Double the Revenue? (UPDATE)
Shouldn't this be bigger news? And why are we reading it in the New York Times?
When Mayor Richard M. Daley traveled to Abu Dhabi in February, his office announced that the trip was intended to sell Chicago as a place to do business. Left unsaid was that that Persian Gulf emirate was about to become one of the biggest investors in a deal to lease Chicago’s parking meters for 75 years.
The city signed the now-controversial, $1.15 billion lease with a new company called Chicago Parking Meters LLC in February, and city officials said two funds of the Morgan Stanley investment fund made up 99 percent of the new company, with “several other entities” sharing the remaining 1 percent.
And how is that investment performing?
- And in the case of the parking contract, the parking meter company projects a net income of about $58 million in 2010 , after this year more than doubling what the meters had brought in for the city.
More than doubling what the city brought in? We smell a scandal here. A scandal of enormous proportions, especially in light of this past week's budget passage:
- A year has passed since aldermen hurriedly approved the privatization deal, but the issue remains a hot topic at City Hall. The mayor won City Council backing last week to balance his 2010 budget with almost $600 million from the upfront parking company payment, meaning almost all of the windfall will be spent within the first two years of the deal.
We didn't major in economics in school, but even we can see that something stinks to high heaven about this deal. Anyone in a position to make a difference smell the same BS we are?
UPDATE: We realize the parking consortium raised rates and that could contribute to the doubling of revenue. That begs the question, why didn't Daley raise the rates and keep the money for the city? Yeah, yeah, "political fallout" you answer. Going from twenty-five cents to fifty cents wouldn't have caused that much outcry seeing as how parking was at a premium anyway.
The contract was a crooked deal from day one, and Daley's spending the entire payout in two years is going to drive the city into receivership in short order.
UPDATE: We realize the parking consortium raised rates and that could contribute to the doubling of revenue. That begs the question, why didn't Daley raise the rates and keep the money for the city? Yeah, yeah, "political fallout" you answer. Going from twenty-five cents to fifty cents wouldn't have caused that much outcry seeing as how parking was at a premium anyway.
The contract was a crooked deal from day one, and Daley's spending the entire payout in two years is going to drive the city into receivership in short order.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
82 Comments:
daley, you are despicible, shanty Irish trash. I bet you don't even move the dishes when you piss in the kitchen sink. I hope you wash your hands, but having filthy mitts like your would take wayyyy toooo long to scrub clean.
Anyone receive their FOP books yet? Or perhaps know when they might be getting shipped out?
By the way, gotta give the FOP props. They really came through for us this year. With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Just want to let them know that a lot of us out there really do appreciate their work and thank them for making our lives a little bit better while stuck on this crazy but great job.
Wonder how much shortshanks has in his off shore bank account, or his re-election fund for that matter.
City of Chicago, worlds largest criminal enterprise!
Check out this website and vote for mayor.
http://mychoice4mayor.com/
12/06/2009 10:15:00 AM
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Just checked it out. 93% vote for someone else, besides Daley, for mayor. Go vote, guys.
Why are we reading about it in the New York Times? Simple; because the NY Times has no stake in the matter. They're just reporting the facts.
Citywide Fun Guy said...
Before the name of ultimate tactical warrior is bestowed onto a K-9 it has to meet a certain standard per the general orders. Look it up!
1. Does the K-9 have a carhartt collar?
2. Does the K-9 allow other dogs to jump on the paper for money sniffs?
3. Has the K-9 ever defecated on any aldermans property?
4. Is the K-9 able to chase people down while keeping a backwards baseball hat on?
Keep in mind I'm no K-9 piggy, but I think the dogs come with names already.
12/07/2009 12:10:00 AM
everybody and their aunt and uncle had a key to open up the meters and steal the coins inside--- just like the old cta system where customer assistants took cash for fares and skimmed to their hearts content--- the real money comes from parking violations which the city still collects.... daley has his patronage army out there writing tickets galore to beef up his pot of gold......
