Rahm Finds Money
- Asked whether the union proposal is realistic, the mayor said Thursday he doesn’t want to negotiate in public.
“In whatever conversation I’ve had, or negotiations, I represent the taxpayers and what they can afford. That’s my perspective,” Emanuel said at a news conference to announce the city will invest more money in programs designed to keep at-risk youth out of trouble.
Rahm doesn't have to negotiate in public because he has Fran Spielman around to do his dirty work.
But we heard on the radio today that Rahm "found" money for this jobs program.
And funnily enough, no one in the media seems to care about the $55 million set aside for Mrs. Shortshanks' park.
Or the bike lanes at over $100,000 per mile.
Money for what he wants....screw everyone else.
But we heard on the radio today that Rahm "found" money for this jobs program.
And funnily enough, no one in the media seems to care about the $55 million set aside for Mrs. Shortshanks' park.
Or the bike lanes at over $100,000 per mile.
Money for what he wants....screw everyone else.
Labels: money questions
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
57 Comments:
I want to be first, I want to be first, may dreams come true
how does it cost 100,000 buck for a mile of bike lanes?
...and now the red light camera scandal is back and bigger then ever!!
Maybe CPD should negotiate for Super Bowl tickets, trips to Sox training camp, half million dollar jobs for friends of the family and when you get ready to retire a hidden low level - high pay clouted position on a city/county/state board too -- just like the politically connected are getting!
Shhhhh. Code of Silence.
Super secret negotiations -- protect those clout jobs and the clout as they rob our healthcare, and pensions.
Ya see what's going down with LAPD when someone crosses "The Blue Line"?
They're in such a panic two Asian women delivering newspapers were shot at today with about 30 rounds 11 rounds hitting the target because the Asian women look like a 260 pound black ex-cop that was driving a truck like the ex-cop that is outing the LAPD corruption is driving.
Gonna be a riot there soon me thinks. All speculation but -- Rodney King-like again
I heard a story on the radio that the CTA is buying $2bil worth of new el trains. I didn't hear the whole story though. I'd imagine that the Feds are kicking in a major amount to that, but the CTA's gotta be kicking some money on too.
From someone in the know:
The train wheels are in motion for the Public Transportation Section to be terminated with the new Saturation teams containing 80-plus officers demanding Transportation’s administration and tactical offices and radio room.
After Public Transportation is terminated, CTA Voluntary Special Employment will still exist for bus and train security.
The word from the bean counters is that the CTA will add 6 to 8 police officers to each Special Employment shift to match the lost Public Transportation Section manpower.
Also talk of allowing officers to choose a Special Employment reporting location.
Special Employment South will report out of the 001st District.
Special Employment North will report out of 011 next to the Blue line or 019 by the Red line.
By terminating Public Transportation, the plan will free 150 police officers and
15 sergeants assigned to this Unit to be reassigned to Patrol duties before Summer.
The fixed posts at Midway and O’Hare will be provided by the Airport Section and also paid for by the CTA.
Transit Tactical Team Officers will have the option to be placed on an Area Saturation Team or participate in a Bureau of Patrol “Super Bid”
FOP and POLICE OFFICERS BEWARE:
The city will agree to quietly reimburse the CTA for adding the 6 to 8 police officers to the Special Employment program each day from federal grants because it is cheaper than hiring new police officers. Special Employment is the only overtime opportunity that is paid straight time and NOT time and a half, so the city will GREATLY benefit.
The plan for the city to add and pay for officers to work the CTA Special Employment program at straight time may set a dangerous precedent. The city is weighing the possibility that when there is a need for additional police manpower for concerts, sporting events, festivals, high school events, protests, ANYTHING AT ALL, they will hire additional police officers through the CTA Special Employment program because it pays straight time and will avoid paying time and a half, therefore saving money. The city will do this regardless if CTA duties need to be fulfilled or not. The city will then reimburse the CTA for the additional officers they requested.
And with a CTA bus stop on every block in the city, police officers can be assigned ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANY REASON and the city can justify the assignment as CTA related when the actual reason is to put more police officers on the street at straight time.
You should get a picture of the C.O. book in 011:
just months after getting bike lanes on Independence Blvd, the lanes are going to be torn down
Yup, spending money to put them up, probably hiring the same company to tear them down
Their spell checker automatically crashs the system if it detects the words: POLICE FIRE PENSIONS OR HEALTH CARE too name a few!
SAVE OFTEN! And have a prickioninary handy!
privatize the planters ...
privatize the planters ...
This guy is such a blatant fraud. Jury duty. What a crock of shit propaganda moment. Hey, Rahm's just a regular working stiff like us. Let's vote for him.
Moron socialists.
FYI: We are the tax payers. we being the city workers who's taxes, water bills & health insurance continually rise. Here's the simple math. If I have nothing left, you get zero! If I lose my house, I pay no taxes. Keep it it up you morans!! Tax gym shoes so that the do nothing gets yet another hand out. I'm going out now to water my lawn.
