Standard Corruption
For years, employees of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown have complained about having to pay a couple bucks to wear jeans on Fridays.
Brown, who's seeking a promotion to County Board president, recently told the Tribune that all the money collected either goes to charities or into a fund that pays for an annual employee appreciation awards ceremony.Brown has raised tens of thousands of dollars from employees for her Friends of Dorothy Brown campaign fund.
In addition, many top-level employees have helped organize annual birthday parties that double as fundraisers. Brown has accepted cash gifts and other presents from employees at those birthday parties and on Christmas — a practice she halted after the Tribune asked her about it.
[...] Such practices were the province of old-school politicians. During his federal corruption trial, testimony showed former Gov. George Ryan got thousands of dollars from employees for years as Christmas gifts. City Hall workers also were asked to voluntarily contribute to annual gifts for Mayor Richard Daley, the Tribune reported in December 2006.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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Lets see: 2000 employees @ $10 a week fo 52 weeks = $1,040,000.00 a year. Times how many years she's been doing this. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dorothy Brown should be IMPEACHED and sent to JAIL!!!!!!
These people WORK for YOU!!! And you pocketed the money!!!
You are a disgrace to this city and I will do everthing in my power to make sure that you NEVER are ELECTED to any office EVER again!!!
DOROTHY BROWN ----CROOK
TONI PRECKWINKLE ---- TONY RESTKO
(CROOK)
KICKING LITTLE ELDERLY PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES SO THAT TONY RESTKO COULD TURN THEM INTO SLUMS
HER HUSBAND ZEUS IS THE DEVELOPER FOR ALL OF TONY RESTKOS REAL ESTATE!!!!!!!
And Shortshanks said: "Why didn't I tink of dat ?"
Yawn
The thing that has ALWAYS annoyed the shit out of me about the Feds, is their inability to make ANYTHING happen in their investigations without it taking literally years!
And to make matters worse, they ALLOW whatever criminal activity that they are investigating, TO CONTINUE, unabated, in the hopes that they will solidify their case with tons and tons of evidence.
How many additional people do they just allow to become victimized, so that they can look good when they FINALLY DO decide to pull the trigger on a prosecution?
How many thousands of hard working people lost their life savings and tens of millions of dollars, because the Feds at the SEC ALLOWED Bernie MADOFF to go on stealing their retirement money FOR YEARS?
I'd love to see a comparison between the number of FED investigators and the FED budget for those investigators in regard to the number of criminals that they prosecute and convict VERSUS those same numbers of municipal POLICE employees and budget dollars and the number of convicted criminals they are responsible for.
The numbers would be STAGGERING in favor of the POLICE vs the FEDS
Just like IAD, the FBI is not solely there to catch others who have gone astray. They are also charged with covering up the crimes of "certain" people, and shutting down, obscuring, running interference for and creating subterfuge for members of the Daley/Burke/Madigan Crime Family and ANY investigations that may be initiated against them.
it's not pathetic.....it's total corruption......up to the highest level.
In order to prove charges of extortion, a prosecutor must be able to prove either that an illegal threat was made, or that goods or services were received in exchange for such a threat. Proving such charges can sometimes be very difficult, as people may be too intimidated to testify. In Chicago, they just off themselves.
Chicago Tonight has been having some good shows on the candidates. Brown was on two nights ago and they were all asked about cars and drivers. Brown almost upchucked trying to dance around the subject. She also denied giving/getting jobs based on politics.Then my question is why, almost immediately after she was elected, did the Clerk's office get an influx of new employees who all happen to go to Miss Brown's church? And they are all lazy bastards. Won't lift a finger. Have an excuse for everything. Typical. Anyone who needs anything from the Clerk's groans if they have to go there now, because they know it will take at least an extra half hour to forty-five minutes than it should.
Last night they had Hoffman, Giannoulias and Jackson. Jackson is NOT qualified to be a Senator that's for sure. She looked like she was going to faint everytime she was asked about foreign policy. Stammering and stalling every single time.
