line, gas in the burbs, eat in the burbs, groceries in the burbs. Last $ I spent in Chicago was $2 for an ice cream at my kid's ball game, 18 months ago. Fuck them...gotta make up for lack of raises and high property taxes somehow.

10/11/2009 11:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT: NC Mayor Bans Police Foot Pursuits.
Click on the YouTube video of this mayor who is even softer than Daley:



http://policelink.monster.com/news/articles/122746-south-carolina-mayor-bans-police-foot-pursuits?page=2

10/11/2009 11:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

Also just a reminder you bigmouth idiots that can't even spell simple words correctly ---- civilians watch all your posts!!
Have some class, this is not a private websight, even gang bangers have more sense about who is watching them and what they say.

10/11/2009 11:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"... a University of Illinois at Chicago economist"

This is why pols have thier buddies kids clouted into UIC - to spout the company line to reporters.

10/11/2009 11:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM


Yeah, you want my job? Come on with and chase the man with a gun down the dark hallway, or pick up the dead baby just killed by the mentally ill mother, or fight with the little jagoffs outside of the high school every day, all the while knowing that somewhere someone is pointing a recording device at you to document what you do that may get you fired! I do my part to help out my fellow city workers when I cut you all passes when I pull you over or find you parked like an idiot and don't write you a ticket.
We deserve a contract! Just remember, for all of the times you think you see us "having it easy", there are the other times when our jobs range from "pretty crappy" to "honors funeral". So stick to what you know!

10/11/2009 11:35:00 AM  
Anonymous The Hater said...

"Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM


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Just a reminder, my wife is currently unemployed and would love a job where she has to take unpaid furlough days, does not get holiday pay, doesn't get overtime, can't sell back comptime, doesn't get paid a uniform allowance or duty availability check, or receive the weeks of vacation that we do. She would love your job where she does little to no work at a salary that is higher than the private sector. Not hating, just reminding YOU, that there are a whole lot of unemployed and employed people who want YOUR job even with YOUR complaints.

Ease up slick. You are hating and it's quite obvious. You want to be the police take the test.

Apparently you have found something to complain about in your job and will no doubt be like many who will find stuff to complain about this job with or without a contract.

Bite me hater!

10/11/2009 11:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh this is an easy one to respond to. We do most of our shopping at Aldi's or Food For Less out of the city. We eat at restaurants only in the burbs. Besides the taxes being the main reason, we have nowhere,zilch,nada,no place to shop or eat in the Beverly area. Unless of course one thinks paying $3.50 for a bottle of Ragu is a great deal at a certain store.

10/11/2009 11:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT - My City water bill more than tripled

Just happened to run across my Water Bill that went from $230 in 1998 to $758 this year. And that's without a water meter!

Am I getting screwed?

Or are we all getting screwed?

10/11/2009 11:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

MY ANSWER...


But do you have to deal with the scum that we do? Do you put your life on the line at work everyday? Is everything you do scrutenized to make you look bad?

You want this job then test for it. We earned everything we have each day we trained in the academy and everyday we are out on the street. This isnt a 9 to 5 job. Thats the problem.... the educated yuppy goofs think we arent worth it.

But why is it when one of these educated yuppy goofs takes the job, they get a cushy inside spot where its safe.

So go to hell asshat!

10/11/2009 11:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Raise the State Income Tax: Our spineless socialist governor wants to raise the state income tax.

19th Ward political hack Hynes, also running for governor, wants to, guess what? Of course. Raise the state income tax.

Neither of these DemoCRAT political hacks has any plan that doesn't depend on raising your taxes.

Dump Gov. Quinn and send Hynes back to his daddy's 19th ward.

Elect people who want you to keep YOUR money, not take it from you to buy votes from those who WILL NOT WORK!

10/11/2009 11:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
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10/11/2009 12:41:00 AM


HOW'D YOU DO DAT, WILLIS????

10/11/2009 11:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10:14 a.m.= you should have told your union to fuck daley,and that bitch gannon they sold u out remember gannon doesn't care about city workers.rank and file cpd and cfd don't owe daley shit.

10/11/2009 12:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Let the shitheads, yups and other democrats pay these taxes.....they voted for CHANGE and this regime!

10/11/2009 12:17:00 PM  
Anonymous THE TAX EVADER said...

GEE, EVER NOTICE HOW MOST OF THE DEPARTMENT CHRISTMAS PARTIES ARE OUT IN THE SUBURBS?

THE CITY TAX IS A CONSIDERATION IN EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO, NOT TO MENTION THE BIG THINGS!

FOR BIG TICKET ITEMS, YOU'RE BETTER OFF GOING OVER THE BORDER TO THE OUTLET MALL OFF I-94 NEAR KENOSHA. THE WISCONSIN STATE TAX IS STILL AT 5 1/2 %.

I EVEN BOUGHT MY LAST TWO CARS UP THERE. SHHHHHHHHH!

