New City Sticker
City Clerk Susana Mendoza unveiled a city vehicle sticker with a simple design Tuesday as she sought to move beyond the controversy that erupted when she yanked a teen's winning sticker artwork amid concerns it might contain street gang symbols.
The new version, done in-house, sticks with the theme of honoring Chicago police, firefighters and paramedics that was the focus of the annual sticker competition the 15-year-old boy won this year.
The teen's sticker contained depictions of upraised hands some law enforcement experts said may have been designed to imitate the hand signs of a notorious Chicago gang. The replacement sticker features crests of the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Fire Department and the symbol for paramedics. The slogan “Honoring Chicago's Heroes” appears at the bottom.
And this hilarious bit:
While trying to focus on the new sticker features, however, Mendoza kept getting questions about the earlier controversy.
Mendoza said she presented the original winner with a $1,000 savings bond to match what he would have received for having his drawing used on stickers. The clerk said she has reached out to the boy and his family to talk with them further, but they have not responded.
Labels: silly people
posted by SCC (retired) at 12:03 AM
63 Comments:
Hey Herbie, Go Fuck Yourself Buddy!
Police, Fire, whats the third one?
Just issue every year a big bright color sticker with the license plate number on the damn sticker. One year its red, next year blue, etc. Come on, this has been talked about by working coppers for years. It is so simple but does any one of the bosses listen?????
OMG. Gag me. Alleged this, possibly that, the young boy, the innocent team. Give me a fucking break. Dude was a gang banger and pulled a fast one over on Rahm. The sticker did have gang symbols and ole boys entire family are criminals. call it like it is. thats why i hate this city and the media here. sugar coating everything and afraid to tell the truth. I'm sure the $1,000 bought a lot of weed, beer and bullets.
The bullshit contest is supposed to distract you from the fact that your city sticker costs more than your license plates.
Chicagoans pay the highest taxes, fees and fines but have the worst roads.
WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO ???
Herbie seez he no likey da stickum.
Keep it simple. That's the way it should of been from the start.
Don't worry, the shitbird will be in the news soon enough as he either is the victim of a homicide (fuck you McNumbnutz) or the offender.
i don't like the new sticker. it's boring
That design will work. Good solution.
But now they're talking about the possibility of *advertising* on next year's stickers? Please, isn't advertising on bridge houses and garbage cans enough?
That's actually the best looking city sticker in the last 20 years!
Goes to prove the city should just dump the stupid crayon contests held every year! What a waste of time and taxpayer money
Da Pelon
CPD On Top
the sticker has a feature that if you scan it you can pay parking tickets, locate a parking space , etc. What else will this "feature" be capable of doing?
Herbie PULGER, you' still a gang banging punk.
The third one is the "Star of Life", the universal symbol for EMS.
Hope Herbie enjoys his time getting his "poke-mon" on! Don't drop the soap!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgUYszKWnKA&feature=related
I am a citizen that lives in the 14th District. In the past month a particular gang has tagged my garage twice and in broad daylight my house. Of course no one saw a thing. It's getting ridiculous.
it's going to cost more
thank you rahm
vote republican in november
Is that a five pointed star I see on the new sticker?
12:18 the third one would be PARAMEDICS they work on the same department as the HEROES ..
Anonymous said...
The bullshit contest is supposed to distract you from the fact that your city sticker costs more than your license plates.
Chicagoans pay the highest taxes, fees and fines but have the worst roads.
WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO ???
4/18/2012 01:45:00 AM
And more importantly, where does it NOT go? It doesn't go into the pension fund, that's for sure.
It is going to build a brand new $250 million Malcolm X College so the students can at least read when they graduate college. And what about the current Malcolm X College? That's Rahm's secret.
Rahm was quoted as saying he would not tell the young folks that they couldn't get an education so he spending a quarter billion on a new school.
But he has no problems telling police officers and firefighters that they might not get health insurance or a pension.
This asshole Rahm is making Daley look benevolent.
word is that the new city stickers contain a GPS chip. gonna catch the (living outside the city) city employees.
"Urb Dilla in Orto"
Mendoza needs to resign now, that office should be abolished waste of taxpayers money,and susie is a waste of time!
are you fucking serious? why am i not surprised though. this little turd was able to pull a fast one on rahmie and still gets compensated for his artistic gang drawing. pretty damn pathetic when a gangbanger teen shows up the mayor. herbie you just clinched yourself a future position in chicago politics for sure.
