Hey Look! Money!
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration will announce Monday its cost-cutting has been more effective than projected: $83 million or $8 million more than the $75 million Emanuel targeted when he took office.
Emanuel told department heads when he took office in May that he wanted them to cut all non-essential contracts for city services by 6 percent.
He expected a few of them to come in and complain that it could not be done. None did. So instead of just $17.5 million in savings over what was budgeted, that brought in $23.8 million, Budget Director Alexandra Holt told the Sun-Times Saturday.
No word on how much of that "savings" is offset by "giveaways," "tax breaks," "connected contracts" and "raises to Rahm's people."
The article also has this gem in it:
- “The city is still in a financial crisis,” [Civic Federation President Laurence] Msall said. “It still has a structural deficit. We estimated that at $650 million, and we think about two-thirds of that is eliminated in 2012. And there is still the ticking time bomb of under-funded pensions. But clearly Mayor Emanuel and his team are moving the city in a positive direction with this.”
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
83 Comments:
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I guess the stupidity just doesn't stop. Ill keep it simple.... a grand jury that was conducted in rockford in reference to cpd just wrapped up. This time its pointed at narcotics... I guess some people will just never learn... the arrests and news are to break this week... and no, this is not a "you heard it here first". I feel disgusted to have heard the details about this story through the grapevine today... Just when the sos caper was rapping up we are are gonna get hit with this whopper. Way to go narcotics!!
FUND MY PENSION, RAHM.
You know, the mandatory funding that's required by State law.
"Emanuel told department heads when he took office in May that he wanted them to cut all non-essential contracts for city services by 6 percent."
What, so Rahm can pick & choose the contracts that HE wants, without the nuisance of city council oversight?
Great.
Good. Now apply that cash as a down payment towards shoring up our pension fund and you just might make some allies within the ranks, Rahm.
Wish in one hand and shit in the other...
my water bill didn't go up 2%, not 5% or even 8%, it went up 18% !!!! Now dont let me get started about the city stickers. now Rahm has 2 man teams from the citys dept of revenue walking neighborhood streets from 6pm to 2am targeting the working class neighborhoods but not the ghetto wards. hmmm
Right on SCC.
This is that political bullshit math just like the job creation propaganda we get each and every month.
Oh oh-oh lookie we created 10,000 new jobs this month.
HA, nothing said about how many old jobs we lost or the fact that the new jobs are not 40 hour a week living wage jobs.
No, they're shovel-ready part-time government-subsidized min-wage poverty-like jobs and you need to have two or three of them to replace your standard of living that you lost when the old job left.
Then they use this crisis to put the kids in a trick bag by telling them their skill sets are no good -- that they need to go to the bank and take out another loan to pay tuition to go to college run up a six figure debt to get a masters degree so that they can qualify for the WalMart job paying $14/hour which enables the foolish newly indentured servant to be enslaved for the next 40 years of their career trying to just break even from the trick bag they fell for.
Think I'm talking shit? Look up the non-seasonally adjusted non-farm employment numbers from 9/2000 and compare them with 9/2011. We have about 800,000 less of those jobs over the last 11 years. Yeah and all those months that went by and we read about the jobs being created. Bullshit!
800,000 jobs lost over 11 years while the population has grown by about 1 million per year over the same time. Where did all those people that are supposed to be entering the workforce go?
Then go here.
http://frac.org/reports-and-resources/snapfood-stamp-monthly-participation-data/
The Food Stamp caseloads went from 16.7 million in 9/2000 to 46.3 million on 9/2011.
We've put 30 million people into poverty over the last 11 years. Poverty is growing at a 9.6 annual compounded growth rate clip.
Now tell me what kind of jobs do you think that we're creating based on that.
Some will say that there are jobs out there and that these people are just lazy and do not want to work. To that I say if it's true we must ask why...why over the last 11 years did people that were once working become lazy all of a sudden?
The system is broken. The elites are still extracting the wealth from the middle class. The bankers and their frauds go on with impunity and the regulatory agencies are unwilling or unable to act.
Broken Windows my ass!
/rant over
Sounds like, bend over, your'e going to get it again.
There are two sides to a budget.
The distraction being presented by the mayor is on the spending side. So what's happening on the income side? If you save $75 million and your income drops by lets say $85 million then you would be no better off in the future.
With that said...
