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Vote damnit.
Do some research, talk to your coworkers, get behind some candidates. Then when it's all over, stand behind the leadership, attend some meetings and see if we can't protect the things we've negotiated for over the years.
It's going to be more important than ever very shortly.
Do some research, talk to your coworkers, get behind some candidates. Then when it's all over, stand behind the leadership, attend some meetings and see if we can't protect the things we've negotiated for over the years.
It's going to be more important than ever very shortly.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
201 Comments:
I WAS BAFFLED WITH SHIELDS PICK FOR HIS TICKET.
I WAS FORCED TO VOTE IN SOME OF THE OLD GUARD.
I ALSO VOTED IN QUITE A FEW PEOPLE NOT ON ANY TICKET JUST TO KEEP THEM HONEST.
CMON WOULD U VOTE FOR J-FLEDS DESK DOLLIES!
AND SO MANY SPECIAL UNITS WHAT THAT ABOUT?
To all the fellow candidates that addressed the roll calls and handed out the material, I wish you the best of luck. The union is only as great as its members. SCC thanks for spreading the word about involvement and getting out the vote. It’s OUR union. Got to go to more than 5 meetings MS.
We need to band together as City Employees and vote against this little arrogant prick.He basically is saying he doesnt need the Police and Fire Dept's vote because he is relying on the Northside liberals to vote him into office.We collectively do not need another midget dictator in City Hall to steal from our pension and give his Washington buddies city contracts.Some people need to get over that Chico was Daleys Chief of Staff.How long ago was that;20years ago???? I got my Chico for Mayor signs today and will display them proudly.He is the lesser of all evils in this Mayoral race.BTW the Shields team still do not know who they endorse for mayor two weeks before the election,pretty sad..A/2 PO.
Oh yeah.......I got my ballot and thought to myself, did the current regime help out the officers that were placed on the behaviorial program and had their constitutional rights violated. So you can imagine who I voted for. It is a disgrace that those officers still get the run around. Maybe the next batch of people will take a second look. Voting is important and hope everyone gives it a long look and votes their conscience.
I voted and returned my ballot already.
I still am of the spirit I had in our last govt. election ... Time for a change and new blood.
Curious move by the citywide team too to say that they are endorsed by Dineen and Nolan... these just happen to be the guys who established the pattern of laying down and playing dead for the Daley Crime Family... WHACK*@^&!!! "Thank you Sir, May I have another?"
Again, time for a change, some new blood and a new attitude.
SCC, I'm sending you this as information only Do with it as you please. I don't have an axe to grind with Shields, and have no connection to Bella, however I believe people should know this.
Shields and his father run security for "General Iron" scrapyard in 018. The owner, Howard Labkon, is a major contributor to Rahm.
Whoever gets elected to FOP leadership positions will have this to deal with right away"
from the Sun-times:
Madigan open to discussing cuts in
state pensions
BY DAVE MCKINNEY AND STEPHEN DI BENEDETTO Sun-Times staff Reporters Feb 9, 2011 04:53AM
SPRINGFIELD — The top House Democrat delivered potentially sobering news Tuesday to the state workforce, saying for the first time publicly that he’s open to a discussion about scaling back existing state workers’ pensions thought to be sacred under Illinois’ Constitution.
The comments by House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) set the stage for a contentious spring showdown in the Legislature with the state’s largest public-employee unions, who have vowed to go to the mat to protect retirement benefits for tens of thousands of existing government workers.
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/3725598-417/madigan-open-to-discussing-cuts-in-state-pensions.html
All can get cut apparently except for Madigan himself and his buddies and of course no cuts for Richard M Daley, arch-criminal, and Daley's THREE pensions totaling in excess of $300,000 a year!
But you police officers? Your pensions will get cut because the City can't afford to pay your pensions in spite of so called rock solid constitutional guarantees.
Even if we get it in writing, which we have, the fucking good for shit City of Chicago will not honor it's commitments.
The City behaves like a goddamned shithead crack head father of twelve from the ghetto when it comes to keeping commitments.
We need more marches on City Hall with a walk over to the State of Illinois Building to cap it off. We need at THOUSANDS down there, Local 2 Firefighters too and as many other City unions as can be mustered.
We need to shut downtown down, so far there has been no united show of displeasure from us all. fucking lawmakers shit all over us and all we do is meekly give our endorsement to one or the other good for shit candidate.
We need to GET FUCKING MAD! And let the entire fucking State of Illinois see!
There were riots reported around the world in France when they wanted to raise the retirement age a couple of years.
Here, they want to raise the retirement age to near death and cut retirement income to the bone and we sit at our computers and type in a fucking blog!
WE NEED TO ACT!
We make fund of France and tell French jokes Ha Ha the French workers had the balls to virtually shut the goddamned country down when their retirement was threatened.
We seem to be passively taking it in the ass and doing nothing.
FUCK THIS SHIT! I DIDN'T WORK GODDAMNED NEAR 30 YEARS TO HAVE SOME THIN LIPPED SHANTY IRISH COCK SUCKERS STEAL MY PENSION!
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING!
ARE YOU LISTENING SHIELDS? IF ELECTED, YOU BETTER FUCKING SHOW SOME GODDAMNED FUCKING BALLS AND GET EVERY GODDAMEND UNION EFFECTED TO SHOW SOME BALLS AND GET MAD AS HELL!
FUCK DALEY!
FUCK MADIGAN!
FUCK EMANUEL!
Did that work for you with Obama. Are you really the police?
Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote Vote
Need more Patrol representing us. Make sure to look at who you are voting for. Look at the Unit they are in.
The United States Government has ONE vice-presidnet...SO why do we need THREE. AT CAPTAINS pay, THAT comes from our union DUES. Some of these people running for some of these "offices" are up for promotion soon. So why would I vote for you to get Captain's pay when you will NOT have your heart and soul in the job that you wish to have. Do your research people. Mike I like you but some of these people that are on your ticket are FAKERS!!!!!
Bernie Epton... before it's to late!
Madigan setting the stage for Rahm to change pensions.
In todays Sun Times Madigan was quoted as saying,"You've already changed it going forward, But now we are working on bills that would change it midstream. A state worker would be told "All right, you have a state benefit package up to today. Starting tomorrow, it's going to be a different deal." If Rahm gets in we are screwed. I can't believe that all the city and state woes are due to our pensions. This is the biggest smoke screen I have ever seen and the public is bying it. The polls are showing Rahm in the lead. Why won't our unions tell the truth that the leeches with Govt cell phones, wick and a host of other programs are sucking us dry. Why is there no talk of cutting these programs. I say I will do the job I am paid to do, pay me less I will do less and when the animal comes knocking I will be with my family. You are on your own. ask Rham to protect you with all that property tax money he saved you. Don't you know that will not fund pensions or police it will be used for social programs and when the music stops, the animal will be set free with no police to protect you. Think about that...This Mayoral election is the most important for us in years. Get out and vote and make sure you family votes as well!
A guy that is an arrogant, ego maniacal, self serving jerk on the job will only be worse with more power. If you think he will look out for us, you're mistaken. Some guys are just all about themselves.
Do not blindly vote for someone because they are a Police Officer. Ed Burke hasn't done a thing for us unless it benefited him. He has actually done more harm to us than good. We have at least one very similar guy in the alderman races, maybe more.
any city employee that votes for rahm probably needs meds.....
Curious move by the citywide team too to say that they are endorsed by Dineen and Nolan... these just happen to be the guys who established the pattern of laying down and playing dead for the Daley Crime Family... WHACK*@^&!!! "Thank you Sir, May I have another?"
Again, time for a change, some new blood and a new attitude.
2/09/2011 01:14:00 AM
Listen jerkoff, if Nolan and Dineen and Donahue all laid down for Daley as you claim, why is it that people everywhere think you are overpaid and your pension benefits are way too big? You are just plain stupid. Vote for the "new blood" with the "new attitude." Too bad the top guys work for J-Fed and Kirby. See how that works out for you.
Don't vote for Joe Simpson from Shields "hand picked" ticket". He cleaned out his disabled father. State Police and Cook County State's attorney's were assigned to investigate........more to follow. SCC, you've got to post something about this the case file is in Probate at the Daley Center. This guy is BAD! No Pallohuskys in FOP!!!!
voted and returned my ballot already.
I still am of the spirit I had in our last govt. election ... Time for a change and new blood.
Curious move by the citywide team too to say that they are endorsed by Dineen and Nolan... these just happen to be the guys who established the pattern of laying down and playing dead for the Daley Crime Family... WHACK*@^&!!! "Thank you Sir, May I have another?"
So you would rather have a guy who has never been the police, never been involved in our union and couldn't even answer a basic contract qustion at roll call. Don't drink the Shields kool aid brothers and sisters.
we're in for a rough ride the next contract . it doesn't matter who the new mayor is , city workers are in for cuts . city should have laid off workers , this would ' ve saved benefits and future pensions.
WHY WOULD THAT KING GUY BE ON THE SHIELDS TICKET- ISN'T HE THE ONE WHO LOST HIS CANINE ABOUT HUNDRED TIMES
Is the Rick King on Shields team the same Rick King who lost his dog 4 times. Yes 4 times!
Oh yeah.......I got my ballot and thought to myself, did the current regime help out the officers that were placed on the behaviorial program and had their constitutional rights violated. So you can imagine who I voted for. It is a disgrace that those officers still get the run around. Maybe the next batch of people will take a second look. Voting is important and hope everyone gives it a long look and votes their conscience.
2/09/2011 12:49:00 AM
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Same here. I voted for the OTHER bunch of people. What I can't understand is you had 600 people involved with the behaviorial program fiasco. It's not like it was ten, or twenty, but 600. The City of Chicago sent out letters of apology admitting fault clearly having violated all the officers civil rights. Now anyone else that had there rights violated in the City of Chicago, Cook County and the State of Illinois had lawyers getting their cients millions of dollars. Not the FOP. The FOP sat on there hands clearly in cahoots with the City of Chicago. Clearly a corrupt union.
No one one the Shields team (with the exception of the bloodsucking Harold Brown) ever attened a union meeting before 2010. But they did work at 35th Street. So they are clearly ready to lead. NOT!
WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,WOOF, WOOF, WOOF, WOOF,
Translation: Rick King sucks. I am happy now.
Sincerely,
Bear
Former CPD Canine
Greg Bella is done.
I voted Shields. Time to oust the old regime. And mailed it in already.
The key here is to vote. Don't let that ballot sit on your table! There are good people on both tickets, vote for who you think will do a better job, not who your buddies are or who you went to the academy with, but who has the best interest of the men and women of the Dept.
Keep in mind, this election will affect Sgts, Lt's and Capt's as well. The city always goes with the pay increase negotiated with FOP for the rest of the Dept contracts, so those that still are members of FOP and can still vote, vote for those that will make the best choices.
My ballot is split, as there are people on both sides that I think will do right by everyone. My prediction is a few from Bella's camp, and a few from Shields camp. I pray that they will work together for everyone
Got the ballot. Spoke to fellow po's and was once again reminded like I have been many times before in almost 30 years on the job,just how misinformed so many po's are. Lot of talk about in with the new and time for a change etc.As always for coppers, don't appreciate what has been gained or kept but focus on and bitch about what we think was lost or given away. Well we see how that worked out for the country with the hope and change President and Democrats. Glad I'm leaving soon because I dread the thought of the inexperienced new blood that is coming to the FOP and the enemy, being Rahm and crew that is coming to this city. I fear this is the end of times as we old timers knew them on this job and for all of us,new guys, old guys and retired we are about to be crushed and when Rahm and crew are finished this job will never be worth having again. I'll be retired when the next FOP election comes up but I'll bet it will be the same old bitching no matter who the FOP crew is. We will never have a good contract and real protection until we become members of an actual Union that is sanctioned and a member of the AFL-CIO like the firefighters. Until then we will be a beer drinking boy's club looking for good spots no matter who gets voted in.
It is time for a total changing of the guard.
TO the people that just voted for Change.... that worked out well with Obama didn't it? While I beleive it it is time to shake things up, wiping the slate clean is not the way. A balance between the two groups and independents might be the way to go. Remeber our contract expires next January and we do want some people around to keep what we have already gotten and to get us as many benefits as possible under the new mayor. Just don't vote Change. Vote in an intelligent manner and do what you think is right. I have spoken with both groups (Bella & Shields) about different issues and both groups have some good ideas. The Shields team has some younger guys on it that have no clue about contractual issues. They also have some really good guys that want to help out everyone. Good Luck to whoever wins, but always remember that we are the ones that vote you in.
FOP , the newly elected FOP should DEMAND that all sworn officers are assigned to Street Duty , not acting as drivers , secretary , crossing guard supervisors unless the officers are Light Duty from a Police related incident Some Districts have more Police Officers assigned to clerical duties than they have assigned to Beat cars .
It's about using resources we have available now to protect officers working 1 man units on the 1st and 3rd watch
Really...does it even matter? WTF
Big scandal coming. Don't vote for the Shields ticket. You will definitely want at least one vote back.
I love when the CW team says everything is good here...Your pensions are safe.
http://www.suntimes.com/3725598-417/madigan-open-to-discussing-cuts-in-state-pensions.html
Bella/Dougherty you got my vote. The new work schedule is great. You guys have done a good job.
I have to ask Mike Shields one question. Why were you not in Springfield fighting for our pension? Why have you not improved the funding of our pension fund? Finish the job you said you were going to do at the pension fund. Then I'll vote for you as FOP President.
Gee....something tells me even a change in faces seen will do nothing to change how things get done! We need accountability, I have no love for the sissypants currently "representing" me in fop, but I'm sure a new group will be the same...they will take care of themselves and there own well before they take care of the rest of us. Business as usual!
So you can imagine who I voted for. It is a disgrace that those officers still get the run around. Maybe the next batch of people will.
The new batch will have a learning curve, if you think they will just walk in and be able to deal with the city and others you have your head in the sand, That learning curve alone will cost you plenty. I say the devil you know is better then the devil you don't know.
I think it's great to see some younger police officers getting involved. I heard one of their presentations and they had a lot of great ideas and plans going forward. Mike Shields may be young, but at least he's not afraid to open his mouth.
Most of those Citywide guys have been in office for NINE YEARS!! If they win another term that's TWELVE YEARS!! Did they join the department to be union officials their whole career?
I voted. However, what's with the secracy ballot envelope that has your name, address, and a bar code?????? So much for secret ballot.
Mike Shields??? We need someone with more experience than some young kid with no police experience.
If u ask me, who wouldn't want a job making 6 figures!!!!
We need a balance of powers! Choose some old and new candidates.
If we choose all one party they'll have the same agenda.
Rep control house, Dems - Senate.
Lets be careful and put some thought into this election.
Don't be fooled by the silver spoon Commander's kids:Shields, Mccarthy, whelehan, etc. All of their fathers were Commanders. And its interesting they all have inside clout spots! Vote for change-guys who work the street! Vote for experience-not clout!!
I hope the police on this job get involved and vote!!! Don't bitch and complain what the union is doing or going to do for you if your too damn LAZY to vote.
This election may actually give us a place at the table in the mayoral race.
Again in todays paper you have Madigan talking about how now maybe we have to change things pension wise midstream.
Let's use our heads and GET INVOLVED..
BTW the Shields team still do not know who they endorse for mayor two weeks before the election,pretty sad..A/2 PO.
2/09/2011 12:48:00 A
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Dude do you even pay attention to things that the Shields Team says?? You must be one of the mushes that has to have things explained to you over and over because you took a short bus to school.
If your in a "Special Unit" you can count ON NOT HAVING MY VOTE!!!!!!!
Use your juice jagoffs!!!!!!!
Honestly... Nobody cares.
I had to split my ticket too. I just could not vote for anyone who works for J-Fled. That’s why they did not want Unit Numbers next to their names on the ballot. And can anyone come up with one thing the bottom of the old guard ticket have done in the last six years? There are too many do nothings on the old guard ticket for Trustee and Sgt. at Arms. Why do we need 17 trustees? Mike needed to get a qualified group of people a lot sooner then he did. How many of his people were Unit Rep’s or just did the 5 meetings for one minute a piece? Many of those people only came into the meeting signed the book and left! And wasn’t Cap thrown out of the office for being lazy? Very sad these are the best of the best?
That’s why I had split my vote.
If any of you saw what BOTH of the Madigan’s are doing the last two day’s (Burge pension and change pensions for existing workers) you have to do more than just vote in the general election for mayor. If the Teacher’s Union can stack up the gallery in the Legislature we must now become a political force too. Why can’t we bus down at least 50 old retired farts for every important vote? Get walkers all of them even for the ones that do not need it.
Please drag every family member and friend to the polls. 38 extra extra short has all ready said he plans to change our pensions. Now Madigan says it is open and on the table too!
If anyone is max’d you got to think about going asap or the Madigan’s are going to stick it up yours w/o luberman.
I think you have to go with the lesser of two evils.
From a taxpayer perspective, I would probably vote for Rahm because he is going to cut the unions and their hold on the city. There is too much waste in the pension system.
The only problem is that he will also try to institute some new taxes on me. We don't need new taxes - we need new companies coming in and offering real jobs.
So from looking at Rahm from that angle - he is bad for the average citizen and business owner. Overall, not a good choice.
I am not sure how great Chico would be but at least he served some time in some of the positions in Chicago. Could he work out? He (and anyone else) will face the same challenges as Rahm would. Is he a compromiser? Rahm does not seem to be.
Hard decision when the field of candidates are so bad.
I AM voting.
This is an election where if you stay home, don't come on the BLOG whining that one guy or the other got in - or Carol M. Braun got in.
Out with the old and in with the new is what I say. Times have changed and we need people who have changed with the times. I think Mark Twain said something to the effect the diapers and politicians need to be changed often and for the same reason.
Too many young slicksters on Shields ticket. Too bad.
I'm sick of change.
nothing wrong with some new people in the office but remember how important it will be to have some guys with experience dealing with this new mayor.
After the royal screwing we got from arbitrator Ben, why did the City wide team hire him again? They lost my vote. We need new blood, too many people are way to comfortable with their 100,000 plus union salaries.
Just say no to Simpson!
Oh yeah.......I got my ballot and thought to myself, did the current regime help out the officers that were placed on the behaviorial program and had their constitutional rights violated. So you can imagine who I voted for. It is a disgrace that those officers still get the run around. Maybe the next batch of people will take a second look. Voting is important and hope everyone gives it a long look and votes their conscience.
2/09/2011 12:49:00 AM
Just how long are you going to bitch about this? We've all had enough.
The CWT are all nice guys and are good atr running picnics and golf outings. Counting their tenure with Bill Nolan, they have been around for 18 years. During that time, they dropped the ball big time in regards to our pension funding. The pension wasn,t even an issue until Mike Shields csme on the scene and lit a fire under them. We need to be more of a union and less of a social club. The Shields Team is the way to go.
What are we voting for, I thought election day was 22FEB11.
I got the ballet but won't be voting. I plan to sell my vote to the highest bidder.
I am voting for "The Black Swan" for best movie and Jeff Bridges for best actor...... oh, sorry SCC, you were referring to a different ballot!
sheilds really aligned himself with some questionables... one guy I really think should stay out of the spotlight considering he had one foot in the jail cell a couple of years ago. Not sure If I would trust money around this guy considering what happened with the president of the sgts association.
It's good to see that the retirees, the same ones that vote for Hauser every election, have such a strong voice in our fop elections.
I'm sticking with the Citywide team. The economy is in terrible shape and the FOP went into arbitration and received a pay raise. To me, that's a good return. Ask the private sector about their pay raises; they're non-existent.
The economy is in a Great Depression II. Bella and his group are experienced in what they can and cannot get from the city. I don't think this is the time to make changes. Not with shithead Rahm right around the corner(I apologize to all you other shitheads out there for including Rahm into your clique, but at this moment I can't think of another word to describe him).
Another reason is Tom Pleines: He's done fantastic work with grievances; I had personal experience with this in dealing with an insane sergeant (no, it wasn't AZ!).