People or in Herbies case Folks like him have a short life expectancy...he will be just another dead gangbanger soon with a bullshit memorial of 40 ounce bottles and teddy bears that this liberal media will create some "misunderstood victim" story over.
"Just issue every year a big bright color sticker with the license plate number on the damn sticker. One year its red, next year blue, etc. Come on, this has been talked about by working coppers for years. It is so simple but does any one of the bosses listen?????"
--4/18/2012 01:40:00 AM
Waste of time and money -- bumps in the street, go-arounds, planters and trees and new sidewalks in front of empty stores, stupid "This Is A Real City" banners flying from phony "antique" lamp posts in neighborhoods where a decent person is afraid to walk...
Now! Emanuel wants 20 new parks to seed and water and maintain and rebuild and remodel for 100 years after he's gone.
Now! Thousands of Alison Cohen's "Made In Canada" pay-to-bicycles for the rubes to get knocked off and robbed or worse. Like Emanuel, she had to do with Goldman Sachs too, as a real estate investment banker while the going there was good, and like SCC mentioned she does know Gabe Klein from another bike deal --
http://www.phillyfunguide.com/event/detail/440820069/Capital_Bikeshare_the_Good_
the_Great_and_the_Challenges
Very "transparent" here, as we were promised. Hell, it's right in the Fun Guide, for anyone to see.
Now! The Chicago River to be turned into a pristine "family destination" for about the third time, already planning more lousy restaurants, more riverwalks, more boathouses.
Every day, more of this nonsense. Some woman soaked up TWENTY SHOTS in a gang killing the other night...nothing to see here, folks.
Come downtown and idly sip a ten-dollar cocktail while your house is foreclosed on...these people are not on the same planet.
There are only so many "community centers" and "performance spaces" and "loft condominiums" and now "business incubators" you can make out of what used to be productive factories.
The "enterpreneur" in the "incubator" is gonna make a new stain of some kind on the Internet, gonna bake a new type of gourmet cookie, microbrew another expensive new microbeer, gonna provide a dog-walking service that streams back real-time video of Fido taking a dump, and all the trendies will sell this crap to each other.
I mean, like, really, gag me with a spoon, you know?
They are frantic; this stuff is cycling faster and faster. It's all they have.
Should we all move to San Francisco again for Dotcom Boom/Crash II?
The Houston real estate market still hasn't come back from the Enron collapse...
Etc., etc.
Oh. Today Emanuel is trying to "re-finance" the empty Michael Reese Hospital property...
I am afraid to go to sleep anymore. Something else will have been sold off or stolen or had a "fee" tacked on by the time I get up again.
Emanuel reminds me of the Devil in "Bedazzled" (1967), working 24 hours per day, actually taking phonograph records out of their wrappers one at a time, scratching them, and putting them back -- personally going to the trouble of climbing up phone poles to mess with the wires and interfere with someone's call.
It's really something.
Now hopefully we can get everyone who resides in chicago to buy it. However, of course most will be from indiana. Bullshit ghetto will not buy Chicago stickers.
Is he in jail? because I thought I saw this kid not long ago and I think it was the same one I had to stop from punching a younger kid last summer.
Seriously off topic but Rep LaShawn Ford is chairing a task for studying Right To Carry. CPD had a representative testify. Here is a description of his "expert" testimony. WFT????
I didn't get the credentials down for the officer speaking on behalf of Chicago Police Dept. but I
believe he was a Commander with the gang unit. He said he was basically there to oppose CCW because of increased
threat to officer safety. Officers would have to worry about every stop they make there might be a gun
present. If officer came up on a live shooting, they wouldn't be able to tell who was the good guy.
Ford: Aren't officers trained to responds as if everyone they encounter is armed?
Officer: yes
Ford: How do officers in the other 49 states deal with people who are carrying legally?
Officer: didn't know
Ford: If gun crime weren't so high in Chicago, would you support CCW?
Officer: couldn't say
Ford: Why is Chicago opposed to CCW?
Officer: It creates unsafe environment - more guns means more crime and increases threat to officer safety.
NRA Lobbyist Todd Vandermyde pointed out at this time that the Chicago Sgt. and Lt. support CCW.