FHFA Sues Chicago to Prevent Enforcement of “Vacant Buildings Ordinance” on Foreclosed Homes
http://www.loansafe.org/fhfa-sues-chicago-to-prevent-enforcement-of-%E2%80%9Cvacant-buildings-ordinance%E2%80%9D-on-foreclosed-homes
it's just more bullshit just like the 1000 more cops that hit the street--- people don't care about the city shaving 75 million off of their expenditures--- people look at their own budget and see the bottom line shrinking or disappearing--- the city of chicago is in financial disarray because our elected officials have not done their job and get an f- on their report card--- they have not met their fiduciary responsibility to the citizens of this city--- all of these prominent elected officials need to look at themselves in the mirror and say " I'm a fuck up loser with no clue ."
Dis guy could sell hammers and toilet seats to the to our military.
Wait! He's still in the Israeli Army Reserve?
Do the Israeli"s still get a pension and health care?
Sounds like that "fuzzy math" stuff. Who the hell knows how much money the city has. We all know that when the powers to be want to fund some project with their name on it they always find the money. If there was an "honest audit" ever done we would all be quite surprised to find that there is no money crisis at all. All this bullshit is manufactured to give politicians cash to spend on contracts to connected vendors.
Haven't got my water bill yet? Any other city workers wondering where it is? Hopefully my bill is just lost in the mail. However, someone isn't waiting for January to double it is he? This city sux
OT: Maybe we won't have to worry about NATO/G8 after all:
"This new intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed "Satan" by Western analysts, will sport a 100-ton warhead..."
http://defense.aol.com/2011/12/19/russia-accelerates-new-super-nuke-after-talks-breakdown-with-u-s?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl9|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D121477
Spin & Deflection...
The Opera of Fuckery continues to be masterfully orchestrated.
The Fat Lady is singing while a line of the usuals from the Legacy Criminal-Political & Media Cabal of Chicago have her bent over a stage prop with her skirt hoisted high...
The people don't have the decency or the morals to be outraged.
The doers of the funky crime blink stupidly into the bright lights and stammer, "those damned Coppers and other muni employees are making us do this!"
The people, incited to blind hysteria run about with torches, rakes & pitchforks...
Heh... Bullshit is the called shot... Corner pocket.
*Clack*
Rack 'em...
We contributed to our pensions as required--why hasn't the city, which was required to do so by law? Wasn't that negligence on the part of Shortshanks to let the problem get so out of hand?
And they wonder why nobody gives a shit out here any more. And for all you hard-chargers, you will be rewarded with a big goose-egg at the end of your careers--respond to radio calls, back each other up. Do you really give a shit if the gang-bangers sell drugs or if they kill each other? I sure the fuck don't.
And if you read the transcripts of McDumbell's compost, yes, compost reports, he doesn't give a shit about you. He wants his numbers to go down and is telling supes to make you guys be aggressive on the street...or else.
Just remember how you are treated, and how you will be working at Walmart after you spend 20 or 30 years on this job the next time you are tempted to fill out contact cards, curfews or ANOV's for your 'great sergeant, W/C, D/C, or whatever.'
Try justifying the cuts to people who lost Family members due to "shaving off" costs in Public Safety. Touching Police budgets for cut backs have always been a big no no for politicians but not steam roller Rahm.
He don't care about you, me nor anyone else.
Mayor now, Governor next and President right after that.
OT: In a moment of drunken clearity I had this thought. Why can't the FOP and city meet in April 2012 and come up with a four or five year contract before the NATO/G8. I know this impossible. In a perfect world there would labor peace and cooperation before a meteor hit Chicago. Better to have somewhat happy police during a crisis than police that know the city will see them as useless after the crisis. Now I am going to take two asprin and dream about how I will spend my half a percent retro in 2015.
Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
I'd listen to Lawrence Msall before I would go with what Rahm has to say.
Anonymous said...
FUND MY PENSION, RAHM.
You know, the mandatory funding that's required by State law.