10/11/2009 12:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!
Take the test like we all did.

10/11/2009 12:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence(sic) or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!


We're not stopping you

10/11/2009 12:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM


Well maybe you should have taken the Police of Fire Exam instead of calling you Chinaman to get a DO NOTHING City job. Cry me a River but you should blame Gannon & your union for giving up the things that they bargained for & got for you. Gannon gave away a lot of the things that you thought you were getting & going to keep. Gannon gets his 2 pensions & his union salary & you get fucked, which goes back to my original statement, "You should have taken the Police or Fire Exam. You got what you political hack deserves!!

10/11/2009 12:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT QUESTION: From the OEMC Scandal post on Thursday, 01 October 2009, did the First Deputy over there get his walking papers yet or did shortshanks spare him?

10/11/2009 12:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that was close said...
off topic.... the myan people insist that the world is not going to end in 2012. According to an ap article that I read the myan people are laughing about the big deal the "westerners" are making about 2012. they say they are actually getting tired of all of the end of the world talk and say that the 2012 date is significant because the number 13 is symbolic among the myans and dec 21 2012 is the end of the 13th calender period. the significance is that after the 13th calander period they actually party and start a new begining of renewal for the myan people. They are looking at it as a good thing and never said that any myan history states the world is going to end. Its just stupid americans and conspiracy theroists wanting to make waves and put the end of the world crap on the myans.. well, at least i can sleep well at night.

10/11/2009 03:44:00 AM

Myans are big liars. Everybody knows it to be so. Ever buy a used car from a Myan? Bastards!Regardless, I am continuing to build my intergallactic transport vehicle in my garage so I can use it when this rock explodes and suffers the same fate as the planet Krypton. You'll see. I'll be safe and you'll be sploded (sic) all over the place! 2012 here we come!hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! That is 13 ha's!

10/11/2009 01:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1.) Drop the Head tax

2.) Cut the sales tax

3.) Cut the Board of Ed budget by 20%

4.) Cut the County budget by 25%


These things will make this area flourish. This program will attract enough small business to create a budget surplus. It will also provide thousnds of lower end jobs for the underclass, which is a start.

10/11/2009 01:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SOUTHSIDE. OH YEAH, AND SUPT. P. CLINE.

10/09/2009 09:03:00 PM

...........................................burkes no where around the west end

10/11/2009 01:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

Then tell your sell out union they shouldn't have kissed daleys ass and gave up everything for nothing

10/11/2009 01:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey 10:14am- then take the test and shut the hell up.

10/11/2009 01:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what about the lost sales tax ,
state and federal income tax from the illegal vendors

there are 100's of them but no enforcement by city , county or state it's big $$$ not ma & pop vendors no money for police & fire

10/11/2009 02:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Myself and sooooo many others who are not city workers leave the city and crook county to by their products every day. I haven't bought water or gas in chicago in well over a year and never will. I buy all my groceries in Dupage county. I no longer patronize restaurants in the city either. We went to a popular steak house chain restaurant the other nite in the burbs outside of crook county, when there was one closer down town. I no longer go down town because it's just to expensive to park and the burbs are free. I know four couples that reside in chicago, but got married in another nearby county this summer just to avoid the tax strangle hold the city and county have on us.

The people that run this city and county have to be the DUMBEST businessmen in the WORLD! People will travel to get the best deal they can and many will do it just on principle like myself! They really need to wake up and see what is happening. You can never tax yourself into prosparity!

WRONG, THEY ARE THE SMARTEST IN THE WORLD, CAUSE THEY KNOW THEY CAN STAY IN OFFICE HERE, AND KEEP FLEECING THE TAXPAYERS WITH THEIR SCAMS, GET RICHER AND RICHER, AND KEEP GETTING RE-ELECTED BY THE DUMBEST VOTERS [AND HUMAN BEINGS]IN THE NATION.

10/11/2009 02:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wait till everyone quits, then they'll reverse their lies and be trying to get people to start up again, so they can get the lost tax dollars. Indiana has the right Idea, it's called FREEDOM.

10/11/2009 02:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

We EARNED everything we have. I understand you are not 'hating', as you say...

Other unions CAN strike, walk out, picket, after being without a contract, but your boys in blue have been going without for over 2 years now...

We make way too little for the sacrifices and risks we make and take.

Meanwhile, alderthieves make over 100K a year for a 'part-time' job...

Go attack them, troll.

10/11/2009 02:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cigarettes, bottled water, even big price items like tv's etc, people go to DuPage County, less tax. People are even know to come out to DuPage to do all their shopping rather than pay the City and Cook County tax. Thank you Daley and Erkle for keeping my taxes from skyrocketing out here in DuPage.

