Kiss of Death?
And the article isn't much better:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday appointed 33-year veteran Chicago firefighter Jose Santiago as Chicago’s new fire commissioner — and found an ally in the drive to wring millions of dollars in savings out of the city’s second-largest department.
Retiring Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff said he was “deathly against” closing fire houses or reducing the minimum staffing requirement on fire apparatus — the issue that triggered the bitter 1980 firefighters strike.
After being appointed Thursday to succeed the retiring Hoff, Santiago drew no such line in the sand about closing firehouses.
“That’s something we’re looking at. We have all the maps out and everything and response times. We’re sitting down and looking at every option,” said Santiago, 56.
Labels: fire fighters
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
53 Comments:
The Ghetto and the LOOP will always get more fire protection!
Smokey
Stop buying stupid streetscape stuff, banners and planters and dangerous traffic circles, bumps, and dividers, and give our first reponders the best of what they need to keep our citizens safe and save lives.
I mean, how hard do you have to think?
The article relates Santiago is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and is 56 YOA.
He is not old enough to have been decorated for service in Vietnam.
wow, night and day: I guy with balls left, and they found a eunuch
Santiago has sold his soul. He's become nothing more than a "Yes" man for Rahm. I feel sorry for the CFD.
this mayor is gonna fuck this city so bad its gonna hurt. but i personally dont care cause im going to move out one day
Curious to know who Jose's clout is. Selling your soul to become the Racoon's Fire Chief doesn't say much for this guy. Making extreme cuts to police and fire protection is just about as criminal as this jagoff mayor can get. And he could fucking care less. How sad and dangerous for all of us and our families.
Shhhhh.. don't say anything until after the G8. It may hurt moral.
This comes under Alderfools with nothing better to do with their time department. Alderfool George Cardenas has come up with a new idea (?) to put a tax on all sugary drinks sold in Chicago. This is the same Einstein who gave us the 5 cent tax on all bottled water sold in the city. Thanks George! I always thought water was good for you. Not when you can tax shit out of it and give these asshole politicians even more money to piss away on worthless projects. After the city enacted the tax former Crook County Board president Todd "Erkel" Stroger passed the same tax on all of Crook County. Thanks Erkel! So if you want to buy bottled water you have to slip over the Crook County border to make your purchase. The new "tax" would be 1 cent per ounce of sugary drink. A Double Gulp at 7 Eleven would cost you an extra 64 cents! A sure business killer here. The tax would be on soda pop, energy drinks, and any other drink that contains sugar. What will they think of next? Why not put more taxes on milk. These overpaid under worked Alderfools like Cardenas just either sleep in the City Hall digs all day or jerk off in their dirty coffee cups and come up with these crazy ideas. Put these worthless bastards in cages and use them for experiments.
Translation: Hoff was never a company man.
He just got replaced by someone who was.
Eventually, an event will occur that proves Hoff was right. The problem is a mother, a wife, children will have to bury dad because of it.
How many taxpayers does it take to fund the wages of one CPD officer?
Way to go Gov....Mayor..
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Sears lays off 100 at Illinois headquarters
February 17 | Posted by NewsChicago | Chicago Top Stories Tags: chicago, stories, top
Sears Holdings (SHLD) spokesman Chris Brathwaite said the layoffs of “about 100 associates” at the company’s headquarters in Hoffman Estates took effect immediately.
The spokesman said the job cuts did not violate the terms of a $150 million tax credit for Sears approved by the Illinois legislature and Gov. Pat Quinn in December after the company threatened to move its headquarters out of Illinois. Still, the announcement triggered more criticism of the incentives deal and the lawmakers who passed it from those who opposed it from the start.
The Sears spokesman said the headquarters workforce remains above the job levels required in the legislation even with Thursday’s layoffs.
“We are well above the minimum headcount requirements for both the existing legislation expiring in the fall and the new legislation which takes effect in 2013,” he said in an email to The Associated Press. “It’s important to know that under the legislation if we don’t meet our obligations we receive no benefits.”
The cuts leave about 6,100 people working at the Hoffman Estates site, he said. The deal with the state requires Sears to keep at least 4,250 jobs there.
http://news-chicago.info/chicago-top-stories/sears-lays-off-100-at-illinois-headquarters.html
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Well 100 down and 1,750 to go right?
Send them over to be re-educated for a poverty scale welding job the mayor is boasting about.
You can get the City colleges to suck them dry with tuition expenses out of there savings to go back to school for a job with no future, no hope, no healthcare, no retirement.
The race to the bottom continues.
Oh how nice, everyone’s homeowners insurance will skyrocket and the morgue will continue to overflow with the dead. But on the bright there will still be plenty of money for the Aldermen to steal and buy votes with. Priorities are important in these hard economic times.
Hey Mayor..Gov Quinn look over here..
** BOOM **
More Illinois Layoffs == More Tax Revenue Lost == More City Cuts. Book it!!
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Congress deals major blow to wind power industry
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Many of those projects will be abandoned or significantly delayed without federal subsidies.
