Kass Article
How long will Chicago police float on their official sea of love?
For the last couple of days, Chicagoans have sung their praises, the people and the big shots too, saying the police did a great job handling the protesters during the NATO summit.
They did do a remarkable job. The cops I spoke with didn't like everything about what happened. They weren't exactly crazy about the protester with the fishing pole and the doughnut as bait. But in the end, who doesn't like being recognized for a job well done?
If there's one group that knows Chicago isn't Happy Land, it is the police. They understand the ancient law applied by emperors to their guards and by mayors to their cops: The hand that pets you now can just as easily haul off and crack you in the mouth.
When City Hall is done basking in the reflected glory of a relatively violence-free NATO summit, the cops who made sure the city wasn't embarrassed most likely will be repaid. And not with candy and nuts. Labor negotiations will begin, and police worry that their paychecks will be squeezed and their pensions cut.
We can't think of any way to leverage the praise and thanks heaped upon the Department into something that leads to a fair shake at the bargaining table. All Rahm has to do is delay a few meetings as in years past and the collective memory of the public will fade - the summer body count rises, the economy continues to stutter, gas prices fluctuate, the November elections approach, and like-it-or-not, someone will do something stupid.
Labels: events, info for the police
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
153 Comments:
No, no, Rahm loves us now. He said so. It's all good. He wouldn't go back on his words. He's a politician. They are honest, admirable people looking out for everyone's best interests.
Oh yeah, and this job is legit.
its just the kiss before the fucking we're about to get.
"We can't think of any way to leverage the praise and thanks heaped upon the Department into something that leads to a fair shake at the bargaining table. All Rahm has to do is delay a few meetings as in years past and the collective memory of the public will fade"
The FOP needs to use clips of the NATO coverage to make TV commercials supporting our position.
We've got to maintain a positive spin on this.
We've got to aggressively put CPD in a positive light, because like you say, someone will do something stupid.
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
We all know the praise will be forgotten by rich politicians when they go after our small pensions. It's sad that the many many years of putting into the pension they now want to hurt us and make us look like greedy cops. The public doesn't know that we get a small pension check after retirement and that it's the corrupt politicians(many Daley) that destroyed the pension system. It's sad that they want to change the rules in the middle of the game.
At least the good citizens of englewood appreciate us year round...the constantly remind us of the wonderful job we do
Just wait... The Abatte trial starts soon! We will once again look like shit...thanks Tony, you fucking looser
OT:Parking ticket debacle:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-parking-meter-lease-20120524,0,1016468.story
And this paragraph in the middle of the article says it all:
"During the first three years of the deal, the city paid less than $2.2 million to the company for spaces out of service and nothing for money lost to spaces occupied by vehicles with disabled placards or plates, city records show. But as Daley and three of his top lieutenants were about to leave City Hall for jobs at one of the law firms that handled the parking meter lease, the bills began to mount."
What a F**ing surprise!!
Anonymous said...
Did anybody notice the water they were handing out to us expired in 2009?
5/23/2012 08:57:00 PM
Yes, we did. That's why samples were provided to a trusted coworker to be able to get them to the good people at SCC. Let's us know if you didn't get the pix, SCC, and we'll be more than delighted to ensure they're sent again.
The people praising CPD and Tiny Dancer need to be shown just how subpar those in charge really think we are.
I'm taking wagers that the water in question was overstock from the POTUS's inaugural shindig and has been stored ever since in a Vanecko-owned warehouse, sans climate control no doubt.
Bottled water is usually good for 9-12 months past the expiration...IF IT REMAINS REFRIGERATED. No doubt this water has seen several freeze/thaw cycles and has been subjected to countless days at temperatures that facilitate the degradation of the plastic bottle, thereby releasing toxins into the water. The bottle I have saved is contorted/has lost its air even though the seal's never been compromised.
The Gatorade and granola bar? Same story.
Nothing but the best for the boys and girls in blue, huh?
Sarcasm/OFF
the chicago police response to the nato protesters was a major overkill--- the protesters numbered in the thousands and the police also numbered in the thousands--- most people would agree that the police department was expecting 50,000 to 100,000 protesters at nato--- the occupy/nato/aclu/blacbloc could only pony up maybe 5000 at their best, very easy to control....
Great article by Kass. The love won't last..at least with this city administration. These assholes play hardball. They are very very smart and very very cunning. They know how to manipulate public sentiment to their favor. Perhaps we gave these low lifes a break with NATO but we can sure as hell SLOW DOWN. Fuck the tickets. Take your time on calls. You all know which calls to get to fast. Fuck everybody else. The teachers are showing us the way. They ARE GOING TO WALK on this little corrupt uncaring Bastard in September. We can't walk BUT we can send them a message that we are in favor of their actions. The one thing the Evil Racoon understands is FORCE! He had a great time schoomizng with all the big shots and now he must address the decline of this town. People are getting shot by the busload every week. The only thing visitors saw here was the downtown and lakefront. Nobody went out to the wasteland Ghettos. Fuck him and his handshakes.
What a great rally for our teachers. This little rat bastard mayor has been pissing and shitting on our teachers from the day he got sworn in. He has tried to demonize the very folks who go into classrooms unarmed to face down the same assholes who we deal with every day on the street. This fucking mutant politician loves confrontation. He has been able to shoot down any opposition in the past. Maybe our brave didicated teachers have to show the rest of us the way. If we all stick together we can run this little bastard out of town. Could be NATO wasn't the threat.
Was I the only one who noticed the water bottles they gave us had an expiration date of June 2009?
"They weren't exactly crazy about the protester with the fishing pole and the doughnut as bait."
I'm sorry, but who was 'offended' by that? No PO's I know. If any really were, though, lighten the fuck up. That's some funny shit.
The sooner you learn to view life as the absurd comedy it is (and all its players clowns) as opposed to some horrible tragedy, the better off your life will be.
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
5/24/2012 01:19:00 AM
Get over this angry, ill informed "radical" phase already , and grow up. The Occupy movement has jumped the shark and you sound like a dope repeating senseless garbage. Move on.
Nice to have this site back to normal.
Anonymous said...
What a great rally for our teachers. This little rat bastard mayor has been pissing and shitting on our teachers from the day he got sworn in. He has tried to demonize the very folks who go into classrooms unarmed to face down the same assholes who we deal with every day on the street. This fucking mutant politician loves confrontation. He has been able to shoot down any opposition in the past. Maybe our brave didicated teachers have to show the rest of us the way. If we all stick together we can run this little bastard out of town. Could be NATO wasn't the threat.
5/24/2012 02:13:00 AM
Oh boo woo for the teachers. They love the democrats. Many preach socialism in the class room and have given unconditional support to the deomcratic party. Well idiots this is how you are treated in the most democratic city and state in the nation. Guess Scott Walker and the republicans are not the worst after all....Ha Ha Ha.
what the teachers get will set the stage for cpd and cfd. an arbitrator uses this as a guide when making his decision.
The police were used as guard dogs to keep the riff raft away from Obama and the Summit guests. The. visitors to our city never even saw the protesters. And while the guests were served the best of food and liquor, the police were given water and food that was long past the expiration date and forced to work exhausting 12+ hour shifts. This was abuse. Once the self congratulations are over, see the truth .
Darn! Wish I could have been there for that goof with the fishing pole and donut.
I would have liked to have tried to attached a Missle-X card with the word "JOB" in big blod letters to his bait. He would have pulled away; not interested in that I'm sure.
I thought the fishing pole was hillarious.
Never let a crisis go to waste ~ Rahm Emanuel
MAYOR F*CKS CHICAGOANS should be the headline in the msm... but of course, we have to hear it from The Reader!
