City Stickers
Just your friendly annual reminder that the "grace period" runs out today for getting the city sticker bought and applied to your vehicle.
Although the chances of getting nabbed by an Inspector are lower due to there only being something like one Field Inspector in the entire city, you don't want to be the one they make the example of.
Open post for a hot Friday, and a preview of a very hot spell coming into town this weekend.
Although the chances of getting nabbed by an Inspector are lower due to there only being something like one Field Inspector in the entire city, you don't want to be the one they make the example of.
Open post for a hot Friday, and a preview of a very hot spell coming into town this weekend.
Labels: open posts
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
117 Comments:
No need for inspectors to check anymore, just about anyone who works for the city now writes tickets. Up an down every non-ghetto street in chicago all types of different people are writing tickets. It's just not worth the chance of getting hit by numerous expensive tickets.
I was just looking over all the people kshot & killed this week and it wasn't realy hot all week. What's going to happen if we are in the 90s for the next 6 day as I heard on the news. Chalkie will be very very busy.
Those stickers are also available on 26th street and the Little Village area for half price, as usual. And they look so real!
http://www.suntimes.com/news/6513155-418/mccarthy-to-nato-g-8-protestors-chicago-police-will-be-ready.html
Kirby, are you kidding me? She has no idea what to do with this
Remember back in the old days when you had to fill out cards for all the cars in your household and the city vehicle numbers. Got caught on the wrong end of that caper and you would be doing time.
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place.
So here goes; What about being able to trade shifts with people in other districts? I work in a northside district that is pretty slow and once in a while i really crave some action. I would love to work a day or week here and there in another place on the south or west side. Maybe i'm crazy, but i still like to get in the mix once in a while, but just not every single day for years. I also think there's no doubt that the guys/girls in those districts would love a break once in a while and would like to try a shift up on the north side. I remember when i worked in a fast district, i thought about how nice it would be to just get out of there for a day and be around normal citizens. I didn't necessarily want to leave, i just wanted a break from the same old ghetto BS every day. Also, i think this would be a fantastic way to feel out a district if you were thinking about bidding there.
So what does everyone think? Is this a really crazy idea, or is this something that could possibly be worked out?
For instance, a guy from 007 puts it out there on-line that he would like to trade his 16JUL11 third watch shift with anyone in another district willing to trade. So i'm working that day too in, say, 020 and i go on-line and see his offer, i could put in to trade with him and he could work my shift for me in 020 and i could spend the day being the real police down in englewood.
I think it could be a win win for everyone involved.
Just an idea. No use coming on here and constantly complaining without offering any solutions.
So any thoughts on this would be great to hear. Even if you think i'm crazy.
.don't blame sideways parkers. They have to go thru life being cock eyed.
Sent my check in over a monyh ago. Still no sticker. Now what?
Forget the inspectors... The dept of revenue assholes are out in full force and nowhere near englehood etc etc etc.
naw,,sideways and taking up 3 spots. They just be saying, "hooray for me and screw you"
I sent in my check. The city cashed my check. I still do not have a city sticker. Do you think I will encounter any red tape trying to get to the bottom of this?
I think I will just take my cancelled check to Kinko's, blow it up and tape it to my rear window, so the inspector can save himself some time.........
F*ckn idiots.
OT. Off duty Sgt involved in shooting in 011 14JUL11. Police are ok. Offenders got away.
Two more city stickers for me and that is it. Just two more, then never again...
Anonymous said...
Those stickers are also available on 26th street and the Little Village area for half price, as usual. And they look so real!
7/15/2011 12:52:00 AM
The phony drivers licenses there look real too. I've sent a few back to Old Mexico after charging them with the phony DL. ICE got calls from an Officer Weis and somehow a hold got put on them. You can still have some fun on this job if you use your imagination a little.
Anonymous said...
Sent my check in over a monyh ago. Still no sticker. Now what?
7/15/2011 03:53:00 AM
Throw your license plates in the trunk and cover the VIN till it comes in.
Anonymous said...
Forget the inspectors... The dept of revenue assholes are out in full force and nowhere near englehood etc etc etc.
7/15/2011 04:22:00 AM
Damn, I have three (3) m-fers on my block that register their vehicles in - one in Park Ridge and two in Indiana yet park and live in the city of chicago.
I have never seen these bike patrol ticket writers. Wish they would come over to Clearing.
how about no sticker, no plates no insurance, the car dont belong to me, and finally not a citizen.
Meteorologists are forecasting higher than average heat and humidity this weekend, and the National Weather Service has issued an Honor-Roll-Student Alert through late Sunday night.
Anonymous said...
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place.
So here goes; What about being able to trade shifts with people in other districts? ...
...So any thoughts on this would be great to hear. Even if you think i'm crazy.
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
Doesn't sound like a bad idea for people who might be interested in doing it, but because there isn't a NEED or necessity for it, it will probably never happen. Seems like the process would be pretty cumbersome and mostly one sided, as well. (ghetto guys looking for a break).
My other concern would be guys' unfamiliarity in the unknown district and the safety concern that could lead to.