10/11/2009 02:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

tax it and they will leave

10/11/2009 09:38:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

We don't get paid for what we do, we get paid for what we might have to do! That being getting maimed or killed for an extremely ungrateful city. Is there any chance of you getting shot, stabbed, poked with an infectious needle, sued for bullshit, getting in a fiery crash to go help some citizen that wouldn't pee on you if you were on fire if you needed help(ok, that was a little extreme), but you get the point. We do it because it's our job. And some of still love what we do, we are just a little more selective how and if we do things. The aldermen get a 6% raise and free insurance every year for their part-time job and do very little to earn it. Most of us put our lives on the line every day and the mayor tries to stick it in our collective asses every chance he gets. I feel bad for every city worker that gets fucked by daley, but look at the totality of the circumstances here!

10/11/2009 02:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My spouse buys her smokes (Newports) in Morris and Joliet. They are $49.00 a carton out the door. If you got to smoke at least get the best deal possible.

10/11/2009 03:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, whatever happened to that CPD Female big boss, who's condo was discovered loaded with dope and gang guns ???

10/11/2009 03:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

happily shopping outside of Chicago-Crook County, 24-7 now, and enjoying the extra money saved, and laughin all the way to the bank. Thanks, Shitcago Politicians, you are real Geniuses!

10/11/2009 03:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

THATS EASY! JUST TAKE THE NEXT TEST AND GET HIRED AND GO THRU THE YEAR AND A HALF LONGPOLICE ACADEMY TRAINING. UNTIL THEN, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET BACK TO DIGGING YOUR HOLE, PATRONAGE HACK.

10/11/2009 03:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

Why don't you hold your union leadership responsible? They're the ones that sold you down the river.

10/11/2009 03:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They said that is was health, not revenue on why the tax was raised. I'd say they did a good job on making people quit. It's what they wanted. BBBBHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

10/11/2009 03:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i refuse to get gas in the city.

10/11/2009 04:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

Thanks for helping Mayor Daley feel better about fucking the police. Just because you're getting an unpaid holiday - all of a sudden you want to be the police?

The ONLY union that did not back the Democrat for President was the FOP. All of your unions back EVERY Democrat no matter who they are. So you are, in effect, fucking yourself.

So, go ahead, go fuck yourself some more, and fill in the box for all those Democrats. It really pays off, doesn't it?

10/11/2009 04:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I bought my gas in Lake County yesterday for $2.38 gal. Thats .30 cents a gallon cheaper than the gas station closest to my home. Saved $6.00 on a fill up. Been doing that for two years now. On the way home I stop at the Walmart on Rosecrans road where things really are much cheaper. I know that most of us cant drive that far for gas and groceries but since I have to be up there any way, I figure what the heck!

10/11/2009 05:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about a City Income Tax???

Anyone who lives outside the City yet works here for the big salary should not be able to flee to the burbs with their big check every Payday.

If you work in the City and live outside the City You should pay a 2% City Income Tax!

If you live in the City and work in the City, you would not pay a City Income Tax.

This would accomplish two things.

1. Generate a shit load of money.

2. Create jobs for those who live
in the City. This would be
accomplished buy those
suburbanites that do not want
to pay the tax.

The City's Budget problems would be over. This plan would cost the RESIDENTS of Chicago NOTHING. And possibly even provide for some tax relief in other areas.

I say we put it to a vote in the City Counsel before the end of the month, to be effective 01-JAN-2010

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

10/11/2009 05:15:00 PM  
Blogger John Northen said...

A happy Columbus Day to all you paisans out there.

Tomorrow, my dear friend, the callipygian colleen herself, Dr. Kathleen McM. also celebrates her birthday. After a dozen years as a kickass street copper in 013, 015 and 025, Kathleen is doing quite well thank you as a veterinarian downstate.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kathleen! You are an inspiration to the younger officers with career options that can escape the CPD clusterfuck for greener pastures (pun intended).

10/11/2009 05:40:00 PM  
Anonymous 016 District Section 8 said...

Take Irving Park Rd through what was Bensenville, till you get to railroad tracks. Takes 5 minutes from Manheim Rd. Cigarettes 45 dollars cartoon and gas $2.30! Never knew Dupage county was so close.....

10/11/2009 05:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 10/11/2009 08:15:00 AM:

"Loosies", you got some 'splainin' to do

10/11/2009 06:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

the unions sold its members out!!!

we did not get to vote as union members.

so i figure i wont be paying any union dues for a while, at least until i get my holidays and OT back.

the teamsters were allowed to vote. they still have their paid holidays.

i know the city is fucking the drivers now. its very blatant and obvious.

dont worry rich daley, your day is coming sooner than you think.

10/11/2009 06:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 10/11/2009 12:41:00 AM

Leonardo, is that you?

10/11/2009 06:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
i refuse to get gas in the city.

10/11/2009 04:00:00 PM

My wife wishes I could say that.

10/11/2009 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!


You also dont put your life on the line every time you go to work. Police and Fireman know when they kiss there kids and wife goodbye,, IT MAY BE FOR EVER...............