Illinois is home to more than 150 companies that support the wind industry. At least 67 of those companies make turbines or components for wind farms. And Chicago is the U.S. headquarters to more than a dozen major wind companies who wanted to take advantage of powerful midwestern winds and the fact wind power could be fed into the electric grid.
[...]
There is still a possibility the extension for wind power tax credits could come through as a stand-alone bill or tied to other legislation. But Washington insiders say that is unlikely to happen before the election in November.
By then, the wind industry says it will be too late to avoid massive layoffs and project delays since wind projects slated for 2013 should be traveling their way down the supply chain now.
more >> http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/16/4270935/congress-deals-major-blow-to-wind.html
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Oh well.
Guess the one thing that the mayors welders won't be welding are turbines and towers that hold them eh?
Guess these outfits are not on the political winners list for picking and choosing like the CME, Sears, Ford, etc.
Maybe it has something to do with their political campaign contributions eh...maybe..??
Real classy move by Rahm and the administration, unveil the new boss the same day the old one retires. What happened to the nation-wide search for the best candidate? I guess that only happens with the police department.
A blind man could see that the fire department is the next up for a rough ride from Rahm. Hoff wouldn't sell his soul and go along with Rahm so he was replaced with someone that won't put up much resistance to Rahm .
Rahm is the biggest union busting asshole any major city has ever seen.
Majormarginal said...
The article relates Santiago is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and is 56 YOA.
He is not old enough to have been decorated for service in Vietnam.
2/17/2012 12:24:00 AM
2012
1975
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37 years ago
56
37
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19
19 years old which was the average age of thos ein Viet Nam
Operation Eagle Pull 12 Apr 1975
Operation Frequent Wind 29-30 Apr 1975
SO you need to STFU
1244 am>the last Marines pulled out of vietnam in 1975.
I could see Rham driving around in his Dr.Evi type chair ,barking orders at city council.
Hoff thought his shit didnt stink, but Jose is nothing more than Rahms bitch...
Santiago is a stand up guy... He'll make the necessary changes from the cards that are given to him. Hoffman was a great chief. I'm happy he's moving on. He deserves it.
Show the video of the drunk fireman doing a tap dance like scat man crouthers.
The article relates Santiago is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and is 56 YOA.
He is not old enough to have been decorated for service in Vietnam.
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What the article actually says is "Santiago is a former U.S. Marine decorated for his service in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm.".
He could have been decorated for serving as an embassy guard in Viet Nam. The military awards decorations for a lot of relatively mundane things.
Clever wording can make such awards sound more impressive than they really are.
I doubt he did the PR work that the article was quoting.
Santiago's swearing in ceremony looked like a scene from Animal House. Santiago was bent over in his underwear as the mayor continued striking his ass with a paddle and the room was surrounded by candles, all of the Aldermen, Police Superintendent McCarthy and Crime Commisioner Jody Weis as Santiago repeatedly screamed in pain and excitement, "Yes Sir May I Have Another!" Which the Mayor happily obliged the requests.
Enjoy G*Ate this guy is perfect
Majormarginal said...
The article relates Santiago is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and is 56 YOA.
He is not old enough to have been decorated for service in Vietnam.
2/17/2012 12:24:00 AM
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I'm not saying that it is true that he was a decorated member in Vietnam. But if he is 56 now but will be 57 this year, then he was born in 1955. If he jioned the Marines at 18, he would of went in 73. The last of the troops pulled out of Saigon on April 30th 1975. And at that time he could of been 20 yrs of age. And seeing that he was in the Marines & they were the last to leave when the Embassy was evacuated. he could of been there for a short time. I really don't think that they would say it if it wasn't true, because it could come back and bite him in the ass later.
The time for violence against these oppressors is coming...soon.
He is not old enough to have been decorated for service in Vietnam.
2/17/2012 12:24:00 AM
I don't know about this. The Viet Nam campaign ribbon stopped in 1974 and included service in the surrounding waters and in Thailand. Could be.
Nice. So chicago can literally burn. again.
The City Council will require each and every private property to have a working garden hose with
at least 100 feet of length
and a suitable outdoor water supply to spray on a
fire until the Fire Department arrives on the scene or face a 500 dollar
fine.
There's already an eleven
cents per can or bottle tax on
sody pop purchased at a
store or a restaurant.
You know Rahmbo already knew his hand fit up this guys ass and worked his mouth fine before he appointed him. Already selling out his guys and it has been what a day? Good luck CFD, looks like you are going to get a taste of what we had and currently have. A Rahm flavored meat puppet.
Wind Power Turbines !
Will never happen because
Execelon(Edison) and People's Energy (Gas) have
a sweetheart deal going
between themselves and the
ICC and they don't no
competition. Next time you
pass a electricty generating
station notice the eighteen-inch yellow-painted pipe rising out of the groung and
going into the building, that's natural gas, no more
coal. And when you receive
your next bill from Edison
take a few moments to look
at what you are being charged for, if you have not
done so already. I guarantee
it will make you cuss and
swear.