Todd: How many of the illegal guns you take off the street belong to FOID card holders? CPF holders? Registered?
Officer: Didn't know
States Att. Assoc. rep: Aren't officers trained to deal with a whole list of Constitutional Amend. everytime they encounter someone?
(He listed a number of them).
Officer: Yes
States Att. Assoc. rep: If the 2nd Amend comes into play with CCW, what would you want included
in the law to help officers with this?
Officer: Couldn't say, I'm just here to oppose the bill.
Ford pointed out that CPD has not entered into the discussion of CCW, no cooperation. Suggested officer go
back and seek input from the CPD.
If they really what to be "Honoring Chicago's Heroes" why don't the used all the collected money from this year's Chicago Vehicle City Sticker sales to fund the Police and Fire pensions. Talk of honoring is cheap, put your money where your mouth is.
Third one is EMS. They should have put a 4th one on it using the 911 center patch, then they would have had 4 symbols on the flag, just like the city flag has 4 stars
From FOP:
"...We ask that all members and their family members submit a simple suggestion. Tell the City to live up to its promises and stop the fear-mongering..."
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/pension
estimator/retirement_security.html
I sent this to the Mayor on his new City of Chicago webpage titled "Retirement Security Honesty and Solutions.":
Mr. Mayor,
How can you NOT pay into the city employees pension funds when it was agreed to do so years ago?
What gives you the right, after the employees have given their service to the city AND THEIR OWN MONEY into the pensions, for you to backstab them at this late date?
Your actions and insinuation that city workers are the cause of pension under-funding is both despicable and reprehensible! You and EVERY POLITICIAN and bureaucrat before you who allowed this to happen should be prosecuted and jailed.
Now what i would have done with this whole fucked up fiasco:
10.00 from all the sticker sales would go to the Fallen Police / Firemans Families support.
Uh-oh ... take a closer look at the new sticker design:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/jpglynn17/css.jpg
"[Susana Mendoza] said she has reached out to the boy and his family to talk with them further, but they have not responded."
"They have not responded."
Well, thank God for small miracles.
This woman is the city clerk, not some kind of social worker. Her job is to count the money and keep the records straight, not to "reach out" to defectives and criminals.
This is starting to sound like a serious personal problem.
What, is she going to meet the father coming down the airplane steps in cuffs and leg irons when they finally extradite him from Venezuela?
Great photo op, huh?
Idiot.
Enough. Plain sticker, alternating to a different basic color every year.
"Affecting To Support Chicago's Undermanned Heroes While We Nibble Away At Their Pensions."
What undesirable social agenda is going to be on these things next year?
Herbie is a rapper now!!! check out his new single
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTKq616auFs&feature=related
"Urb Dilla in [Horto]."
4/18/2012 11:10:00 AM
POST OF THE WEEK! POST OF THE WEEK!
You, Sir or Madam, deserve to have your writing described as both "concise" and "mordant."
Wish I had said that.
My hat is off to you.
HERE IT IS! CONTEST WINNER FOR THE NEW MOTTO OF OUR PROUD "SANCTUARY CITY!"
GAAAAAhahaha.
Expect a personal check from Susana Mendoza before the week is out.
Anonymous said...
Police, Fire, whats the third one?
4/18/2012 12:18:00 AM
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Hey jagbag you can say that now and laugh about it if you want,but you better hope that if ever you or a loved one ever needs one that they are close by. They were there when my partner got shot & when one of my parents had a heart attack. Both are still here today. Maybe thier star should of went 1st on the sticker.
Anonymous said...
Third one is EMS. They should have put a 4th one on it using the 911 center patch, then they would have had 4 symbols on the flag, just like the city flag has 4 stars
4/18/2012 03:11:00 PM
They're too stupid to have thought of that!
Simply having to pay for and display a city sticker is the real crime.
Anonymous said...
"Urb Dilla in Orto"
4/18/2012 11:10:00 AM
LOVIN'IT Can get better than this.
Congrats!
We have no cars so they can put this on our 4 man tact clown car.
Who cares? I register to a burb that's under $20 a year. The extra $65 goes to crook county and city taxes I'm forced to pay on the few occasions I buy things like water or a coke when I'm dying of thirst here.
Why couldn't it be Police, Fire, and Detectives,aren't paramedics firemen,Detectives are my heroes,seriously though!
