They Still Get Paid
Nice job on that Parking Meter contract Shortshanks. And a fantastic job by the aldercreatures reading and reviewing the fine print...what did it take you assholes? Five minutes to pass it? Jagoffs:
- It's the gift that just keeps giving, to the private company the city hired to operate city parking meters.
2 Investigator [...] reports on a buried part of the billion-dollar contract that may require the city to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to the company.
Here's the reason: There are street repairs, art fairs and block parties –- all events that prevent you from parking in normally legal spots. When those spots have parking meters along them, Chicago Parking Meter LLC, the company that got the billion-dollar deal with the city, can't make money, right?
Actually, it's a great deal for the parking meter company. They usually make money because you have to plug the meter to park legally. When you can't park at a metered spot because of street construction or other projects, they still get paid.
Well that might be one reason why hundreds, maybe thousands of meters have popped up all over little used stretches of road that never saw much in the way of parking traffic. These out-of-the-way meters can be claimed as "blocked" when all the neighborhood festivals, parades and events block off the streets as staging areas and claimed against "lost revenue" by the connected firm.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
73 Comments:
The criminal "daley empire" goes on unabated! WTF!! Look at all he and his family connections have stolen! It is costing us the taxpayers billions in waste,and yet police who are doing a great job have no contract,are harassed by an exempt structure with no clue,drive shit vehicles,and have no equipment! But if your connecetd to the daley crime cabal just keep on taking more and more money,and no one will ever try to convict this criminal! barry will just let it all go on and keep his feds away!
Not that I would personally (wink, wink) endorse, promote, champion or suggest such a response, but it probably wouldn't bother too many people if, hypothetically-speaking of course, something were to happen that would disable these pay boxes.
I don't know...maybe the coin and credit card slots loaded with toothpicks followed by a liberal application of Super Glue or quick-bonding epoxy?
There are few limitations when you use your imagination, people.
Then again, I'm sure the contract calls for the city to pay Chicago Parking Meter LLC for "inoperable meters due to vandalism".
And slightly off topic, but "revenue generation" related: DOR employees seen at 0930 hours scouring the west end of beats 811 & 812 a few days ago, looking to make their index on the backs of city workers and legitimate working people.
I pulled up next to one mouth-breather as he walked down a block where several coppers and firemen live, ticket machine in-hand, and asked him how it felt to be a coward that wouldn't dream of trying to hang a ticket on a car in the ghetto. His response? "They know you folks finna pay cuz you don't want 'em to take it out yo check".
If it wasn't painfully obvious before, it should be crystal clear now: Daley is targeting neighborhoods known to have high concentrations of city workers to hammer with parkers.
Just a suggestion: coppers, firemen, S & S employees, etcetera, that feel they're being unfairly targeted with tickets should keep a copy of the ticket and any other pertinent information surrounding it's issuance written down somewhere. Maybe down the road someone can file a Freedom of Information request regarding DOR's ticket activity and compare the inequities. Maybe such data can prove profiling, and we can collectively try to stick it in Daley's ass...assuming he's not dead or in jail when the numbers are crunched.
Maybe by that time, there'll be someone in the media with the semblance of a spine that would investigate the findings further.
Another reason to DUMP DALEY NOW!
Go take a look at the first street west of Area 1. I think its Federal. Its nothing but open land and empty lots but parking boxes are all along the street. Never a car in sight. Guess their preparing for something big!
IT'S ALL LEGIT!!!
SCC: Addressing the aldercreatures as ASSHOLES is appropiate. Now your readers will know why I use the moniker "Too Many Rectums".
Keep up the great writing.
No one read shit until hoffman did,
after the fact.
As always.
Go ahead fuckers, put a meter in front of MY house...I guarantee it won't be there tomorrow!
Jesus fucking Christ will it ever stop!
OT- To all the supervisors on zone 1 who day in and day night allow the dispatches to give the cars late jobs------and then bitch, cry, and moan because your assigned job is taking you into overtime, and by God the Captain will not approve it- Fuck you. It's time to start filing grievences or filing a complaint against the city for violation of labor laws. If you work overtime- the city MUST compensate you. Read the labor laws assholes before you tell me it was'nt approved by a supervisor.
how this mayor is not roting in federal prison is beyond me.