Read the entire article, and your post only talks about the tip of the proverbial iceberg. I hate this croked city.
DOESNT BILL DALEY WORK FOR MORGAN STANLEY???
KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY.
Daley isn't gonna let some other guy spend that money.
that deal was his and so is the kickbacks he can make with it.
It is a story by veteran Chicago reporter DAN MIHALOPOULOS. It is in the Chicago edition of the New York times; I agree it should be front page in the Sun-times and Tribune and on every major radio and TV station news. This mayor is committing the absolute worst type of grand theft on the taxpayers of Chicago.
He has sold long term revenue producing capital assets for a song, spent the money in less than one year and now, the company that bought those assets is poised to make DOUBLE what the City of Chicago took in just one year after the sale!
This is a HIGH CRIME and all Chicagoan should be screaming bloody murder because we are getting screwed big time!
Imagine how those increased revenues might now have helped the budget. Daley could have dipped into his beloved TIF funds for a one time (or two time) shot of revenue to balance the budget.
This is akin to a family selling their 401k stock portfolio to pay the real estate taxes for year. What about next year? What about retirement?
This is absolutely criminal! An outrage! And now they are gone! The parking meter franchise is gone for all our lifetimes!
And the Daley family continues to loot the City of Chicago and nothing is done. NOTHING!
Wasn't Bill Daley involved with Morgan Stanley at one time?
The 1% companies aren't based our of Moscow are they?
Nothing to see here, move along now. Clear the area folks. I said NOTHING TO SEE HERE NOW MOVE IT!
So, lets see here. The mayor sold the parking spaces, located in the city of Chicago, to people who live in another country, where they will not be spending the fruits of this sale in this country. Also, having visited said region of the world, thank you US Army, it is probable that the proceeds of the parking meters will probably funding something else that is common to that part of the world.Lets see how this is going to work out for us.
We are reading this in the New York Times because our "Chicago media" has been bought and paid for by shortshanks himself. Cmon now....the shitcago media knows all this garbage......they are just paid not to print it! Number one rule of any dictatorship in any third world or even second world country is CONTROL THE MEDIA! That way you get a better handle on what you want people to think.
To hell with the feckless Justice Department, his mutual love affair with local media and a yet to be proposed recall referendum initiative. It's far too late.
Set up the guillotine next to the Picasso and drag this corrupt piece of shit, kicking, bawling and screaming, to justice at high noon at the end of a twenty pound blade. Put his severed head on a pike at Pearson and Michigan for festive holiday shoppers.
That would make for a very merry Christmas.
What was the role of his catastrophic 'lympdic 2016 dream? We don't need Price Waterhouse Cooper to prove this embezzler cooked the books. Fifth grade arithmetic will show that he's thrown away the future of you, your children and grandchildren as residents of this once great city. May as well put up the FORECLOSURE signs at the city limits. Madoff was a piker compared to the Stuttering Prick.
Not a peep from local media. Of all MSM--the New York Times. God help us!
WOW.... This is some secret, corrupt shit.
Keep in mind that the new company jacked up the rates when they took over which could account for alot of the additional income....
not to try and take away from the bigger point here, but revenue and net income are two different things. Revenue is the total intake, and that is not what is doubling. Net income is the difference between revenue and expenses, and in the private sector its a basic measurement of "profit".
Wasn't Bill Daley involved with Morgan Stanley at one time?
12/07/2009 06:56:00 AM
Yes and still is. He directed the group that was involved in both the feasiblity and the structuring of the sky way deal.
6:56....Bingo! We have a winner. This entire thing was done to benefit Bill and their friends at Morgan Stanley.
It's the final round of looting, period. They're gonna take everything that isn't nailed down and leave the ruins to be ruled by a local version of "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
They were scared shitless of B. Hussein Obama in 2004.
The nightmare was that he would finish a strong second in the senatorial primary, thereby mobilizing the black community for a mayoral run in 2007. Mayor Obama would have cost them BILLIONS. Thats why they worked their asses off for him and had Axelrod get the Tribune to implode the other candidates with sex scandals. Get him out of town.