10/11/2009 06:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I buy all my shit outside the city/county. Today I went to the Costco in Merrillville. Gas was $2.29 a gallon, bought $79.00 worth of groceries. None of it was taxed. Not a fuckin dime! Been doing this for many years now. Fuck crook county and illinois. My money goes out of state!

10/11/2009 06:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kind of hard for tax revenue to increase when use of the product is prohibited in public places.

You want to raise money by taxing a product you have to keep it available for consumption.

10/11/2009 06:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The money I save spending outside of the County limits more than offsets the trip itself. I would spend more money going to the local businesses in my own neighborhood, than taking a relaxing 30 minute drive to the burbs and saving a ton of dough!

Do the math professor quack!

From someone with just a high school diploma!

Cha Ching!

10/11/2009 06:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM



Did you want our job before the bottom fell out of the economy or was our job beneath you then?

10/11/2009 06:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Go to Indiana, buy my gas, buy my clothes, buy my groceries and everything else I need. Daley and Stroger just don't understand how much tax revenue they are losing. It pains me when I have to purchase anything in the City limits.

10/11/2009 06:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

reminder for the city worker receiving no pay for holiday
quit ringing door bells and giving donations for the democ rats

10/11/2009 07:01:00 PM  
Anonymous DOUBLE STANDARDS SUCK said...

Anonymous said...
what about the lost sales tax ,
state and federal income tax from the illegal vendors

there are 100's of them but no enforcement by city , county or state it's big $$$ not ma & pop vendors no money for police & fire

10/11/2009 02:02:00 PM



Shhhhhhh!

Those vendors are all working for a State congressman and if anyone finds out, he'll have to pay a lot of money for licenses, income taxes, SS, unemployment insurance and all the stuff that all the other businesses have to pay!

I remember a Sgt in 010 yrs ago started to mess with the carts on 26th St. in Little Village, and *POOF* he was gone on a phone order!

The illegal aliens, assisted by our jagoff politicians have more rights than we do!!!

10/11/2009 07:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yeah, you want my job? Come on with and chase the man with a gun down the dark hallway, or pick up the dead baby just killed by the mentally ill mother, or fight with the little jagoffs outside of the high school every day, all the while knowing that somewhere someone is pointing a recording device at you to document what you do that may get you fired! I do my part to help out my fellow city workers when I cut you all passes when I pull you over or find you parked like an idiot and don't write you a ticket.
We deserve a contract! Just remember, for all of the times you think you see us "having it easy", there are the other times when our jobs range from "pretty crappy" to "honors funeral". So stick to what you know.

Most coppers will never do any of that in their career anyway. So relax tuff guy. Most on this department are way overpaid for what they do. With the exception of a few fast districts where the P.O.'s deserve it most of them in other spots do not.

10/11/2009 07:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, whatever happened to that CPD Female big boss, who's condo was discovered loaded with dope and gang guns ???

Nothing!

10/11/2009 07:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TO THE POST ABOUT THE MOVIE BIZ:I believe they go to Toronto and other states in the U.S.A to avoid paying union wages . I worked the Movie Detail about 10 Yrs ago when it was Rolling here, but since then less production has been going on here.

10/11/2009 07:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'd like one of those "highly selective" extremely low skilled jobs that the clouted get in Chicago. That of HOISTING ENGINEER. You know..the "deez..dems..doze" guys who make $100,000 + per year to work part-time plugging in extension cords at trade shows, and carrying "out of towner's" briefcases into McCormack Place.

That's why all the convention business is going to Las Vegas and Orlando now. They are getting sick of Daley and the "chicago way."

OR maybe one of those Cook County jobs with the forest preserve working as a care taker. You know..the job where you get to live rent free in a beautiful furnished house adjacent to a forest preserve that you can use as your own backyard.

Instead I took the test to be underappreciated, and work for CPD!

10/11/2009 07:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

'Also just a reminder you bigmouth idiots that can't even spell simple words correctly ---- civilians watch all your posts!!'

It is "idiots WHO can't even spell". The personal pronoun is required.

10/11/2009 08:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

- selected newswatch item -
Hundreds protest proposed cutbacks for police, firefighters
By Amy Hetzner of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 11, 2009 5:30 p.m. | Giving dire warnings of what might happen to public safety in Milwaukee, several hundred people packed a rally Sunday at Serb Hall to fight proposed cuts to fire and police budgets.

They warned of increases in violence in 2010 if police officers were forced to take four unpaid furlough days, which Mayor Tom Barrett's proposed budget would impose on almost all city employees. They cautioned about increased response times with decreases in firefighting crews and staffing for ladder trucks.

Many wore red Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Local 215 T-shirts that read "No More Cuts" on the back.

"You don't cut the people that are risking their lives day in and day out responding to our calls to help," Ald. Bob Donovan told the crowd of firefighters, police officers and their backers.