I hear da mayor may have a stake in C.P.M. LLC.
Investigative reporters ???????
Federal investigators ??????
Anyone ??????
Is anybody out there ?
Change is Coming!
Daley defensive when asked of Hoffman's political future
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2032932,CST-NWS-mayor06.article
Daley knows he is done. Daley knows that his day is coming. Daley knows that Chicago has had it.
Funny, Avis Lavelle doesn't LOOK Italian. Maybe she has some Italian "friends."
I truly believe you're going to find Daley in a trunk someday. It's the only way to explain it. Really.
---not a cop
S. Ashland to S. Damen
W.Roosevelt Rd to W. 15th Pl "blocked public streets" surrounded by vacant lots and parking meters!
O.T. Was at 26/Cal on Friday morning. Saw a couple individuals hanging some election signs on some trees between the court building and the parking garage. These two individuals were wearing swap vests. Priceless!!! Thought about asking if it was official "swap" duties...but it was almost 9am...gotta punch that clock now!
The Daley crew either are the most corrpt politicians or the dumest! I say both are true. Once again Daley has bamboozeled the citizens of chicago!
Just read an interesting New York Times Story about Chicago's 50 Alderthieves. It seems that they lose much less money with their forced furlough days. The average City Worker works 260 days per year. If he takes 10 furlough days, it means a pay reduction of 10/260 for the year. However, the aldermen "work" 365 days per year. Their furloughs are computed using 365 days. Therefore, they lose only 10/365. Many aldermen have refused to take any furlough days, while others use holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas to satisfy their furlough days. It's just another way that these jagoffs stick it in our asses every day.
The sad part is that Daley probably rammed this scam of a deal through so he could get the money for the pipe dream of his, the olympics. He is so arrogant that he thought the olympics were a guarantee and he would risk everything to get it. What probably ended up happening is the olympics saw Daley and his crew for what they were and didn't want to do business with them. We can only imagine how much has been wasted that we don't know about for the scamlympics? Great job Daley!
Why can't one of these alderscum POS's vote no once in awhile? Not one of these idiots has the balls to say no to the king. Not only are they clueless but they are in the mayors pocket from the get go. Time to start the effort to reduce the number to 25.
DAVID HOFFMAN FOR MAYOR TIME FOR A CHANGE
Nothing new just more tax dollars given to his friends but not enough for a new contract.
NOW GET OUT THERE AND GENERATE SOME REVENUE !
Why should a city employee write a parking ticket for a expired meter owned by a private company?
I could be wrong, but after the Kennedy/Dems seat was taken back by the people of MA. and the vibes I got around town here on election day, there appears to be a MAJOR voter backlash on the horizon for November.
I keep hearing, over and over again, vote for NO INCUMBENTS. I've also heard rumblings about David Hoffman running for Mayor. He has nothing to lose there, having spent a number of years as Chicago's Inspector General, exposing political illegalities when he had the power to do so. Unfortunately, when Daley created the position of IG, he and the City Council exempted themselves from investigations by his office so they could carry on their corruption unabated.
I could be wrong again, but Hoffman had all of the major endorsements in the Senate race against Alexi Giannoulias touting him as honorable and incorruptable and it would seem he would be a breath of fresh air in this sewer of political corruption called Chicago!
same thing with street cleaning,when the street is posted the city has to pay,so every week we are paying. All main streets have a street cleaning for once a month!!! Do the math
Dept of rev has been in 015 writing coppers tickets a few times in the last few weeks. They know who we are, and they don't care.
I would love to see some smart guy add the figures on the contract and see how much money the city will give back over the life span of that contract versus how much they got paid...ill bet the city winds up paying back the company every dime they made off this deal and then some....basically giving our parking meters to this company for free...how long is that contract for think about it!
Hoffman for Mayor!
Daley and his ilk MUST GO!!!!!
Change is Coming!
Daley defensive when asked of Hoffman's political future
http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2032932,CST-NWS-mayor06.article
Daley knows he is done. Daley knows that his day is coming. Daley knows that Chicago has had it.
