Now What Lori?
Didn't she just say, "Bring your families downtown!" Can she explain exactly what the attraction is now?
- Lake Shore Drive and Interstate Highway 55 near McCormick Place will be closed during the NATO summit, federal and Chicago officials announced today.
In addition to the highways, the security measures for the summit also will close significant portions of Columbus Drive and Roosevelt Road near the museum campus, and several streets near the convention center on the near South Side will also be closed.
The Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium and Field Museum will be closed Sunday, May 20, and while the museums will be open on the Saturday before the summit starts, many parking lots on the museum campus will not be open.
Anyone want to see if Lori eats her "$128 million windfall" in the next few weeks? No museum campus open, no parking, massive disruption on the train lines, highways shut down, this sounds like a dream opportunity to do what exactly?
Even the nearby harbors are closed, so if you have a boat at Burnham, you can't use it.
Even the nearby harbors are closed, so if you have a boat at Burnham, you can't use it.
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
53 Comments:
ummmmm... the segway tour is open for business. you will be required to wear a helmet with face shield and the full body redman gear.
Here's the 9-page listing, closings and security zone maps.
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/assets/downloads/NATOSecurityTransportationPlan.pdf
Activists confront new challenge at Chicago NATO summit: persuading more protesters to show up
By Associated Press,
"CHICAGO — The stage seemed set for a showdown: G-8 and NATO leaders planned to hold back-to-back summits in Chicago that activists predicted could draw tens of thousands of people protesting everything from war and poverty to unemployment and education cuts.
"But at the last minute, President Barack Obama moved the Group of 8 economic meeting to Camp David, the secluded presidential retreat in rural Maryland, where demonstrators will be kept far away. Chicago kept the NATO meeting, which will focus on the war in Afghanistan and other international security matters, not the economy...."
"...the protests are almost sure to be smaller and less dramatic than originally expected, experts said."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/activists-confront-new-challenge-at-chicago-nato-summit-persuading-more-protesters-to-show-up/2012/05/03/gIQA4LFPzT_story.html
Please note that we will FORCED TO PAY the unused parking meters :)
Thanks Daley, as you know work for the same people that are fleecing the City
Wouldn't this also mean no sightseeing or dinner boat cruises or river cruises? World class city?
Well they haven't cancelled the cross town classic yet for that weekend have they?
Wrigleville should really be jumping -- like it was on St Pat's Day don't you think?
41,000 plus drunk baseball fans and an estimated 10,000 NATO protestors. What could possibly go wrong!? Bring the family down and watch out for falling airplanes should they have to shoot one down.
I can't wait until this clusterfuck is over!
I don't think much will happen either way, but it is a huge hassle to Chicagoans who didn't want any part of this BULLshit!
There will be NO inconveniences for residents of Chicago. What a fucking crock! I hope that the sheeple are starting to see that the government is full of shit.
OT
Hey, Herrera's Dad! We don't hate your son because he wore a wire to tape another officer! We hate your son because he is a FUCKING CRIMINAL! Don't tarnish us all with your bonehead statements.
I bet JF is banging his head of off the prison walls after hearing that KH will do less than 2 months.
OT:Prosecutors had said Pivec was choking his wife while he pinned her against a fence early on June 29, 2010, in the 1300 block of West Ohio Street.
Pivec's wife, who was on the ground, bloodied, yelled to Leone, who was leaving his brother’s nearby condo, to call police, Leone and police said after the incident.
Leone tried to intervene, was punched in the face by Pivec and fell to the ground, where Pivec kicked Leone in the head and face approximately 10 times, prosecutors had alleged.
Cook county:Pivec found not guilty.
Just about any other county: 7-15 years
Is it bad that I really want something to happen? I'll feel let down if the boogiemen don't appear.
If this is turning into such a screwed up deal can you imagine what the Olympics would have been like? Man alive!
Don't forget that Obama pulled out the truly important dignitaries and sent them to Camp David. It shows the faith he has in the city.
Another thing to think about. There will be National Guard folks protecting motorcades. How many members of other countries armed forces will be in the background ready to kick ass if needed? They don't need to operate under posse comitatus restrictions...