I am a memeber of the FOP. For those of you looking if there's "Phil Schitz" on CPD, there isn't. I use an alias to protect me. My moniker of "Phil Schitz here", is pronounced as "Phil shits here". May God help any numbskull who really believed I was an "Ace Reporter"!
A long read, my apologies in advance...
There's a TON of people talking smack about who's running in this race, namely those on Shields' ticket.
They're crying about the candidate's average time on the job. They're crying about some of the ticket being assigned to "cushy" units. They're crying about a lot of things they DON'T have the slightest clue or idea about.
Time to dispel a few rumors & myths:
#1 - Shields will be "double-dipping" between being Pension Board Trustee if elected President of FOP.
ANSWER: Wrong. Mike doesn't receive any compensation above his 9161 pay rate (Patrolman) for being Pension Trustee. He ran for that position because he saw a need for reform in how our pension issues and OUR MONEY were being handled.
Mike was the only trustee that encouraged & subsequently voted FOR an investigation into who were the "chosen" recipients of our pension dollars. His efforts to root out the less-than-legitimate, "business as usual" attitude in this facet of our very future and livelihood was rewarded with the threat of legal sanctions by those he called-out (Stephanie Neely) after catching them in unethical relationships.
Mike wasn't and isn't afraid to ruffle feathers and make waves when it comes to safeguarding OUR money. He also went public with Ron Huberman's attempt to back-door his way into our pension fund. Same goes for Weis, Brust, Maters and O'Keefe. Mike has made some unpopular decisions that many wouldn't dare for fear of retaliation. The same can't be said for the current regime. While they may have known what was going on, they DIDN'T ACT ON THE INFORMATION THEY HAD. I'd be willing to bet they wish they had - it just might have yielded returns at the polls on 04 March 2011.
In short, this is just one instance where the current leaders of our union left the best interests of the rank and file at the curb. They subsequently tried to "put perfume on a pig" by saying they forgave the 23 million dollars stolen by Daley's nephew Vanecko as partial payment for a better work schedule/compression...this is something that should've been negotiated WITHOUT a 23 million "security deposit".
#2 - Candidates on the Shields Team ticket are lawyers that prosecute police officers and then recommend penalties during the "punishment phase" of the internal police investigation.
ANSWER: Wrong. Jim McCarthy and Terry Collins work in Legal Affairs. They work, specifically, to REPRESENT officers that are the subject of "beefs" and lawsuits. They are in no way involved in any capacity whatsoever in the recommendation or handing-down of punishment versus accused officers.
#3 - The Shields Team is going to send a lawyer to your police shooting, which would make the involved officer(s) give an immediate statement to the Officer In Charge, potentially putting an officer in the "trick bag".
ANSWER: Wrong. The Shields Team, if elected, consists of three (3) HGS detectives that will be assigned to any officer-involved shooting. In the unlikely event none of these three gentlemen are available, another representative will be sent out. That representative may or may not be an attorney. However, anyone that is sent out to the scene of a police shooting will arrive IN THE CAPACITY OF AN FOP REPRESENTATIVE. The possibility that this representative may also be an attorney is nothing more than an added benefit in the event legal issues need to be addressed at a later time regarding such incidents.
Continued...
I am voting for Mike Shieds. I only hope that he will not get to be like all the past presidents and continue to make the FOP a social club at best. We need strong leadership and I have to say that some of the people chosen to be on Mike's ticket make me wonder if they have the know-how to get the job done. Have to spit the ticket.
Whoever the new President for FOP better have the balls to stand up for it's members. Hard time are coming for the CPD.
Question is Daniel Shields related to Mike Shields?
Is Jim Bailey allowed in the wind with those ears?
Aguilar find a personality yet?
Harold Brown and Al Jag? Give me a break! If I would not work with these guys why would I vote for them?
Muuzpappa is Siser's partner? Here I thought Siser ran it too!
Didn't we vote Bullock out last time?
Are McDonagh, Shogren, and Skelly still alive?
Is Ed King a Stepford husband? Hello anyone home? Are there any brain waves in there?
Rick King find his dog yet.?
Garza and Richardson fighting at the door over the same bottle of Boone's Farm?
Who are J-Pud's dollies?
Is Sid Davis a pigmy?
Wasn't Trevino deported?
God Help us!!!! I do not want to vote for either ticket. Can we do a do over?
The Citywide team is ridiculous. They are running the wrong guy for president.
Say no to 018 Joe!!!
Was Shields team really "HANDPICKED" as he is fond of saying? What a fucking disgrace. I'm glad I voted Citywide.
well said!! i do notice a lot of these guys are in units which to me screams CLOUT HACKS. I voted shields president and quite frankly i mixed and matched with the others. I dont need every FOP guy to be from 081 019 and 017. A bit ridiculous by shields to not venture a bit south of madison.
me people need to get over that Chico was Daleys Chief of Staff.How long ago was that;20years ago???? I got my Chico=THAT MEANS HE WAS ROGUE BACK THEN AND NOT SUPPORTER OF DALEY????SMOKE SO MORE CRACK
was told by a political insider that this election will come down to north side liberals backing rahm and south side bosses supporting Chico. im hoping some of the regular Northwest side bosses obviously do the same. lets be real though, lincoln park gold coast, lincoln square, bucktown, etc will all vote rahm. If you are a REAL chicagoan u will vote Chico
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#4 - Members of the Shields Team have "cushy" spots that were obtained by clout.
ANSWER: The two (2) aforementioned candidates (McCarthy and Collins) worked in, what's considered by many, the worst two districts while going to graduate and law school. Jim in 011 and Terry in 007. No officer should be faulted for obtaining extensive education that can subsequently be applied towards the betterment of the working conditions of the fellow law enforcement brothers and sisters. And "cushy" spots is open to interpretation; there's a lot of other units many might argue are plenty more "cushy" and "clout heavy". Also, one of our candidates, Damon Stewart, has been reassigned from his "cushy" spot at the Training Academy to 004 mid-campaign without a valid explanation (coincidence??? I say not). Additionally...Mike Shields was ELECTED by his fellow officers to his current "cushy" Patrolmen's pay spot of Pension Board Trustee. No middle of the night phone call to a "Chinaman" to get his spot.
Some facts and statistics also need to be brought to the attention of the readers of SCC:
Of the approximate 11,000 current FOP members eligible to run for any FOP position in this year's election, ONLY 90 or so met the requirement(s) to do so. Many people will talk a big game about how things are or should be done, but the numbers speak volumes of who will actually step-up and try to make a difference. Please don't take this as criticism - there are a myriad of reasons people aren't involved in the union.
Participation in YOUR union through a more welcoming, open & transparent union leadership is just one of the goals we'll set into motion if elected. Participation beyond blindly voting every 3 years is crucial to your future. People MUST get involved if they want things different in the future.
Please feel free to check our websites (www.shieldsfop7.org AND www.mikeshieldsfop7.blogspot.com) to view our extended platform as well as our biographies. An informed voter is a smart voter; as SCC stated - do some research, talk to your coworkers and get behind some candidates. This FOP election is probably the most important that I can remember since I came on the job - and not just because I'm a candidate. Regardless of where your research and/or loyalties lead you, please be sure to vote. Again, this is a VERY important election.
Our mayor-in-the-wings has made it abundantly clear what his plan for OUR pension entails. We need an FOP that isn't afraid to ask the hard question or bring to light the less-than-legitimate dealings to which a majority of taxpayers have accepted as the norm. We need someone well-versed in pension law and the intricacies that surround the many tangents that go along with it. Mike Shields and his team are the ones most prepared for this monumental fight. With the exception of the retirees on our ticket, the majority of us are here for many years to come - win or lose. The decisions we'll make and the things we'll fight for will directly effect us as well as current and future members.
Finally, many of you have witnessed firsthand or hopefully have been told by friends and coworkers that during this campaign, the Shields Team hasn't resorted to the usual "mud slinging" and name-calling that usually accompanies most elections. We have also supported our platform and roll call addresses with factual material, not lies and vicious rumors that have been regularly employed by our competition. Hopefully, the officers casting their ballots will see that our demeanor throughout this process has been above-board. This is the exactly the same type of representation that you can expect from us should we be honored by representing you as your next FOP union leaders.
Thanks for your time (and thank you, SCC, for the forum)
Glen P. Popiela - 011th District - 3rd Watch
Candidate for FOP Treasurer - Team Shields
I still am of the spirit I had in our last govt. election ... Time for a change and new blood.
That learning curve will hurt us. Maybe later but the time is not right. We need all the help we can get with the pension issues. The public is not on our side.
Rahm at 54% per channel 7 poll...Fucking gullible people. Make way for Shortshanks the second. You could sell the Brooklyn Bridge to the typical Chicago dumbfuck voter.
Is commander bret goldstein the nation wide insurance guy on the side?
Hey 12:48 AM
Why would Shields Team openly endorse a candidate for mayor. They are not representing our union...YET. They were smart to not open their mouths when it wasn't their place to do so. Shields Team fight will be for our pension, and that's what we need to be concerned about seeing the Rahm was pretty much preordained out next Mayor, and we all know it. Team Shields can endorse the next mayor.
Our current union has the responsibility of mayoral endorsement, which is funny all by itself seeing that Donahue WOULDN'T tell us who the membership voted to endorse at the FOP general meeting just one day prior to making it known via the media who "we" picked to endorse.
Again, FOP kept it's members in the dark, instead choosing to let Chico know first, the media second and us little guys THIRD. The guys they are supposed to represent were left in the dark...AGAIN.
So all this makes doing my "homework" for this election that much easier. Shields Team it is, and I suggest others look at Mike & his crew before they fill out their ballot...these guys are good and they are sincere. I have faith that they'll be 100% better that three more years of the goofs that have already been in there 9 years. Time for change is right. Bella and company can change back into uniform and go push a beat car from now on.
change is not always necessarily good. as evidenced by the election a few years ago...
Starting over will give the city the upper hand once again, like it did when city wide first got in. They will make costly mistakes. It will not be long that those who voted for shields will be bitching once again.
Anonymous said...