Fast forward....
Do you really think B. Hussein Obama's Feds are gonna mess with them?
DOESNT BILL DALEY WORK FOR MORGAN STANLEY???
he's at jp morgan
WHERE THE HELL ARE THE FEDS ???
IT IS TIME FOR ALL CONCERNED CHICAGO TAXPAYERS TO MARCH ON THE FEDERAL BUILDING AND DEMAND THAT THE FEDS CONDUCT A COMPLETE, 100% THOUROUGH INVESTIGATION INTO ALL CONDUCT,ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY. THIS SHOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, ON LATER THAN SPRING, 2010. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. NO MORE HEEL-DRAGGING ON THIS GUY BY THE FEDS WILL SHOULD BE TOLERATED.
yes, again, Where are the Feds on this stuff? Oh yeah, I forgot, to find them, look under the covers in Daley's bed.
I see a highly-corrupt Crook County States Attorney overlooking all of Daley's criminal activities.
I see a corrupt Fed, with our new corrupt president pulling their strings. I see no way out, we are doomed, resident Chicago Taxpayers. They are obviously ALL Corrupt.
And meanwhile, there's a $500M a year (or thereabouts) pouring into the slush-fund TIF accounts.
Who's going to explain this to the voters? Who's going to run for Mayor on the "Abolish the TIFs" platform?
OT, but pertaining to a previous post. Jim Lasky, on his WGN radio show on Sat. did a segment on how the city could save $10 mil. /year by reducing the number of aldermen by 25. He brought up Aldershit Smith's comments on how police and fire need to "have some skin in the game". Lasky then referred to SCC, while not naming you directly. He then challenged Smith to run into a burning building, or chase a gang banger down a dark alley before making his challenge tp CPD and CFD. Say what you want about Lasky, but he admits to his crimes and does call out the idiocracy of our government.
With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Before you start giving kudos to FOP let's see first how this works out.
By the way, gotta give the FOP props. They really came through for us this year. With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Just want to let them know that a lot of us out there really do appreciate their work and thank them for making our lives a little bit better while stuck on this crazy but great job.
Easy there kiss a$$. What about our contract that we haven't had in over two years and you know we're going to get screwed on it. Or how about the fact that the city keeps screwing P.O.s and families on our medical plan. In fact try calling them for help on an issue and see how they treat you. Like you're a bother. They don't look out for you, get a clue.
So the new thing among the ghetto kids is to go missing and get themselves shown on the TV news...it apparently increases their social status among their peers. Thanks Weis!
Maybe this is why the city doesn't take the counter terrorism effort seriously, Daley has sold us out to the bastards.
Are you suggesting that Daley siphoned off cash from the parking meters?
HOW DARE YOU SIR! HOW DARE YOU!
The FBI can take a twenty foot rental truck full of register tapes and turn it into twelve convictions for Federal crimes, either that or one hundred plea agreements with restitution and fines. Turn 'em loose on this one.
OT
This is from World Net Daily, so take it for what it is. The LEftists out there will automatically discount it, but...
Are officials hiding details in hijacking 'dry run'?
Airline silent on witness' testimony of mock shootings aboard plane
"One gentleman confronted the gate agent demanding his luggage be removed from the flight. As I spoke to him, he related that when Flight 297 left the concourse the first time, it began taxiing to take off. Then approximately 12 men of Middle Eastern appearance stood up and began dancing and singing in an Arabic dialect," the chaplain relates.
here is a google search of the incident.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=AirTran+Flight+297+&rlz=1R2GGIH_enUS330&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/us-may-reindict-blagojevich-in-statute-end-run.html
from the article:
"Honest services fraud criminalizes schemes that deprive the public or the government of the right to have public officials perform their duties honestly."
what percentage, of the acts routinely engaged in by our city and county government officials, could not be considered '...schemes that deprive the public or the government of the right to have public officials perform their duties honestly.'?
