Keeping Chicago Business in Indiana
Water Department truck:
Water Department workers:
Water Department plates:
Water Department workers:
Water Department plates:
Really? We're enriching Indiana companies by what? Leasing trucks from them? No crooked companies in Chicago could fit the bill on this one?
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posted by SCC at 1:31 AM
76 Comments:
Those aren't "workers." They're "managers." Can't you see what it says on the truck?
They "manage" water.
Think this is bad, look up "G4S," the private company that bid on London Olympics security and then came in so shorthanded that the Army had to fill in.
G4S is increasingly moving to take over policing in England.
Since they're used primarily in the city of Chicago, are there Chicago city stickers on these trucks??
So if the plates come back to Indiana, does it still need a city sticker?
Things that make you go, "Hmmmmmmm".
Rham, Rham, Rham...
The Mexican
Gee, I wonder which friend(s), family member(s) or politican(s) owns/has interest in this particular rental company?
I also wonder what a side-by-side comparison of identical trucks rented from that specific vendor and any other vendor would reveal.
There's no doubt that everything associated with that business is cheaper in Indiana: cost of owning/leasing property, taxes, overhead, payroll, vehicle purchase price, licensing, fuel and insurance. Would that translate to a better deal for the city of Chicago? In theory, yes. In practice? Hell-Fuckin'-No!
Maybe a FOIA request is in order to get to the bottom of this. And since our media is in bed with the administration, maybe some intrepid journalist from the Hoosier State can step up and cut their teeth on what might be a big story 'round them parts.
Will our pirouetteing mayor respond? Claim he's saving the taxpayers money with this contract?
It's all legit!!
signed,
city hall crooks
It's probably cheaper because the companies are not taxed to death there.
We got rented trucks at CDOT with Colorado plates
Do they have municipal city stickers? Ever run a LAZ plate? They all belong to the city.
Maybe it's cheaper to license a Water Department vehicle in Indiana?
Probably a lower insurance rate, too.
Just goes to prove it is cheaper to do business in Indiana!
You'll see lots of cars with Indiana plates driven by city residents in Chicago. Also you'll see cars parked for sale with Indiana plates or temps on them.
Is Indiana a one tag state? if so the pictured vehicle is in violation of the MCC and can be written for no front plate.
this is the doings of the screw balls that run fleet.
mostly the incompetent middle managers that run the place since the daley regime
Should have cited it for failing to register in Illinois...lol
what the hell? don't the rest of us have to get IL plates within 30 days?
This Rahm is such a phony prick. First he belittles Indiana and states they are stealing potential gambling profits from Illinois and wants casinos in Chicago and then goes out and enriches some Indiana insiders by renting their trucks. I wonder how much money this is costing the citizens of Chicago. Fucking crook and #1 hypocrite.
Since taxes are cheaper in Indiana, it makes perfect sense to me. Hell, I register my vehicles wherever its cheapest. CPD vehicles with Oregon plates. CFD vehicles with Florida plates. Why not? Of course-M plates are only like 10 bucks for the municipality to purchase....but figure in graft, corruption, and pay offs.
That's been going on for a while with city vehicles, the prototype prisoner bus that was driving around in 011 had the same tags
Makes sense to me.
Then again Obama makes sense to me.
Covert surveillance ?
You are missing the point. The company in Indiana "Intends" to move to Chicago. Just like Rahm did and the court ruled. So it's ok because someday in their next life, they will move here.
There's no doubt that everything associated with that business is cheaper in Indiana: cost of owning/leasing property, taxes, overhead, payroll, vehicle purchase price, licensing, fuel and insurance. Would that translate to a better deal for the city of Chicago? In theory, yes. In practice? Hell-Fuckin'-No!
I bet your rite. It prob costs half as much in Indiana to get those trucks but by the time the "ChicagoWay" is factored into the equation the price actually doubles. I second the motion to see who owns the joint and whos a silent partner.
They're probably rented from a new Hoosier, transplanted from Bridgeport to Hammond just over the state line.