I think the CFD has a trade policy, but only to trade shifts, not locations and knowing the 'territory' is less critical for them.
This is exactly the kind of 'thinking outside the box' stuff that J-Fled was looking for. Maybe you'd have been openly received by his Policy Group (or made an exempt) if you'd have spoken up sooner?
Finally, guys come on SCC to complain? I hadn't noticed... wink, wink!
Whatever happened to the Jib Jabs?
Anonymous said...
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place...
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
Actually, the CPD's "suggestion box" is a to-from submission directly to Research and Development who evaluates and acts on them. I actually received an Honorable Mention from the head of R&D for an idea I submitted to them years ago. After you submit your to-from, you may want to cc a copy to your CO. I got bitched at for not taking my idea to HIM first. I was warned ahead of time, however, that good ideas handed to your own CO, usually just results in them stealing and taking credit for your idea. This is exactly why R&D allows you to submit your brainstorms directly to them.
Remember back in the old days when you had to fill out cards for all the cars in your household and the city vehicle numbers. Got caught on the wrong end of that caper and you would be doing time.
Yea.. and I remember when a Sgt told you to "leave paper" he meant do a To-From which was done on Yellow paper and in duplicate.
Time to get out of the car and write city sticker tickets. It all starts after midnite tonight.
Hey KK, how's 017 ~ scared?!
What is. Tobias' next move?
My sticker is on my desk I'll put it on Monday.
The gambler
For the northsider craving some action once in awhile I have an idea for you. Go to K-Mart and buy some balls then transfer to a busy district for a couple of years and earn your keep. What a putz!
Buy on line and print out receipt. Got mine in the mail within one week. The receipt shows a transaction number and what is going to be your sticker number. One of the few things in this city that does work. Plus I get to screw the city out of 3% of the cost because I use a credit card.
When was the last time the Daleys had to buy one?
thats three more homicides in three separate incidents within 8 hours in 007... I really hope corruthers has his stuff packed up.
Nice headline about the "ex-cop" who had his girl killed. The guy worked for North Chicago over 10 years ago for a very short period, but his headline is "ex-cop" instead of "failed business man".
I bet the editors orgasm every time they print that!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-cops-man-stabbed-during-robbery-in-west-depaul-20110714,0,7853282.story
How about family and neighborhood swapping while we are at it I'm sure my wife wouldn't mind a trade in for a new model .....stay in your house and I'll stay in mine,no trade....no deal sorry!you are stuck I am stuck ...enjoy!
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
Sent my check in over a monyh ago. Still no sticker. Now what?
7/15/2011 03:53:00 AM
Next year buy it on-line. You get an instant proof of purchase receipt to print which has the date and time purchased along with the sticker number. I have done it the last three years. I order early ( maybe around June 15 in case there are delays. I actually get the sticker in the mail within 5 days.
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
You first,why bother with seniority if you crave "action" do more vehicle stops in the nice area your working,you know maybe prevent some BURGLARIES,you cannot be a cop!
Off topic...Today's Sun Times editorial is PRICELESS. They talk about the racial profiling study recently done that criticizes the Illinois State Police for requesting consent to search cars driven by minorities.
The Sun Times is calling for all consent vehicular searches to end. That's right...ALL.
Consent has been recognized as a legal justification for a search and an exception to the warrant requirement for probably more than 200 years.
We now get called out by the press for utlilizing a recognized legal priniciple during our daily work?
Q:"Can we search your car?"
A: "Sure."
Consent is signed; car is tossed.
Q: "Can we search your car?"
A: "No."
Fine. Off to the next job.
Think about how many guns have been taken off the streets after valid consent car searches. Guns that will never be used in the future to harm a PO.
Indeed...we got nothin'.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I sent in my check. The city cashed my check. I still do not have a city sticker. Do you think I will encounter any red tape trying to get to the bottom of this?
I think I will just take my cancelled check to Kinko's, blow it up and tape it to my rear window, so the inspector can save himself some time.........
F*ckn idiots.
7/15/2011 04:49:00 AM
I talked to Mendozas secretary and she gave me her direct line as she wants to talk to people 312-744-0150 call her direct after all she is the boss.
Wheres chalkie??? I hear hes been cleaning his guns in preperation for this week!!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-school-budget-youth-0715-20110715,0,2935265.story
Why bother change the name to the Chicago public ZOO and take the coppers out "yea that's the ticket!"
http://www.suntimes.com/news/6513155-418/mccarthy-to-nato-g-8-protestors-chicago-police-will-be-ready.html
Kirby, are you kidding me? She has no idea what to do with this
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Umm, where is McCarthy gonna get the 13,000 police officers he is gonna train for this? Did I miss something?
will these stickers come with free "sticky"?
or do we have to provide our own attatchement method?
OT
Detroit "youths" going wild
http://tinyurl.com/6g4jce2
TWICE the City has cashed my check and never sent the sticker. Once we did it on-line; they charged the card but...no sticker. each time it was a pain to correct. No more; I just go to a currency exchange. Worth the few bucks extra to have it done with in one go. And the most convenient exchange has cute women behind the bulletproof glass!