I'm not a cop, but please don't call Daley "shanty Irish trash". That's offensive to those of us who are shanty Irish trash. Even trash has to have standards.
The simple truth about this is the parking rates went up and therefore the revenue went way up. The aldercritters would never have raised rates to this extent. The reaction from the voters would cause them to wet their underoos.
The taxpayers did get screwed in this deal. It would have been better to keep the meters and raise the rates. Of course then a variety of private firms wouldn't have made money off the deal and that seems to be priority one for the Daley administration. Taking care of friends and family.
In the future please refer to Daley as a "bog Irish @#@#@".
We Shanty Irish piss on the bog Irish.
this is shortshanks snow blizzard.. if the economy don't get better.. he outta here
In the Sun Times article, 7 Dec, about the TMA parking illegaly then writing tickets, look at the photo, pg3, of her car. She has an FOP member sticker and a Sgt. association sticker.
Maybe she needs to be locked up.
Hey DM or is it DT, your not the police take those stickers off!
The feds and the president& Daley like to lock up Coppers, Navy Seals and Cia agents, politicians? No way its the Dummycrat way
OT - Planner of Mumbai terror bomber spent time in Chicago. Hey you guys in 24, want to predict any retribution to the Devon shops of "First World Immigration Services"? any chance these guys donated to Blogo's campaign?
If that reporter writes another article or 2 like that, I'd bet a year's salary that he'll end up...
Suiciding at the Chicago River.
Northside,
A group of us got a good laugh a week or two back and you were mentioned several times (old Maxwell Street station. You remember being armed with a squirt-gun in a certain north-side cinema. Maybe the phone-calls to Sgt. Henry Pates on the 2nd floor. Could never happen again. Great times.
Best of luck to you, Ralph Vucko
I think the city charged .25cents an hour and the new company charges 1.00 an hour. If that is true, than of course they would bring in more money than the city did.
Anonymous said...
Anyone receive their FOP books yet? Or perhaps know when they might be getting shipped out?
By the way, gotta give the FOP props. They really came through for us this year. With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Just want to let them know that a lot of us out there really do appreciate their work and thank them for making our lives a little bit better while stuck on this crazy but great job.
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Another 2 year kid that hasn't taken the glasses off yet.
That RDO swap you think is so cool is nothing more than Daley trying to do an end run around labor laws and keep manpower at dangerously low numbers. RDO swapping is something DALEY wants so he doesn't have to hire more police to keep the cars manned. Once we prevail in court your precious RDO swapping will STILL be instituted because Daley will STILL refuse to keep manpower at an appropriate level.
Just relax, you'll get it. Just don't let the ASSHOLE law breaker get his way by taking a bullshit settlement to get it right now.
And btw, after you take the settlement good luck trying to enforce the labor law again once an agreement has been reached out of court.
Anonymous said...
Wasn't Bill Daley involved with Morgan Stanley at one time?
12/07/2009 06:56:00 AM
Only on deals in which the taxpayers of Chicago get fucked and the daley family prospers.
This is disgusting. Where are the Feds to end the corruption? This city is falling apart and nobody has the balls do anything about it.
God bless the CPD and nobody else.
OT
Johns Hopkins Medicine CEO: Obamacare Will Have “Catastrophic Effects” on Health-Care Safety-Net
A flood of new patients will be seeking health services, many of whom have never seen a doctor on more than a sporadic basis. Some will also have multiple and costly chronic conditions. And almost all of them will come from poor or disadvantaged backgrounds.
Not to say the schedule swap is a bad thing; it certainly isn't.
BUT read it carefully before you involve yourself. Slip has to be in 7 days before the day you want.
(otherwise it can still be denied)
Once you pick a day to return the favor, YOU MUST work that day. No putting in a slip or hitting the medical. You will be suspended for 90 days from the program. Kinda like safe city. You also are limited to 1 day each period to switch.