"Anyone want to see if Lori eats her "$128 million windfall" in the next few weeks ,,,,this sounds like a dream opportunity to do what exactly"?
Some of the well connected will make more money off of this then I will see in my lifetime.
If this had occurred in a foreign country these drastic measures would be called "martial law", here in Chicago they'll just call them "safety precautions".
it amazing how some crime can be uncovered. while the pols seem to avoid the light of day. oh, and by the way where did the billion daley got for the parking meters go. do you think they will be checking into this? if he was a po they would be all over it.
Liberal judges. You got to love them. Which judge was it. Hopefully the FOP will have a no vote on this one.
It just keeps getting worse and worse. But then logical people always knew it would, didn't they?
---not a cop
maybe she meant.....downtown Naperville?
The Secret Service failed to mention that Obama will be staying in Chicago, which means Hyde Park/Kenwood will also face shutdowns!
Also how many fund raising events are being planned around this event?
This is total nonsence and Rahm and Obama do not care about anyone but themselves!
But we are showcasing Chicago!!
correction :
NO HELMETS ALLOWED
on segway tours.....soft caps only
helmets look too nasty to visiting anarchists
I wouldnt take my family into this shit hole of a city for anything. I almost capped a savage in front of them downtown.
From a non CPD employee
A big thank you ahead of time to all the Police who will be working and dealing with NATO and those protestors.
How bout the ferris wheel at navy pier?
Lori will say anything the "Boss" wants her to say. Typical political asshole. She will be one of the first to go over the side of the boat when things go South. Then she will surface with some nice cushy job in private industry for her sacrifice.
Heard on the radio the other day about some family kite flying day at Lincoln Park Zoo. I believe they said it was on Friday the 19th of May. It said: "bring your whole family down for a day of fun". I don't know what people are thinking but the protester's will be out in force by then. Sounded like more propaganda being spewed by the city.
Having this in any city is insane. Moving g8 to Camp David was the right idea. Why the fuck subject any American city to this shit.
Delusional Moron. Who is her clout?
From the Tribune:
The Morgan Park District Commander yesterday ordered a check on all their squad cars, the officer said. No arrests have been made and the boulder did not cause any damage.
A video camera is set up at the lot, but because of newly bloomed leaves, its view is obstructed. So police stationed one officer to watch the lot, the officer said.
Manpower shortage, and instead of trimming the branches back or relocating the camera, we station an officer there? Leadership, ain't it special!
Included in the $128M estimae is the cost of the city to host the show, dollars paid to police from other municipalities and OT to CPD. I don't understand how that is a windfall to the city.
She is Chicago's " Hagdad Bob".
OT- How many companies is shortshanks a "consultant" on, that did business with the city. I know he is "working" for the lawyers that did the parking meter deal, but I believe there are others. I know they will say there is nothing illegal about that but you have to be an idiot to think it is legit.
With all the closings, the only thing left in this city to showcase is our extensive variety of shitbums. "look mommie that one over there is eating his boogers". No precious daughter he's eating his friends boogers"
Crystal ball said it will not be as bad as some fear. This ain't the big one.
"...an estimated 10,000 NATO protestors."
--5/05/2012 12:59:00 AM
Well, from May Day we know that there are 800 - 1000 loons here, and another 50 are supposed to be riding their bicycles down from Madison as reinforcements.
That makes 10,000 right there.
why don't the mayor make them ride bikes around like he wants the rest of us to do so they can see the city for real? ahh the elite ! gotta luvm
I suggest that the racist planners of the G/8 & NATO summits never even gave a moments consideration to Englewood or Fillmore.
Those areas are fiscally depressed and could have used the finalcial windfall.
I bet Drew Peterson would bring his family
It just keeps getting worse and worse. But then logical people always knew it would, didn't they?
---not a cop
5/05/2012 07:53:00 AM
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Oh, it's not getting worse; it's just an additional opportunity to erase`that 'stain' you said we 'earned in 1968', right, not a cop?
This whole NATO thing is fucken bullshit. Everytime I hear of the SS closing this or that, or delaying trains, or saying they're going to implement "airport style" security for trains - I think "Who the hell are these people that they get to cancel my civil rights because of some bullshit conference?"