Scc why are you blogging about a billy crystal movie from the early 90's are you searching for curlys gold
RE: I sent in my check. The city cashed my check. I still do not have a city sticker. Do you think I will encounter any red tape trying to get to the bottom of this?
I think I will just take my cancelled check to Kinko's, blow it up and tape it to my rear window, so the inspector can save himself some time.........
F*ckn idiots.
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I bought mine online over a month ago and only received one of the two stickers. Went to Gayle St satellite office yesterday with my online receipt , refused to wait in line and went right up to the door and had a replacement sticker in 5 minutes. The claim it was processed with the other sticker so maybe my postal carrier put it on his truck instead!
To the idiot who thinks he has to go to 007 to be the real police, you can be the police anywhere. If you can't find it in yourself to be the police in 020, don't show up in 007 looking to be a tough guy and get yourself or your partner hurt. Moron.
What about being able to trade shifts with people...
I understand that you meant trading with po's in other districts. But I've always wondered why it isn't possible to trade with po's in your own district?
Lets say I need a day off for whatever reason. I have no CU time on the books. If I could get another po to fill in for me that day, in exchange for my filling in for him, on his watch, that work week, what's the problem? Can you imagine how much CU time could be saved?
Don't forget to pay this hidden tax!! Rambho needs your money to redistribute.
I would never ever buy a city sticker thru the mail, or a state plate sticker for that matter. Heard way too many stories of checks getting cashed and no sticker to show for it. There are so many places where you can buy your stickers in person now as opposed to when you had to go down to city hall, (satellite offices, Dominick's, etc) why take a chance. I just feel a lot better having the sticker in my hand after I pay all that money.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/6513155-418/mccarthy-to-nato-g-8-protestors-chicago-police-will-be-ready.html
Kirby, are you kidding me? She has no idea what to do with this
7/15/2011 01:03:00 AM
Are you fucking kidding me is right? I bet you she doesn't even own a pair of cuffs, she hasn't been out on the streets since the mid 90's. She has been a permeant fixture indoors. You want the job done right ask car 47 or 4400 to do it, or better yet have them both do it, this will guarantee positive results.
Yeah - tell everyone living in those high rises to buy a lousy city sticker so many Chicago parking lots can lower parking rates.
Go into any high-rise building's parking lot and see so many who don't have city stickers and/or valid Illinois plates.
Maybe all that extra revenue would shore up both the city's and state's tax coffers.
"Anonymous said...
Sent my check in over a monyh ago. Still no sticker. Now what?
7/15/2011 03:53:00 AM"
Was the check deposited, do you have a canceled copy with the number of the sticker printed on it?
It's best to buy them on line and it gives me frequent flyer miles to buy them with a credit card. Mine came within a week of my on line purchase.
Years ago we grabbed a guy in the First District with a phony city tag; made with a Venus Paradise Coloring Pencil set (yes, I am old enough to remember to having had those as a kid). Back then you wrote the plate and the city tag on a parking ticket and a sharp eyed copper spotted it.
I don't have a car this year. So no problem for me!
However, when I did have a car, I always bought the city sticker before the end of June, and made sure I had it displayed before the end of the grace period. The city had its money on time, but I sometimes wanted to wait for a day within those 2 weeks when it was not 110 degrees inside the car, so I could remove the old sticker without passing out from a combination of heat and WD40 fumes. But no violation, no ticket, no problem.
What I did have a problem with was the Illinois plate renewal. It so happened that my registration was due the same month as the city sticker. And for 2 years in a row, on July 1, along comes some mercenary jerk from the city on a bicycle (not a cop) giving me a ticket with a photo spit out by his little machine.
Well, I looked up the Illinois law and guess what, it said nothing about a display due date! Only a date for paying. Which I always did on time. So why wouldn't I just affix the renewal sticker on the same date as the city sticker? Anyway, I successfully disputed the ticket both times because I had proof of the date they deposited my check.
But what I want to know is, what the freak is the greedy City of Chicago doing enforcing a state law that the fools in Springfield wrote with loose ends in it, at the same time the city won't touch you for its own sticker because you are in full compliance? Oh, wait, I just answered my own question. Greedy. So greedy they will waste untold paid man-hours enforcing a nonexistent violation, just in case some suckers don't bother appealing it. Or maybe these guys are paid a commission?
--Law Abiding Citizen
Kirby, the career house mouse, to handle preps for the G8?? Are U FREAKING KIDDING?..Say what you will about the egomaniac Mauer or rummy Radke, they had been police at one time. Hire an expeienced veteran as a consultant or something....boy, did I get out at the right time...this has megadisaster written all over it...you guys are soooo fucked
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I am told by a 'CI' that Revenue ticketers and booters were advised that under no circumstances should they write any violations on vehicles that have BALLERINA shoes hanging from the rearview mirror.
I guess the FOP Stickers, CPD Memorial etc are no good now.......
>>>Anonymous said...
Remember back in the old days when you had to fill out cards for all the cars in your household and the city vehicle numbers. Got caught on the wrong end of that caper and you would be doing time.