12/20/2011 12:30:00 AM
Awhile back, I commented on another, very liberal blog. There was a TIF project that had spent MILLION$ on a 'Streetscape' [Clark St from Leland to Montrose] though nothing was really wrong with the original street. They poured all new curbs and sidewalks, repaved all the asphalt, painted and stenciled those cobblestone-like crosswalks, put up new street lights, and added sidewalk planters and huge sculptural street signs to the corners. Like I said, they spent MILLION$
There was a post on the liberal, neighborhood blog about it's completion and everyone was just gushing about how nice it had turned out. I don't dispute that. But I said something to the effect that though it DID look nice, it would have been wiser to have taken those MILLION$ and funded the municipal pensions instead, since we EVENTUALLY would have to face up to our obligation to do just that.
Well, that stirred up a hornets nest of vitriol against my comment AND against city workers AND the pension system and if it's possible to get booed off of a blog, that is essentially what happened.
So, if anyone here thinks that our wonderful citizenry or elected criminals or new mayor-for-life are going to find a way to correct the deficits in the pensions from the past, (of their own making), THINK AGAIN!
It seems that THEY'RE heading toward some kind of 'we can't do much about the current retirees' BUT the future retirees will have to accept a different reality.
The system is broken. The elites are still extracting the wealth from the middle class. The bankers and their frauds go on with impunity and the regulatory agencies are unwilling or unable to act.
Broken Windows my ass!
/rant over
12/20/2011 12:56:00 AM
Isn't there some park you need to 'occupy'? When the want adds are empty you can complain. Tell those lazy elitist children to get off the dole and pick a job.
What? It's not the top paying CEO job you deserve for your 15 years of college? Tough toenails. Get out there, pick up a shovel and work for your room and board.
It's over, but it's not a rant, just something your parents should have taught you.
Dear Mr Mayor,
If you want to brag about how wonderful a job you've done at saving the taxpayers money, END THE SECURITY DETAILS! Until you have the BALLS to do that, you will be nothing more than another egotistical POS, no different or better than Daley or Burke, who have NO problem fleecing us for money to provide them with handmaidens and man servants. They DESERVE none of it. If THEY think they do, fine, let THEM pay for it out of their own pockets!
No one came in and said it can't be done because they were used to Daley.
Funny (not haha, but ironic) that the magical number 8 million appears the day before we protest layoffs in front of the OEMC. I'll bet 8 mil they pull the pink slips and demotions in the 11th hour and that prick will take credit for saving the day!!
Bah Scumbag Rahm you POS!
Gov. Quinn announced Monday that he is forming a panel of top Illinois lawmakers and top state union officials to study the pension mess and ways to improve the system. Wait a minute....aren't these the same corrupt selfish bastards who fucked up the state pensions in the first place? What a pathetic fucking joke!
What choice did the dept. heads have? It was either
'cut or be cut'...
How about requiring a city sticker for lawn mowers and snowblowers? And don't forget the bicycles too....
Positive for who?
Slightly O.T.:
In today's Sun Times Rahm is telling the alderthieves to resolve their issues with regards to remapping or he'll put a referendum to the voters seeking to cut alderthieves from 50 to 25.
This asshole has no intention of cutting the alderthieves he just wants to use this threat to keep them in line. Rahm is such a controlling, power grabbing maniac it's pathetic.
I've seen dictators less controlling than this prick.
OT kind of
Did you see Rahm has threatened to put a referendum to the voters to REDUCE the City Council to 25, if the alderthieves cannot agree on a ward remap!!
One can only hope!
oh nooooo mr. bill, grand jury,inditments and scandals. it won't Be the first and I assure you it won't be the last. Ten percent of any work force or enterprise is curupt . We as police officers are not an exception to thr rule. Just look at the dildo from the Bears! The only exception to thr rule is Il/Chicago politicians . I believe they come damn close to 80 percent.
"Rahm is going to bend us over a barrel and show us the 50 states."
OT:
Tommy Dart again posing for the cameras as he "helps" Fr. Mallette at Mass. The good sheriff even takes over serving Communion when the priest's legs got wobbly. What a guy!
Ot: where the fuck are the fop books???
I wonder if there is any money left to hire more GDs and other gangbangers to go through our neighborhoods, hanging street cleaning signs or any
other misc "city work".
1,2,3,4,5........ KO'ed said...
I think there should be a boxing ring put up at Homan Square and it should be used for matches to settle workplace disputes and such. I'd burn two on the end to watch, or when necessary, participate. The city could get a lot of officers to burn their stored comp. time to attend these matches.
12/20/2011 12:39:00 AM
No way! I had the piss knocked out of me once, never again.... I hope. Maybe I'll only pick on girls now.....