According to Wikipedia "U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973". It furthermore states "The capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war".If Santiago's age is correct, He would have been in Vietnam between 1973 or 1974. If he was there in 1973 he would have been 17 y.o.a. and in 1974 he would have been 18 y.o.a. It is common knowledge that young men routinely lied about their age back then to enlist because back then their was a sense of pride Americans took in serving their Country. I'll give Santiago the benifit of the doubt.I do not know the man nor am I a part of CFD. Hell,I'm not even hispanic. He served his Country and for that I thank him. He may have been decorated due to his service post 1973 but this would have been during the capture of Saigon by the Vietnam People's Army in April 1975 marking the end of the war. I am not sure what, if any, America's involvement was during 1974 or 1975.
Does this mean 8 hour shifts for CFD with a 6 on 2 off schedule LOL. No more second full time jobs for you guys!
A blind man could see that the fire department is the next up for a rough ride from Rahm. Hoff wouldn't sell his soul and go along with Rahm so he was replaced with someone that won't put up much resistance to Rahm .
Rahm is the biggest union busting asshole any major city has ever seen.
2/17/2012 05:28:00 AM
So much for the favorable status CFD union thought they were establishing by accepting the wellness program. I thought the Mayor said we would be awarded for that?
Just like when JFed was contracted for hire...To eliminate and dismantle The Real CFD and replace firefighters with useless political hacks.
Patronage is back, baby.
The Public Safety Administration - No Union under Rahm.
ANONYMOUS SAID -
You can get the City colleges to suck them dry with tuition expenses out of there savings to go back to school for a job with no future, no hope, no healthcare, no retirement.
The race to the bottom continues.
2/17/2012 03:56:00 AM
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NOW YOU"RE GETTING THE IDEA!!
That has been going on in Illinois in the private sector for the last decade or so.
You know what? It's now coming to the public sector. They are getting rid of people in mid-careers and they go to find out they cannot find a job that pays 50% of what they were making before.
AND - these were people in the private sector with cutting-edge skills in IT with degrees and certifications that were replaced by cheap labor foreigners coming here on Visas.
Sorry - but people working in the private sector can't pay public sector workers six-figure salaries and 75% of that for pensions any more. (teachers included)
So you will lose a lot in your ranks because you won't settle for less and what will happen - half of you will be let go and then try finding a job that pays more than $9-$10 an hour.
Not in Illinois.
Hoff ressigned due to pressure from Rahm and Operation Push!!
Seems the eligiblity for Battalion Chief came out and it made it's way to
the preachers .... seem there wasn't enough "minorities" on the list.
I guess the preachers called Jessie Jackson - who then called Hoff. Hoff said no fucking way.
JJ then called Rahm. JJ threatened boycots and marches. Rahm sided with JJ. Rahm called Hoff.
Hoff said Non fucking way and resigned....
I could see it happening....just wondering if it's true....
Firefighter brothers, get read to get fucked. This new guy has a 4.5 fingered hand up his ass just like Jim Henson had his hand up the Cookie Monster.
I'm sorry for you guys that Hoff left, but I don't blame him one bit.
Headlines: New Fire Chief agrees Fire Truck staffing could be lowered.Of course , that is why he is the new Boss!
Time for action from all City employees vs Mayor Racoon. Our unions must stand united and knock this Mayor down. We must not allow for Rahm to destroy our Police & Fire Departments. Is there anyway we can run this bastard out of town? How about a recall on him? I am very pissed off about this whole G8/NATO that we as taxpayers had no say in. IMPEACH RAHM NOW!!
I was 18 yrs old and had to get a Draft card in High School in 1973 . My number came up in the televised lottery(anyone remember?)Next thing I knew they abolished the Draft and started to bring home Troops. I never was Drafted.
Why is it that every time we get a new sup. there is always so kind of candidate search and application process but they always just name a new fire commish without any candidate searches or application process?
Take it easy Annoymous your draft card wasn't any good for Vietnam in '73. they stopped sending troops that year. Or did you forget?
When are the unions going to start to fight back and start telling the public all the negative things. If they know about it ahead of time, the protests and shots at thier aldercreature could prevent some of this freom ever happing. FOP and FF Local 1 wake the FUCK UP before its to late.
If most of you "researching" VietNam could study the GOs that closely you would all be Captains!
They do a Nation Wide search for CPD Superintendent but for CFD they just ask "who is next in line"
12:37Am: Did not forget ,but did this guy go over there as a Sophomore or Junior?
IIRC, the national standards organizations that figure these things out call for 4 firefighters per truck or engine, and 2 per truck or engine if a company has two or more trucks.
It is going to be hard to argue that level of staffing is unsafe, given that is the national standard.
See NFPA 1710 5.2.2.1.1.
They do a Nation Wide search for CPD Superintendent but for CFD they just ask "who is next in line"
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CFD is not under imminent threat of being taken over by USDOJ.
Hoff was a great Commissioner. Had alot of passion. Give Santiago a chance.
Hoff was a great leader and a class act. Anyone who follows him is gonna have a tougher time. You won't have such a great man in charge for a long time.
He's the biggest jerk and will cut jobs. Watch out. No trust
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