Yea.. and I remember when a Sgt told you to "leave paper" he meant do a To-From which was done on Yellow paper and in duplicate.
7/15/2011 06:51:00 AM<<<
...with carbon paper.
Some of you kids will be asking, "What's carbon paper?"
Damn, I have three (3) m-fers on my block that register their vehicles in - one in Park Ridge and two in Indiana yet park and live in the city of chicago.
I have never seen these bike patrol ticket writers. Wish they would come over to Clearing.
7/15/2011 05:45:00 AM
So who's the smart one? The guy who registers his vehicles somewhere else or you who pay the bullshit overpriced city sticker and bitch on a blog. If his cars are registered outside of Chicago sorry can't ticket him for no city sticker. Works for me and a few others on my block who are smart enough to register our vehicles to either a family members residence outside the city or our vacation spot.
Hiring rumor TRUE said...
Off topic but it looks like the rumor of people getting hired is true. A kid I know took the test and just got called to take his final power test on sat 6 august. Which would mean that there is a class to begin a month later in the beginning of September.
7/13/2011 09:53:00 PM
I'm in process too, been through all steps just waiting on medical and final power... they don't let us know much about next steps or timeline along the way, so if they're sending out final power notices to the first group already that's great news to me.
(And yes, I know what I'm getting myself into isn't everyone's dream, but I really do still want the job!)
You know what they say:
An APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE PO-PO AWAY.
Roaming mobile strike force caravans of honor roll students set to go on "Apple Picking Tour" this weekend in the cities south loop.
Be careful my friends.
Your Ipod, Ipad, Iphone, Itouch will be gone quicker that you can jump down turn-around and pick a bail of cotton.
They've hit the area five times so far. Striking from a green vehicle with three or more occupants knocking down pedestrians from behind and taking their stuff.
Anonymous said...
I would never ever buy a city sticker thru the mail, or a state plate sticker for that matter. Heard way too many stories of checks getting cashed and no sticker to show for it. There are so many places where you can buy your stickers in person now as opposed to when you had to go down to city hall, (satellite offices, Dominick's, etc) why take a chance. I just feel a lot better having the sticker in my hand after I pay all that money.
7/15/2011 01:42:00 PM
I bought my sticker online July 4th. I got it in the mail July 13th. No problem. Got lucky I guess.
Anonymous said...
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
7/15/2011 10:52:00 AM
Arlington Park Race Track.
I find this hilarious.
It's been hot all week and not one single beach closing.
Now..now the weekend is here and here is comes. Straight from the Chicago Park District.
Water temps 71 F
WARNING : Swim Advisory at 31st Street Beach due to water quality conditions.
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/resources/beaches/
just like that the bacteria comes out on a Friday night and will most likely last the entire weekend.
Why is that?
Do the seagulls have to work during the week and can only come out on the weekends to infect the beaches?
On Monday we will return to all beaches open.
WRT: ' Think about how many guns have been taken off the streets after valid consent car searches.
Guns that will never '
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Oh let's be honest here. The ATF is putting more guns on the street with their gun running operations faster then we can take them down.
What are you trying to do -- screw-up the political agenda?
7/15/2011 04:18:00 PM
Moron...
Do a Confi Vin Check on Dl and State ID.
Then Write the phucker for being in the City over 30 days....the requirement Regardless of plate state Issuance.
will the current and former 011th district morons please stop telling everyone how tough they are to everyone. Is there something in the water in 011? It seems that when coppers work there then go somewhere else they need to have a chip on their shoulder and need to tell every single person they see about how it got done in 011. Nobody cares about your 011 stories. 5,6,7,3,4,8,15 and ten are just as bad and fast paced as 011... if not faster. Way too many hard ons work in that place. You are impressing nobody with your 11th district knowledge. The west side is not what it use to be. It use to be the wild west, now its just another ghetto with a whole lot of abando's and hypes and typical thugs... back in the day when the west side was up and every house was packed then I would tip my hat to you... but now, every kid with 4 years on that works in 11 thinks they are the baddest mf'ers around... give me a fuckin break Junior.
We have crossing guards writing tickets in my district.. The first week they had to non-suit at least 20 tickets. They were handed a ticket book and told to go for it!
I know that the city businesses are looking forward to the estimated 30,000 plus professional protestors and the related economic windfall for the 2012 G-8 summit here in Chicago and all.
However I'm a bit worried that they may visit the beach and start falling down ill with heat stroke and such.
Therefore are we sure that the fire department has enough two and a half inch hoses to set up sprinkling stations with?
We should put up some maximum occupancy signs like we have for buildings -- put them up at the beaches and in designated areas such as streeterville and the mag mile to protect everyone.
You know...Max occupancy 500 people. It is unlawful and dangerous to have more than 500 people at this location -- like that.
Oh and these hoses need to be pre-staged at the lake. Everyone knows that LSD is a death trap. Trying to get emergency vehicles in and out of there is nearly impossible on any major scale.
I understand that you meant trading with po's in other districts. But I've always wondered why it isn't possible to trade with po's in your own district?