---not a cop
The Feds don't solve crimes, they create crimes. Sometimes in creating crimes they do catch evil doers but not always.
Just like IAD, the FBI is not solely there to catch others who have gone astray. They are also charged with covering up the crimes of "certain" people, and shutting down, obscuring, running interference for and creating subterfuge for members of the Daley/Burke/Madigan Crime Family and ANY investigations that may be initiated against them. /////////////////////////////////// Wow are you out of touch!!!
Here's a peek behind the curtain on how REAL corruption gets done:
The Madigan Rules
House Speaker Michael Madigan says he follows a personal code of conduct to avoid conflicts of interest. Even so, some clients of his private law firm have benefited from his public actions.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-100121-madigan-main-story,0,3693110.story?page=1
Vote to rid the system of these jagoffs.
Send 3-mails to everyone and encourage them to vote.
Michael Madigan is pushing for Dorthey Brown and he needs to be sent a message that the voters are disgusted!
And the best we have to offer from CPD is garrido?
Oh wait, he is the only one of us stupid enough to get into the crook county politics game.
he was described as a CPD Lt and a 'practicing' attorney, WTF
he 'practiced' law for 2 months before closing his office due to lack of clientele (due to arrogance and stupidity)
a vote for garrido is a vote for stupidity
from:
some one who knows him well
Who elected or appointed these people?!! If we elected these corrupt SOB's, its OUR fault! If the one that we elected appointed them to that position, well, its OUR fault again! Its are own fault for not doing anything about it either. We should all get off our fat asses and get out and vote!!Voting is right. Its also a duty to your fellow man and women to help steer this government in the direction that it was meant to go. For the people! So lets stop our bitchin' and vote the sons a bitches out, out!!
. . . . And to make matters worse, they ALLOW whatever criminal activity that they are investigating, TO CONTINUE, unabated, in the hopes that they will solidify their case with tons and tons of evidence. . . .
1/21/2010 03:19:00 AM
Really? Why did they cut the Blagojevich investigation short?
D. Brown has been doing this kind of things for years. She demands that supervisory personnel sell $500.00 tickets to fundraiser's. Most employees eat the $500 by paying for the tickets themselves. They're also forced to show up at campaign events on the weekend. If they don't show up, they get demoted and transferred to another job.
Hmm... Sounds familiar. We get charged to wear jeans at 911 also. I wonder where that money goes.
So much untraceable cash. It's a wonder the feds haven't keyed on this habit here in Illinois, Cook County and Chicago. Actually, it's not a wonder, it's pathetic.
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The feds do not want to key in on corruption that might touch on the real players in the game. Never have. They go after a few small fish, but its rare that a big fish every sees jail time. And going after certain people might lead to people who are untouchable.
It's all good, the local store front reverends are getting a cut, too.
Dorothy Brown Is a plant/shill for shortshanks...
Hmmm... there's one or two more... 42extra-short always stacks the ballot at election time to siphon votes.
Just out of sheer spite we're actually entertaining voting for toddler just because Daley Inc. wants him gone so they can truly consolidate city/county power.
It would drive king daley crazy(-ier) for toddler to win. Be assured we have no particular fondness for toddler in the least.
If you had to pay to come to work ugly, Brown would be broke!
Like evey year at city hall when the "envelope' comea around at Christmas to help with daleys gift! How much cash does he get? does he claim it? of course not!
Dorothy Brown, in Wednesday's candidate forum on Chicago Tonight, was tripping all over herself when this question was asked.
First, she said the money was 'just gifts' given at a birthday party. Then she said, well, the birthday party was really a political event, thrown by 'Friends of Dorothy Brown'. Then she said 'you know, they're just gifts, we're like one big happy family at my office'. Then, she said she's reported this income to the IRS, and THEY think she's all good.
When the questioning about the fee to wear blue jeans to the office began, she tapdanced through exactly the same responses.
Phil Ponce offered the others a chance to comment and they all declined, with a couple just shaking their heads in disbelief.