The Reader:
While you were distracted by NATO ...
Mayor Emanuel doles out TIF and charter money—and cuts cops and libraries
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-emanuel-tif-charter-nato/Content?oid=6476465
Anonymous said...
"We can't think of any way to leverage the praise and thanks heaped upon the Department into something that leads to a fair shake at the bargaining table. All Rahm has to do is delay a few meetings as in years past and the collective memory of the public will fade"
The FOP needs to use clips of the NATO coverage to make TV commercials supporting our position.
We've got to maintain a positive spin on this.
We've got to aggressively put CPD in a positive light, because like you say, someone will do something stupid.
5/24/2012 12:47:00 AM
Rahm will never give us a fair shake at the bargaining table or down in Springfield. The best we can hope for is a halfway decent arbitration award.
Whiskey In The Jar-o said...
Anonymous said...
Did anybody notice the water they were handing out to us expired in 2009?
5/23/2012 08:57:00 PM
That is why they make half pints of Kentucky bourbon whiskey. Disinfectant and flavoring agent you know. Also known as a half-dog.
Anonymous said...
Will the cheapskate Cubs come up with some free tickets for our CPD heroes? I doubt it. The Sox were very nice and gave all of us 2 tickets for Sox games.
5/23/2012 10:11:00 PM
Hey dork, cubs games are already free.
You did your jobs very well, which is what was expected of you. The taxpaying public has a very short memory and will soon go back to thinking about you as well-paid and benefited (in this economy) public servants and government workers. Good luck with those negotiations. You'll need it.
Why no Photoshopped picture of the famous Sgt at numerous locations?
Just Asking
Today is my last day with the CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, and it is with mixed emotions that I leave behind a 22 year career with the City. I will never forget the friendships we have developed over those years, and I certainly hope our paths cross again in the future. I have been extremely fortunate to have had many tremendous opportunities in my career, and because we never know when those prospects will cease, I have decided to accept my most recent employment opportunity. However, I want each of you to know that I sincerely appreciate and admire your individual talents and accomplishments.
To our Officers, you are my heroes. Your ability to lay your life on the line, and go running in while others run out, is unique to only a select few. You should be proud of your efforts, because you have made Chicago the great city it is today. During the last few months, I have had the great opportunity to work directly with our front-line officers while completing the citywide gang audits. The street level intelligence possessed by our officers is unparalleled, and I hope their knowledge and skills are utilized more broadly as the department moves forward.
When I told the Superintendent I was leaving, one of things he said was "you're going to miss this". After seeing how we handled NATO, I know he is absolutely right. But I will leave knowing that nothing can break this department. While at the Command Post, I had a unique opportunity to observe all aspects of our response to NATO. From the planning, procurement, training, logistics, venues, transports, and operations, so many things had to come together at the right time, in the right place, with the right people…and it DID. You, my friends, are AMAZING!
To all of you; thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will be the first to admit that I have been blessed in my career because of you. Every accomplishment is a team effort, and I have been blessed to have worked with you on that team. I look back with such fond memories; and I look forward with such high hopes. Be safe!
The teachers don't seem to have a problem in dealing with Rahm. They got 10,000 to march in the Loop yesterday to express their displeasure in the contract talks. Maybe its about time for us to hold a rally at the same place and express our displeasure in the amount of time its taking to get a contract. No more delays in negotiating. Follow the example of the teachers. Their union normally gets what they want.
No truer words be spoken just a matter of time and now with Fitz gone all the fat cats will continue to avoid justice under Rahm and Quinn's rule. It was a good run although we the working Police will end up with the short end of the stick as always.
Shields is lucky for NATO
Obama was wise to move the G8 out of Chicago. Just imagine the number of these protesters multiplied by 10.
Well then perhaps the four unions should form an alliance and collectively plan a few preemptive moves to ensure the public remembers. Most citizens really aren't informed about the true facts, they only have the information the politicians feed them after their spin and cloak sessions. The unions need to do something along the lines of grabbing a few photos from the gazillions that are available right now, pull some of the quotes with songs of praises from the politicos and plan to utilize the pics and quotes on a few billboards in prominent locations and take out a few full and half page ads in the rag papers, and maybe look into a benefactor to cover the cost of a mass mailing campaign just like the politicians do during their election frenzy. The (police positive, not politician negative) mailings to the tax paying zip codes could have a huge impact with support. The citizens who have written here on the Blog, those who walked up damn near in tears and said thank you, and those who have written in to the papers and Web comment sections do care, they do remember and they will support us… if we keep a positive position in their lives or at least in their memories.
I work at the airport. I've been approached the past couple days by many travelers with thanks to the CPD for the outstanding work they done during the NATO Summit.
Well wishes and prayers from complete strangers.
We're just doing our job, and I thank them for their support, and kind compliments.
I wasnt at the front line or in the vicinity.
But these compliments are accepted on behalf all those that endured the heat, the walking and standing up to the protestors taunts and assaults.
To the fine officers that were there that weekend, be aware there are citizens passing thru Chicago complimenting your professionalism.
We do a great job 99% of the time. No one is perfect.
WE NEED ANOTHER PROTEST just like the teachers and it should be timed on the last day of our contract maybe around the Taste of Chicago!
Yesterdays hero...
what have you done for me today?
Was I the only one who noticed the water bottles they gave us had an expiration date of June 2009
I drank a bottle of that expired water and got sick,strap throat and fever I wonder how many others got sick?
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
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Go Occupy a different site. You hand your ass handed to you by a bunch of cops from all over the city. Not downtown cops. Loser.
Stop making like the only fair thing is a raise. Most of America hasn't seen a raise in several years - lots of City employees haven't. The City is broke, in deficit.
Consider yourself fortunate to be employed, and at a generous wage with generous benefits.
I don't know SCC, but I thought that doughnut on a string was hilarious. Maybe my sense of humor has been too badly warped from this job after more then 20 years, but I was laughing my ass off. The real funny part about the whole thing is that although that kid is probably 15 to 20 years younger then me, I bet I am in better shape. Ha!
"They weren't exactly crazy about the protester with the fishing pole and the doughnut as bait."
I'm sorry, but who was 'offended' by that? No PO's I know. If any really were, though, lighten the fuck up. That's some funny shit.
The sooner you learn to view life as the absurd comedy it is (and all its players clowns) as opposed to some horrible tragedy, the better off your life will be.
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I'm with you. I thought that was fucking hilarious. I'm a little older now (59) and the shit that used to piss me off? I laugh now. Life is just too fucking short to stay pissed.
In case anyone is wondering what our sneaky raccoon in charge was doing while the news and everyone was focused on NATO. Good thing we have the Reader, none of the other papers would dare cover this story. Unreal.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-emanuel-tif-charter-nato/Content?oid=6476465
FOP , now is the time to push Rahm to pass 3 % cola for retirees born before 1960 . We now have public support after the job we did at NATO . It won't last long.
Did you see Fat Steve Georges Kissing the Supt. ASS at the White Sox Game??. Unbelievable!! Steve you were a suck-ho then and you are still a suck-ho now.
Now Go get another Baklava and sit down!
I have to agree with the guy who said the protestor with the donut on a pole was funny.
Just some kid who thought he was cute, nothing to get worked up over.
Good article, but I'm confused -- hasn't Kass been a vocal proponent of slashing taxes and public pensions?
2:04 am,
While I agree with you that there were less havoc-creating bodies littering the city than expected, the fact of the matter is that we did an excellent job with what we had, and therefore we have every reason tobe proud of our performance. You sound like you aren't the police, or are a washed up dogass, so either give credit where credit is due, or remain silent. We need support, not opposition at this point in the game.
