Election Today
All the aldermanic runoffs are today.
If you're lucky enough to be inundated with an extra month of campaign literature and endless phone calls, make the effort and vote. And to make it more fun, vote for anyone opposed to an incumbent and/or Rahm. It will provide everyone at least 4 years of amusement.
If you're lucky enough to be inundated with an extra month of campaign literature and endless phone calls, make the effort and vote. And to make it more fun, vote for anyone opposed to an incumbent and/or Rahm. It will provide everyone at least 4 years of amusement.
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posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
43 Comments:
Best of luck, John Garrido!
This was from a post yesterday but more pertinent on this post.
Anonymous said...
OT - Aldermanic runoff... WTF?
The FOP Board and COPWATCH are endorsing the same candidate in the 46th Ward runoff?
What's wrong with this picture?
Molly Phelan's grandfather was a cop killed in the line of duty. She, on the other hand, says that ALL OPTIONS are on the table regarding our pension fund. Not good. Now we come to find out that Marc Kaplan, the goof behind COPWATCH, has endorsed her.
Why would FOP endorse her before polling the membership?
4/04/2011 08:07:00 PM
The FOP polled the membership in the mayoral race. The retrn of those ballots was embarassingly low, pitifully so. Even then, by the numbers, Rahm won it. Still the board declared it a dead heat and endorsed Chico.
They have never polled the membership in an aldermanic runoff. the board votes and that is that. The candidates must actively seek the FOP endorsement. If one doesn't they aren't even considered. Don't know who did or didn't in this one.
There have been many disagreements over endorsements in the past. Ask Caparelli.
4/04/2011 10:30:00 PM
Off-Topic
The fraud continues! Watch-Commander-in-Hiding Henny Penny still doing absolutely nothing on the 5th Floor at HQ! Screw up and embarrass the Department on more than one occasion and you'll be punished by being allowed to come in late, leave early, make personal phone calls all day, and drive a take-home car!
A predator police patrol?????
Sneed hears the investigation of Chicago police officers stemming from an incident last week involving a 22-year old woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by two cops after being picked up in their squad car — is enlarging.
Sneed is told nearly a half-dozen women have either come forward or are being interviewed about allegations of sexual assault involving two Town Hall police officers — and a third officer, who works with the men on the same over night shift. has also been relieved of his police powers for “misconduct.”
“It looks like the police department may be dealing with police predators and a heavy lid has been placed on leaks to the press on what is becoming a high profile case,” said a Sneed source.
“The police department command staff is taking this case very seriously and more than four women are talking about their experiences with these police officers,” said the source, who also stated sexual assault complaints had been reported against at least two of these men in the past by several women, who reportedly
†All three police officers have been stripped of their police powers and charges against at least two of them may be forthcoming by the end of this week pending the conclusion of a forensic investigation, the source added.
†The probe began last Wednesday when a 22-year-old woman told police she wound up having sex with one of two cops who offered her a ride home in their marked Tahoe SUV. She also told police she played strip poker and had sex with an officer in her Rogers Park apartment because she was afraid to refuse. Police were summoned by a neighbor who spotted the woman running from her apartment screaming.
Sneed is also told one of the police officers may be on a videotape buying booze at a liquor store while en route to drive the alleged victim home.
†The third Town Hall District officer, who has not been implicated in last Wednesday’s sexual assault allegation, works in the same overnight unit with the two cops under criminal investigation for the assault — and was the recipient of a previous complaint by another woman — when he was partnering with one of the officers involved with Wednesday’s incident.
Stay tuned.
Getting ready to go work the polls for Lt. John Garrido. He's going to be a great alderman. I may have to stop making jokes about them after he wins.
John is a stand up guy and I hope that he wins.
Have you seen this video yet? May need its own heading.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2_13zq5DU
Saw it on YouTube, titled, "Mayor Richard Daley Nobody Does It Better"
more women coming forth on the Town Hall thing
Looks REALLY bad
Good luck John. I hope you win.
You wanna see a hell of a joke?It is happening tomorrow.This is where you can find the money for 1000 new officers! http://web.com/cstuart/site/welcome.htlm
Tomorrow good old Pat Levar and his mates are gonna pass this!
Good luck, Garrido! I'll be proud to have you as my alderman!
Vote Early & Vote Often !!
richard m. daley
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Off-Topic
The fraud continues! Watch-Commander-in-Hiding Henny Penny still doing absolutely nothing on the 5th Floor at HQ! Screw up and embarrass the Department on more than one occasion and you'll be punished by being allowed to come in late, leave early, make personal phone calls all day, and drive a take-home car!
4/05/2011 12:36:00 AM
HELLO RAHM are you listening??
Dirty tricks on election day in the 46th Ward?
Apparently ward residents have been receiving calls that one candidate has dropped out of the race and endorsed the Ed Burke/'machine' supported Molly Phelan.
Dirty politics is the companion of desperate candidates.
http://www.uptownupdate.com/2011/04/if-anyone-calls-you-to-say-capplemans.html
What to do? What to do? 41st Ward......O'Connor or Gavin? hmmmmmmmmm decisions, decisions.