OT
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45736447
Cuts for the Already Retired
Retired police and firefighters from Central Falls, R.I., have agreed to sharp pension cuts, a step thought to be unprecedented in municipal bankruptcy and one that could prompt similar attempts by other distressed governments.
Don't forget to stop by 4228 n Hermitage (Rahm Emmanuels house) and let him know how you feel.
How about saving more money and cut the number of Aldermann in half to 25!
We don't NEED 50 "Yes people" wasting tax monies!
Da Pelon
This city gives me the runs...
After the smoke clears from the G8 and Nato summits, who will be holding the bill for IOD's, broken and destroyed equipment and property? The taxpayers that live in Chicago. Rahm is an idiot.
instead of cutting 6% of non essential items, how about CUTTING ALL NON ESSENTIAL items?
If Rahmmie the Commie's lips are moving, he's lieing.
thought. Why can't the FOP and city meet in April 2012 and come up with a four or five year contract before the NATO/G8. I know this impossible. In a perfect world there would labor peace and cooperation before a meteor hit Chicago. Better to have somewhat happy police during a crisis than police that know the city will see them as useless after the crisis. Now I am going to take two asprin and dream about how I will spend my half a percent retro in 2015
Never. Going. To. Happen.
Ram can't wait to ram us. It is just so perfect that the contract expires AFTER G8. I bet he wanks off just thinking about it.
@1:13pm,,,,,and I thought Rahm was a grandstander......Dart is a putz who loves the camera more than 9.5. I hope the A2 Dics tell the Sheriff's Dics to stay in Maywood
All bullshit, just smoke and mirrors.
Quit listening to what comes out of their mouth and look at what really goes on.....
Just call for a cop, see how long it takes to get an answer, then how long to see one... Wow the real truth....
Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
He is still a Commander as XO, so he's fine, no lawsuit threat this time...yet.
I just wanted to extend a deep measure of gratitude to the CPD for being present yesterday at PO Figoski of the 75th Precinct. I know it meant a lot to many present and the two officers were class acts... Thanks again and Merry Christmas..,stay safe !
Ot: where the fuck are the fop books???
12/20/2011 01:14:00 PM
Shut the fuck up already. They are in the mail be patient. Will you die if you don't have your precious FOP book? I got mine yesterday as well as several other co-workers received theirs. And guess what? Having it now in my hand hasn't changed a damn thing. My life hasn't changed, the world didn't end and this job still sucks ass.
http://www.newgeography.com/content/002582-he-trend-away-illinois
Illinois residents are fleeing the state. When people leave, they take their purchasing power, entrepreneurial activity and taxable income with them. For more than 15 years, residents have left Illinois at a rate of one person every 10 minutes.
Yet we still have 50 alder thieves and hundreds of state reps and senators.... But no police
Congress gives a billion dollars to clean up the great lakes. Has it worked?
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/congress-300-million-great-lakes-toxic-sediment-wildlife-habitat-invasive-species-20111220
Slightly O.T.:
In today's Sun Times Rahm is telling the alderthieves to resolve their issues with regards to remapping or he'll put a referendum to the voters seeking to cut alderthieves from 50 to 25.
This asshole has no intention of cutting the alderthieves he just wants to use this threat to keep them in line. Rahm is such a controlling, power grabbing maniac it's pathetic.
I've seen dictators less controlling than this prick.
12/20/2011 09:26:00 AM
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You know the saying: " don't let a good crisis go to waste"
That's how you do it. It's like the Governor creating his own crisis's -- first threatening budget cuts and then getting the photo ops as he later comes in to save the day with a last minute signing of some new law.
Isn't there some park you need to 'occupy'? When the want adds are empty you can complain. Tell those lazy elitist children to get off the dole and pick a job.
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How many CPD position are currently open...and not being filled?
Think about it.
When you see the number of open CPD reqs at zero then you can complain about having a lack of manpower.
OT
I just want to congratulate Cmdr Lopez for becoming the XO of Area 5. If memory serves me right wasn't it Escalante who was promoted to Dep Chief as a consolation prize for JFed trying to dump Lopez? So if I have this right, Escalante owes his Spot to Lopez who is now his XO (as well as his LAPA president). So who is really in charge?
Anonymous said...
This city gives me the runs...
12/20/2011 02:48:00 PM
"This town needs an enema!"