TO;NORTHSIDE,THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
NORTHSIDE FOR MAYOR
Obama hits new low of 47% approval in Gallup poll
The TRIB even printed this......how low will it go. Hope he takes Richie Baba and the 50 thieves with him.
And I think Richie Baba is a nice new name for the midjet.
Too bad our pension fund likes to invest money with that f-ing thief Vanecko. Why weren't we offered the opportunity to buy it. Maybe we can still purchase Midway.
I'm all for the guillotine. Use a hundred pound razor blade instead. Otherwise, it may take a few drops to decapitate the crooked scoundrel. We must remember his 8th Amendment rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
Tell me that Shortshanks doesn't own Chicago media. Under the Messiah and Eric "Americans are cowards" Holder, don't expect any help from D.C.
OT - Planner of Mumbai terror bomber spent time in Chicago. Hey you guys in 24, want to predict any retribution to the Devon shops of "First World Immigration Services"? any chance these guys donated to Blogo's campaign?
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Yes, we know they are operating right under our noses in 024. Someday something really big will hit and it will be traced right back to 024, and the police supervisors in 024 will suddenlyt be known nationwide. One of those RPR's will "put them on the poster" and make them famous.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Anyone receive their FOP books yet? Or perhaps know when they might be getting shipped out?
By the way, gotta give the FOP props. They really came through for us this year. With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Just want to let them know that a lot of us out there really do appreciate their work and thank them for making our lives a little bit better while stuck on this crazy but great job.
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Another 2 year kid that hasn't taken the glasses off yet.
That RDO swap you think is so cool is nothing more than Daley trying to do an end run around labor laws and keep manpower at dangerously low numbers. RDO swapping is something DALEY wants so he doesn't have to hire more police to keep the cars manned. Once we prevail in court your precious RDO swapping will STILL be instituted because Daley will STILL refuse to keep manpower at an appropriate level.
Just relax, you'll get it. Just don't let the ASSHOLE law breaker get his way by taking a bullshit settlement to get it right now.
And btw, after you take the settlement good luck trying to enforce the labor law again once an agreement has been reached out of court.
12/07/2009 04:52:00 PM
Wrong.
There is no "settlement" to "take" or not to take. This is an arbitrator's decision, put into place and it will become the law of the land for CPD come 1st period, 2010.
Fact: (which you would know if you went to FOP meetings and kept up with the FLSA lawsuit)
The City of Chicago violated the contract by paying everyone off for their FLSA time and declaring that is what they will do from now on. the city refused to sit down and negotiate a workable FLSA settlement as ordered by the judge.
The judge ruled that, yes, the city violated our labor contract but since the contract is not the subject of the FLSA suit, it was not the business of the court.
The FOP then filed for fast track arbitration on the contract violation of the city paying us for FLSA time when our contract clearly states we have the option of time or money.
The arbitrator, Ed Benne, was free to impose any solution he wanted which was binding on both parties.
That solution was the Day Swap thing that will go into effect 1st period 2010.
It is not something that can be taken or turned down. Arbitrator's decision, it is now part of our contract and the City can now refuse to allow us to bank FLSA overtime as time. We no longer have the option of time or money for FLSA overtime, the city will pay us in cash only, no more working tons of overtime and building up that time on the books.
FLSA time is defined as that time over 171 hours in a police period. Read the decision on the FOP website, read the lawsuit, keep up with what is going on.
It isn't something that shortshanks "put" into place. The arbitrator put it into place. So, if you work tons of overtime, you can take time only up to 171 FLSA hours a period, including your regular work days.
After that you will be paid no matter what you check on the time due slip. And that is a fact.
example: if you work 20 days, that is 20 X 8.5 or 170 hours. Thus, you can only take one hour as time, over 171 hours the City will pay you, no more building up tons of time.
The City saw this as a way to prevent the accumulation of thousands of hours on the books, a pay as you go sort of thing. They will pay you at the current wage, not the wage at some future date when you retire and want to cash in those hours.