Sincerely,
Proud 'hair gel'.
I wasn't offended by protester with fishing pole and donut as bait. When i tossed him a bar of irish spring, he ran away from it like it was a grenade!!
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
5/24/2012 01:19:00 AM
Oh, OCCUPY, just go away. You couldn't push through the police line, so now you elbow your way onto the police blog?
the chicago police response to the nato protesters was a major overkill--- the protesters numbered in the thousands and the police also numbered in the thousands--- most people would agree that the police department was expecting 50,000 to 100,000 protesters at nato--- the occupy/nato/aclu/blacbloc could only pony up maybe 5000 at their best, very easy to control....
5/24/2012 02:04:00 AM
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Overkill? It was appropriate and it was successful. Take your sour grapes elsewhere.
Pensions are gone. If you are still fortunate to be working you can begin to prepare for your retirement. There is real concern among the retired because they have very little options left. This is Progressive corruption and you will soon see how FAIL it is. Good Luck.
And like he said when will the high fives wear out. People still want to shake our hands and tell how proud they are of us, but the smoke gets thin and soon everyone will be giving us the finger again. The thing is when are the tax payers gonna get tired of letting all these pice of shot gangbangers and sanctuary city pos take advantage of them. These are the occupiers and they're not going anywhere
matt hamill from nashville in chicago for two months why? rutherford county in tn says he should have a job and permission to travel. is he at the occupy office at 500 w cermak today? is he at mandy kirkwood's? is he at 2623 w 24th street? matt hamill/tangello/tangell0 http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tangello see also http://occupydixie.blogspot.com/2012/02/occupy-nashville-drama-act-i.html
If you read the comment section to this article you will already see the shine starting to wear off.
Please be careful. With your words too.
I observed some dumb kids yesterday. One was running around with a black bandana around his face. His buddy later approached me with his phone out asking me some stupid questions about holding batons and guns. I played dumb and tried to to laugh him away. He then tried to get my goat by calling every officer in my district a rookie. I smiled and shooed him away.
These idiots lost, and they are upset. They will try to fire us up, and get us in trouble.
Keep your cool.
Please be careful. With your words too.
I observed some dumb kids yesterday. One was running around with a black bandana around his face. His buddy later approached me with his phone out asking me some stupid questions about holding batons and guns. I played dumb and tried to to laugh him away. He then tried to get my goat by calling every officer in my district a rookie. I smiled and shooed him away.
These idiots lost, and they are upset. They will try to fire us up, and get us in trouble.
Keep your cool.
The date on the bottles is the date it was bottled, not the expiration.
That being said, I'm sure three years is WAY too long to hold onto this water!
the chicago police response to the nato protesters was a major overkill--- the protesters numbered in the thousands and the police also numbered in the thousands--- most people would agree that the police department was expecting 50,000 to 100,000 protesters at nato--- the occupy/nato/aclu/blacbloc could only pony up maybe 5000 at their best, very easy to control....
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It did seem like the cops outnumbered the protesters most places. In the end it was more or less peaceful and there were few serious injuries on either side, and little property damage. Can't get a much better outcome, regardless of why.
Give whoever moved G8 a medal and a promotion. The protesters really did not care much about NATO and there just was not much interest in coming here to protest it.
the chicago police response to the nato protesters was a major overkill--- the protesters numbered in the thousands and the police also numbered in the thousands--- most people would agree that the police department was expecting 50,000 to 100,000 protesters at nato--- the occupy/nato/aclu/blacbloc could only pony up maybe 5000 at their best, very easy to control....
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It did seem like the cops outnumbered the protesters most places. In the end it was more or less peaceful and there were few serious injuries on either side, and little property damage. Can't get a much better outcome, regardless of why.
Give whoever moved G8 a medal and a promotion. The protesters really did not care much about NATO and there just was not much interest in coming here to protest it.
We've got to aggressively put CPD in a positive light, because like you say, someone will do something stupid.
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cops live in the same world the rest of us do. 1 awshit is worth about 50 attaboys. and attaboys expire long before awshits.
The donut on the fishing pole was played out. These idiots used that before at some other protest. Get an original idea fuckwads.
Sometimes I wonder if Kass pulls some of his quotes and stories directly out of his anus.
The protester with the donut on the pole story is amusing. Particularly that the Tribune reported a cop grabbed said donut and said "give me that donut", while pretending to eat it.
Now I wasn't downtown during the protests, like Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes" I was held in reserve in case the "enemy" mounted a protest in Indiana or possibly even NYC.
I suggest you look 38 seconds into this clip and lighten the hell up if you're offended by protesters with donuts on poles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IatwoA00E0
With all the bullshit ribbons and awards the department gives out they should create one with a "donut on a pole" for the officer who best defuses a situation with humor.
funny. we didnt recive extra contract money in the mid 90s. we recieved 4% with higher medical premiums eating that up. we were told that our contracts and a booming economy were seperate issues. NOW it is the issue in a crappy ecomony. the police-fireman and teachers are the working poor in socialist chicago. this is how we re thanked. demonized for our sacrifice.
Sgt. F said...
I know this sounds corny to most readers but when you are stuck in district, watching your co-workers out there, the police instinct tells you to jump in that car and go, help out.
5/21/2012 01:07:00 AM
Totally true! I have been racked with guilt for being legit IOD and unable to be there or be of any use. God Damn, you guys made me proud to be CPD again! The last 5 or 6 years, I wouldn't even tell anyone what I did for a living. Thank you for doing what you did, and when those ribbons come out, I promise, in honor of those who EARNED it, I will never wear it because sitting on the couch feeling helpless SUCKS!
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Settle down Tommy me boy. You are missed but you aren't missing a thing. Worry about getting yourself healed up proper. The longer you are out the better the chances your replacement will face friendly fire.
I saw the guy with the doughnut taunting some police officers then I saw Sgt EM from 020 tac take a swipe at it and grab half of it off the string.
The guy seemed kinda upset
Funny shit.....good job Sarge
Keep us updated on the expired water we were given, I know I drank a lot of it.
I hate to interrupt the giant love fest, but the future of this job is still very bleak.
New York is currently in the midst of a class action lawsuit involving street stops (ie. Contact cards). The solution is to chart out officers who stop only minorities and officers who get complaints for street stops. The data goes back to 2003. This info is then turned over to the Complaint Review Board for prosecution.
The second the bosses were served with this suit, they blamed the POs for doing the stops.
The same suit is only months away for us. Expect the damages to be at least 10 times what New York will pay. Also, expect very high punitives. If you've been filling out contact cards and, thereby, documenting your own multiple violations of the Fourth Amendment, then you are probably already screwed.
Read how NY Commissioner Kelly dumps this mess onto the cops on the street.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/05/17/nyregion/17stopandfrisk.html
Was I the only one who noticed the water bottles they gave us had an expiration date of June 2009?
5/24/2012 02:13:00 AM
Its WATER! Does WATER have an expiration date?
Next time, buy your own. Leave it up to a copper to bitch about something for free.
Politicians love to act like they care about first responders because it makes them look like good people to the voters, but we all know deep down they could care less. If they did care they wouldn't attack our pensions when we had nothing to do with the mess they created.
Anonymous said...
OT:Parking ticket debacle:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-chicago-parking-meter-lease-20120524,0,1016468.story
And this paragraph in the middle of the article says it all:
"During the first three years of the deal, the city paid less than $2.2 million to the company for spaces out of service and nothing for money lost to spaces occupied by vehicles with disabled placards or plates, city records show. But as Daley and three of his top lieutenants were about to leave City Hall for jobs at one of the law firms that handled the parking meter lease, the bills began to mount."