Lets say I need a day off for whatever reason. I have no CU time on the books. If I could get another po to fill in for me that day, in exchange for my filling in for him, on his watch, that work week, what's the problem? Can you imagine how much CU time could be saved?
7/15/2011 12:37:00 PM
Hey brainchild great idea but this already exists in our department. It has been going on well over a year. You need to find find a person to trade with, notify the w/c so they can fill out paperwork and make sure you work a day for that person within the month. I've done it already, it just takes effort from you to ask around and find a person to trade with. And yes it does save some comp time.
Kirby is a perfect choice.
Shell gladly throw a copper who gets caught in tape punching a hippy who threw a bag of urine at him under the bus.
If you find yourself at the riot about to get bricked stoned hit with urine or feces, the smart play would be to step aside and let the hippies burn down the city with her in charge.
To that PPO, or just off status in 024 who craves action. Bid out.
Damn, I have three (3) m-fers on my block that register their vehicles in - one in Park Ridge and two in Indiana yet park and live in the city of chicago.
I have never seen these bike patrol ticket writers. Wish they would come over to Clearing.
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and how would you know that? who the fuck cares anyway? if you feel that since you forked over the $$$ to this corrupt city and so should others, then next time you go to work, bid out of your inside spot, be the police again and go write some parkers to make you sleep at night. otherwise, who gives a shit what some citizen who's fed up with the democratic machine does with his personal vehicles. if they start parking their shit in front of your house that's another story.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place.
So here goes; What about being able to trade shifts with people in other districts? ...
...So any thoughts on this would be great to hear. Even if you think i'm crazy.
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
Doesn't sound like a bad idea for people who might be interested in doing it, but because there isn't a NEED or necessity for it, it will probably never happen. Seems like the process would be pretty cumbersome and mostly one sided, as well. (ghetto guys looking for a break).
My other concern would be guys' unfamiliarity in the unknown district and the safety concern that could lead to.
I think the CFD has a trade policy, but only to trade shifts, not locations and knowing the 'territory' is less critical for them.
This is exactly the kind of 'thinking outside the box' stuff that J-Fled was looking for. Maybe you'd have been openly received by his Policy Group (or made an exempt) if you'd have spoken up sooner?
Finally, guys come on SCC to complain? I hadn't noticed... wink, wink!
7/15/2011 06:21:00 AM
==================================You are right that the CFD has a trade policy. But it is for anywhere in the city. We can go from one district to another. But our trade policy works where if you need a day off you trade with someone who is off. Then you owe them a day. If I have say a wedding for Sat and have to work I can trade for the day off or just flip with someone who is schedule to work fri.
They way I read it is this guy didnt say change shifts, just locations.
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
7/15/2011 10:52:00 AM
try asking your bookie, again.
CPD to hire 3500 more cops to put in the academy right away. I just read in the scumtimes where the boss said we would have 13,000 cops trained to handle G8 & NATO next May. Will they better be in there soon so they will be ready by May.
Kirby, the career house mouse, to handle preps for the G8?? Are U FREAKING KIDDING?..Say what you will about the egomaniac Mauer or rummy Radke, they had been police at one time. Hire an expeienced veteran as a consultant or something....boy, did I get out at the right time...this has megadisaster written all over it...you guys are soooo fucked
Your absolutely right...pay McNulty, Dugan, Keating, or Radtke as consultants...Kirby probably thinks G8 is a new video game !!!!
I really enjoy how Rham talks to the press like they are a bunch of silly stupid kids. What an arrogant Dick!
(And yes, I know what I'm getting myself into isn't everyone's dream, but I really do still want the job!)
7/15/2011 04:23:00 PM
Good Luck Kid...
from a dinosaur circa Class 78-1
To: Law Abiding Citizen
"However, when I did have a car, I always bought the city sticker before the end of June, and made sure I had it displayed before the end of the grace period. The city had its money on time, but I sometimes wanted to wait for a day within those 2 weeks when it was not 110 degrees inside the car, so I could remove the old sticker without passing out from a combination of heat and WD40 fumes. But no violation, no ticket, no problem."
Look, you think you have it tough now! We use to have to do it in January when it was below freezing, with water activated decals that used to curl up as soon as you put it in the pan.
I always leave the last years on in case of inquiry by the city. To take them off skip the WD-40; use your blow drier, and a 99 cent razor blade scraper. Then use a disposable eyeglass wipe.
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place...
Not your idea...As I recall...a fourteen year old came up with this idea a few years back! Didn't seem to catch on.
I remember honorable mentions from R&D. I worked there in the late 80's. We'd put together GO and SO packets for tests, read law books, and spend about two hours researching where we were going for our 2 hour lunch. Every now and then someone would go over to the interdepartmental envelopes that were read and then put in the gray metal bin marked suggestions or someshit, toss them in the air and whichever one landed rightside up on a footstool that was inexplicably near the bookshelf, we'd recommend for an honorable mention which was usually signed off on because it was not a requisiton. OK actually the footstool was to put in front of the door so that when it opened it made some noise. A few times a month Capt A (name rhymes with "i'm a dick") would wander around and one of us would wait a minute and jump up and loudly exclaim, " here it is" holding up a law book, and a couple of us would engage in a nonsensical debate throwing around terms and other phoney citations and he would slowly shake his head up and down in agreement and leave. Once the Commander (whose name is near the same as the POlice Chief on the Simpsons) came in, looked confused and left. We figured he was lost looking for the head.