No one one the Shields team (with the exception of the bloodsucking Harold Brown) ever attened a union meeting before 2010. But they did work at 35th Street. So they are clearly ready to lead. NOT!
2/09/2011 09:14:00 AM
I have attended most FOP meetings since being elected Unit Rep in 2005. I have gone to state and national FOP conferences and served on a Committee. I am running for trustee with the Shields Team. I have never worked at 35th St. Get your facts straight.
There is a CPD Sergeant running against Appointed Alderman Rice in the 36th Ward.
THOMAS J. MOTZNY.
I will vote for him just for that fact and because of what I know about Daley's man Rice.
Stay Safe and Vote, Good Luck.
The CWT are all nice guys and are good atr running picnics and golf outings. Counting their tenure with Bill Nolan, they have been around for 18 years. During that time, they dropped the ball big time in regards to our pension funding. The pension wasn,t even an issue until Mike Shields csme on the scene and lit a fire under them. We need to be more of a union and less of a social club. The Shields Team is the way to go.
2/09/2011 03:15:00 PM
No. They did not drop the ball. All was well until The financial collapse of 2008. It got Shields elected! He promised to do something about underfunding. He's been there over 2 years and hasn't done a single thing but fight with Stephanie Neely. Big F---ing deal! Shields is bullshit.
I got the ballet but won't be voting. I plan to sell my vote to the highest bidder.
2/09/2011 03:37:00 PM
How Much? Just asking...
i believe NONE of Shields ticket members fathers were commanders. Shields, def NOT. Curry, def NOT. McCarthy, not sure. either way, what does that have to do with whats going on NOW?????? these people are all adults - highly educated and CPD tenured adults at that. their accomplishments speak for themselves. and people ripping on King cuz his dog ran away a few times. hows that HIS fault??? theres no correlation btwn a man's being and an animal that freaks out from weather conditions (or whatever made the pooch go crazy). If you think you can do a better job, have at it. at least this group of people were able to come together, construct a format that they believe in, organize and orchestrate roll call visits and all the other little and no-so-little things that are part and parcel to a thing like running for office. I heard they pooled all the costs out of pocket - they didnt take cash from their lawyer buddies like a certain OTHER ticket. most of them have families, too if I hear right. Im sure some go to court or work side jobs. all this shows me is that these people are focused and care about what they want to do to protect our jobs. so before you open your mouth, try to get involved with YOUR union and do the same next time election time rolls around.
My vote and the vote of everyone I know is going to the best options we have before us at the moment - and that option is Mikes Team.
If they fuck with our pensions, morale will sink even lower and no one will give a rat's ass what the Boss wants done.I.O.D will be every 2 weeks, get the sniffles, looks like Medical time to me .Anyone else care to weigh in?
These Socialist liberals want to make all equal. They don't want the poor to do better (as if)they want to bring the middle class down to the poverty level.Any discourse?
My vote and the vote of everyone I know is going to the best options we have before us at the moment - and that option is Mikes Team.
2/09/2011 08:55:00 PM
Dude, cut the shit. MIKE's DAD WAS A Lt. Whelehan's dad was a Capt. McCarthy - ADS.
Now start explaining 018's Simpson. From the Shield's boys home district, no less. Disgrazia!
So all this makes doing my "homework" for this election that much easier. Shields Team it is, and I suggest others look at Mike & his crew before they fill out their ballot...these guys are good and they are sincere. I have faith that they'll be 100% better that three more years of the goofs that have already been in there 9 years. Time for change is right. Bella and company can change back into uniform and go push a beat car from now on.
2/09/2011 07:05:00 PM
Do me a favor. Wait. You have not done your homework at all. Hold on to that ballot. Your homework will be done for you. Wait and watch. Shields team is bad.
Why does FOP need 3 vice presidents??
shields team is a bunch of clowns. Soon he will have to explain how he picked them.
I have seen a million times the question of what Shields has done at the pension board. He only talks about the Huberman prank that got him elected and the Neely dispute. His has nothing to say when you ask about his real accomplishments. He likes seeing himself on TV and in the papers. This egomaniac will be the death of this.
their accomplishments speak for themselves. and people ripping on King cuz his dog ran away a few times. hows that HIS fault??? theres no correlation btwn a man's being and an animal that freaks out from weather conditions (or whatever made the pooch go crazy). If you think you can do a better job, have at it.
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I am dog owner and have owned dogs all my life. None of my dogs EVER ran away. Two of King's dogs fled, and four different times. Yes, I can do better and have done better. Now it is time for Shields to explain why he "hand picked" Joe Simpson. Did he not know? Is he that stupid?
Off Topic:
Any reports from the Chico forum at Bourbon Street?
I have known Simpson my entire life and I can tell you with 100% certainty, the alligations you speak of are compleately false , get the facts before you go spouting off at the mouth . Fact is cw team has dropped the ball time and time again. It was a good run cw team , but the winds of change are blowing can you hear them . Good luck shields team !!!!
If you are one of Shields' Facebook friends, you already known that he is in favor of US paying more pension contribution. He said it. Check it out before he deletes it.
Shields is not to be trusted. He will destroy us. His team never went to a meeting before this year. People might want to know that West Side Inside Do Nothing is on the Shields Team running for one of the top spots. Comforting, isn't it?
Rahm says police and fire are public servants and we need to make consessions, well I have news for you rahm guess what you are "A PUBLIC SERVANT". Maybe you should take your own advice. Coming from someone who left goverment for a 2 year period to become a financial advisor with zero experience , courtesy of bill Clinton and was able to amass 17 million dollars in 2 short years , and then jump back into his goverment position . I hear what your selling but I ain't buying !!!!!
Mike’s ticket is short a spot for Sgt. At Arms. Had Mike not waited to the last minute to handpick his ticket he would not have been turned down so much. A lack of south siders because of that. People who might have said yes two months earlier said no because they smelled desperation. Many people did not want to be on the same ticket with Harold Brown or Al Jaglowski either. I split the top of my ballot and only voted for a couple of trustees from either ticket . None of the Sgt. At Arms from either. Too many people from either ticket and they will all be doing a reach around in the shower. This way everyone will be showering with their backs to the wall watching everyone else.
Is it true that McCarthy and Whelehan made asses of themselves at the candidates meeting when they wanted to take the unit numbers off the ballot? Is she one of those who are too busy to attend meeting and signs the book and leaves? It is shame Mike could not find better people with Aguliar and Capparelli being useless. If Mike wanted to be president he should have never ran for the pension board. That’s the major reason the older half of the people on the job have pause voting for him.
I hate Ozzie from the White Sox but I would not replace him with his son either. The lesser of two evils I guess.
Bella/Dougherty you got my vote. The new work schedule is great. You guys have done a good job.
signed,
Bill Dougherty and Greg Bella.
Thanks for the advice SCC. I did some research like you suggested and I am not voting for Shields. he should have known about Joe Simpon.
AND WHAT IS WITH ALL THE TRUSTEES?
MAY BE THEY SHOULD BE CUT DOWN TO 10.
AND WHATS THE DEAL WITH THE RETIREES RUNNING FOR OFFICE?
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ALL THE SPOTS WERE TAKEN BY RETIRED OFFICERS.
DO U REALLY THINK THEY CARE ABOUT CR NUMBERS,DRUG TEST,UNPAID FURLOUGHS AND RAISES.
SO THINK BEFORE U VOTE FOR THE GUY THAT USED TO WORK ON THE JOB.
IT COULD COST U MORE THAN IT WOULD EVER COST THEM.
While the Shields team was out addressing officers at role calls talking with them and answering their questions. I am glad to bella and his merry band of goofs working the blog so hard. Glad to see how hard your working down at that FOP. All the sudden all this anti-shields on the blog? Is this perhaps because your scared and because your lack of effort over this last nine years has sealed your fate? Okay so your hail mary play is to spread lies at this last minute on a blog greg and bill? Maybe if you made the effort to actually see the patrolman(and not just during elections) over the last nine years a little more often then maybe I would vote for you. But the citywide teams lack of interest in its membership has sealed its fate.
"...it will be the same old bitching no matter who the FOP crew is."
Unfortunately you're right, and most of the bitching will be from people whose only involvement in FOP is getting a calendar, an FOP sticker and two FOP Family stickers every year.
"Go to a meeting?? I'm too busy for that!!"
Glen Popiela - 011, 3rd Watch said...
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I do not know you but you want me to vote for J-Pud's puppies?
Brown or Jaglowski? Maybe you guys should have done some research on the people you asked to be on your ticket. These are two of the most unless malcontents I have ever met. We have room for some retirees just not these two half-wits.
Good news is I actually voted for you. Three from your ticket and three from the City Wide ticket. All the rest are independent. But at least I know of everyone I voted for on the bottom two thirds of the ticket.
PS keep your posts shorter. It sound like you are begging. Stay safe.
912pm obviously cant read. Sad part is that your ignorant a** is allowed to vote in such an important election. You'll be just another a**hole crying how the union doesn't do s**t for you once you elect the same bunch of goofs in for another term. And how many meetings have YOU made it to?? I'm guessing not enough to run this time around, hence your stupidity spewed on a blog.
Signed,
An independent running for Trustee
How's that Hopey Changey thing workin' for ya?
"I got the ballet but won't be voting."
Never cared much for the ballet. I prefer the symphony.
"These Socialist liberals want to make all equal."
They want to make all equal except themselves.
Do you think Rahm will ever live at your income level?
"Need more Patrol representing us."
Nobody cares about patrol.
complaining about Mikes shields experience and too young of a team. Well citywide has had no experience standing up to daley machine. Mike Shields has stood up in the past and called them out repeatedly over the last few years with his work at the pension board. He Also he did it without an arbitrator and a room full of lawyers. So Mike has really more experience fighting the machine than all the citywide team put together.
Also maybe I want someone who is younger and have more energy to fight this fight. This will be a long hard fight that I don't even know if we can stop.
Our unions lack of interest in getting our pension funded and pointing out the truth to the public has made this fight so much harder.