2/06/2010 04:50:00 AM
His handlers are already talking a mathematical imposibility by injecting black and hispanic spoilers into the race to nullify Hoffman's popularity. They are crazy scared now and the mayor started high pitched crazy talking which is equally telling. The jig is up, hoff is the only one who can do it so we better get on board. Every criminal empire eventually falls. I will vote and vollunteer for David Hoffman.
Called RECYCLING!!!!
How do they justify the amount of lost revenue? Do they keep stats on how much each meter makes? Or do they just have a flat rate? So does that mean when the streets are to be cleaned and you can not park for the day, the city pays for that also?
I put a quarter in a machine near Devon and Central. The thing shorted me 2 minutes out of 15 by its own clock. It will get a bit of gum in its works one night.
I am still wondering why there are no meters on Division street yet in Humboldt Park. WTF everyone else pays..let them too.
This is totally off topic, but I am wondering if anyone has noticed the similarity of the Administrations bullying of Toyota to the way Chicago handles a business they wish would go away. Is it possible that the Federal Government wishes all auto makers other than GM and Chrysler would go away. Which car company will be next?
Have ya had enough yet?
And slightly off topic, but "revenue generation" related: DOR employees seen at 0930 hours scouring the west end of beats 811 & 812 a few days ago, looking to make their index on the backs of city workers and legitimate working people.
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I saw a DOR worker riding his bike down side streets on 1622 Beat (Foster & Higgins) on Thursday. He saw I had stickers on the windshield and gave me a strange look. I followed him around the block and watched him. He knew I was following him and he didn't ticket anyone.
Anonymous said...
S. Ashland to S. Damen
W.Roosevelt Rd to W. 15th Pl "blocked public streets" surrounded by vacant lots and parking meters!
2/06/2010 07:03:00 AM
FYI, the meters in that area were put in just a couple of months prior to the meter deal. Before that there were no meters at all. Talk about sweetening the pot.
I don't know if it is still the case but our salary was based on a 365 day schedule. I know this because prior to 42 extra short, I took a suspension day, the pay reduction was 1/365 of my yearly salary. This was late 80's.
I know Hoffman is liberal, but I would sure love to see him beat Daley and become our Mayor! As much as I would love to see a conservative be the mayor of Chicago I know it's impossible. Chicago is like Cuba. There will never be leader in charge that the honest taxpayers want, so Hoffman would be our best choice that actually has a chance. Hoffman would be far better than any of the fake reverends, aldermen, or former gang members turned politicians. SCC...How about getting a tread going to generate support for Hoffman.
HOFFMAN FOR MAYOR!!!!!!!!!
Come on Hoffman, you have a great chance to WIN!!!!!!!
I would also like to know where they are allowed to put more meters. I bank on 103rd street in Beverly and there was a bus stop in front of the bank just west of the tracks. Now the bus stop is moved and it is metered parking. Do the add whereever and whenever they want to add more?
Hope our city leaders remember that, every time they sell off a city service to a private company and screw a city employee---their screwing a Chicago voter!
David Hoffman ain't the answer.
The Chicago Parking Meter Company is owned by Morgan Stanley Bank. William Daley is a senior exec with Morgan Stanley.Our Jagoff Mayor wants to sell the Chicago Water Department to a Russian corporation(Russian Mafia).
Just a suggestion: coppers, firemen, S & S employees, etcetera, that feel they're being unfairly targeted with tickets should keep a copy of the ticket and any other pertinent information surrounding it's issuance written down somewhere. Maybe down the road someone can file a Freedom of Information request regarding DOR's ticket activity and compare the inequities. Maybe such data can prove profiling, and we can collectively try to stick it in Daley's ass...assuming he's not dead or in jail when the numbers are crunched.
Good point...why are red light cameras all over the north side....because city workers live there and have to pay up...
Great investigating SCC! The entire city council should be wiped out for this continued pilfering (in the hundresds of millions) from the city taxpayers. Unbelievable.
zone 1 late jobs going into overtime--- that couldn't be because of mj could it--- she knows more about being the police than anyone else, just ask her--- by the way, you have to learn how to lay down on a job so you go home with the rest of the pack
This is yet another crystal clear example of why Shortshanks has got to go. Hoffman for mayor!