I'm headed for Illiana after retirement, on the Indiana side and far south of Gary.
the chicago/gary airport in indiana has had city of chicago workers for years..you can take that to the bank..
We are now leasing some vehicles from Enterprise...the R-man has an Enterprise van with the big logo still on the side.
And I will ticket them if they don't have an M plate on them.
Leasing City Vehicles is a stupid policy and needs to be ended.
WTF!
Out here in LALA land, supermarket chains like Ralphs & Coca Cola have tractor trailers for warehouse distribution to local stores with Illinois license plates (tractors only). Are they cheaper than California tractor plates? I dunno. I thought you may want to know.
And these motherfuckers fine me $20 because I was late doing my financial interest statement.
I can't wait for the night of torches and pitchforks.
I did'nt know that Vanecko had moved to Indiana!
Cigarettes, beer and gas are cheaper there and so are the strip clubs.
If Preckwinkle has her way, guns & ammo will be cheaper there, too.
We stock up before bringing the truck back to ILL.
rb
"You'll see lots of cars with Indiana plates driven by city residents in Chicago."
Wisconsin, too.
rb
this year crash report completed for city of chicago water management label truck, registration query revealed the truck was leased to a surburban address outside of the city of chicago, damm I almost wrote it a ticket for Failure to Diplay City Vehicle License!
I then thought that I should buy and lease vehicles to the city of chicago how much of a profit can I make?
read MCC 3-20-040 your answer for vehicle used to further a business enterprise primarily used in the city of chicago must have city vehicle license i.e. city sticker where is City Clerk Susan Mendoza on this issue and Supt. Mc Carthy!
Is Indiana a one tag state?
Yes, only a rear plate is required on trucks, cars, DL, temp. Only a front is required for a tractor.
did rahmbo ever collect the millions owed to chicago from the south suburbs or are chicago taxpayers paying . remember our water bills will double before the ballerina leaves office , I wish Daley would've stayed our mayor.
who else thinks he was forced out by feds , leave or else .
we have to live in chicago,what croc...how about triple jjj wife living washington d.c.
Leased $1,900 per month park district trucks
read MCC 3-20-040 your answer for vehicle used to further a business enterprise primarily used in the city of chicago must have city vehicle license i.e. city sticker where is City Clerk Susan Mendoza on this issue and Supt. Mc Carthy!
10/14/2012 02:10:00 PM
It wasn't a 'question'. EVERYBODY on the job knows it should have a Chicago sticker on it.
The point is, it probably doesn't have one.
Sure, they look like out of state but whose basement is the spare tire and jacks sitting in eh?
Everyone knows that's how you determine residency!
You got me looking now. White-painted City DOT truck went by, had a small cherry-picker man basket on top, I was at an angle and a distance but that sure looked like IN plate to me.
WTF?
that plate number should go up on the wall of every squad for the random bus stop or tow zone ticket.
brickmason here > An elderly neighbor had a rotting boat on a trailer in her backyard, asked me to haul it away. I was going to modify the trailor and use it for side jobs; put bricks, cement bags, wheel barrels on trailer. THEN I went to buy plates and the STATE of ILL. wanted - - what was it, $ 120.oo for a "title transfer fee" REALLY ? - - $120 Flippin' dollars for a title transfer on a little 8' ft trailer ? REALLY ? This state, this COOK CO, this city are - -YOU fill in the blank > !
"Covert surveillance ?"
LOL! Yeah that's not a real Water truck. It's the FBI surveilling one of our aldermen!
Whose house was it outside of?
That or maybe it's the really clever media doing another hard-hitting expose on disability pensioners cheating the system.
Maybe Rahm annexed Gary and didn't tell anyone.
I just came back from a bike trip to Missouri. Cigarettes are $33 a carton compared to at least $80 here. Gas was $3.60 a gallon, for PREMIUM. You know what it is here.
Everything is way cheaper where I was, 60 miles SW of St Louis.
And remember, the reason everything is more expensive here is primarily taxes. Taxes are so high because of politicians stealing so much for so many years. Richard M. Daley being the head scoundrel.