Sometimes experience of 9 years might get you too comfortable and friendly with the city to fight the type of fight that we need to initiate to protect our pension. We are past taking the gloves out for nice little boxing match and now we need to be to the level of no holding back ultimate fighting . You don't send a 50-60 year old in the ring in an ultimate fighting match. You just don't win.
My vote and the vote of everyone I know is going to the best options we have before us at the moment - and that option is Mikes Team.
Thanks Mike and Glen. Please quit patting yourself on the back.
Anonymous said...
My vote and the vote of everyone I know is going to the best options we have before us at the moment - and that option is Mikes Team.
2/09/2011 08:55:00 PM
Dude, cut the shit. MIKE's DAD WAS A Lt. Whelehan's dad was a Capt. McCarthy - ADS.
Now start explaining 018's Simpson. From the Shield's boys home district, no less. Disgrazia!
2/09/2011 09:12:00 PM
Whelan's dad was an inspector. McCarthy was Crazy Joe McCarthy and he was an ADS
Mike Shields: 10 years on job, how long on street?
and he's been known to drop some encouraging words for Rahm.
Not loving some issues wtih old regime, but damn sure not loving that about Shields.
lets be real though, lincoln park gold coast, lincoln square, bucktown, etc will all vote rahm. If you are a REAL chicagoan u will vote Chico
who the fuck are you to tell me if I was a real Chicago person. who the hell to vote for, you sound like if you were a real American do what I tell you. stick it up yo'r A hole.
The Citywide team is ridiculous. They are running the wrong guy for president.
I worked with Greg In 14th dist- I know he IS a stand up guy.
The economy is in a Great Depression II. Bella and his group are experienced in what they can and cannot get from the city. I don't think this is the time to make changes. Not with shithead Rahm right around the corner(I apologize to all you other shitheads out there for including Rahm into your clique, but at this moment I can't think of another word to describe him).
Another reason is Tom Pleines: He's done fantastic work with grievances; I had personal experience with this in dealing with an insane sergeant (no, it wasn't AZ!).
Well said I agree.
No one one the Shields team (with the exception of the bloodsucking Harold Brown) ever attened a union meeting before 2010. But they did work at 35th Street. So they are clearly ready to lead. NOT!
Indeed I go to most meetings yet did not know but a few guys. Leave Shields at the pension board he first needs to finish the job he told us he would do , then move on. That team has no experience, If we vote them in we are going to be in a hell of a mess.
ARE YOU LISTENING SHIELDS? IF ELECTED, YOU BETTER FUCKING SHOW SOME GODDAMNED FUCKING BALLS
Well that's not happening.
Is Shields going to stay on the pension board , if he wins the Presidents spot? If so, which will suffer? The Union or the Pension? Cant be in 2 places at the same time... Also who has experience with the running of a Unoin on that team? Just a little INexperienced for my liking.....
sheilds really aligned himself with some questionables... one guy I really think should stay out of the spotlight considering he had one foot in the jail cell a couple of years ago. Not sure If I would trust money around this guy considering what happened with the president of the sgts association.
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please, do tell!!
Mike Shields wants to keep both jobs = FOP President and
Pension Board Rep.
The pension wasn,t even an issue until Mike Shields csme on the scene and lit a fire under them. We need to be more of a union and less of a social club. The Shields Team is the way to go.
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BE careful what you wish for.
And if Mike would actually stand up and tell the truth = it was Bill Dougherty that brought the Huberman info to Mike. He did so because Mike is the Pension Bd. rep and that is his job as the pension bd rep.
Get your heads outta your asses people and stop seeing the glass as it appears.
Another reason is Tom Pleines: He's done fantastic work with grievances; I had personal experience with this in dealing with an insane sergeant (no, it wasn't AZ!).
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This must be a joke. Same asshole that sold out the BIS guys.
Anonymous said...
Is Shields going to stay on the pension board , if he wins the Presidents spot? If so, which will suffer? The Union or the Pension? Cant be in 2 places at the same time... Also who has experience with the running of a Unoin on that team? Just a little INexperienced for my liking.....
2/09/2011 11:46:00 PM
If they need any help they can always turn to the blog for some expert advice on union running.
Just not for spelling lessons.
One thing is certain, I am voting for True Grit for Best Picture.
And I will retire in two years. Oh, that's two things. All right then, two things are certain.
I voted for most of the Citywide Team. Most not all. They have done a good job in some rough times.
I was at Chico's Police/Fire event last night. No sign of Shields or anyone on his team. Donahue, Bella and Dougherty were there. Great turnout by police and fire.
I had some serious problems because of jody weisel and the rest of his jackass leaders and Ill tell you, Bella and the rest of the folks at the fop stood by me and saved my ass. Make fun of my post if you want to, but if you step in some shit, they will be there with you the whole way. Dont ever say it wont happen to you, because I used to say that too. Shit happens sometimes and they are out for you kids future. Even if they get rid of jfled, the next asshole could be just as bad. You better pray kirby dont get it. She will try to fire more than jfled in her first year. She loves nothing more than to hurt the police.
complaining about Mikes shields experience and too young of a team. Well citywide has had no experience standing up to daley machine. Mike Shields has stood up in the past and called them out repeatedly over the last few years with his work at the pension board. He Also he did it without an arbitrator and a room full of lawyers. So Mike has really more experience fighting the machine than all the citywide team put together.
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Idiot. You apparently thinks that just talking shit equals real work -- the Shields method. Good luck with that.
Another reason is Tom Pleines: He's done fantastic work with grievances; I had personal experience with this in dealing with an insane sergeant (no, it wasn't AZ!).
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Get of the blog Pleines. You are done.
I have to ask Mike Shields one question. Why were you not in Springfield fighting for our pension? Why have you not improved the funding of our pension fund? Finish the job you said you were going to do at the pension fund. Then I'll vote for you as FOP President.
2/09/2011 11:15:00 AM
This is two questions. Good questions, but you said you would only ask one.
Vote for who is most qualified to handle the pension issues. Mike is aggressive and knowledgeable. Bella is a nice guy and should have run for 2cnd vice.
Dont vote straight ticket! Vote for Shields for the pension issues. Dont be fucking stupid. This is the most important vote of your life.
In the interest of dispelling rumors, innuendo and just blatant lies:
-- I have never worked in the Superintendent's office. I have been an Evidence Technician since May 2007.
-- My father was never a Commander. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant and worked as a Lietenant in 010, in Internal Auditing as an Inspector and retired out of 001 (midnight watch commander / field Lieutenant)in 2002.
-- I have NEVER attended an FOP meeting where I walked in and just signed the book and walked out. NEVER.
-- Yes, I stood up at the candidates meeting at FOP in January and questioned why we were listing unit designations after candidates names. This was NOT done in an effort to hinder transparency. It was done to highlight a simple fact:
FOP, much like the Dept, gives you a set of rules on paper and then operates by a different set of rules in reality. The rules of the election committee do not call for any unit designator after a candidates' name. The answer as to why this is done is the same old "this is the way it's always been done." Well, if that's the case, then change the rule. It is a simple concept. Put the rules on paper and have EVERYONE follow them.
And on that note, I will simply encourage everyone to VOTE. As has been said repeatedly, this is an extremely important election. Please take the time to send your ballot back - it needs to be in the PO Box by March 3rd.
Megan Whelehan Curry
Candidate for 2nd VP
The Shields Team
Sgt AZ passed Lt Test and is forced to work for Merit Cloutorious Lts , Captains and Commanders
That would make anyone crazy
JFLED shouild have made him merit lt , he's a damn good street sgt and should be a lt.
We will never have a good contract and real protection until we become members of an actual Union that is sanctioned and a member of the AFL-CIO like the firefighters. Until then we will be a beer drinking boy's club looking for good spots no matter who gets voted in.
2/09/2011 09:41:00 AM
The firefighters have a good union. I would remind you that FOP arbitrated their contract. The Firefighters did not. They voted 8-1 to take what the FOP fought for. FOP did the heavy lifting. Go join CFD, ya shit talker.
The curent guys have to go, they have grown too comfortable and too close to the politicians that run this city. I bet some of them have been bought, lets see just where Mark D. winds up. and what's with this -he retired 15 Nov 10 but still collects fop Prez pay AND a pension????? Can u say CONFLICT OF INTEREST??????? Whats the point of having a VP who is supposed to step in when the Pres retires???? something is ROTTEN in Denmark. Shields and his ticket are the way to go, they don't owe anything to anybody and arent rattled by politicians or bosses that shouldnt be bosses.
Glen P. Popiela - 011th District - 3rd Watch
Candidate for FOP Treasurer - Team Shields
2/09/2011 05:19:00 PM
Tell us, Glen. Are you West Side Inside Do Nothing as everyone says? Tell the truth, cuz people don't want to be voting for a do nothing. Also, tell us more about Joe Simpson. Thank you.
Do you hear that singing Greg? That's the fat lady. It's over!
#4 - Members of the Shields Team have "cushy" spots that were obtained by clout.
ANSWER: The two (2) aforementioned candidates (McCarthy and Collins) worked in, what's considered by many, the worst two districts while going to graduate and law school. Jim in 011 and Terry in 007. No officer should be faulted for obtaining extensive education that can subsequently be applied towards the betterment of the working conditions of the fellow law enforcement brothers and sisters. And "cushy" spots is open to interpretation; there's a lot of other units many might argue are plenty more "cushy" and "clout heavy". Also, one of our candidates, Damon Stewart, has been reassigned from his "cushy" spot at the Training Academy to 004 mid-campaign without a valid explanation (coincidence??? I say not). Additionally...Mike Shields was ELECTED by his fellow officers to his current "cushy" Patrolmen's pay spot of Pension Board Trustee. No middle of the night phone call to a "Chinaman" to get his spot.
Sorry to correct you. But During law school Mccarthy worked in the fighting first district. And while still assigned to 001 worked at city hall. So yes he did use his "chinaman" to get his cushy spot. Mainly his relative that was a former Deputy. Then he used his "chinaman" to get his cushy spot at legal affairs. Which you forgot to mention pays SGts pay. Even though hes a patrolman. Hes still a good guy. But enough with the lies.