What a F**ing surprise!!
5/24/2012 01:46:00 AM
Never mind that. Just make sure you finish your ethics training ASAP so we can take your name of the deliquent list.
The guy marching with the donut on the fishing pole is priceless for loads of reasons. First of all it's funny. Also, it shows who some of these protesters really are: completely clueless loosers who have no idea what they are protesting about. What exactly does what he's doing have to do with NATO or the economy?
I bet he's still walking around trying to catch the donut.
Ain't it pretty?
As the technically illiterate hanger-on-ers down at the downtown Fortress of Bullshit tout propaganda of great wealth headed our way -- as we await the glorious stories about a so-called "World Class City" that everyone should come visit to be published. We have hundreds of videos like the one above ALREADY propagating via the social media outlets.
You're behind the curve baby.
The lovefest will continue until the next scandal breaks, whatever it may be. Most likely it will be held until the contract talks get into full swing, then the hammer will fall on us once again. Timing is everything.
OT Headline:
"City Hall fights parking tickets: Tab now up to $50 million
Taxpayer tab up to $50 million as company running meters wants city to pay for missed revenue."
Mayor Daley spread our cheaks and rammed C*ck so far up our asses it will take 75 F*cking years to remove. Thanks A**hole. And a heartfelt F*ck you to the useless aldermen who sucked on it for 20 years. Rot in HELL!
Kass is not as police friendly as people think. He was on WGN Saturday using words like brutality and violation of civil rights to describe the police, so fuck him! I thought the donut on the fishing pole was funny.
OT:
Oh look!
Where's our speed trap cameras that you promised would save the children Rahm?
Boy on bike struck by school bus, injured in Humboldt Park.
"...A 14-year-old boy on a bicycle was struck by a bus on a residential street in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and injured, relatives of the boy and officials said...."
"...Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien. No citations were issued in the crash, he said..."
"...Witnesses told the boy's aunt that the bus driver blew his horn before the accident, but did not appear to slow down. His aunt, who did not wish to named, said she "heard the crash and the crunching of the bicycle," but did not see the incident.
Residents have been trying to get speed bumps on the street--which runs one way going east--because vehicles often speed down the street, and "this is all residential," said the aunt.
The school bus, owned by a Chicago Board of Education contractor, Sunrise Transportation, Inc.,.."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-child-on-bike-struck-by-bus-seriously-injured-in-humboldt-park-20120522,0,5960938.story
So is this how it works?
If you're a contracted driver for a city of chicago school bus operator to hell with the kids as long as you blow your horn it's okay?
Hey get the eff out of the way here comes that speeding school bus..hahah.
Yeah, well we have no proof of that because Rahm doesn't have the cameras installed...but if a driver can react enough to blow the horn we wonder why he/she did not react enough to hit the breaks.
This has me thinking. I wonder if the license plates numbers of all the school buses will be put into a database somewherez so along with other emergency vehicles it will be okay and acceptable for them to mow down some kids. Because you know, after all, if we wrote the drivers citations that would be unprofitable to the corporations. It would hurt business.
Just like the rear seat beat law that Illinois passed this year that excludes enforcing school buses to have seat belts in them because it's too expensive for the corporations running the school buses.
What about the children Rahm, Pat? If the seat belts on a school bus saves just one child it's not worth it on a school bus because it will hurt the contracted school bus operators profits. I digress.
Governor Quinn signed your speed camera bill way back on Feb 6, 2012. It is now May 24, 2012 almost four months later. WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE INSTALLED ALREADY. WE WANT A STATUS REPORT!
This is not the 20th century where people are sitting with typewriters and shuffling papers into file cabinets processing orders and tracking shipments. Where's the cameras? What... you can't find the manpower to install them? Hell we have over 32,000 military vets alone looking for a job in Illinois and this ain't rocket science. We're coming up on the fourth month already since this law has been signed and people need to get off their azz. It's for the children!
I guess it's good in a way that the buss driver didn't slam on his breaks because if there were no seat belts on board more children would of been hurt.
A bunch of political phoneys. You make me sick to my stomach.
They going to make sgt's tomorrow?
The water was not expired, Einstein. That is the born-on date. Water is good for several years. Nothing to worry about. Move along.
Our timekeeper returned from mandatory meeting at 35th st. told us we will be taxed at 37% on our overtime. Our overtime is normally taxed at 33%. The U.S.Gumit gives the U.S. Gumit taketh away...
Before beginning the contract talks our beloved union rep should stop at Einstein's to get Rahmbo a jumbo onion bagel. If that doesn't work how bout some lox wrapped in the Reader.
I drank about 20 of those expired bottle waters. There is nothing wrong with them. Just Google it. The only reason water has an expiration date is because new jersey requires it on all food and liquid products. And two years is the longest new jersey lets a company put on it. Companies aren't going to have a production line for new jersey only so dates go on all bottles. Enough of the water controversy. It does not get old.
Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge #7
Current Update
May 24, 2012
More Thanks for a Job Well Done
First, the City took the unusual position that Officers could not request to be credited with compensatory time for any overtime that they worked during the NATO Summit knowing that this was a clear violation of our contract.
Now, after our Mayor, Superintendent, and the citizens of Chicago have heaped praise upon Chicago Police Officers for their excellent work at the NATO Summit, the City has taken the position that Officers are not entitled to compensation for working a sixth or seventh consecutive day during a single calendar week.
The wording of Section 20.3 of our contract could not any more unambiguous. It states: An officer who is in pay status for six (6) or seven (7) consecutive days within the pay period Sunday through Saturday will be compensated at the rate of time-and-one-half for work performed on the sixth (6th) day and seventh (7th) day.
A class action grievance has already been filed by the Lodge on behalf of any Officer who is entitled to this compensation. Officers need to do nothing more than submit a slip to request compensation and keep anecdotal records. Individual grievances do not need to be filed.
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So I think what Rahm really meant when he was heaping praise on the police was, thanks for a job well done, now go fuck yourselves.
0943 hrs hit the nail on the head
push to pass cola now before rahmbo forgets the good job we did
2 seperate police shootings today as of 2pm on thursday
BE CAREFUL
>>>Anonymous said...
And like he said when will the high fives wear out. People still want to shake our hands and tell how proud they are of us, but the smoke gets thin and soon everyone will be giving us the finger again. The thing is when are the tax payers gonna get tired of letting all these pice of shot gangbangers and sanctuary city pos take advantage of them. These are the occupiers and they're not going anywhere
5/24/2012 10:40:00 AM<<<
AGREED! The press is giving us the hero treatment because Rahm wants them to, even to the point of the Trib posting a video explanation of a photo of a cop throwing a punch.
The real press corps didn't get beat and gassed by the police. They saw through the phony theatrics of the Occupiers and Theyer came off looking pathetic, prancing phool(sic).
As soon as it suits the Raccoon Eyes' purpose he will have the press turn on the poison ink again.
In the meantime, don't do anything stupid, don't write stupid tickets, try to be nice to people to gain support for our contracts and pensions (but be ready to kill any one of them).
We did Great in '68, and the Sons of '68 did Great Now.
Stay Safe, register and vote and tell your friends and neighbors to get support.
Off topic, the city will not honor our contract regarding working sixth and seventh consecutive days. Time keepers were told not to accept any slips, and that a grievance has to filed. How do you like that now. Remember mcflurry and 9.5 are just looking out for themselves.
Anonymous said...