John Balcerzak, president of the Milwaukee Police Association, called Barrett's proposed budget "irresponsible toward public safety."

10/11/2009 08:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all you union guys who voted for the god Obama and even worse, the rat Daley, enjoy you "Holiday"

Only the police union told Obama and Daley to go fuck themselves and we will get PAID

10/11/2009 08:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Speaking of how good we got it, don't other city of chicago departments max out their pensions over 80%? How many of those dept's work nights and weekends. Civil suits? C'mon. The grass is not always greener on the other side.

10/11/2009 09:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that was close said...
off topic.... the myan people insist that the world is not going to end in 2012. According to an ap article that I read the myan people are laughing about the big deal the "westerners" are making about 2012. they say they are actually getting tired of all of the end of the world talk and say that the 2012 date is significant because the number 13 is symbolic among the myans and dec 21 2012 is the end of the 13th calender period. the significance is that after the 13th calander period they actually party and start a new begining of renewal for the myan people. They are looking at it as a good thing and never said that any myan history states the world is going to end. Its just stupid americans and conspiracy theroists wanting to make waves and put the end of the world crap on the myans.. well, at least i can sleep well at night.

10/11/2009 03:44:00 AM


Yeah sure thing Boss.

10/11/2009 09:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the idiot whining about us getting holiday pay tomorrow. We get it on Christmas, Thanksgiving and fourth of july also, when u are off celebrating. We only get 1/3 of our weekends off. We wrok abnormal hours. So which city workers miss the most family time and parties genius. How many s@s guys make more than patrolman and clean up at snow removal time. How many fallen stars are there in the librarian and teacher cases? Zero. How many city workers are written by the police- almost none. Shut the fuck up and place your anger somewhere else.

10/11/2009 09:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!
City workers are slugs who do as little work as possible. Most of them are not employable in other industries. They make way too much money for the jobs they perform and, in general, they suck. The only thing that they have is that they are ALL hooked up.
Ex-City Worker who quit due to disgust

10/11/2009 09:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Talk About Economic Nonsense:


Quinn names cabinet secretary to new post in Africa
October 11, 2009 3:26 PM | No Comments

Gov. Pat Quinn said today he's creating a new job that will be filled by the head of his Human Services agency, who will become Illinois' representative to Africa at an annual salary of $110,000.

Carol Adams will not go to Africa until after the new year, but Quinn said the move is part of his effort to beef up the state's trade office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Adams will also get a housing expense.

Asked why he was creating a new position amid the state's huge budget problems, Quinn said it's important for the state to nurture economic ties overseas.

Quinn and Hynes must both go, they will do ANYTHING for votes. Illinois is bankrupt and this ass is creating more political hack machine positions.

I never voted for Blago but I would take him anyday over these hacks.

Can Illinois WAKEUP and DUMP all of these crooks?

10/11/2009 09:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My dad owned his own small business. He had only a high school education. His theory about making his business thrive was that if he kept his prices lower than the competition, he would see a profit generated in volume. His simple idea worked. He raised five kids, put us all through Catholic schools and state colleges.

If Daley would embrace this simple idea, cut taxes by 25%, people would come to Chicago to shop and buy rather than the suburbs!

Side note, I was traveling through Will County this weekend and purchased gas for $2.32 a gallon.

10/11/2009 10:05:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

F Daley

10/11/2009 10:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time,

*************************
Then you should have taken the test you crybaby!!!! I was the suburban police for 6.5 years and waited for 3 yers on a bullshit city list so GFY and quit crying about it.

10/11/2009 10:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

re: 10/11/2009 05:15:00 PM
on giving Shortshanks and Toddler more money by fleecing the burb dwellers. Eat a dick. The more money these crooks have to waste and embezzle, the more taxpayers get fucked.

More government isn't the answer, it's the problem.

10/11/2009 10:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I got a fricken parking ticket today (written by cpd) I thought the police quit wokring for daley. haha I wouldn't have been surprised if a meter maid got me what the hell!!!!!!!!!

10/11/2009 11:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why bother buying a whole pack when you can go to almost any gas station in 006 where they illegally sell loose cigarettes to everyone. It's widespread.

10/11/2009 11:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Most coppers will never do any of that in their career anyway. So relax tuff guy. Most on this department are way overpaid for what they do. With the exception of a few fast districts where the P.O.'s deserve it most of them in other spots do not.

10/11/2009 07:07:00 PM"


You are, presumably, one of the 'most'?

10/11/2009 11:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

BAITER...DON'T BE A HATER!

10/11/2009 11:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is why pols have thier buddies kids clouted into UIC - to spout the company line to reporters.

10/11/2009 11:24:00 AM

Wrong U of I. Anyone can get into UIC without clout. You're a sorry SOB if you have to be clouted into UIC......