If they can't secure the building that the NATO pricks want to have their conference in without inconveniencing any of us, or restricting any of our Civil liberties, then DON'T HOLD THE CONFERENCE HERE. We didn't ask for it, we don't want it. Pick a fucking island somewhere, and hold it there. Leave us out of this bullshit.
We all know this is security theater anyway - if super crook wants to do something nefarious, he's not going to be thwarted by some 'restriction'...
By bringing this idiocy here, we have a loss of civil liberties, and a gazillion protestors who are probably planning to throw human waste and create all sorts of mayhem and destruction... Of course, IL and the City of Chicago have banned guns, so the law abiding people can't protect themselves, and there's not enough cops to handle the shit that will go down (not your fault guys - it's the fuckhead politicans)...
This is going to be one giant crazy clusterfuck of a summit... I'm planning to stay the hell away from the city for the week before, during, and after to avoid this idiocy...
20 or so protesters tried to "occupy" a park in 017 Friday night. It only took two officers to disburse them. Hope the NATO protesters are as easy to handle.
"If this had occurred in a foreign country these drastic measures would be called 'martial law', here in Chicago they'll just call them 'safety precautions'."
Could we get some Egyptians here?
"At least a hundred protesters have been killed in violent confrontations with security agencies..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/egypt-military-detains-hu_0_n_1485913.html
"Even the nearby harbors are closed, so if you have a boat at Burnham, you can't use it"
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Yup, I am going to bring my family down into that crap, for sure. I don't go downtown on a good day so I certainly won't be sightseeing during the NATO Summit. (Or perhaps you say OTAN)
They should have free Bat & Beer day at the Crosstown Classic, then everyone comes downtown and gets a free hotdog for beating the fuck outta the protestors.
Street Justice it's called.
Yup, I am going to bring my family down into that crap, for sure. I don't go downtown on a good day so I certainly won't be sightseeing during the NATO Summit. (Or perhaps you say OTAN)
and that's before you get to pay the confiscatory parking rates
OT- How many companies is shortshanks a "consultant" on, that did business with the city. I know he is "working" for the lawyers that did the parking meter deal, but I believe there are others. I know they will say there is nothing illegal about that but you have to be an idiot to think it is legit.
He's not the only D with those benefits
All so Rahm can be a big shot !!! Proof that all that matters is his ego .
Anonymous said...
It just keeps getting worse and worse. But then logical people always knew it would, didn't they?
---not a cop
5/05/2012 07:53:00 AM
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Oh, it's not getting worse; it's just an additional opportunity to erase`that 'stain' you said we 'earned in 1968', right, not a cop?
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That was a different not a cop. There are at least three as best I can tell and maybe 4 or 5 that at least sometimes use that phrase. Possibly more. It is hard to tell with any certainty. In fact I can only say with absolute certainty that there are at least two, with one of them being me.
Not a cop.
20 or so protesters tried to "occupy" a park in 017 Friday night. It only took two officers to disburse them.
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most of the protesters are not inclined toward violence. it should not be all that surprising that they would disburse without much drama.
unless they are willing to actually physically harm cops, and very, very few people really want to do that, protest or not, what else are they going to do?
not a cop
Lori will be the first one to fall on Mayor Rahms sword, when the "caca" hits the fan!
Da Pelon
Anonymous said...
It just keeps getting worse and worse. But then logical people always knew it would, didn't they?
---not a cop
5/05/2012 07:53:00 AM
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Oh, it's not getting worse; it's just an additional opportunity to erase`that 'stain' you said we 'earned in 1968', right, not a cop?
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That was a different not a cop. There are at least three as best I can tell and maybe 4 or 5 that at least sometimes use that phrase. Possibly more. It is hard to tell with any certainty. In fact I can only say with absolute certainty that there are at least two, with one of them being me.
Not a cop.
5/06/2012 03:24:00 PM
Then maybe you should all call yourselves George Foreman.
Forget NATO! Wrigleyville will go up! Warm weather,Crosstown game add a lot of alcohol it will make NATO look like a day at the beach.
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