The whole country is talking about CPD. Such a good feeling. Not one fucking word from FOP. Not a congratulations from FOP on their website. Moron Shields gives an interview saying how CPD has cleaned up their image since 68. Hey FOP you work for us. We don't need you to bring up 68 considering you never even been in a riot. You sounded like an idiot. Get your act together and start working on our contract. We did our job now you do yours. Funny how Shields loved the camera when he was making a name for himself and now he is camera shy and doesn't use the opportunity that we blue shirts handed him built on blood, swat and tears. Fellow brothers and sisters we arein trouble with this circus act of an FOP president. The best thing that Dougherty could find to talk about was health care?. I am telling you the same way we held the line with the scum we need to band together against this union. I have a feeling that McCarthy is the least of our problems. Shields and 9.5 are in bed with each other. The President and even liberal members of the media congratulated us. What did Shields and the clowns we elected have to say? What does our FOP website that we pay for have to say? Why is it SCC posts all the congratulations from all over the country and the FOP website has no comment section for us to vent or inquire? Furthermore, why didnt FOP address the expired waters or lack of supplies? Why wasnt FOP out there for us with water or snacks? Or why didnt they open the lodge so we could stop by and pick up water or some snacks or a cup of coffee? Yiu mean to tell me all the money they make and our dues they couldnt prepare some logistics for us? There were plenty of businesses that would have supprted their efforts? Throw that joke of a credit union in there. Papa Johns took care of us SCC you do such a great job!! Just maybe you should be our union. Shields and company shame on you. FOP as of Friday this week I promise you no more am I paying union dues. Brothers and sisters in blue send a message to FOP. Stop the union dues. We showed our worth.
The Nine-Fingered Raccoon f#cked us again. No overtime will be paid for the NATO Summit. The Lovefest didn't last very long. Still in love with Rahm & McCarthy?
The teachers don't seem to have a problem in dealing with Rahm. They got 10,000 to march in the Loop yesterday to express their displeasure in the contract talks. Maybe its about time for us to hold a rally at the same place and express our displeasure in the amount of time its taking to get a contract. No more delays in negotiating. Follow the example of the teachers. Their union normally gets what they want.
5/24/2012 07:45:00 AM
I completely agree with this poster. We need large, highly visible, demonstrations against Rahm and the way he is union busting.
Busy, busy, busy.
While you were out there holding the line, Emanuel was busy planning SIXTY MORE CHARTER SCHOOLS; hotbeds of radical Hispano-Catholicism, you might call it.
The bunch by Grand/Austin in 025 turned out with the "No human being ees illegal" stuff again last Sunday; didn't want to miss the opportunity. I've got photos of Che Guevara flags going up the street from past demonstrations there.
Another UNO "charter school" is going up right now in 025, at Natchez/McLean, north side of Milwaukee Road tracks. Billboard featuring of Quinn, Emanuel, Soliz, Munoz, you name it.
Sanctuary City.
How to stop it?
Any municipality that does not cooperate with ICE gets no Federal funding for anything.
Watch it turn around overnight.
I believe the Arbitrator for the CTU is the same one that got us a whopping 1% raise this year! His last name is Benn.
Why 37% instead of the normal rate???
Promotions are postponed! The process is complete but everyone will have to wait until the Superintendent finishes his post NATO media tour. Maybe the first week of June.
What happened to the 5B furlo grievance? Anyone know????. I called up about two weeks ago and they said it was being heard that day.
I really f'n enjoyed sitting home on my RDO Monday 21 MAY 12 during NATO....the very reason my regular 5B was cancelled!!!!!!!!!!! Figures 5A mostly rainy, 5b scorching so far.
OK, bear with me, this manifesto has been brewing for some time now! First, all you d-bags that were all over this site for months saying how we had to carry tourniquets, granola bars, bottled water, batteries etc., we knew you were fucking whacked then and now you look even screwier. It is hard to accept for some, but it appears that the city and our bosses really knew what to expect and how to prepare us all along. To the 4 foot 11 inch fuckstick at the academy who was replaying all the doomsday scenarios as a way to keep his phony baloney gig at the academy, I offer a big FUCK YOU! Get some time on the job, we all know you ain't done shit on this job! Now, to all you folks with these "4 days in May" and "Battle of Cermak" shirts etc. Get over yourselves, the CPD is getting praised because we followed the orders devised by bosses and many P.O.'s worked their asses off walking and biking as directed and Intel and UC's did a great job, nothing more. We did what was expected of us and a little more. The "Battle of Cermak" was approximately 4 minutes of aggression spurred by a group that was vastly outnumbered and had no chance. Now to the screwball gang unit, and this one I've been holding onto and waiting for. You guys are the best of the best. Leo's hand-picked ding-a-lings. Sgt. MK and your douche B-Jizzle and that fucking guy that no one can stand who talks all the time and the rest of that crew. You guys are the "only ones who kicked ass and anyone who says differently is a liar". Your antics from the midnight search warrants a half hour before quitting time to weasel OT down to the ridiculous war stories you guys tell, you can all go fuck yourselves. We are not proud of you because you "are the only ones who beat people's ass" We laugh at you! This was a team effort and you guys did NOTHING heroic - Get it through your skulls! Clubbing a baby seal is not impressive, and anyone could have done that, I am still way more impressed with the bike guys than you bozos! By the way, good luck in Fed Court!
Here's 9.5's new tactic:
"Yes, we love our police and think they deserve the moon--but the city is broke, and we can't afford to give them a raise or not cut their pensions."
FOP , now is the time to push Rahm to pass 3 % cola for retirees born before 1960 . We now have public support after the job we did at NATO . It won't last long.
5/24/2012 09:43:00 AM
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You're so funny! He's insisting on taking it AWAY from the people who ALREADY have it, but you think you can get a new batch of people added in. Not the best timing...
Kass is stretching the truth a lot in saying we didn't appreciate the 'donut bait'. Everyone I know thought it was hysterical, but not very imaginative.
Overdone cliche--but that whole bunch of protesters were just a cliche, so I guess it fit.
To the lunatic at 2:22pm, raving about 'where are the speed cameras' because a kid was hit by a SCHOOL BUS on a side street...
Unless you were there, you have no idea if that bus was, in fact, speeding.
Even if you were there, unless you had a radar gun in your pocket, you might not be able to determine whether the bus was, in fact, speeding.
You don't know if the kid was on the curb when the bus driver hit the horn, but not the brakes (oh, it's spelled BRAKES, not 'breaks').
And, you don't know for a fact if the bus driver did, or did not, brake.
Do your homework; the law does not allow the speed cameras to be used yet.
There aren't going to be any speed cameras on side streets, regardless. They are tied into red light cameras.
Sorry you're an unemployed service veteran.
This protest couldnt and shouldnt be metioned with the battle of iwo jima. Our supt. Being compared to his ole man in sun-times...what a joke.
Anonymous said...
0943 hrs hit the nail on the head
push to pass cola now before rahmbo forgets the good job we did
5/24/2012 03:04:00 PM
He has already forgotten and is sharpening his hatchet.
Anonymous said...
The water was not expired, Einstein. That is the born-on date. Water is good for several years. Nothing to worry about. Move along.
5/24/2012 02:36:00 PM
Jeez, I never thought about that. When does Lake Michigan expire and what can we do about it when it is full of expired water? Who watches that stuff? FDA? Office of Water Expiration? Some damn politician probable has been screwing us by not telling us when the damn Lake expires!
And most important, what is the FOP doing about it? What is Shields doing about Lake Michigan water expiring? Damn FOP better file a grievance or some kind of safety shit. Damn, I am doing nothing until this gets fixed!
Anonymous said...