"Urb Dilla in Orto"
4/18/2012 11:10:00 AM
'scuse me, gotta wipe my monitor
THAT ONE IS GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!
"...We ask that all members and their family members submit a simple suggestion. Tell the City to live up to its promises and stop the fear-mongering..."
http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/pension
estimator/retirement_security.html
I sent this to the Mayor on his new City of Chicago webpage titled "Retirement Security Honesty and Solutions.":
Mr. Mayor,
How can you NOT pay into the city employees pension funds when it was agreed to do so years ago?
What gives you the right, after the employees have given their service to the city AND THEIR OWN MONEY into the pensions, for you to backstab them at this late date?
Your actions and insinuation that city workers are the cause of pension under-funding is both despicable and reprehensible! You and EVERY POLITICIAN and bureaucrat before you who allowed this to happen should be prosecuted and jailed.
4/18/2012 03:11:00 PM
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Agreed, particularly since a State law REQUIRES that the City pay its portion into the pension fund.
Rahm Emanuel has stated to the media that HE WILL NOT make payments into the fund until there is reform. THAT puts him in violation of the law and he should be prosecuted.
"""Rahm was quoted as saying he would not tell the young folks that they couldn't get an education so he spending a quarter billion on a new school."""
Reminds me of an episode of The Office where Michael pledged to give underprivileged kids a college education 10 years ago but ends up giving them laptop batteries since he doesn't have the money.
Uh-oh ... take a closer look at the new sticker design:
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j283/jpglynn17/css.jpg
4/18/2012 04:48:00 PM
This is the best comment on the whole site.
I teach in a CPS high school -- one of my current students was hospitalized for mental health treatment two years ago and shared a room with HP, who himself was receiving therapy for having: 1. assaulted his mom 2. ODed on hallucinogenics and 3. carved tattoos into his arms with a safety pin and a ball-point pen. (Note long-sleeved shirts in all press photos) My student reports that he was "nice" but a nutjob banger. The media should talk to students more -- they know everything, including why their schools don't work.
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Hey jagbag you can say that now and laugh about it if you want,but you better hope that if ever you or a loved one ever needs one that they are close by. They were there when my partner got shot & when one of my parents had a heart attack. Both are still here today. Maybe thier star should of went 1st on the sticker.
Fuck you piece of shit, I asked a simple question.
F-Chicago. I really wish we didn't have to live in the city limits.
Anonymous said...
"""Rahm was quoted as saying he would not tell the young folks that they couldn't get an education so he spending a quarter billion on a new school."""
Reminds me of an episode of The Office where Michael pledged to give underprivileged kids a college education 10 years ago but ends up giving them laptop batteries since he doesn't have the money.
4/18/2012 10:46:00 PM
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Give them an education when they are young and then fuck them out of their pension when they are old. Meanwhile Walsh Construction and the usual contractors fart through silk underwear and eat at the top joints. I see, You don't need to go to Malcolm X College to spot the graft and corruption in this city.
This year is my LAST city sticker. Next year I will be somewhere they never heard of a city sticker.
Anonymous said...
Police, Fire, whats the third one?
4/18/2012 12:18:00 AM
That's in Chicago's Heroes for 800, come on Alex, you can't figure that out? You are a future commander, that's for sure.
Anonymous said...
Police, Fire, whats the third one?
4/18/2012 12:18:00 AM
You can't possibly be this stupid. Good grief, I hope you are not on this job!
What are you, 12? Not seen much of the world? Holy, holy crap.
Idiot.
if my eyes are still working, isn't that the 1955 design police star on the new city sticker?? looks like someone messed up again...
Anonymous said...
I am a citizen that lives in the 14th District. In the past month a particular gang has tagged my garage twice and in broad daylight my house. Of course no one saw a thing. It's getting ridiculous.
4/18/2012 09:00:00 AM
Arm yourself with non-barcoded bullets so the reverends can't track you down, then shoot the taggers.
You want to honor the heroes...Give us two free city stickers. Then I will feel honored.
Our new stars are so bad that cant even use it. They have the image of our old star.
Rham loves himself so much I'm surprised the city sticker isn't a big picture of him with that money grubbing shit eating grin of his!
Police Department, Fire Department, and Patamedic Depaetment.
The government shouldn't be in the business of telling me who my heros should be. I covered one of the logos with what I felt was a more appropriate image.
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