The woman sounded like a giddy fool.
"they only take cash, no checks, you give the cash to the timekeeper and they put it in a brown envelope"
Big D was on TV smiling saying everything is on the up and up re "cash donations" under the guise of "charity/jeans day" and whips out her Holy Bible, ala reverend style, in in chauffer driven car. She's nothing but
a crook herself. Keep voting for these future defendents. We're doomed.
I heard Brown had a big elaborate wedding last Sept 5th.
Dorothy Brown = Todd Stroger in a Skirt!
Another DemOrat Hack!
it was more than thousands of dollar$$$$$$ ...just add couple extra zeros to it and its about right!
where is Patrick Fitz?
The comment about the IAD and FBI are right on.
If you have enough "Juice" you can get away with anything in this town.
PS: Be sure to get your city stickers,and license plates renewed on time.
I am convinced the feds could not litigate themselves out of a paper bag.
WHERE IS THE I.R.S, ISN'T THIS UNREPORTED INCOME? TIME TO DUMP THE INCOMPETENT FEDS TOO, ALONG WITH THE CORRUPT DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, JUST LIKE WE DID WITH MARTHA COAKLEY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Anonymous said...
The thing that has ALWAYS annoyed the shit out of me about the Feds, is their inability to make ANYTHING happen in their investigations without it taking literally years!
And to make matters worse, they ALLOW whatever criminal activity that they are investigating, TO CONTINUE, unabated, in the hopes that they will solidify their case with tons and tons of evidence.
How many additional people do they just allow to become victimized, so that they can look good when they FINALLY DO decide to pull the trigger on a prosecution?
How many thousands of hard working people lost their life savings and tens of millions of dollars, because the Feds at the SEC ALLOWED Bernie MADOFF to go on stealing their retirement money FOR YEARS?
I'd love to see a comparison between the number of FED investigators and the FED budget for those investigators in regard to the number of criminals that they prosecute and convict VERSUS those same numbers of municipal POLICE employees and budget dollars and the number of convicted criminals they are responsible for.
The numbers would be STAGGERING in favor of the POLICE vs the FEDS
1/21/2010 03:19:00 AM
IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE INCOMPETENT, AND POLITICALLY CORRUPTED. TIME TO DUMP THEM AND THEIR BOSSES TOO. THEY DO NOT INVESTIGATE OR ENFORCE THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY IMPARTIALLY. HOW MANY HAVE BEEN INDICTED, TRIED, AND SENT TO JAIL FOR THE MASS A.C.O.R.N. FEDERAL ELECTION LAW FRAUD VIOLATIONS ?? CORRUPTION, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP...
"So much untraceable cash."
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Not surprising that Dorothy Brown is a CPA.
This story is not unlike the one reported a couple years ago, concerning a birthday party for Blago's 10 year old daughter where somebody gave her a "gift" of somewhere around $5000.
These people are insane.
"Lets see: 2000 employees @ $10 a week fo 52 weeks = $1,040,000.00 a year. Times how many years she's been doing this. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/21/2010 12:05:00 AM"
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it's a cheap price to pay ! So many of these patronage twits promised to "Love, Honor , Obey, and pony up cash when da boss asks for it. It how they got & keep their jobs. They feel proud to be part of the "patronage army" !
There was a rumour going around right before the Presidential election that Brown was going to be indicted I wonder if the Obama regime put a stop to the indictment.
Sure they do have the largest public corruption blah blah blah....BUT they are still TOLD who they CAN investigate....they have their POLITICS too ya know!
Note to Someone:
Mealers JUICE was/IS Blagojveich(sp).....LOL.......!!
The practice all started under the Pucinski Administration.
Anonymous said...
Note to Someone:
Mealers JUICE was/IS Blagojveich(sp).....LOL.......!!
1/22/2010 01:26:00 AM
Mealer's driver/liason was Blagoveich driver for years. Be careful of the claot tale you hang onto!
Think of what the Tact suckhloes pay in daily tribute in order to wear Jeans all the time!!
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