OT. Union threw area 4 and 5 under the bus!!! SCC should post the agreement
Anonymous said...
Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
12/20/2011 06:45:00 AM
File suit for what? OR do you mean follow suit?
OT kind of
Did you see Rahm has threatened to put a referendum to the voters to REDUCE the City Council to 25, if the alderthieves cannot agree on a ward remap!!
One can only hope!
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Does anyone know if a citizen's group can get a referendum to reduce the city council? How about a citizen's group demanding a forensic accounting of what went on during Daley's dictatorship?
Can the city be at least forced to produce the financial records and contract records and we can get our own forensic accountant? I know forensic accountants who would do it for free.
Please, no sarcastic remarks--just helpful advice if you have any.
For the love of God, could someone please look into the Gangbanger towing outfit Chromy's and how they got a city contract to tow police vehicles no less? Every single driver is a thug/gangbanger/felon--it's disgusting we have to deal with these idiots at the garage. WTF? HELLO MEDIA? FBI? IG? CHROMY'S TOWING. You should see these thugs towing police/fire vehicles. IR #'s? you bet. Towing police cars. Where's the juice behind that contract? Follow the money.
Don't worry though, the politician's pensions are locked in. I know you were concerned, I mean who cares about a cop or a fireman who puts in 30 years of risking their lives. The politicians are the ones who should be cared for, right after they vote themselves another raise.
Anonymous said...
Gov. Quinn announced Monday that he is forming a panel of top Illinois lawmakers and top state union officials to study the pension mess and ways to improve the system. Wait a minute....aren't these the same corrupt selfish bastards who fucked up the state pensions in the first place? What a pathetic fucking joke!
12/20/2011 08:49:00 AM
are they studying their pensions too or are they just fine?
Daley=Couldn't Trust Him
Rahm=Can't Afford Him
So we saved 8mil, big deal. We owe LAZ 2.2 mil for lost revenue on the parking meters. Also don't forget that they also sent a bill for 13 mil for disabled parking placards to the city. I guess that we are back in the hole, D'oh!
OT
(NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — Already known as a refuge for people from other lands, New Haven is tightening its embrace of newcomers as its mayor seeks to extend voting rights to illegal immigrants and other noncitizens, a policy challenge that comes shortly after attacks on "sanctuary cities" by Republican presidential candidates.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2102887,00.html#ixzz1h8oOX6wO
Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
12/20/2011 06:45:00 AM
It wasn't a dump down. XOs in units don't have to be Captains, they just have to be a rank lower than the guy they're working for.
Lopez is now the XO to Escalante (a deputy chief). Lopez is still the rank of commander and getting commander pay; some "dump".
Similar, Deputy Chief Welch is XO of IAD, but he is still a Deputy Chief because he is the XO to Chief Rivera.
It's all a big scam to create more exempt spots. Now when they want to promote a commander, they don't have to dump the one that is being replaced; they just move the exempt to an XO spot to make room for the new guy.
"Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
12/20/2011 06:45:00 AM"
Who gives a shit that some exempt got dumped from his spot. Stop fixating& salivating over the musical chairs game, for an individual who will collect a deep 6 figures pension when he retires. Get a Life!
OT: Maybe we won't have to worry about NATO/G8 after all:
Mexico Mayan region launches apocalypse countdown
http://news.yahoo.com/mexico-mayan-region-launches-apocalypse-countdown-193016426.html
"I guess the stupidity just doesn't stop. Ill keep it simple.... a grand jury that was conducted in rockford in reference to cpd just wrapped up. This time its pointed at narcotics... I guess some people will just never learn..."
The jails are full of people who thought they were smarter than the guy in the next cell.
rb
"FUND MY PENSION, RAHM.
You know, the mandatory funding that's required by State law."
He DOES know that, which is why he's working so hard to diminish our pension.
This will be a long, hard fight.
Every one of us who hopes to collect a pension needs to be ACTIVELY INVOLVED; maintaining constant contact with legislators, the governor, the mayor.
If you depend on the FOP and others to do this, you're going to be disappointed.
We're all busy. We all have families, special employment, court, etc., but you have to determine your priorities.
Looking out for your pension now IS looking out for you and your family later.
rb
"So, if anyone here thinks that our wonderful citizenry or elected criminals or new mayor-for-life are going to find a way to correct the deficits in the pensions from the past, (of their own making), THINK AGAIN!"