I was looking at pictures of Al Capone with his lawyers and how they fawned over the big man as they kept him in the crime business. Really reminds me of Daley and all his bootlickers and 11th Ward suckholes.
If we ever eliminate some aldermen and combine wards, I surely hope the 11th is one that gets erased along with every inbred democratic precinct captain in it.
SCC:
During the last tryouts for Sergeants for SWAT, 3 Sergeants passed all qualifications (firearms, physical, swim, confidence, etc) and went through a month long SWAT school. When turned down, it was recommended that all tryout during the next tryouts. Now, its rumored that a PO in the current sergeant class is being pushed back to SWAT without hitting a district. And, no city-wide testing process. No one is too good to earn their time in a district (GMAC even stated this). Also, there is an G.O. that states a Sgt. must have a year in grade. Why all of a sudden we blow off the testing process? What are they afraid of?
Guess where all those vans were leased from for NATO at a cost of $600 each for the three days? and we had about 120 vans.
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where is City Clerk Susan Mendoza on this issue and Supt. Mc Carthy!
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They're hanging out with HERB DILLA
Just one step closer to being privatized. Start checking for a newly formed corporation in
Indiana named Chicago Water Management LLC.
Water dept workers to be transferred into other agencies, tree trimming, rodent control, ect. Chicago Water Management LLC. will be all none union workers at half the pay and almost no benefits.
One agency at a time will be outsourced and privatized.
The city is looking to fire or force out as many UNION city workers as possible. Streets and San's new boss is there for one thing only. That is to train the supervisors on how to document irregularities, absenteeism, unnecessary overtime, theft and not giving 100%. Remember if you get fired for any reason, you get no pension!
How do you fix the pension problem? You get rid of as many as possible before they can actually collect their pension.
Problem solved!!!
Didn't anyone pay attention? All the vans that the boys in the turtle suits were drove around in during NATO were rented from Indiana?
"Really? We're enriching Indiana companies by what? Leasing trucks from them? No crooked companies in Chicago could fit the bill on this one?"
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No local companies will deal with the City of Chicago because most companies like to get paid in a timely fashion so they can stay in business. The City of Chicago is a deadbeat, they don't pay their bills on time. And often they make the creditors sue them for their money.
Take Millennium Park for instance. Mayor Mumbles Daley was in a hurry to get it built, by the Millennium, you know? So he ordered it be started before a full set of architectural plans were completed and engineering work could be done.
Rush rush, 'da mare wanted it done so they began early and slap dashed the work. Shoddy concrete among other ills were soon discovered.
So much had to be torn out and done again. The City blamed the contractor and the contractor was simply doing what Richy wanted. Result: the City told the contractor to go pound salt for their money. The contractor sued and finally won in court, years later.
But by then the urgency had faded and no one of us paying the tax bills ever knew the true cost. At least double or triple what the original estimates were. Richy got his horseshit park, wealthy businesses were coerced to contribute and the City hid the real cost to taxpayers.
So unless you are a connected company you will get burned when you do business with the City of Chicago.
SCC:
During the last tryouts for Sergeants for SWAT, 3 Sergeants passed all qualifications (firearms, physical, swim, confidence, etc) and went through a month long SWAT school. When turned down, it was recommended that all tryout during the next tryouts. Now, its rumored that a PO in the current sergeant class is being pushed back to SWAT without hitting a district. And, no city-wide testing process. No one is too good to earn their time in a district (GMAC even stated this). Also, there is an G.O. that states a Sgt. must have a year in grade. Why all of a sudden we blow off the testing process? What are they afraid of?
Not true. The merit Sgt, must try out. Stop spreading rumors.
SCC:
During the last tryouts for Sergeants for SWAT, 3 Sergeants passed all qualifications (firearms, physical, swim, confidence, etc) and went through a month long SWAT school. When turned down, it was recommended that all tryout during the next tryouts. Now, its rumored that a PO in the current sergeant class is being pushed back to SWAT without hitting a district. And, no city-wide testing process. No one is too good to earn their time in a district (GMAC even stated this). Also, there is an G.O. that states a Sgt. must have a year in grade. Why all of a sudden we blow off the testing process? What are they afraid of?