They going to make sgt's tomorrow?
5/24/2012 02:29:00 PM
Big changes coming on Friday, take it to the bank, I heard it from a guy who read it on a shithouse wall. Really.
Anonymous said...
Success will be when the FOP negotiates a great contract for the police after NATO. The police showed professionalism, now its time for the City to show their thanks and give us a decent contract without a lot of cuts and b.s. propaganda.
5/22/2012 11:19:00 AM
It would have been a small bargaining tool if our contract would be negotiated by this June. Since we missed the deadline to file, we will have to wait a year. By that time everyone will have forgotten.
The FOP contends that they are still negotiating our contract for this year but that is apparently an untruth. It is a few days before June and the rank and file have no concrete list of what we are asking for and what the city is asking for. We should have known by now....
5/24/2012 07:07:00 AM
Governor Quinn signed your speed camera bill way back on Feb 6, 2012. It is now May 24, 2012 almost four months later. WHERE ARE THE CAMERAS. HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE INSTALLED ALREADY. WE WANT A STATUS REPORT!
This is not the 20th century where people are sitting with typewriters and shuffling papers into file cabinets processing orders and tracking shipments. Where's the cameras? What... you can't find the manpower to install them? Hell we have over 32,000 military vets alone looking for a job in Illinois and this ain't rocket science. We're coming up on the fourth month already since this law has been signed and people need to get off their azz. It's for the children!
I guess it's good in a way that the buss driver didn't slam on his breaks because if there were no seat belts on board more children would of been hurt.
A bunch of political phoneys. You make me sick to my stomach.
5/24/2012 02:22:00 PM
I wondered about this too. I wondered why the cameras weren't purchased and installed from a company and then maintained and repaired by Streets and Sans. There are many out of work young adults that have degrees and experience in technology. I doubt that the maintenance and repair of these cameras could not be taught to them if they were hired by the city to work in Streets and Sans. That would give many Chicagoans a job, save the City money in fees to an outside vendor and be a win win.
Same thing with the parking meters. I still cannot understand how the city can sell an asset without the public voting on it. The Aldermen do no represent my views thus they do not have the right to vote for me. If they city had not done such a terrible thing of selling a MAJOR revenue source, we would not be in half the economic condition we are in.
For those citizens who don't understand what I mean here is an example: The CPD is the largest city agency with the largest budget (which is now being replaced by the depot of revenue). In the past, the salaries and budget of the CPD was financed exclusively through revenue generated by parking citations. The CPD budget never required money from property taxes. This is why the CPD is never listed as an entity on our property tax bills.
Selling this revenue stream that paid for large budget of the largest city agency of course has a direct impact on the city's finances. To sell the meters and then raise the fees amounts to more lost revenue for the city. I hope that the Mayor does not pay the parking meter company the 50 million and I hope he has an attorney on staff that can find a way out of this ill thought deal. A good argument would be that ticket revenue was in the past slated for an entire agencies operations (the CPD) for the specific reason of protecting taxpayers from property tax increases. To sell this to a private company leaves the burden of sustaining that city agency (CPD) solely on the city's budget when the city budget could not withstand that cost to begin with. I still do not understand how a Mayor and city council can sell a public asset.
Ain't it pretty?
As the technically illiterate hanger-on-ers down at the downtown Fortress of Bullshit tout propaganda of great wealth headed our way -- as we await the glorious stories about a so-called "World Class City" that everyone should come visit to be published. We have hundreds of videos like the one above ALREADY propagating via the social media outlets.
You're behind the curve baby.
5/24/2012 01:38:00 PM
You would have a point if that were CPD but it isn't so....
To all of you; thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will be the first to admit that I have been blessed in my career because of you. Every accomplishment is a team effort, and I have been blessed to have worked with you on that team. I look back with such fond memories; and I look forward with such high hopes. Be safe!
5/24/2012 07:34:00 AM
Congratulations and Best of luck to you! May the wind always be at your back. And good luck with your new opportunity! :)
Kass wrote numerous articles in support of freeing Mette. He never gave up until Mette was freed.
~from CPD family
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
5/24/2012 01:19:00 AM
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Hey filthy, unbathed hippie; didn't we just kick your ass at Cermak and Michigan the other day? Stop trolling here an go back to the rock you crawled out from under.
Anonymous said...
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
5/24/2012 01:19:00 AM
You lost. Get over it.
Lt Mack the Hack in 018 says no time due at all on weekends this summer, not even partial time due. Can we PLEASE get this guy out of here?
I drank a bottle of that expired water and got sick,strap throat and fever I wonder how many others got sick?
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It gave me diabungey of the blowhole. Then I farted and all was well.
The "love" is already gone!!! They are already squeezing us out of overtime we deserve. Sixth and seventh day time and a half "denied"!!! Sgts detailed out of area time and a half "denied". Now, go get us some ANOVs and contact cards. FUCK YOU RAHM!!!!! How about it Kass, write about this one!!! The love lasted two days!!!
Sorry SCC, but O.T.,
Anonymous said...
Sgt Looney, you are true to your name ya dousch nozzle.
5/20/2012 10:39:00 PM
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If you've got a beef with me, feel free to call me or meet me. I work 2nd watch in 022. Don't be a C-O-W-A-R-D and hide behind an "anonymous" post, and talk your shit.
Unlike you, I will proudly post my name.
Sgt. John Looney #817, 022, 2nd watch
It was over before it even started! There are already three greivences by the FOP demanding the city to follow the contract and pay us. (1, time due/vs money, 2. schedule time change OT, 3.6th and 7th work day) The city is acting no better than the shit head we deal with everyday. Maybe we should just strike, F'em...then tell them to grieve it. Then when they find we violated the contract say OK sorry, we wont do it again. The city is obviously relying a some merit hack boss that has no idea how to read a contract and follow it, and probably gave the city OT numbers that are gonna be WAY off now. Well over budget is nothing really new for this city. But the city invited this problem here in the first place knowing full well it would cost lots of OT for the Police. TIME TO PAY UP!!!!!
Rahm and his merry criminals can pay up or shut up!
Hey dumbasses: the water you drank is 4.7 billion years old!!!!!! And it still isn't expired.
Maybe Biden steps down, Fitz steps up.
The love is over. The city is refusing to compensate those of us who worked 6 days in a row (well actually 10)
The whole country is talking about CPD. Such a good feeling. Not one fucking word from FOP. Not a congratulations from FOP on their website. Moron Shields gives an interview saying how CPD has cleaned up their image since 68. Hey FOP you work for us. We don't need you to bring up 68 considering you never even been in a riot. You sounded like an idiot. Get your act together and start working on our contract. We did our job now you do yours. Funny how Shields loved the camera when he was making a name for himself and now he is camera shy and doesn't use the opportunity that we blue shirts handed him built on blood, swat and tears. Fellow brothers and sisters we arein trouble with this circus act of an FOP president. The best thing that Dougherty could find to talk about was health care?. I am telling you the same way we held the line with the scum we need to band together against this union. I have a feeling that McCarthy is the least of our problems. Shields and 9.5 are in bed with each other. The President and even liberal members of the media congratulated us. What did Shields and the clowns we elected have to say? What does our FOP website that we pay for have to say? Why is it SCC posts all the congratulations from all over the country and the FOP website has no comment section for us to vent or inquire? Furthermore, why didnt FOP address the expired waters or lack of supplies? Why wasnt FOP out there for us with water or snacks? Or why didnt they open the lodge so we could stop by and pick up water or some snacks or a cup of coffee? Yiu mean to tell me all the money they make and our dues they couldnt prepare some logistics for us? There were plenty of businesses that would have supprted their efforts? Throw that joke of a credit union in there. Papa Johns took care of us SCC you do such a great job!! Just maybe you should be our union. Shields and company shame on you. FOP as of Friday this week I promise you no more am I paying union dues. Brothers and sisters in blue send a message to FOP. Stop the union dues. We showed our worth.