The only time that can really accumulate now is holiday pay and OT up to that 171 hour limit. The city broke the contract and saved themselves a ton of money and we got our contract shredded and handed back to us and it only cost the city the cost of the arbitrator.
result: police get fucked again.
If you have lots of time on the books, save it because you won't be able to ever build it up large again.
If Daley is in fact ever taken down, it will be outlets like this blog that will be partly responsible for spreading the truth about the rotten miserable thieving bastard.
Keep it up SCC, don't ever quit. This blog is having an effect. People all over read it, believe me.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
The memorial for the four murdered Lakewood (WA) police officers will be held at the Tacoma Dome tomorrow (Tuesday)at 3 PM (CST). Over a thousand squad cars from outside departments will be represented in addition to more than 20,000 mourners.
Daley is the biggest corrupt economics buffoon in the WORLD!!!!!! What a bamboozelment the citizens of chicago got!!! Thanks God we did not get the olympics!! Can you imagine the scam and corruption that would have surrounded that event under Daley? Not getting the Daley olympic scam may have saved the city.
http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/update-top-daley-aide-defends-not-telling-aldermen-of-parking-company-investors/
Abu Dabai owns Chicago meters? This is crazy.
Anonymous said...
Obama hits new low of 47% approval in Gallup poll....The TRIB even printed this......how low will it go.
12/07/2009 06:42:00 PM
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What is more important is the disapproval rating is even higher that ever.
The ratio of approval to disapproval is what they really look at and it is high.
The 2010 Elections can't come soon enough to help balance out the madness being foisted in Washington.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Keep in mind that the new company jacked up the rates when they took over which could account for alot of the additional income....
12/07/2009 08:46:00 AM
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Feds raid video poker bars in Bridgeport neighborhood
BRIDGEPORT | Tavern owners called to testify to grand jury as FBI targets mob
What,there is illegal gambling going on in these establishments. Well,I'm appalled.
scandels galore and the city counsel does nothing. The parking meter deal , passed in an hour, will gross the company who bought it at lease 5 billions dollars and with inflation it would be some where around 7 or 8 billion dollars or more.
THE DEAL HAS HURT LOCAL SHOPPING AREAS LITTLE BUSINESS MEN WHO THE CITY SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTEN ABOUT
selling all of the city assets will make taxes the only sourcr of revenue left for the city.
The city is looking into selling everything MORE LIKE A FIRE SALE , AIRPORTS, GARBAGE COLLECTION AND WATER AND SEWER SERVICE NO OFFER IS TO LOW PLACE YOUR BID NOW.
THE REAL DRIVING FORCE FOR PRIVITIZATION IS THE SUPPLIERS TO THE CITY DONATE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY AND EMPLOYEES DON'T HAVE TO ANYMOREZ
studies have shown that prvitization does not save money and cost more in the long run. But the Mayor does not care about the workers or the city only getting money for his coffers
not to try and take away from the bigger point here, but revenue and net income are two different things. Revenue is the total intake, and that is not what is doubling. Net income is the difference between revenue and expenses, and in the private sector its a basic measurement of "profit".
12/07/2009 08:48:00 AM
Holy fuck!!! Let me help you out here Sherlock Holmes. Despite your feeble attempt to wax economic mastery, your just not grasping the concept. Follow me closely son. The revenue has doubled. The perking rates have quadrupled. The only overhead this company is installing and maintaining the electronic pay boxes. I think whatever this company is pulling in is at least double what the city net income was. The main point is that the city could of done all this by itself. They could of increased the parking meter rates slowly and nobody would of noticed. They could of raised them at on time and it would of blown over like they have now. People have excepted it and they pay it.
O.T.
I've noticed that the Trib no longer prints the top ten fiction and non fiction books in the meager and crapy book section now.
Could it be because the majority of the top ten are conservative bent? Like Michelle Malkin? Sarah Palin? Glen Beck? Bill O'reily?
It's what people are reading and the Trib doesn't want you to know about it.