38th Ward I hear is going to be close.
Chicago! It's a gorgeous day -- make it a gorgeous four years!
I've been out here in the 45th ward since 7:30 this morning, encouraging folks to vote, and I keep hearing
"I don't have time" ... "I voted in February" ... "it won't make a difference"
Turnout for this aldermanic runoff is pretty low so far. There's a lot of cops in our ward. Those of you who have done your homework know what a welcome difference John Garrido will make as our alderman ... and why certain folk want to make sure he doesn't win.
Won't you please put in a little extra time to urge your neighbors, your family and yourselves to vote today -- for John Garrido -- and give us a record turnout that shows how much we care about our ward?
Voting's till 7 --- let's do this!
(thanks)
Good luck John Garrido! Your ward need needs help, especially with all the section 8ers coming in by the droves around Elston and Central. We need all the police around here, don't let them take our cars away.
tax payer and citizen
Nicholas Sposato for 36th Ward Alderman, all you have to do is look at his opponent, the appointed interim alderman and after you're done laughing, vote for Nick.
Go Johnny Garrido!!!!!!
He will make a great alderman,(is that possible; to use great and alderman in the same sentence?
Any opinions on Tim Cullerton or Tom Caravette?
Today was the first time I was ever afraid to vote. Alderman Rice had nothing but THUGS at the polling place today. They looked like they were hired hit men! Kind of funny in a scary way.
Anonymous said...
Any opinions on Tim Cullerton or Tom Caravette?
4/05/2011 02:10:00 PM
Go with Caravette. I've met him, and he's for real. Cullerton is machine.
same as it ever was -- the best politicians money can buy!
What to do? What to do? 41st Ward......O'Connor or Gavin? hmmmmmmmmm decisions, decisions.
4/05/2011 10:57:00 AM
what to do? It's clear cut Gavin! Oconner is for rham. Fop is backing Gavin. It's easy vote Gavin.
I hear caravett is very pro police
once again another spastic talking about the *droves* of section 8 over at elston and central.idiot.it's 4 famlies and the buildings are all in foreclosure,owned by george michael realty,i might add.
but continue on pissing your pants.
Good Luck John Garrido!!!! Don't live in your ward but if I did I would vote for you!!!
GD candidate Hal Baskin, in the run-off in the 16th Ward, arrested for assault. Oh yeah, Hal, fuck you for that CR# you obtained against me 20 years ago you gang bangin' piece of shit.
Sneed is so damn busy nosing into all police doings, why doesn't she or Channel 2 look into Henny Penny's "job" -?
-No cop here
Great to see the drunken Alderman Sharon Dixon, who is suing PO's who DUI'd her on Obama's Inauguration Night when she pulled her "Do you know who I am? routine, getting her ass kicked in the runoff.
Karma's a bitch, eh Sharon?
Garrido's runoff won't be final until the Early Voting and absentee ballots are counted. It's THAT close!
Bernie Stone loses BIG TIME. Now he can take his afternoon naps at home instead of in the council chambers!
Helen Shiller's, Ed Burke's and Joe Berrios' candidate goes down in flames in the 46th Ward. Congrats to Alderman-elect James Cappleman.
No rapper in the city council!
Che "Rhymefest" Smith goes down to defeat against ex-CPD Sgt Willie Cochran.
Cullerton will just raise your Taxes if you were "Stupid enough" to vote for him.
Hal Baskin = P.O.S.! i worked in 007 over ten years ago and i remember Hal placing his hands on other officers back then.
Well, FOP endorsement did not win the election for Chico (or make it very close), did nothing for Phelan, and Spasato and Garrido both lost.
If you don't vote, all you're doing is bitching. All those idiotic puns on "Democrat" from non-voters are . . . irrelevant.
Oops. I'm an idiot. Sposato beat Rice (thank god for it). Phelan, Gerrido, Chico are all still fails and too few cops still voted though.
Oh, please. Ask for a recount, John Garrido!
29 votes? Seriously? That just stinks!
i ran into the 23rd ward alderman tonight at a casino. he told me that he would like to have a casino built in downtown chicago in the near future.
who's henny penny ' s supervisor
that lets her come late , leave early and why a take home car for an office girl
terry kooks like clout is alive on your watch
keep working and you ' ll stay in patrol as a blue shirt
Elston and Central have been fucked up for ten years now. Maybe it is only a couple of buildings, but it has been a revolving door of crap coming in.
We have to live to fight another day.Start planning now,to get GARRIDO and GAVIN to run again against Arena and Oconnor(both Police haters) that you cant trust.
Anonymous said...
Garrido's runoff won't be final until the Early Voting and absentee ballots are counted. It's THAT close!
4/05/2011 08:48:00 PM
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I'm a pretty good number cruncher and looked realistically at the vote total John would need. It isn't there.
In his best precinct, he garnered 71% of the vote. To overtake Arena, he'd need to get 73% of the outstanding votes. Chances are those votes will be from different parts of the ward and more evenly distributed around 50%.
I feel so horrible for him. He worked so hard on this election. It's sad commentary when people look at labels, and attack mailers, rather than the candidate, when deciding who to vote for.
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