OT:
Daley won't call for Cohen to step down
Does anybody here care what this fuck head says. SICK>>>SICK>>>SICK!
It was a bone head idea to lease,
sell and ultimately give away the public utility known as the parking meter. It was supposed to provide emergency revenue for 75 years but may not last but a few since it is being raided in the first year. It's painfully obvious that few aldercreatures read the deal before most(five did not)rubber stamped it. I used a meter once last Sept. but never again. Maybe vandalizing them is not a bad idea since the city council doesn't have the stones to get the contract voided. I'm just sayin.
Not a cop.
David Hoffman for Mayor 2011
change we need and can believe in
This week, I saw a Dept of Revenue enforcement aid riding a bike up and down the street on the 4800 block of N. Neva, checking the parked cars for City Stickers. Never in 30 years living up there have I seen this before.
If you every did a contract with the city encompassing work which takes a meter out of use then you would know that the contracted company gets charged for the time the meter is out of commission.
DAVI HOFFMAN FOR MAYOR 2011!!!
Good point...why are red light cameras all over the north side....because city workers live there and have to pay up...
2/06/2010 02:34:00 PM
There are no red light cameras on the south side?
There are no city employees living on the south side?
Sometimes the "conspiracy" theories are easy to debunk.
Utilize the "google" and search Chicago red light camera locations. Addresses and maps pop up.
Now as to city employees I have heard rumors that one or two may live south. Particularly in areas like the 19th Ward. Maybe that is just rumor.
Now I know that red light cameras annoy some of you because there is essentially no way around the ticket.
Oh, I forgot, maybe you don't blow the red light. Remember it is a traffic enforcement/revenue device.
If you want to blow something I suggest heading down to Bronzeville and visiting Gotham City Police HQ. With some practice you might get a merit promotion yet.
Do they still get paid if someone takes a fucking sledgehammer to the meters?
"I don't know if it is still the case but our salary was based on a 365 day schedule. I know this because prior to 42 extra short, I took a suspension day, the pay reduction was 1/365 of my yearly salary. This was late 80's."
It still is. That is why when you take a suspension day, you are better off taking the day in lieu, rather than giving up 8 hours.
8 hours = 8 hours. 1 day = ~5.25 hours.
And if the day is a CR# suspension, not a Summary Punishment suspension, and not reversed by a successful grievance, your career service time for pension purposes is reduced by that amount, assuming the Pension Board catches it.
So if you took any bad days, check with the Pension Board before you pull the pin.
"His handlers are already talking a mathematical imposibility by injecting black and hispanic spoilers into the race to nullify Hoffman's popularity"
Any spoiler that interjects him/herself into the Hoffman-Daley race should be, and will be targeted by Chicago voters, ostracized, and forced ( voted) out of their current office when their own election comes up.
This includes Hairston, or anyone else that's stupid enough to do this.
HOFFMAN 2011 !!!
If you work overtime- the city MUST compensate you. Read the labor laws assholes before you tell me it was'nt approved by a supervisor.
2/06/2010 03:36:00 AM
Silence on the part of a supervisor indicates approval of the job(s) being given out. If they don't like it, they have to speak up.
Don't forget folks, some of these pay boxes are solar powered. The solar panel is the bluish looking GLASS on top of the box. Glass, as in real fragile, easily breakable...
I'm just sayin'
Yeah, like any of the "50 Thieves" read even one page of this "SCAM!" What about Eddie "Im a Lawyer" Burke? "I don't know nuttin!" Its a "50" Ringed Circus! Vote yes and shut up! Its gonna make us a billion + plus so "raise your hand and shut up! Then "Whitey Bulger" Daley can "splain to us" how bad he feels about this and how he'll make it up to all of us and read us a bedtime story and forgive "one ticket" for anyone that was "wronged!" "Geez mister mayor you sure is one swell guy!"