I heard both teams speak, but the Shields Team has my vote. I like how he's stood up for us in the past, and his handling of critical questions when at our roll call. Very informative and swayed a bunch of us to his side.
Love McCarthy, know him well, he handled my case and made a shit situation right. He knew his stuff, did his job, kept me in the loop, and kicked ass. Wish there were more like him.
All I can say is wow!! Its so obvius that Bella and the rest of his people are very nervous about there futures. You guys need to do a better job at hiding your attempt to slander here to. I know most of you have been out of the police game for quite some time so I can give you a quick refresher course,... when you rip on and tell lies about your competition you need to allow some time to go buy between posts and changing wording and flow also helps to make people think more than just one (MAYBE two) of you are responsible for the nonsense crap you let loose here and on DSLC. You boys (Richie A. I'm talking to YOU) at FOP should also know not to run your mouths in front of just anyone about things you put on diffrent blogs and talk strategy on how you plan to slander certain people via lies. Tread lightly, boys. There's some people who have unlimited time, unlimited resources and plenty of support to make examples of you above and beyond getting you voted out of office this time around. Keep it above the belt lest the rest of the CItywide Dirt be delivered front and center...AND YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT (L.D.F./J.B. RING A BELL??) - Signed - KMA & almost retired
The problem with Shields is that he thinks being a loudmouth and getting his name in the paper actually does something. It does nothing. Unfortunately it seems a lot of coppers just dont get it.
Bella and Citywide, on the other hand, have a real list of shit they've gotten done. There names might not be in the papers as much, but they get real stuff done.
If retired members want to run for FOP, I do not see any reason why 1 or 2 cannot hold a spot. After all, they too have been where we are today, and some were on this job when there was no union. I personally think that their experience will be an asset. And yes, retirees still belong to the union and pay a yearly dues. Remember girls and boys...God willing we will be there someday, and I'm sure we will want someone to share our interest. This pension debacle will effect both actibe and retirees.
What is the story with this Simpson guy? need to know some of the details
Voting Shields. I'm sick of the bs we have now.
their accomplishments speak for themselves. and people ripping on King cuz his dog ran away a few times. hows that HIS fault??? theres no correlation btwn a man's being and an animal that freaks out from weather conditions (or whatever made the pooch go crazy). If you think you can do a better job, have at it.
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I am dog owner and have owned dogs all my life. None of my dogs EVER ran away. Two of King's dogs fled, and four different times. Yes, I can do better and have done better. Now it is time for Shields to explain why he "hand picked" Joe Simpson. Did he not know? Is he that stupid?
Ok Ass I have had a couple of dog and they get out, it happens plz stop with that you sound like a child.
Greg Bella saved my ass- I got injured on the job was having a hard time returning ( not healing fast enough) If it was not for him I would have been fired. This is not the time for inexperienced Officers who have been to a few meetings, The city has experienced employees looking to go after the police do you really want to put this in the hands of rookies.
Sometimes experience of 9 years might get you too comfortable and friendly with the city to fight the type of fight that we need to initiate to protect our pension. We are past taking the gloves out for nice little boxing match and now we need to be to the level of no holding back ultimate fighting . You don't send a 50-60 year old in the ring
You need experience that's the bottom line, period without that you have nothing.
You can not have two masters. Megan Whelehan did more to hurt the Shields ticket with her conduct at the candidates meeting and the last general meeting then her pedigree did. I witnessed the later and heard about the earlier temper tantrum. I understand why they did not want unit numbers on the ballot. I can not vote for people who work for J-Fed or Kirby.
Mike’s card in his mailer states he wants to set up a liaison office inside J-Fled’s. Since these people have already sold their souls to the 5th floor will we be getting a heads up on them or are they getting a heads up on us?
Split your tickets among both groups. There are also some good people running as independents. Even a few retirees. But they are not the cronies on the City-wide Ticket or the rejects that Mike had to settle for on his ticket. At least we know that they will not be working down the hall for J-Pud. Please do not vote for Harold Brown or Al Jaglowski. But if you want the city to have spies at FOP just vote Mike’s ticket straight line without doing your homework.
I am not running for anything nor have I ever. I was a watch rep and my partner a unit rep by default. I am leaving 15 Nov. But this Madigan thing has gotten me somewhat concerned. I can leave anytime I want without getting hurt. So I am monitoring everything from Springfield. If you do not get involved you have nothing to complain about.
TRP
I work in 019 Shields and the Citywide Teams have been to my roll call about 5 times each. I have listened very closely and have come to the conclusions that the Shields team does not understand our union.
The Citywide team has talked about issues that really matter to P.O.’s like me working in a beat car everyday! Shield’s team has no answers for the Pension problem.
I can’t believe that shield’s team has Dean Angelo on it with 4 years on the job.
Mike you should have run for trustee and got some experience first!
F..K Shields team NO SOUTHSIDE DISTRICTS!!!!
i believe NONE of Shields ticket members fathers were commanders. Shields, def NOT. Curry, def NOT. McCarthy, not sure. either way, what does that have to do with whats going on NOW?????? these people are all adults - highly educated and CPD tenured adults at that. their accomplishments speak for themselves. and people ripping on King cuz his dog ran away a few times. hows that HIS fault??? theres no correlation btwn a man's being and an animal that freaks out from weather conditions (or whatever made the pooch go crazy). If you think you can do a better job, have at it. at least this group of people were able to come together, construct a format that they believe in, organize and orchestrate roll call visits and all the other little and no-so-little things that are part and parcel to a thing like running for office. I heard they pooled all the costs out of pocket - they didnt take cash from their lawyer buddies like a certain OTHER ticket. most of them have families, too if I hear right. Im sure some go to court or work side jobs. all this shows me is that these people are focused and care about what they want to do to protect our jobs. so before you open your mouth, try to get involved with YOUR union and do the same next time election time rolls around.
My vote and the vote of everyone I know is going to the best options we have before us at the moment - and that option is Mikes Team.
2/09/2011 08:55:00 PM
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Wow! You are shortsighted.
What about Curry's father?
What about Mike's father?
What about McCarthy's father?
What about Damon?
What about the Shield's team fundraiser?
What about those that are on the Medical and working their side job?
What about King's dogs?
What about Simpson?
What about the FOP handing Huberman to Mike on a platter?
What about Mike's idea of a parttime position?
Sorry Shield's team = too many ghosts in your closets or soon to be entering your closet.
Listen jerkoff, if Nolan and Dineen and Donahue all laid down for Daley as you claim, why is it that people everywhere think you are overpaid and your pension benefits are way too big? You are just plain stupid. Vote for the "new blood" with the "new attitude." Too bad the top guys work for J-Fed and Kirby. See how that works out for you.
2/09/2011 08:23:00 AM
CWT fight the battles the city tells them they can fight. There is case law all over the country about residency requirement being unconstitutional why has our union not filed a lawsuit? Every election they come out and oh we are gonna challenge residency and havent done shit. Work schedule,pay increases? We were getting about 3% per year,about what the rest of America getsin the private and government sector. But some one got greedy and screwed working officers to gurantee their free healthcare. I loved the negotiation of 100 out for 100 in bs. These guys are full of shit.
2/09
7:42 pm
Unit Rep is supposed to attend meetings. Bet you got paid or reimbursed for the trips to State and National events?
So lets get this straight: you run for Unit Rep and get elected then come on here and brag or some might call it whine about all you've done?
Be honest you got reimbursed for your time. You are exactly what I expect from the Shields team. You want to get patted on the back for doing your job.
Bella is a champion. Give all credit due for the hard fought gains that his team has accomplished. The list is a long one. A young, inexperienced FOP is not what we need. We dont need that kind of "change." The city wide team is made up of fellow officers who have participated, for "years" in the functions of our union by being watch reps, unit reps, and have given a lot of their own time for the benefit of you, the cpd. If I'm in a fight, and we will be, you know who I want to have my back. Trx
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Rahm at 54% per channel 7 poll...Fucking gullible people. Make way for Shortshanks the second. You could sell the Brooklyn Bridge to the typical Chicago dumbfuck voter.
2/09/2011 06:09:00 PM...
Just like Obama, part of the plan is to convince everyone that the election is won or lost and it is not worth getting out of the house to go vote.
Get out and vote, talk it up, get your friends out to vote, drive people to the polls.
AND...
Lie to people taking TV polls.
Mike Shields, time to explain how you picked Simpson for your team.
I have known Simpson my entire life and I can tell you with 100% certainty, the alligations you speak of are compleately false , get the facts before you go spouting off at the mouth .
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Alligations? You can't even spell you fool. And they are not allegations. They are facts. They are determinations made by a judge and the public guardian.
MS for Pension Board not FOP!
The Shields Team Megan Whelehan Curry does nothing for the E.T. Unit now, all of a sudden she is going to step up and do stuff for all FOP members. She currently shows a lack of respect for her peers and supervisors and this is going to change if she becomes Second Vice President? She can care less about who she helps instead she is more worried about padding her resume. She does know as Second Vice President her daddy (former boss) and family members won’t be able to get things done for her the way they do now. Like all the preferential treatment she gets because her father is friends with Lt. R.D. in Forensics Services. What preferential treatment you ask? You know all the training that should be available to everyone but the least senior officers gets because they have a phone call. (Right Mrs. E.R.T.) Days in a Unit she is almost last in seniority in. This while others spend most of their career on afternoons and midnight’s waiting till they have the seniority to get on days because management spots are filled up by arrogant officers with a phone call like her and not by hard working officers. Basically she represents everything most of us despise. Not to mention I am sure she is in favor of the merit promotion system that we all love since her husband was made meritorious Sergeant 2 classes ago. I know people will say “he’s a great guy and he deserved it” I am sure it had nothing to do with who he is related to because Superintendent JFled’s merit system is legit just ask her.
In the interest of dispelling rumors, innuendo and just blatant lies:
-- I have never worked in the Superintendent's office. I have been an Evidence Technician since May 2007.
-- My father was never a Commander. He achieved the rank of Lieutenant and worked as a Lietenant in 010, in Internal Auditing as an Inspector and retired out of 001 (midnight watch commander / field Lieutenant)in 2002.