10/11/2009 11:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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10/11/2009 12:41:00 AM

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Cool special effect. How did you do this upside down, backward thing? At first I thought I was "stroking out" again. I was in mid-dial calling 911!

10/11/2009 10:44:00 AM
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10/12/2009 12:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daley isn't known as a goofy moron for being smart!

10/12/2009 12:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire.

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I'd rather take the day off without pay and stay in my far northwest side enclave. The cops and firemen deserve the money more than I do. The only unsafe thing on my jobsite are a couple of dirty old men.

10/12/2009 12:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Assessors office, also losing money in taxes.......
Home I lived in during the 50's had second floor inlaw apt with kitchen-living room-bath-3 bedrooms, 1st fl kitchen-bath, 3 brs....and a full basement. In 2009 the assessor says the same home is on a slab and has unfinished attic......gets $3500 a year for taxes......

10/12/2009 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Raise the State Income Tax: Our spineless socialist governor wants to raise the state income tax.

19th Ward political hack Hynes, also running for governor, wants to, guess what? Of course. Raise the state income tax.

-----------------------------------

I can't wait to pay back Danny boy Hynes for supporting Obama over Hillary Clinton in Iowa. Quinn in the primary and Republican in the general election.

10/12/2009 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dear Ultimate Tactical Warrior

I feel your pain man, am heading over to Kelly's let me buy you a beer, but hold my seat while I go out for my smoke.

10/12/2009 12:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM


Yeah, and you didn't have to put up with rotating shifts, getting your days off canceled, having your starting time change DAILY, having to work the shittiest shift in the suckiest part of the city.

You don't have to wait the day before to find out if you can have to day off to attend your son's graduation, christening or wedding.

You don't have people shooting at you, you don't have to wear a uniform, or buy a bullet proof vest. You don't have to respond to calls of a domestic where one minute the scared kids are glad you're there one minute and ready to stab a knife in you the next.

So let not bemoan anything any PO or Firemen receive because your job and ours don't even come close to comparing.

And yeah, once upon a time I too was a regular city worker with a really busy City job, so I do have a clue as to what I am talking about. NO COMPARISON >> so nice try.

10/12/2009 01:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also just a reminder you bigmouth idiots that can't even spell simple words correctly ---- civilians watch all your posts!!
Have some class, this is not a private websight, even gang bangers have more sense about who is watching them and what they say.

10/11/2009 11:23:00 AM

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Since you like to critique the spelling of everyone else, you should know that it is spelled "website" you dumbass. Try spellcheck before you type idiot!

10/12/2009 01:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM


waa waa waa, you sound like the whiny dispatcher this morning(11OCT09) on Zone 4 that went on a 10 minute ON THE AIR TIRADE about how she has to work for free Monday. you mean show up. My heart bleeds for you. Quit whinin and get COMPETANT CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS THAT ACTUALLY SPEAK SOMETHING CLOSE TO ENGLISH THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND. Thank you.


And get your City Sticker while youre at it too.

10/12/2009 02:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Something for the uniform stores to keep in mind as well... 75 bucks for a sweater? It better damn well have a ralph lauren label on it!

10/11/2009 11:05:00 AM

Need articles of Uniform? Leather? Holsters? Other things? get back to me I know of SEVERAL suppliers that ship next day, NO SALES TAX and are 30 to 70 dollars less than any shit you would buy in chicago.AND items come with a guarantee as well. The items I found are DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED (If not I have the little patches to sew in saying that they ARE authorized)

EXAMPLE: $179 Safariland Level Three holster, with sentry lock AND SLS HOOD.....$105. Free Shipping. Look for POLICE EQUIPMENT and look for the stores shipping or located in or near Albany New York. You can SAVE a TOM of bucks if you look on the net for the stuff you need. You DONT need to go to advance,Kale,Chicago Uniform or ANY OTHER UNIFORM STORE IN CHICAGO THAT IS THERE TO FUCK YOUR WALLET AND SELL YOU GARBAGE UNIFORMS.

Sorry for sounding too commercial there SCC. post if you approve./

10/12/2009 02:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To: ULTIMATE TACTICAL WARRIOR,

Slow down boy, you think too much and you will hurt yourself. Listen when you get home from having your one beer at the "club" just have a glass of warm milk and go to bed. When you get up oin the morning the Nineteenth Warrior will be happy to have you rub that lotion all over his body.

10/12/2009 04:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

5:15...Are you fucking insane? Do you really think you would be exempt from sometning like this? the answer is not to take more and more from people. Why the fuck would you want to give The Outfit more power to extort? Wake up, things are fucked up here because city government is a wholly owned subsidiary of organized crime, period.

If you had even a semi-legit government here, they would know to cut taxes and revenues would stream in. Trouble is, the "crew" in charge doesn't think long term. They view public funds as their private resource to steal and bribe various constituencies, and know that they'll ultimately bankrupt the place.

They don't give a shit.