Emanuel already said that he wasn't going to concern himself with old bills, just new ones.
"Ot: where the fuck are the fop books???"
Your current FOP book's calendar goes through January of 2012.
Please have the balls to make any further inquiries here:
http://www.chicagofop.org/contact-us/
or here:
1412 W Washington Blvd
or here:
312-733-7776
"Cuts for the Already Retired
Retired police and firefighters from Central Falls, R.I., have agreed to sharp pension cuts, a step thought to be unprecedented in municipal bankruptcy and one that could prompt similar attempts by other distressed governments."
If you give a man nothing to lose, don't be surprised when he acts like a man with nothing to lose.
Anyone hear about Bobby Lopez getting dumped from Cold Case down to an "XO" and Salemne from A/5 Detective Division moved to his spot last Friday night?
Will Bobby get the hint or will he file Suit?
He is still a Commander as XO, so he's fine, no lawsuit threat this time...yet.
12/20/2011 05:30:00 PM
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Well, if he wants to go back, he should hire deloughery's attorney. She got dumped from a/5, held the same rank (not title, but rank) and the same pay, but she still won and got to go back to make everyone miserable in a/5.
Anonymous said...
Gov. Quinn announced Monday that he is forming a panel of top Illinois lawmakers and top state union officials to study the pension mess and ways to improve the system. Wait a minute....aren't these the same corrupt selfish bastards who fucked up the state pensions in the first place? What a pathetic fucking joke!
12/20/2011 08:49:00 AM
are they studying their pensions too or are they just fine?
12/20/2011 09:36:00 PM
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Hell, they probably get ANOTHER pension for working on this panel.
Somebody wake SCC... He has over-slept!!!!
It's PRESS TIME!!!!
LOL
Rahm has stated he will not abide by Illinois law to pay up toward the pensions until there is reform.
Violate state law? Really Rahm? and openly so ....and no media clowns say boo .... how about you do your fucking jobs media
Anonymous said...
OT:
Tommy Dart again posing for the cameras as he "helps" Fr. Mallette at Mass. The good sheriff even takes over serving Communion when the priest's legs got wobbly. What a guy!
12/20/2011 01:13:00 PM
I'm not a fan of the guy either, but he was regularly going to the church and spending time with the priest BEFORE the savage attack. When there was no reason for any cameras to be around.
Are you the police? You still haven't learned how the media half-ass tells stories and plays snippets of video that give the wrong impression to the public????
Never. Going. To. Happen.
Ram can't wait to ram us. It is just so perfect that the contract expires AFTER G8. I bet he wanks off just thinking about it.
12/20/2011 04:59:00 PM
It's a well-known fact that ballerinos have tiny winkies to wank off with.
Does anyone know if a citizen's group can get a referendum to reduce the city council? How about a citizen's group demanding a forensic accounting of what went on during Daley's dictatorship?
Can the city be at least forced to produce the financial records and contract records and we can get our own forensic accountant? I know forensic accountants who would do it for free.
Please, no sarcastic remarks--just helpful advice if you have any.
12/20/2011 09:17:00 PM
Most coppers are just hard working guys/gals that work extra days/nights to pay the bills. Chances are we are not the best resource available for the information you want.....
but I bet we can tell you where you can find a few thousand guys/gals to help with the petitions and other legwork once you get the ball rolling.
Narcotics indictments? How about a little more insight? How many people? Bosses? Details? If you want to be a "breaking news guy" then break some news. No one cares if you're disgusted. They just want details.
Hey Emmanuel.
The bill passed that requires the city to begin funding the pension IS, repeat IS, pension reform.
Daley fucked the pension for YEARS. What did he do with the money. That's what the eventual lawsuit will ask. You find ways to spend money when it comes to other areas in the city.
To use your words, Emmanuel, it's time to stop kicking the can down the road. You and the city must own up to your responsibilities. It's not the fault of the members of the fund that the responsibility was ignored and the money squandered.
Hopefully a judge will agree.
01:00 So last January, a new pension law was passed for new hires and that law included a provision that starting in 2015 the city will be forced to pay into our pension or the state is mandated to withhold the citys share of revenue sharing. Now the mayor said he is refusing to abide by the law?
received FOP books in the mail today. One retired, one active, but both arrived today
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