5/24/2012 03:37:00 PM
im no shields supporter but you should have read the last 4 updates from the fop that they send out in the email updates. for the past four days they have praised the cpd for nato and the response. They were also on channel 5 saying how good of a job the officers did on Tuesday night. You should really research before you spout off... it just makes you look dumb and angry... but mostly dumb.
"No, no, Rahm loves us now. He said so. It's all good. He wouldn't go back on his words. He's a politician. They are honest, admirable people looking out for everyone's best interests."
Hey! C'mon now! Rahm's not just a politician, he's a CHICAGO POLITICIAN!
He's totally on the up-and-up!
This shows you can do the job with less police. Why hire?
Man these freaken coppers you can't trust any of them you know what I'm saying? The brothers and sisterhoods heh.
"...A former Woodridge police officer who pleaded guilty to stealing money earmarked for the families of fallen officers was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation.
Scott Webb, 40, formerly of Romeoville, agreed to make more than $30,000 in restitution to Illinois Concerns of Police Survivors. According to authorities, Webb organized pub crawls for the charity and stole the proceeds from two of the events.
DuPage County prosecutors asked for a six-year sentence for Webb, who spent five months as a fugitive before he was apprehended in October. But Judge Kathryn Creswell said that aside from the theft, Webb had led an exemplary life..."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-cop-sentencing-0525-20120525,0,4317209.story
Oh yeah and except for the shootings and murders there's a lot of gang bangers that led an exemplary life.
Aside from the bottle, brick and other things thrown at the police there's a lot of black block protestors that probably led an exemplary life ya know?
Anyone else think this guy got off way too easy. The man in a position of trust ripping off fallen officers survivor fund. How low can you get?
"What a great rally for our teachers."
Yeah, Jesse Jackson showed up for them! How come he won't come to our rallies?
How about JJ Jr.? (Before he's indicted!)
5/24/2012 10:18:00 AM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes so that the police force can be militarized so that they have equipment and manpower to protect the central business district corporations property while the corporations then shove it in our faces telling us we don't owe you the taxpayers anything and in fact we demand more tax breaks.
You have to have a job to pay taxes, ya jackass
"Did anybody notice the water they were handing out to us expired in 2009?"
Maybe, but we still scarfed it down like animals!
Same with the Granola bars, etc.
Those expiration dates are B.S. anyway.
You've got a computer. Google the shit.
"Hey dork, cubs games are already free."
Yeah. Who would pay for that shit?
Hey dumbasses: the water you drank is 4.7 billion years old!!!!!! And it still isn't expired.
5/24/2012 10:45:00 PM
And that plastic bottle was one day OLDER than the water.
"Why no Photoshopped picture of the famous Sgt at numerous locations?"
Because you haven't made the effort yet, junior.
Get on it.
"Consider yourself fortunate to be employed, and at a generous wage with generous benefits."
That's getting old.
It's not "generous." We EARN IT.
When I took this job back in the 80's, my friends all said I was nuts.
They were making so much more on the civilian-side of things.
I took this job knowing that it would never be out-sourced, knowing that it would be a steady gig, knowing that there was a pension at the end, knowing that I would never get rich here and hoping that I might actually do someone else some good.
I was right, but that said, I earn my money and benefits every day and I can look at myself in the mirror and honestly say that.
"Generous" implies that they're giving us something that we don't earn. That's nonsense.
Here's some pro union commentary from New City and Tony Fitzpatrick.
http://newcity.com/2012/05/23/dime-stories-the-monday-king/
His little man with the shiny shoes comment is worth the price of admission:
"What surprised me was the myriad of other causes that showed up to make their presence felt—everyone from letter-carriers to firefighters spoke about their disappearing pensions and the pressure being brought to bear upon their union leadership. A great many working people feel like their jobs are descending into serfdom, particularly here in Chicago. The few cops who would talk to me, off-the-record, said they see the embattled unions around them, and they’re not stupid. They know eventually the little man with the shiny shoes is coming for them."
"To tell you the truth there's a lot of people in this Sanctuary City that are tired of paying taxes..."
Dozens of socialist countries await!
And please, one more fuck you to all the POS who hit the medical before NATO. You know who you are and we know who you are. Do us all a favor and quit so we can replace you with a police officer.
"They going to make sgt's tomorrow?"
Yes!
Go to the uni4m store & buy your stuff!
"What happened to the 5B furlo grievance? Anyone know????. I called up about two weeks ago and they said it was being heard that day."
Who'd you call, FOP?
If they knew that that the grievance was being heard, don't you think they'd know what was happening with it?
"OK, bear with me, this manifesto has been brewing for some time now!"
Naming your rant a "manifesto" told everyone what a nut you are.
We acted as professionals, but most importantly, we got lucky that most of the demonstrators were just too damn lazy to actually do any harm.
"When does Lake Michigan expire and what can we do about it when it is full of expired water?"
That's why they closed North Avenue Beach last summer.
It wasn't because of the gang bangers!!!
just a suggestion---don't re post and re post occupy comments. they get more coverage here on SCC that way, their message gets repeated again and again. if you want to respond, just respond without copying their lunatic communist diatribe.
Well, well, well. What do you think this is some kind of democracy or something that we're running here?
Hell naw. It's a dictatorship.
Poll: City residents don't want speed cameras
Updated 9:25 p.m.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel billed his soon-to-be-launched speed camera program as being about child safety and not raising cash, but a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows most Chicago voters are skeptical of the mayor's rationale and don't want the devices.
More voters think speed cameras are for revenue, than safety.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-speed-cameras-20120525,0,6367428.story
Well if it's about children's safety then why didn't Rahm require seat belts in school buses when they passed the new rear seat belt law in Illinois the beginning of this year?
You know the new law that SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDED SEAT BEATS IN SCHOOL BUSES!
I'll tell you what some of the people over by Humboldt Park want. They been asking time and again for speed bumps around there school and the alderman and the people at the downtown Fortress of Bullshit must be deaf or don't give a damn about what the people want because they didn't get them and just a few days ago a child get struck by a school bus because of it!
The children Rahm, the children.
Of course, of course it's for the money.
You can't fine the children for not having the seat belts on in a school bus. You'd have to hold the driver responsible and that would open up a whole can of worms for the clouted school bus driver corporations. Why it would hurt their profits. To hell with the children if it's going to hurt a corporations profits. Pull out all the studies that say there's no proof seat belts work in school buses so you don't have to do it. Forget all the "...and if it saves just one child's life then isn't it worth it sermons" Hell naw, Now we need proof right? The corporations profits will get hurt and some campaign contribution money may get cut off. Let's get the middle class citizens instead. They have no time and money to waste lining up lawyers to fight back. This is easy pickings. They're weak.
BTW didn't I just read somewhere that Chicago traffic fatalities are running at about 50 per year and Rahm's goal is to make it zero.
I think we should start at the top and work are way down. Not from the bottom and work up.
If that 50 traffic fatalities per year is correct just exactly how many were children? From speeding autos? Inside a school zone or park and not deaths on the expressways with wrong way drivers for example?
When you get done digging up those answers I say Rahm you're creating a distraction from the 150 homicides that you're unwilling or unable to control in the last three months.
Now compare that to the 50 traffic fatalities per year and explain why there are no weekly skirmish lines in Englewood and on the west side and more recently up north now.