10/12/2009 04:54:00 AM  
Anonymous The Ninth, not Nineth Warrior said...

" Hey, NinethWarrior. You ever get that ointment for your rash?"
Which rash are you babbling about, english major, the rash of bad unfunny writings you've been posting on this blogs? Or the rash of bad spellings you're afflicted with.

Too bad you never got that 019/023 tact position. You'd get to do trannie and anal cavity searches all day long and you would'nt have to spew your sorry venom .

Did I hurt your feelings about your man hero Dugan? It only gets worse.

I don't expect SCC to post this as "they/their/there" usually protects your dry unfunny ass.

10/12/2009 05:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!
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Please do your research before you post...
1.Police and Fire deserve to get paid for the holiday, because everyday their put their lives on the line for this City
2. They are also not the only city employees getting paid ...AFSCME and Teamster's union members are as well.I should know because I am one..
3. Don't get mad because YOUR UNION sold you out to DALEY. I bet you won't get your cost of living raise in January 2010..Oh yeah We will be getting that too!!!!!

10/12/2009 05:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
This is why pols have thier buddies kids clouted into UIC - to spout the company line to reporters.

10/11/2009 11:24:00 AM

Wrong U of I. Anyone can get into UIC without clout. You're a sorry SOB if you have to be clouted into UIC......

10/11/2009 11:56:00 PM

You must be confused anyone can go there, now UofI Champaign different story, much better school!

10/12/2009 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the city worker who wants our job: Contact your alderman. The mayor has laid off people in all departments and yet has hired private contractors (AT MORE COST TO THE TAXPAYERS) to replace you. I saw a Kenny construction truck working what should have been a water department job on 115th st. on Friday.

10/12/2009 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous The Ultimate Wack Bore-rior said...

Ultimate Tactical Warrior said...
nothing worthwhile.
Same old dried attempts at humor
Same old pokes at the Ninth Warrior who totally owned him and Dugan in previous posts
Boy, getting passed over for a tact spot really hurt you did'nt it snookums ?

10/12/2009 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

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If you need a job go to monster.com and quit bitching on here..........you could have taken the test loser.

10/12/2009 08:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"And yeah, once upon a time I too was a regular city worker with a really busy City job, so I do have a clue as to what I am talking about. NO COMPARISON >> so nice try.

10/12/2009 01:03:00 AM"


Handing out the Charmin in the 2nd floor Aldermanic water closet doesn't really count as a City job, but it no doubt kept you busy. You would have folded that poopsie paper for free and you know it.

10/12/2009 09:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why insult UIC? It is not an easy school to get into. Since they built the housing, people from the world over are applying for admission. Try getting in and then getting your degree and then you can talk

10/12/2009 12:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

waa waa waa, you sound like the whiny dispatcher this morning(11OCT09) on Zone 4 that went on a 10 minute ON THE AIR TIRADE about how she has to work for free Monday. you mean show up. My heart bleeds for you. Quit whinin and get COMPETANT CALL TAKERS AND DISPATCHERS THAT ACTUALLY SPEAK SOMETHING CLOSE TO ENGLISH THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND. Thank you.


And get your City Sticker while youre at it too.

10/12/2009 02:16:00 AM


No, smart ass, she means how since the city took away our holidays, we're getting DOCKED 8 hours out of our salary for Columbus Day as if we're some non-24-hour department that isn't working. But we're still expected to work 8 hours. So yeah. It's technically working "for free" because it's a 40-hour work week & they're paying us for 32 hours. But, you know, why bother finding out FACTS before you find some excuse to bring up calltakers & dispatchers to talk disparagingly about them and their lacking English skills/knowledge.

And it's "competent. And "you're."

"You're welcome."

10/12/2009 12:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A big reason that cigarette tax revenues are down is that more cigarettes are being sold without tax stamps. I am surprised that Richie doesn't have us checking all the vendors on our beats. If the MAYAN's predicted "the end" for 2012, did they successfully predict the Euro-invasion that wiped them out?...P.S. kudos to Chalkie, nice job!

10/12/2009 12:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope to god that "other city employees" BS wasn't written by one of those water dept assholes that sneak in and out of the firehouse clocking each other out.

10/12/2009 12:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also just a reminder you bigmouth idiots that can't even spell simple words correctly ---- civilians watch all your posts!!
Have some class, this is not a private websight, even gang bangers have more sense about who is watching them and what they say.

10/11/2009 11:23:00 AM


HEY SARGE..........look it beez one of dem colluge edjumacated desk jockies you always be tellin us about no wait......can tell by the belly and the PLATE OF BULLSHIT RIBBONS and the coffee stains and donut crumbs on his 4 day old uniform that doesnt fit......GOT TO BE one of those TRU guys.............yeah dats it Sarge a TRU guy.......