Ahhh those were the good old days.
to the 0545 poster. You are pissed because some of your neighbors register their cars in the suburbs, thus avoiding the purchase of city vehicle license. I believe the y are also saving money on their auto insurance with suburban addresses. But,I also believe this is called insurance fraud and if you can bring it to their insurers attention they MAY correct the situation. Petty, yes, but if it bothers you it may be worth it.
His McHighness had his coronation today. I don't remember any of this fanfare when Hilliard, Cline, or even Jody was named Sup. This clown's ego is bigger than any of the three put together. I see another TV show starring McNitwit on the horizon. He is a politician, pure and simple.
yea everyone can write parking tickets lol
all the yuppies that complain the most...have their cars registered in michigan-ohio-indiana. some say''oh, i just go to school here or that s my dad s auto. get rid of that loophole mr mayor! same thing with the dogs registering in the subs
They are two more at the end of 3200 w. Potomac,mother and son cars registered at oakbrook
Figure that out, working for the city back then and getting away from paying city sticker?
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
Yes,I have know a place downtown called
PAY ON TIME!
I guess the FOP Stickers, CPD Memorial etc are no good now.......
7/15/2011 02:57:00 PM
They never were...you're dense if you thought they were a free pass.
And neither are those IPA or Police Memorial 6 month limited plates...
I got nailed for 9-76-160(d) the other day on my GMC for those.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Damn, I have three (3) m-fers on my block that register their vehicles in - one in Park Ridge and two in Indiana yet park and live in the city of chicago.
I have never seen these bike patrol ticket writers. Wish they would come over to Clearing.
7/15/2011 05:45:00 AM
So who's the smart one? The guy who registers his vehicles somewhere else or you who pay the bullshit overpriced city sticker and bitch on a blog. If his cars are registered outside of Chicago sorry can't ticket him for no city sticker. Works for me and a few others on my block who are smart enough to register our vehicles to either a family members residence outside the city or our vacation spot.
7/15/2011 04:18:00 PM
Read the ordinance it states where "vehicles are garaged or parked" not registered your theory will get you a day,and if your neighbors pull that shit they can be ticketed!
MCC 3-56-020 License required.
It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle owner residing within the city to use, any motor vehicle or any other vehicle upon the public ways of the city or upon any city-owned property, unless such vehicle is licensed as provided in this chapter. The owner of a motor vehicle or any other vehicle who resides in the city but maintains a situs or base of such vehicle located outside of the city shall be entitled to a credit against the appropriate license fee provided for herein in the amount of any wheel tax license fee paid for such vehicle to the municipality where such vehicle is based; provided, however, that in no event shall the license fee be reduced to an amount less then* the wheel tax license fee for passenger automobiles.
I don't care what state your license plate comes from, if you live in Chicago, get a city sticker.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
7/15/2011 10:52:00 AM
Sure mail a cashiers check to "I love SCC" 500 I have no clue drive, spirit,city 69699
Dear
--Law Abiding Citizen
7/15/2011 02:15:00 PM
Home Rule Clause; Illinois Constitution.
1979
Municipalities with More than 25,000 Citizens and interpret and enforce state law as they wish.
OT
(Memo from DTEB exactly as he wrote it)
Gentlement, based upon the weathr forecast we can anticipate warmre and more humid temepratures over the next 6 days. This is going to require enhanced levels of vigilance from each layer of command. As I indicated in an e-mail yessterday, it is essential that not only is it imperative that every member of your command know what the game plan is, but also that you and your supervisors ensure that the mission is followed and the mission objectives are met. We are already on pace to beat last year's July! You are the insurance against that occurring, not so that we can compete numerically, but so that bodies will stop falling in the street. Please notify all of your commanders to ensure that the strategies that they have set forth are implemented over the next few days and that they are highly visible to ensure that everyone holds the line.
Similarly, I have sent out at least two e-mails that discuss the shift in shootings from 3rd watch to late into the 1st watch. Please admonish each of your watch commanders to ensure that large grous of youth are challenged, curfew violations are enforcened, ANOVS (where practical) are written. we should not be riding past potential problems, it only serves to embolden the perpetrators. members who fail to do their jobs MUST be addressed. We can ill-afford to have officers not do what we ask them, there is too much at stake!!
The city had its money on time, but I sometimes wanted to wait for a day within those 2 weeks when it was not 110 degrees inside the car, so I could remove the old sticker without passing out from a combination of heat and WD40 fumes.
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Forget the WD40 for removing the glue. Use nail polish remover and a razor knife instead. The glue comes off a lot easier.
(OT) CPS budget dam what a waste of money!
http://www.cps.edu/About_CPS/Financial_information/Documents/budget_book.pdf
In clearing, a guy from the dept of revenue has been walking from car to car writing tickets for whatever he can.