My question that deserves to be repeated is, Why couldn't the city keep the parking meters and raise the rates? Why were all those parking spot real estates given away for a 75 yr, 1.5 billion one time "deal"? Why? It doesn't make sense. Then again, crooks aren't smart, are they?
:"Several other entities" like Bill Daley and Robert Vanecko perhaps?
The 1% companies aren't based our of Moscow are they?
12/07/2009 07:46:00 AM
Hmmmm, probably.
---not a cop
Set up the guillotine next to the Picasso and drag this corrupt piece of shit, kicking, bawling and screaming, to justice at high noon at the end of a twenty pound blade. Put his severed head on a pike at Pearson and Michigan for festive holiday shoppers.
12/07/2009 08:19:00 AM
You really turn me on talking like that. I bet you were fantastic with a set of handcuffs.
12/07/2009 11:06:00 PM
Little blurb on the news the other night had shop owners in Bucktown stating that they would reimburse shoppers parking.
How long can you stay in business doing that? Especially if you are a little clothing store?
3:47 PM
Indeed, they were great times. Gone forever.
It was a pleasure to come to work with guys like you. And hunting down bad guys was the most fun you could have with your clothes on. We got the job done and then some with laughs all along the way.
Best wishes, Ralph!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Citywide Fun Guy said...
Before the name of ultimate tactical warrior is bestowed onto a K-9 it has to meet a certain standard per the general orders. Look it up!
1. Does the K-9 have a Carhartt collar?....
CARHARTT??? SERIOUSLY???
If it ain't SPYDER or BURTON...I AIN'T WEARING IT...CARHARTT IF FOR AMATEURS
city jobs will be gone except police and fire,chicago next detroit.
Can't wait for the Daley family run casinos.
By the way, gotta give the FOP props. They really came through for us this year. With the new schedule being just so huge and now with the day off swaps in case we're denied time off.
Just want to let them know that a lot of us out there really do appreciate their work and thank them for making our lives a little bit better while stuck on this crazy but great job.
12/07/2009 12:42:00 AM
You're an idiot. I doubt FOP had anything to do with both "incentives" but regardless we are getting screwed by both. Just wait and see newbie. You guys need to study a little finance and a little history of this department and its officer struggles with contract items before you go hog wild on the "this is good for us" shit.
Anonymous said...
So, lets see here. The mayor sold the parking spaces, located in the city of Chicago, to people who live in another country, where they will not be spending the fruits of this sale in this country. Also, having visited said region of the world, thank you US Army, it is probable that the proceeds of the parking meters will probably funding something else that is common to that part of the world.Lets see how this is going to work out for us.
12/07/2009 08:11:00 AM
Good post. Add to that the sale of the water system to a German company and you can see that those who will own the important services we need to live in this city will have no interest in us or our plight. Thanks Daley. You really care about the citizens. We need to make it where this goof cannot sell of the city's assets. Afterall, they are not his to sell. They belong to the taxpayers.
Why didn't Vanecko invest our $68 million in the parking meter takeover? We could've made some money. Better to sell it to us than another country.
It makes me sick.
"When Mayor Richard M. Daley traveled to Abu Dhabi in February, his office announced that the trip was intended to sell Chicago as a place to do business. Left unsaid was that that Persian Gulf emirate was about to become one of the biggest investors in a deal to lease Chicago’s parking meters for 75 years."
....while Abu Dhabi finds itself trying to bail out collapsing neighbor Dubai...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/
business/global/30dubai.html
I could've bought 58 million dollars worth of "Evermore" stamps from the US post office and the next time stamps went up in price, sold them back and earned a pretty penny for our pension fund. All legit. It's what I'm doing with my pension now that I'm retired. I never really had time to learn about investments so I'm doing what I can but it's absolutely 100% loss-proof. I just can't forget where I put them is all.
Has anyone checked on the whereabouts of Quarters O'Boyle aka Dollars O'Boyle?
I just heard the Mayor sold our FOP books to the Russian FOP.
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