Hey stroke, stop spreading rumors. D.R. Is going to the district and if he wants to come back he will have to go through the testing process. Now go play with you're GI doll.
Way way back the debate raged
about where to put the harbor.
The Chicago river or the Calumet
river/lake calumet.
I believe it was Gordon Hubbard
of the cave fame who said:
where ever we put the harbor a city
will grow.If we put it on the Calumet that is only a hundred yards from Indiana do we want Illinois to build a city in Indiana.Looks like the old man got it right.
Great idea 6:43 a.m. and then when water department records and the truck's GPS show that the truck was nowhere near where the tickets were issued all those dumb enough to think you had a good idea will be facing discipline at minimum or charges for falsifying. Ask the group of rocket scientists that hammered the new jocker of a coppers ex with bogus parkers how that went for them.
Sorry, should have been 6:43 P.M. I pointed out as a moron
Don't worry. It's all on the up and up.
a lot of government vehicles are leased these days. I have no idea why but it has become quite popular. there is some financial incentive that is not obvious to me, but actually exists that makes it an attractive proposition in many cases. some cities are even leasing things like fire trucks and ambulances.
even the federal government leases at least some vehicles.
not a cop
Someone here is so excited about SWAT that he has to post every little nuance about it on threads that have nothing to do with it.
Get over it! Ninety nine percent of us do NOT care about your issues with SWAT.
If you really want to play Hut-Hut-Hut try paintball.
Watch it Chuck the troll Goudie will be all over this!
He will sends his camera crew out to find city trucks WAH-LAA instant story.
he is a real investigator...
Whenever you used the phrase , you should always put "Workers" in quotes.
come guys...lets show a little love for Rahm....he's the mayor for goodness sake!
Anonymous said...
Since they're used primarily in the city of Chicago, are there Chicago city stickers on these trucks??
Not registered in the city, therefore no sticker required, duhhhh.
BUT even if they were, the cost would STILL be paid by the taxpayers.
Another bright comment ...
Anonymous said...
Is Indiana a one tag state? if so the pictured vehicle is in violation of the MCC and can be written for no front plate.
10/14/2012 07:25:00 AM
Where the hell did you go to school, you can't write a car for one plate under MCC if it is registered in another state....
if I rent a mv from ind I don't need a city sticker? sounds like a sweet deal
rent car from my bro
who registered it in ind as his own :)
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Since they're used primarily in the city of Chicago, are there Chicago city stickers on these trucks??
Not registered in the city, therefore no sticker required, duhhhh.
BUT even if they were, the cost would STILL be paid by the taxpayers.
10/15/2012 10:33:00 AM
Wrong! If the situs of operation is in the city or the vehicle is garaged or used primarily in the city it requires a city sticker. Although I don't believe the city charges each agency for a municipal city sticker so it is more a technicality for a city vehicle to have one.
R, Dean Taylor says---
Indiana wants me, but I can't go back there.
Nothing new. The city has been buying cars from suburban dealers for years, as well as giving O'Hare contracts to suburban firms. But then the alderman tell us the city needs more jobs, especially for minorities. What baloney!
Correction. I meant to say trailer plates not tractor plates. Sorry about that.
Anonymous said...
Since they're used primarily in the city of Chicago, are there Chicago city stickers on these trucks??
Not registered in the city, therefore no sticker required, duhhhh.
BUT even if they were, the cost would STILL be paid by the taxpayers.
10/15/2012 10:33:00 AM
Duh. You're clueless. Go read the MCC.
If the vehicle is primarily used in the city of Chicago, it most certainly DOES have to display a Chicago city sticker.
Read. And, if you're really the police, there's NO excuse for you not knowing this.
come guys...lets show a little love for Rahm....he's the mayor for goodness sake!
10/15/2012 08:54:00 AM
Goodness has nothing to do with it.
I used to show a lot of love for Rahm.
Then he became a big shot and forgot all about his "friends" like me.
I feel so used.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Why not? A pack of smokes is $6.33 in Hammond. The very same brand is $11.65 across the street from me. Simple Math wins.
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