Just put mine on@ 2346 hours...
(And yes, I know what I'm getting myself into isn't everyone's dream, but I really do still want the job!)
If you want the job, take it. Despite what 98% of the posts on this blog would have you believe, it's a decent job. Pretty good pay and good benefits. Been doing it 20 years, in a busy district. I'm still having fun. Not for one day have I regretted taking the job.
Here's the thing about most cops, they love to bitch. They live to bitch. Nothing's ever as it should be in their world. Let them tell it, this is the worst job ever. Just notice that you never see any of them quitting this god awful job. That should tell you all you need to know. Good luck and welcome aboard.
Sent check 03 June 2011 city cashed it 23 jun 2011...and as today still havnt received it. WTF
Hate to say it, but I'm suffering on the medical and glad I won't be there for the carnage.
(And yes, I know what I'm getting myself into isn't everyone's dream, but I really do still want the job!)
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Don't listen to the grumpy, i got on the job when I was twenty-one and never worked anything else, cops. While it isn't nearly as great as it once was, and there are many reasons to come home with a headache, it still beats most jobs in the civilian world. Especially in todays economy. Share any pension news they give you in the academy with SCC.
This year is the first year where I haven't bought a city sticker. All of my vehicles are registered out of state under an S Corp's name. Cheaper registrations, cheaper insurance, and no G*d forsaken city sticker! Use the system to your advantage like everybody else does!
So who's the smart one? The guy who registers his vehicles somewhere else or you who pay the bullshit overpriced city sticker and bitch on a blog. If his cars are registered outside of Chicago sorry can't ticket him for no city sticker. Works for me and a few others on my block who are smart enough to register our vehicles to either a family members residence outside the city or our vacation spot.
7/15/2011 04:18:00 PM
Winter of 82/83, my partner made a point of us driving down one particular block every night between 0100 and 0500. He'd make a note in his ticket book and keep going.
After a few tours, I asked what he was doing and he told me he'd tell me in a couple of weeks. Okay, fine, whatever.
After several weeks, he explained he'd been documenting a car with out of state plates for no city sticker. He figured documenting her between 1 and 5 am would convince any judge she lived there and wasn't just stopping by.
He wrote her a ticket one morning when we were on a late
car. He handed it to her and explained the reason and showed her his documentation. (He might have been a tad sarcastic during the conversation, but my memory fails me...) She was ranting and swearing at him as we headed in for check off.
Next time I saw that car, it had a Chicago city sticker on it, with its Michigan plates.
When we were on afternoons, he hit her for the plates and I think for her out of state driver's license, too.
I was on my rdo when he gifted her with that one. She had an expensive year that year.
And I learned the way to ticket cars that ought to have Chicago city stickers on them.
OT
(Memo from DTEB exactly as he wrote it)
Gentlement, based upon the weathr forecast we can anticipate warmre and more humid temepratures over the next 6 days. This is going to require enhanced levels of vigilance from each layer of command. As I indicated in an e-mail yessterday, it is essential that not only is it imperative that every member of your command know what the game plan is, but also that you and your supervisors ensure that the mission is followed and the mission objectives are met. We are already on pace to beat last year's July! You are the insurance against that occurring, not so that we can compete numerically, but so that bodies will stop falling in the street. Please notify all of your commanders to ensure that the strategies that they have set forth are implemented over the next few days and that they are highly visible to ensure that everyone holds the line.
----Surely you jest?
OT
(Memo from DTEB exactly as he wrote it)
Gentlement, based upon the weathr forecast we can anticipate warmre and more humid temepratures over the next 6 days. This is going to require enhanced levels of vigilance from each layer of command. As I indicated in an e-mail yessterday, it is essential that not only is it imperative that every member of your command know what the game plan is, but also that you and your supervisors ensure that the mission is followed and the mission objectives are met. We are already on pace to beat last year's July! You are the insurance against that occurring, not so that we can compete numerically, but so that bodies will stop falling in the street. Please notify all of your commanders to ensure that the strategies that they have set forth are implemented over the next few days and that they are highly visible to ensure that everyone holds the line.
Well, although it contains a few grammatical errors and those two ridiculous run on sentences in the middle and at the end, it's probably one of his better memos. I've read worse coming from the shaky hand of DTEB, and I've read much worse from other command staff, like Peterson.
I was on my rdo when he gifted her with that one. She had an expensive year that year.
And I learned the way to ticket cars that ought to have Chicago city stickers on them.
7/16/2011 03:09:00 AM
bet he never got laid with that approach.
you neither.
Anonymous said...
to the 0545 poster. You are pissed because some of your neighbors register their cars in the suburbs, thus avoiding the purchase of city vehicle license. I believe the y are also saving money on their auto insurance with suburban addresses. But,I also believe this is called insurance fraud and if you can bring it to their insurers attention they MAY correct the situation. Petty, yes, but if it bothers you it may be worth it.
7/15/2011 07:33:00 PM
You are joking, right?
How the hell is someone supposed to find what company someone has their auto insurance with?