Break out the horses, saddle-up baby. Put the helmets back on they're already bought and paid for. Bring out the LRADs and all the other toys that you wasted money on. It's for the children.
We've had more children shot and killed so far this year than traffic fatalities DO SOMETHING FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!.
A bus driver ran into a kid near Humboldt park and to top it off it was a school bus.
To add insult to injury the bus driver wasn't even cited even though the witnesses said they heard him blow his horn but they did not see him slow down. WTF is that? Is this some clouted bus driver with connections?
Three months Rahm, three months. Your speed cam bill passed and we see nothing. Let's go, let's go. You got it and no-one wants it so install it anyway and get on the stick.
Maybe it's time to stop gallivanting around on all these trips and do some work. 300 speed cams should take about one week to install.
Off topic, the city will not honor our contract regarding working sixth and seventh consecutive days. Time keepers were told not to accept any slips, and that a grievance has to filed. How do you like that now. Remember mcflurry and 9.5 are just looking out for themselves.
5/24/2012 03:26:00 PM
Thats because the city has no money again! The city has to start the media spin on how they are broke again for contract time.
Anonymous said...
Sgt Looney, you are true to your name ya dousch nozzle.
5/20/2012 10:39:00 PM
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If you've got a beef with me, feel free to call me or meet me. I work 2nd watch in 022. Don't be a C-O-W-A-R-D and hide behind an "anonymous" post, and talk your shit.
Unlike you, I will proudly post my name.
Sgt. John Looney #817, 022, 2nd watch
5/24/2012 10:06:00 PM
It doesnt get any better than Sgt. Looney..... that post was probably posted by a do nothing lazy ass, who probably wanted to go on the medical before NATO. John is one of the better Sgt's in 022 to work for....
Looney is right I miss the old days you have a beef with another copper you handled it in person in the parking lot regardless of rank..so step up. Signed..011 2nd watch radio bitch ..at least that's what Im known as.AKA LIFM
I just watched Skippy. You tell me for one minute this media isn't controlled by our mayor? This man has hated the police for long before I became the police, and I'm retired. Please explain this one to me. The media is going to make Rahm and POTUS look good. Like they really care about the police. It's never been more obvious. This was the best proof there is!
Retired 2010
Rahm is out to Fuck the Police and every city worker and some fools are still talking about the Fucking water? Come on, lets concentrate on the bigger picture.
I believe the Arbitrator for the CTU is the same one that got us a whopping 1% raise this year! His last name is Benn.
5/24/2012 04:21:00 PM
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Not that the next guy will be any better, but I think Benn got shitcanned.
Anonymous said...
And please, one more fuck you to all the POS who hit the medical before NATO. You know who you are and we know who you are. Do us all a favor and quit so we can replace you with a police officer.
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Future merit supervisors!
Why 37% instead of the normal rate???
Because the city only pays the government QUARTERLY. In the meantime, the city holds on to your money. It benefits the city to have more money withheld. Millions of dollars are made by the city for withholding more. Remember about 10 years ago when the city switched payroll software, the city was told they could either tax OT at the same yearly rate OR use a formula that allowed the city to withhold based on the combined total of regular pay and OT. For example, Joe Shmoe regular pay is $4000. He made $2000 in OT in the same period (total $6000 for pay period), so the city can withhold taxes on the OT at a higher rate because the computer sees the total for the entire pay period and that total puts you in a higher tax bracket. You wouldn't notice it with small amounts of OT, but a large amount of OT would put you in a higher bracket for that period only. It's a huge scam.
Another way the city screws you, if you have money deducted to go to the credit union, etc, the city holds that money for a pay period before it deposits the money. The city benefits greatly by holding OUR money as long as they can. They used to say it was because of time to process a deduction, but now there's no excuse. A regular pay check is deposited immediately. The city messed up on my checks a few times, and it took a day for them to have the money deposited. A fireman sued over this an lost however a while ago.
Anonymous said...
And please, one more fuck you to all the POS who hit the medical before NATO. You know who you are and we know who you are. Do us all a favor and quit so we can replace you with a police officer.
5/24/2012 11:31:00 PM
We sure do know who they are. I am talking about the blonde from 019 the one in Lane H.S. who told everyone she was not going down there and said she does not work weekends for anybody. Even the suckholes who were taken care of (and yes we know who you are too)at least showed up. I am proud of all of us who took their assignments and did what we had to do with no questions asked. I will not forget the ones that stayed behind and I'm not talking about the guys and gals from 1st and 3rd watch who covered the districts I'm talking about all the 2nd watch kissass suckholes that found hiding spots in 019
Three months Rahm, three months. Your speed cam bill passed and we see nothing. Let's go, let's go. You got it and no-one wants it so install it anyway and get on the stick.
Maybe it's time to stop gallivanting around on all these trips and do some work. 300 speed cams should take about one week to install.
5/24/2012 11:53:00 PM
Yo, raving lunatic - the speed cameras are NOT going in on the side streets of Humboldt Park.
Unless you have video, lay off broadcasting your version of what happened as if it is gospel. You must have a stake in how the lawsuit turns out, eh? $$$$
Anonymous said...
We all know the praise will be forgotten by rich politicians when they go after our small pensions. It's sad that the many many years of putting into the pension they now want to hurt us and make us look like greedy cops. The public doesn't know that we get a small pension check after retirement and that it's the corrupt politicians(many Daley) that destroyed the pension system. It's sad that they want to change the rules in the middle of the game.
5/24/2012 01:30:00 AM
In the paper the other day was an article about Emil Jones and his fat ass pension. He makes more on his pension than he ever made in the General Assembly. Honestly that is, salary, not counting all the graft.
Emil and the boys changed the pension laws that effect only them to give the General Assembly pensions equal to the exempt pensions here. The only requirement is a pulse and to keep getting elected.
But it is our pensions that are the problem, not theirs. Thieving bastards.
Anonymous said...
Sgt Looney, you are true to your name ya dousch nozzle.
5/20/2012 10:39:00 PM
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If you've got a beef with me, feel free to call me or meet me. I work 2nd watch in 022. Don't be a C-O-W-A-R-D and hide behind an "anonymous" post, and talk your shit.
Unlike you, I will proudly post my name.
Sgt. John Looney #817, 022, 2nd watch
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You tell him John....Hey Mr Anonymous shit thrower: step up BEYOTCH.
Walter Jacobsen.."Mister mayor, put your money where your mouth is..Pay em"
And please, one more fuck you to all the POS who hit the medical before NATO. You know who you are and we know who you are. Do us all a favor and quit so we can replace you with a police officer.
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Amen. Funny how the trash is back from the medical in 011 now. RN you truly are a piece of shit. You don't even have the sense to be a little embarassed about going on the medical to avoid going to NATO. And Dana Stark's sister in law, SP. There seems to be a trend here. Anyways, please go fuck yourselves. I know you could care less but I hope you suffer for your BS. YOU all are a waste of a gun and a badge. Do the right thing for once in your useless lives and quit. I am sick of looking at you.
In the paper the other day was an article about Emil Jones and his fat ass pension. He makes more on his pension than he ever made in the General Assembly. Honestly that is, salary, not counting all the graft.
Emil and the boys changed the pension laws that effect only them to give the General Assembly pensions equal to the exempt pensions here. The only requirement is a pulse and to keep getting elected.
But it is our pensions that are the problem, not theirs. Thieving bastards.
5/25/2012 07:51:00 PM
Is that the same Emil Jones who bragged "I'm gonna make me a President", and then was Obama's political Godfather? SICKENING!
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