It's not incompetence it is FRAUD. They alderman knew they were giving a vital city asset away for next to nothing. They are not that dumb when it comes to money. But of course they will say "oh dear, it was buried in section 785 sub paragraph 9078. Sorry dear citizens" and the citizenry will buy it.
I am surprised that with all of this corruption going on in America with the two parties (yes Virgina the Republicans are just as corrupt) we haven't stormed our officials offices and demanded accountability. But perhaps that day is coming soon?
To the Daley Machine suck-up that touted this mystery black candidate spoiler...
please name ONE black leader that can run a credible mayoral election right now?
Don't say Alderman Hairston, she has TOO much baggage-ask anyone in 003 that was around when EB was DC ...some embarrassing revelations abound !
Only a Harold Washington or Eugene Sawyer could pull it off...
face it, flunky , Daley is THROUGH!!!
HOFFMAN 2011 !!!!
As for checking up on the areas most frequented by the DOR....I'd assume that those vehicles are GPS'ed too...FOIA the GPS records and compare
Hey SCC,
Since we had some success with the Alderman petitions. I was woundering if you would take up the campaign to deseat Mayor Daley by supporting David Hoffman. I have set up a gmail account to email David to show our support. Go to Davids' web site :
http://www.hoffmanforillinois.com
use any name you want, but use the email: CitizensAgainstDaley@gmail.com
and under contacts drop him an
email showing your support..Maybe, just maybe we will have enough time to deseat Daley this time around.
"Why should a city employee write a parking ticket for a expired meter owned by a private company?
2/06/2010 08:46:00 AM"
meter revenues go to the contracted company.
fines imposed for violations of city ordinances go to the city coffers.
and we all know who pilfers the city coffers daily.....
Anonymous said...
The Chicago Parking Meter Company is owned by Morgan Stanley Bank. William Daley is a senior exec with Morgan Stanley.Our Jagoff Mayor wants to sell the Chicago Water Department to a Russian corporation(Russian Mafia).
2/06/2010 02:34:00 PM
If that is true. The mayor's son is now living in Russia. Have to keep things in the family...
black leader with no baggage TIM EVANS FOR MAYOR
"To the Daley Machine suck-up that touted this mystery black candidate spoiler...
please name ONE black leader that can run a credible mayoral election right now?
Don't say Alderman Hairston, she has TOO much baggage-ask anyone in 003 that was around when EB was DC ...some embarrassing revelations abound !
Only a Harold Washington or Eugene Sawyer could pull it off...
face it, flunky , Daley is THROUGH!!!
HOFFMAN 2011 !!!!
2/06/2010 11:30:00 PM"
You are probably too young to remember....Harold Washington won over Daley because to Daley it was more important to sink incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne. Daley was the spoiler there and he knew it. Jane was the best Mayor we the police, and citizens ever had and my first city paychecks had Richard J. Daley's name on them.
Last election it was Dorothy Brown and the spoiler was nobody, "Doc" Walls. It could be anybody that Shorty appoints before retirement. It might have been Michael Smith but he got caught and died. In the next election, if Shortshanks runs, there will be more than one candidate running against him. If Hoffman runs, there will be a Hoffman clone running. If Dorothy Brown runs again there will be another Black candidate running. It's too soon for Toni Preckwinkle, but give her some time.
If Shorty croaks suddenly, it's going to be all out war. If Hoffman was so great a corruption fighter why hasn't he started at fire at Daley's feet already?
Go take a look at the first street west of Area 1. I think its Federal. Its nothing but open land and empty lots but parking boxes are all along the street. Never a car in sight. Guess their preparing for something big!
No, they're just taking advantage of all the people that park there M-F to go to court. Where there's a buck to be made off the masses, you can bet Mayor Midget is all over it.
I'd be willing to bet that they do. The only thing that needs to get hit with a sledgehammer is anything/anyone related to the Daley Criminal Enterprise. One hit might not do the trick, though.
Thought you might find it interesting that Mayer Bloomberg in NYC is following the Daley method of using the PD and inspection agencies as a revenue center. Sheesh.
This is so wrong on so many leves.
The pirates even put a pay box in the fenced off street next to Bloomer's chocolates.
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