Forget the WD40 for removing the glue. Use nail polish remover and a razor knife instead. The glue comes off a lot easier.
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I always leave the last years on in case of inquiry by the city.
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Thanks, actually I do take the sticker off with a razor (a little plastic holder with a single edge razor blade), and the WD40 is just to get all the remaining residue off the glass. Not really room on the windshield for a dozen old stickers (maybe you are hoping to write me a ticket for obscured view) but I have all the old paperwork. (Who would be asking and why?)
Course I didn't have to do it at all this year for the car I no longer have (and the old license plates in a bag on a closet shelf). Yet I'm still half thinking--maybe that Revenue a-hole on the bike will find a way to issue me some tickets anyway, maybe just leave them on the curb out front.
Law Abiding Citizen
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
Talk to Regina Evans and Hubby
(See today's South Town Headlines)
I have a totally radical idea here, but it's something that i think could benefit the department and since the dep't has no channels to offer idea's, i guess this is the place.
So here goes; What about being able to trade shifts with people in other districts? I work in a northside district that is pretty slow and once in a while i really crave some action. I would love to work a day or week here and there in another place on the south or west side. Maybe i'm crazy, but i still like to get in the mix once in a while, but just not every single day for years. I also think there's no doubt that the guys/girls in those districts would love a break once in a while and would like to try a shift up on the north side. I remember when i worked in a fast district, i thought about how nice it would be to just get out of there for a day and be around normal citizens. I didn't necessarily want to leave, i just wanted a break from the same old ghetto BS every day. Also, i think this would be a fantastic way to feel out a district if you were thinking about bidding there.
So what does everyone think? Is this a really crazy idea, or is this something that could possibly be worked out?
For instance, a guy from 007 puts it out there on-line that he would like to trade his 16JUL11 third watch shift with anyone in another district willing to trade. So i'm working that day too in, say, 020 and i go on-line and see his offer, i could put in to trade with him and he could work my shift for me in 020 and i could spend the day being the real police down in englewood.
I think it could be a win win for everyone involved.
Just an idea. No use coming on here and constantly complaining without offering any solutions.
So any thoughts on this would be great to hear. Even if you think i'm crazy.
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
Your smoking crack....
Cannot beef about the efficiency and service. Purchased two city vehicle stickers via city clerk's website on Wed, 06 July 11, even though the site warned the stickers might not arrive before the deadline. Didn't really care much. On furlo and the beater is in the garage, while the family car is at the out-of-state vacation spot. Good neighbor called to tell both stickers arrived via the USPS mail on Wed, 13 July 11. No fuss, no muss, no delay.
City stickers are a wheel tax. Meaning, no matter where you have them registered, if you physically live in the city, you have to buy a city sticker. If you run a plate that is registered to lets say downers grove, but you have a license attached to it that is a chicago address, you have to have a sticker. If you have a plate registered to lets say your summer house in Wisconsin, but you physically live in chicago and someone can prove that you live here, you will get a ticket. I'm not saying that I agree with the policy but it is what it is.
Anonymous said...
MCC 3-56-020 License required.
It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle owner residing within the city to use, any motor vehicle or any other vehicle upon the public ways of the city or upon any city-owned property, unless such vehicle is licensed as provided in this chapter. The owner of a motor vehicle or any other vehicle who resides in the city but maintains a situs or base of such vehicle located outside of the city shall be entitled to a credit against the appropriate license fee provided for herein in the amount of any wheel tax license fee paid for such vehicle to the municipality where such vehicle is based; provided, however, that in no event shall the license fee be reduced to an amount less then* the wheel tax license fee for passenger automobiles.
I don't care what state your license plate comes from, if you live in Chicago, get a city sticker.
7/15/2011 09:55:00 PM
Blah, blah, blah...
I park in my garage when I'm in Chicago and live at my home in Wisconsin 7 months of the year.
Now what?
Blah, blah, blah...
I park in my garage when I'm in Chicago and live at my home in Wisconsin 7 months of the year.
Now what?
7/16/2011 01:59:00 PM
Just don't take it to work, or ever leave it out!
Anonymous said...
Off topic, does anyone know a place to go for clearing up unsecured debt.
Talk to Regina Evans and Hubby
(See today's South Town Headlines)
7/16/2011 09:04:00 AM
If you draw a check from the CPD, sworn or civilian, you can go to Gwen's Helping Hands at the CPFCU. Patrolman's Credit Union across from FOP. She helps a lot of people, her service is free. You must have an account there.
http://gwenshelpinghands.com/
Even if you think i'm crazy.
7/15/2011 02:13:00 AM
You're right. I think you are crazy.
...If his cars are registered outside of Chicago sorry can't ticket him for no city sticker. Works ...
Yes you can. If you can show the car is "domiciled" within the city limits you can issue a ticket. Citu ordinance is quite clear: you park it here, you buy a sticker. Call Dept of revenue and they will give you the steps for submitting a To-From as to why you are writing the ticket and how you are showing the car is there most everyday (not just to bring someone to work or to visit) and they will slam them with the fine. It is nice to see these smart asses getting their due.
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