-- I have NEVER attended an FOP meeting where I walked in and just signed the book and walked out. NEVER.
-- Yes, I stood up at the candidates meeting at FOP in January and questioned why we were listing unit designations after candidates names. This was NOT done in an effort to hinder transparency. It was done to highlight a simple fact:
FOP, much like the Dept, gives you a set of rules on paper and then operates by a different set of rules in reality. The rules of the election committee do not call for any unit designator after a candidates' name. The answer as to why this is done is the same old "this is the way it's always been done." Well, if that's the case, then change the rule. It is a simple concept. Put the rules on paper and have EVERYONE follow them.
And on that note, I will simply encourage everyone to VOTE. As has been said repeatedly, this is an extremely important election. Please take the time to send your ballot back - it needs to be in the PO Box by March 3rd.
Megan Whelehan Curry
Candidate for 2nd VP
The Shields Team
2/10/2011 08:59:00 AM
Where do I start Meg? How about yes your father was an Inspector. As a matter of fact he wrote me and my partner up for not wearing our hats. No one has accused you of working in the J-Fed's office. Its McCarthy and Collins who work in Weis's office. Adding you there would just make it way to crowded with Shields ticket canidates. I too would like everyone to vote in this election. Meg you were never at a meeting until 2010.And by the way are you running for 2nd Vice President or your father, because he is campaigning 10 tens more than you are. I will wait for your response.
Anonymous said...
F..K Shields team NO SOUTHSIDE DISTRICTS!!!!
2/10/2011 12:33:00 PM
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Mike did ask southsiders and retirees from the southside to be on his ticket. They just turned him down. They just ran as independents. It was not a case of disliking Mike just some of the other people he had to take to fill out his ticket.
You do get some golden nuggets of info here. McCarthy guarded CITY HALL while in one? Was at the Academy? And gets SGT’s PAY working for J-FLED? And he wants the keys to the Union Hall? ---- NO WAY NO HOW!
943am, 10 Feb
Learn to read...no one was lying. he said Jim Mc & Terry C were either in graduate and/or law school when they worked in the districts, a general statement.. He was referring to Mike S. not having Chinaman to get HIS spot, he didnt mention anything about Jim's spot...theres ALOT of people on the job that are compensated at higher pay grades for their education backgrounds and for doing work above and beyond the normal duties expected to be preformed while in patrol...just like FTOs, out of grade po's as Desk Sgts, etc, etc. If you had a law degree and the dept was using your law knowlege during your employment, youd take the extra cash too. so quit splitting hairs. i dont know him to testify as haveing a 'china man' so i wont comment, but dont put a guy down for being smart and having a connection. plus, if any of these guys were REALLY heavy, they would probably be sgts or lts by now. just saying
Anonymous said...
2/09
7:42 pm
Unit Rep is supposed to attend meetings. Bet you got paid or reimbursed for the trips to State and National events?
So lets get this straight: you run for Unit Rep and get elected then come on here and brag or some might call it whine about all you've done?
Be honest you got reimbursed for your time. You are exactly what I expect from the Shields team. You want to get patted on the back for doing your job.
2/10/2011 02:18:00 PM
What have you done MC besides CW hatchet work?
Megan Whelehan Curry:
R U bid or management on days? Did McCarthy put you up to taking unit numbers off of the ballots? If not why R U not proud of where U work? Were U a merit promotion? Your dad was not an exempt member but did he have a gold star as an inspector? And a take home car?
See what happens when you talk at meetings w/o knowing what U R doing?
Keep Mike on the pension board and send these children back to kindergarten. And Mike never told us they FOP give him Luberman.
NOW I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HOLD THEIR BALLOTS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK NOW TO SEE WHAT OTHER NEWS COMES OUT ON BOTH SIDES.
As Artie Johnson used to say on laugh in very interesting!
2/10/2011 - 12:19 PM
We all know that you're probably the 3/W Unit Rep talking s**t here AGAIN. Our team has been to 019 exactly THREE (3) times, once for each watch. We also visited the Tact & Gang teams and A/3 on one of those days.
And if your listening skills were even rudimentary, you'd have absorbed the fact that Mike is the best-versed and educated candidate regarding our pension issues.
Are you salty that you weren't asked to run with us? Were you even eligible to run, or are you just another blowhard that likes to anonymously sound off on a blog?
You're gonna have to try A LOT harder than this to be an effective and believable slanderer some day. Stick with it, kid! These things don't happen overnight.
- "Anonymous Trustee" (just for now, because I'm smarter than you and have to sign-off like this).
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
F..K Shields team NO SOUTHSIDE DISTRICTS!!!!
2/10/2011 12:33:00 PM
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Mike did ask southsiders and retirees from the southside to be on his ticket. They just turned him down. They just ran as independents. It was not a case of disliking Mike just some of the other people he had to take to fill out his ticket.
You do get some golden nuggets of info here. McCarthy guarded CITY HALL while in one? Was at the Academy? And gets SGT’s PAY working for J-FLED? And he wants the keys to the Union Hall? ---- NO WAY NO HOW!
2/10/2011 04:49:00 PM
ALL lawyers who work at legal affairs are paid at the D3 rate as legal officer.
What's the matter, couldn't you get into law school?
Anonymous said...
2/09
7:42 pm
Unit Rep is supposed to attend meetings. Bet you got paid or reimbursed for the trips to State and National events?
So lets get this straight: you run for Unit Rep and get elected then come on here and brag or some might call it whine about all you've done?
Be honest you got reimbursed for your time. You are exactly what I expect from the Shields team. You want to get patted on the back for doing your job.
2/10/2011 02:18:00 PM
This sounds like someone who suddenly discovers he is riding the wrong horse in the race.
Anonymous said...
No one one the Shields team (with the exception of the bloodsucking Harold Brown) ever attened a union meeting before 2010. But they did work at 35th Street. So they are clearly ready to lead. NOT!
2/09/2011 09:14:00 AM
I have attended most FOP meetings since being elected Unit Rep in 2005. I have gone to state and national FOP conferences and served on a Committee. I am running for trustee with the Shields Team. I have never worked at 35th St. Get your facts straight.
2/09/2011 07:42:00 PM
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You are running for office and post anonymously. What a fighter -- GO TEAM
Bella is a champion. Give all credit due for the hard fought gains that his team has accomplished. The list is a long one. A young, inexperienced FOP is not what we need. We dont need that kind of "change
." The city wide team is made up of fellow officers who have participated, for "years" in the functions of our union by being watch reps,
I agree now is not the time, We have some BIG fights on our hands with the pension and the new leaders in congress trying to take it away, We can not afford a learning curve that takes years to master.
Shields and his ticket are the way to go,
Wrong on all accounts, these guys are inexperienced you'll loose what you have. The city will eat them for lunch- and Dinner. Shields has none nothing to help us on the pension board- Talk talk is all we get First he needs to show some action before he becomes President.
Keep in mind he knows nothing of the job, he has NEVER been a Rep do you really think he can just walk right in and do the job.
When he started at the pension board he had to be taken by the hand by another member. Keep in mind all the new Guys are just that new Guys never been there never done that. They fuck up we get fucked BIG TIME.
Anonymous said...
Mike Shields wants to keep both jobs = FOP President and
Pension Board Rep.
2/10/2011 03:41:00 AM
Pension Board becomes an UNPAID position upon transfer to Unit 541, FOP. City now pays Pension Board Rep PO's pay, that will cease if elected. the next Pension rep election is next year. A new rep will be elected then.
ALL lawyers who work at legal affairs are paid at the D3 rate as legal officer.
What's the matter, couldn't you get into law school?
2/10/2011 05:38:00 PM
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If this kid had anything on the ball why is he not in private practice? Why would J-Dork have this kid in his office if he was a threat? Because he is not a threat to J-Pud or Shortshanks because he already sold out. Three years ago a guy who worked for Burke also wanted unit numbers off the ballot too when he ran for president! He was a City Hall guard too. Sounds like the city is trying to worm in control of the union.
To all the membership do you want J-Fled’s lawyers as your 1st vice president or a trustee?
Let me start by saying Shields has my vote for pres. the rest of the team u decide for your self. Me, I dont want lawyers running a POLICE Union. So PLEASE Vote PATROL thats PATROL PATROL candidates to decision making positions, not Officers who have COLLABERATED with the enemy (J-Fled). look at the Units that candidates are assigned to. Patrol, PATROL, PATROL that will refresh OUR UNION,
ALL lawyers who work at legal affairs are paid at the D3 rate as legal officer.
What's the matter, couldn't you get into law school?
2/10/2011 05:38:00 PM
Any policeman with any dignity would have left legal affairs after dealing with J-fled and Kirby. Oh thats right their not policemen they are lawyers. Sorry I forgot
I'm close to retirement, and I can't sleep at night worrying about this pension crap..Get the vote out against this guy or were doomed!!
Anonymous said...
ALL lawyers who work at legal affairs are paid at the D3 rate as legal officer.
What's the matter, couldn't you get into law school?
2/10/2011 05:38:00 PM
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If this kid had anything on the ball why is he not in private practice? Why would J-Dork have this kid in his office if he was a threat? Because he is not a threat to J-Pud or Shortshanks because he already sold out. Three years ago a guy who worked for Burke also wanted unit numbers off the ballot too when he ran for president! He was a City Hall guard too. Sounds like the city is trying to worm in control of the union.
To all the membership do you want J-Fled’s lawyers as your 1st vice president or a trustee?
2/10/2011 10:32:00 PM
If you had anything on the ball you would not be a 9161 in Patrol.
Sounds like you could qualify to be a precinct worker for Balcer working Streets & San emptying garbage cans at your day job.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
No one one the Shields team (with the exception of the bloodsucking Harold Brown) ever attened a union meeting before 2010. But they did work at 35th Street. So they are clearly ready to lead. NOT!
2/09/2011 09:14:00 AM
I have attended most FOP meetings since being elected Unit Rep in 2005. I have gone to state and national FOP conferences and served on a Committee. I am running for trustee with the Shields Team. I have never worked at 35th St. Get your facts straight.