10/12/2009 02:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I really miss those "Strength and Honor" remarks! And also the self-proclaimed "Ranger" title from the 2 year wonders! Too much "Gladiator" and not enough high school! Recruit processing needs a major slap in the chops over the last decade's hiring skills!

10/12/2009 03:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wrong U of I. Anyone can get into UIC without clout. You're a sorry SOB if you have to be clouted into UIC......

10/11/2009 11:56:00 PM

Excuse me but those that are white and without clout have a problem with admission to UIC. Very different standards.

10/12/2009 06:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Hey, whatever happened to that CPD Female big boss, who's condo was discovered loaded with dope and gang guns ???

10/11/2009 03:23:00 PM
She is now the number 2 in the Obama US Attorney's Office. Now go F yourself you troll!

10/12/2009 07:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

David Snethen said...
I get my smokes smuggled in from all over the country.

10/11/2009 01:09:00 AM

Amen to that, when I was in Iraq a carton of smokes was $3-5.

10/12/2009 08:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just a reminder....Monday 10/12/09 is a Holiday. However...the only city employees that are getting paid for it are Police & Fire. The rest of us do not get Holiday pay, we have to take unpaid furloughs, we don't get overtime, can't "sell" back out comp-time, don't get duty-availability, buy-back baby-furloughs, and uniform allowence or the weeks of vacation time you get. Not hating...just pointing out that a lot of us want your job with or without a contract!

10/11/2009 10:14:00 AM

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Hey asshat the CPD * CFD hasn't had a raise in 2 yrs. When was the last time you got a raise? The rest of the city is just giving refunds that you got to collect for 2 yrs prior to your givebacks.
And if you add up the hours that the blue shirts work it is a lot more then you work. so STFU

10/12/2009 11:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about a City Income Tax???

Anyone who lives outside the City yet works here for the big salary should not be able to flee to the burbs with their big check every Payday.

If you work in the City and live outside the City You should pay a 2% City Income Tax!

If you live in the City and work in the City, you would not pay a City Income Tax.

This would accomplish two things.

1. Generate a shit load of money.

2. Create jobs for those who live
in the City. This would be
accomplished buy those
suburbanites that do not want
to pay the tax.

The City's Budget problems would be over. This plan would cost the RESIDENTS of Chicago NOTHING. And possibly even provide for some tax relief in other areas.

I say we put it to a vote in the City Counsel before the end of the month, to be effective 01-JAN-2010

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

10/11/2009 05:15:00 PM

This shit is genious!!!!!!

10/13/2009 07:50:00 AM  
Anonymous callipygian cop said...

Hey, Northside

You charmer. You once told me that I was the only girl you could recognize walking away at a hundred yards because of my "nice ass".

Who is my "callipygian" rival, Kathleen?

10/13/2009 09:25:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow, now everyone wants to be a cop or firefighter again because we have it so good... take the test and come on over, we need all the help we can get..... make sure your life insurance is paid up first though just in case you get killed...

10/13/2009 01:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But, you know, why bother finding out FACTS before you find some excuse to bring up calltakers & dispatchers to talk disparagingly about them and their lacking English skills/knowledge.

And it's "competent. And "you're."

"You're welcome."



Here's a clue. As for call takers,HOW many times have they given you rocket scientists ERRANT information and you in your empirical wisdom dispatch it out. I wont touch upon the 10-1 fiasco that YOUR AGENCY screwed up resulting in a major risk to an Officers Safety.And lets not get into the CALLING OF THE OFFICERS BY THEIR FIRST NAMES(Simone) It is neither "cute" nor professional. When you (a CIVILIAN) address us(OFFICERS) you should do so in a professional manner. Of course if you would like to trade places and pry your WIDE ASS from behind the desk,strap up and work oh lets say 3rd watch in 004 Id be glad to help you with that. When you DO my job and establish credibility THEN you can TELL me how to do it. Beyond that STFU send out the jobs and go back to your lame ass blog page.

10/13/2009 02:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To the city employee of another kind: You may want my job with or without a contract,you remember to keep this in mind. From a mere accusations (wether the accusation is truthful or not does not matter)We have cowards for bosses who will throw you under a bus.The diffence beteeen you and me is they will just fire you,"ME" well that is a defferent matter just ask any blue shirt who knows that wearing that uniforms means you are a walking "GHETTO LOTTERY" ticket. Loevy and Loevy any one!!!!!!!!!dey's dun violateeddd my schivil wrights can you help me.By the way i am a black man that works in the ghetto everyday as C.P.D. and proud of it.

10/14/2009 09:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please you want my job, you mean you want my perks. You wouldn't survive one damn week in englewood, with all that daily nonsense going on. Babies mamma/daddy, mentals, sex offenders, dope dealers, gang bangers, huslers, rapist, child molesters, and crackheads. Hell it takes everything in me to make it there everyday, no sir you wouldn't survive. Sorry

11/14/2009 02:15:00 PM  

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