2/09/2011 07:42:00 PM
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You are running for office and post anonymously. What a fighter -- GO TEAM
2/10/2011 07:40:00 PM
I have sunk to your level. Forgive me.
I have known Simpson my entire life and I can tell you with 100% certainty, the alligations you speak of are compleately false , get the facts before you go spouting off at the mouth . Fact is cw team has dropped the ball time and time again. It was a good run cw team , but the winds of change are blowing can you hear them . Good luck shields team !!!!
2/09/2011 09:59:00 PM
really? then tell us where the nursing home was that Simpson did not pay for over a year for his dad. tell us why the court removed simpson as his disabled dads guardian. tell us about the large cash advances as harrah's that were repaid from disabled daddys account. explain these things, you jackass.
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If anyone wonders why the City ignores us the above numbers should be a good barometer. If you are unwilling to get out and vote and get every family member and friend to the polls then you deserve everything that gets rammed down our throats.
Anonymous said...
Let me start by saying Shields has my vote for pres. the rest of the team u decide for your self.
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What’s up Mike cutting yourself free from the dead weight?
To all of the stiffs running for Trustee and Sgt. At Arms how does it feel to pay for all of Mike's mailings? That's the only reason you were asked to be on his ticket!
Bella is champion ?? of what the all you can eat buffet, GIVE ME A BREAK . Hey bella are you smarter than a 5th grader,I think not , im surprised you even know how to work the zipper on your pants
So PLEASE Vote PATROL that’s PATROL PATROL candidates to decision making positions, not Officers who have COLLABORATED with the enemy (J-Fled). look at the Units that candidates are assigned to. Patrol, PATROL, PATROL that will refresh OUR UNION,
2/10/2011 10:59:00 PM
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That’s not the best way to vote either. If you do that we will wind up with people I would not let walk my dog {(woof woof,) that one was too easy to pass up!) } Dic’s vote for Dic’s, Patrol votes for Patrol, and Retirees vote for Retirees. No one votes for anyone at HQ.
This election is important, but we do need to clean up the house just don’t burn it down. I all ready sent my ballot in so I can’t name every name. To those who never got involved all most all of the important work at the FOP was done by the top three people. Most of the rest are hanger ons. My big problem is I like both Mike and Greg but I have major problem with the rest of their tickets. I wish I knew more of the people on Mike’s ticket but I do not because most of them only made the five meeting minium. At the same time most of the city-wide team has been around way too long. No happy median here.
To the retirees who log on to this site please do not vote for Podgorney any more. He has had the worst attendance at the board meetings of any other member. Mike Voight is a retired Sgt., but he tries to hide that. Al Jaglowski is on DPR and Harold Brown are both cancers on the organization. And the retirees on the city-wide ticket have all lost effectiveness. A lot of good people left since the last election please look for some new blood. We can use a few retirees on the board just send us different ones.
My team took our ballots and made photo copies of both sides. On the top seven spots we voted straight up, four won from the city-wide ticket and three from Mikes. For the rest of the ballot we lined out almost all of the people from the city-wide ticket and Mikes ticket because we could not vote for almost any of them. Then we lined out the rest of the people we knew that we could not vote for who were not on a ticket. With all of those people we knew between the 10 of us we could not come up with a consensus of 17 names for trustee and just barely came up with three names for sgt. at arms. We filled a few retirees but only those we worked with. That is an f*ing shame that 10 of us could not find 20 names - 17 for trustee and 3 for sgt. at arms - that just jumped out at you. A f*ing shame.
I have to ask Mike Shields one question. Why were you not in Springfield fighting for our pension? Why have you not improved the funding of our pension fund? Finish the job you said you were going to do at the pension fund. Then I'll vote for you as FOP President.
I agree - Now is not the time for a learning curve.
2/11/2011 12:37:00 AM
Grow the fuck up, for the "dignity" of all they should take a $15K pay cut? Get real.
Rham is my guy also. 52% and rising. Maybe he can straighten out the CPPD. GOD knows it needs it. He also got all my family vote.
SCC, I'm sending you this as information only Do with it as you please. I don't have an axe to grind with Shields, and have no connection to Bella, however I believe people should know this.
Shields and his father run security for "General Iron" scrapyard in 018. The owner, Howard Labkon, is a major contributor to Rahm.
2/09/2011 05:05:00 AM
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for dropping that dime. Conflict of interest already.
Anonymous said...
I have known Simpson my entire life and I can tell you with 100% certainty, the alligations you speak of are compleately false , get the facts before you go spouting off at the mouth . Fact is cw team has dropped the ball time and time again. It was a good run cw team , but the winds of change are blowing can you hear them . Good luck shields team !!!!
2/09/2011 09:59:00 PM
really? then tell us where the nursing home was that Simpson did not pay for over a year for his dad. tell us why the court removed simpson as his disabled dads guardian. tell us about the large cash advances as harrah's that were repaid from disabled daddys account. explain these things, you jackass.
2/11/2011 07:48:00 AM
This sounds for all the world like CW is doing background investigations on Shields Team members. I hope so, I need a good lawsuit to help me in retirement.
My word, CW wouldn't be that stupid, would they?
Anonymous said...
If you had anything on the ball you would not be a 9161 in Patrol.
Sounds like you could qualify to be a precinct worker for Balcer working Streets & San emptying garbage cans at your day job.
2/11/2011 05:43:00 AM
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And you want us to vote for J-Fled's Lawyers with posting like that? He just lost the elction for the Shields team with that kind of posting over the last two days.
To all of the stiffs running for Trustee and Sgt. At Arms how does it feel to pay for all of Mike's mailings? That's the only reason you were asked to be on his ticket!
2/11/2011 10:37:00 AM
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Whoa!
Didn't Mike have a Campaing Fundraiser to raise funds for his campaign?
Didn't he charge $30.00 per person to attend the fundraiser?
And you want this guy to manger your Money at the FOP?????
NOT
Anonymous said...
To all of the stiffs running for Trustee and Sgt. At Arms how does it feel to pay for all of Mike's mailings? That's the only reason you were asked to be on his ticket!
2/11/2011 10:37:00 AM
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Whoa!
Didn't Mike have a Campaing Fundraiser to raise funds for his campaign?
Didn't he charge $30.00 per person to attend the fundraiser?
And you want this guy to manger your Money at the FOP?????
NOT
2/11/2011 09:57:00 PM
How does one "manger your Money" pray tell?
let's keep it on point. Were starting to sound like children
Anonymous said...
Megan Whelehan Curry:
R U bid or management on days? Did McCarthy put you up to taking unit numbers off of the ballots? If not why R U not proud of where U work? Were U a merit promotion? Your dad was not an exempt member but did he have a gold star as an inspector? And a take home car?
See what happens when you talk at meetings w/o knowing what U R doing?
Keep Mike on the pension board and send these children back to kindergarten. And Mike never told us they FOP give him Luberman.
NOW I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HOLD THEIR BALLOTS FOR AT LEAST A WEEK NOW TO SEE WHAT OTHER NEWS COMES OUT ON BOTH SIDES.
As Artie Johnson used to say on laugh in very interesting!
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Megan I was just wondering when you were going to answer the above questions the other officer asked you? If you want the job you have to handle the heat. If you do a goog job of answering the questions you might win, avoid them and you are sure to lose.
How does one "manger your Money" pray tell?
2/11/2011 11:06:00 PM
OMG, you're an ass!
You can't figure out a typo.
I beleive that it is supposed to read:
Manage your money.
Anonymous said...
If retired members want to run for FOP, I do not see any reason why 1 or 2 cannot hold a spot. After all, they too have been where we are today, and some were on this job when there was no union. I personally think that their experience will be an asset. And yes, retirees still belong to the union and pay a yearly dues. Remember girls and boys...God willing we will be there someday, and I'm sure we will want someone to share our interest. This pension debacle will effect both actibe and retirees.
2/10/2011 10:29:00 AM
1. Retirees will be presented on the board because they vote, but I think they should be limited to the number of positions they hold.
2. The top seven spots have to be full timers at FOP.
3. We have 17 trustee positions. That’s too many. We should cut out at least six. Too many of those in office already act retired. We already have a lot of retirees running for those spots. If it stays at 17 then the max should be 3 retired. I still think that should be full timers too. But we need only 11 of those spots not 17.
4. Sgt. At Arms is a ceremonial position but only one retiree signed up for that. Maybe those three positions should be earmarked for retirees in the future. All we need is three old guys. Let them chair the fishing, golf, and picnic committees they have a lot of time for that stuff now and sit on the pension committee.
The rest should be people who actually work in beat cars or as dic’s in the field. Never vote for someone from J-Puds office either. An office Dic or an office rat in a district is the same as someone from the HQ too.
Stay safe!
don't forget patrick j murray for fop president. he is the only south sider!
really? then tell us where the nursing home was that Simpson did not pay for over a year for his dad. tell us why the court removed simpson as his disabled dads guardian. tell us about the large cash advances as harrah's that were repaid from disabled daddys account. explain these things, you jackass.
2/11/2011 07:48:00 AM
This sounds for all the world like CW is doing background investigations on Shields Team members. I hope so, I need a good lawsuit to help me in retirement.
My word, CW wouldn't be that stupid, would they?
2/11/2011 09:34:00 PM
No, they would not. They checked facts. All the statements are true and easily verifiable. Just look in the court file. You cannot sue people for telling the truth.
don't forget patrick j murray for fop president. he is the only south sider!
WHO!
"OMG, you're an ass!
You can't figure out a typo.
I beleive that it is supposed to read: Manage your money."
I believe that is supposed to read "I believe that is supposed to read... ."
don't forget patrick j murray for fop president. he is the only south sider! stand up guy with no bull shit approach
To Poster 2/09/2011 08:29:00 AM.........................
First of all FAMILY BUSINESS is just that FAMILY. And we all know FAMILY be it blue or blood do not get along at time. You should be ashamed of yourself for even trying to post this up here....... LOW BROW to say the least.
Secondly I heard you are also trying to get this crap in the Tribune.......... You SIR are a scoundrel. He who lives in glass houses should not throw stones. Karma is a Mother fucker.......
VOTE TEAM SHIELDS!!!!!!!!!!
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