That 100,000 dollars for 1 mile of bike lanes is just ridiculous in my opinion. I sense a scheme going on here!!
I'm a CPS teacher, and I support the CPD 100 %. Without the cops, the city, which is already a warzone, would be hell on earth.
He can find whatever he needs when he wants to.
All this guy does is spend money on like Daley did.."I AM KING,and noone will tell me different." Hey, Rahm hows that million dollar investment goin with cease fire you fucking idiot!!!! Oh thats right votes...Its all about votes
Must I live in this hellhole? Can't I just move somewhere that is not run by liberals? Democrats? Morons?
About the Public Transp Section becoming extinct, it all is sounding true.
Just 2 months ago, CTA and Keating added 8 plain clothes officers to the 3rd Watch each day to the already 14 uniform officers they get each day. Sounded strange at the time. So that's 22 police officers to the Special 3rd watch everyday at straight time
And now the Special employment civil dress teams are bringing in as much if not more activity as the permanently assigned Tactical Teams.
It is all starting to make sense
Let's not forget he just found another 2 Million for a mentor program for little hoodlums today! What's this e million out of my ass. Oh, let's see what else is stuffed up there.
How about the money that doesn't come in from the tax breaks for the rich?
How about all that TIF money, purportedly for blighted areas, like the near north loop?
Lets not forget the 50+ million dollar park the City is building in honor of Maggie. I hate this shit hole!
That reflective striping paint for them bike lanes don't come cheap.
Maybe if we were just a little bit nice to Rahm.....
Have you seen the bike lanes on Independence Boulevard ? The bike lane strip is next to the curb and the parking lane for cars is right next to the bike lane, almost in the middle of the street. Whomever came up with that idea is an idiot. Open your car door on the driver's side and you could lose it or even your life or health.
Oh and as an aside, nobody, but nobody rides bikes on Independence and Douglas Boulevards. The dope boys ride their bikes up and down the side streets when doing their business.
Anonymous is right, that jury duty stunt was just a photo op attempting to make the mayor look like a regular joe. And it did not work, he's still a jerk.
And a memo to Toni and Timothy, when we show-up for jury duty please give us our own separate pat-down line to kinda expedite things and get us to the courtrooms quicker. Thanks.
Rahm doesn't need to build a park for Maggie Daley. Its already a park. Just change the name on the sign and if you have to ,name an honorary street after her like they did for Bob "Bozo The Clown" Bell. Sorry Bob For the comparison you deserved a street named after you . There done and save millions of dollars.
Mr. Mayor, If you're negotiating with taxpayer money, you should negotiate in public! What are you hiding about OUR money?
Gonna be a riot there soon me thinks. All speculation but -- Rodney King-like again
All part of the plan.....
Another Rahmicide in Gage Park yesterday.
Bang-Bang-Bang!! Same as it ever was
New False Flag Op Underway to Demonize Police, Military Vets & the 2nd Amendment? — Manhunt For Fired L.A. Cop Who Endorses Gun Ban While Vowing to Murder LAPD Cops & Officials Who Wronged Him
http://sgtreport.com/2013/02/new-flase-flag-operation-to-demonize-police-military-vets-the-2nd-amendment-underway-massive-manhunt-for-former-l-a-cop-who-vows-to-murder-lapd-cops-officials-who-wronged-him/
Hey, steal some more money from the pensions and use it to buy red light cameras.
When the money starts rolling in from the cameras don't use it to replace the money you took, or even to honor prior commitments.
No, use that money for Super Bowl tickets and all expense paid trips for the clouted ones to White Sox training camps. Use that money to create do-nothing clout jobs for connected friends where they can pad their retirement and health care cost. Use that money for parks that no-one wants or needs.
Blow that money and expand the same process for speed trap cameras next and when we're done with that school bus cameras after that.
After all that money is stolen then demonize the pension shortfalls and pitch to the public that these damn pensions are busting out the city.
All the clouted ones are sitting pretty though. See any talk of these do-nothing clout jobs being cut? NOPE!
ust months after getting bike lanes on Independence Blvd, the lanes are going to be torn down
Yup, spending money to put them up, probably hiring the same company to tear them down
2/08/2013 01:15:00 AM
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Of course!!
Put in the bike lanes first and a few months later bring in the water department to jackhammer up the pavement you just put down so that they can check their pipes.
Don't do it the other way around.
My heart goes out to the officers that made an honest decision that went wrong out in LA. That could be any of us in that split second.I hope they know that there is a world of us out there that know you did the job right and as it often does, it just went wrong. May God watch over you in the coming days.
LOOK!
I told you to not use the income tax system as a forced savings plan.
IRS delays issuing tax refunds
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/la-fi-mo-irs-delays-tax-refunds-fiscal-cliff-20130208,0,3991591.story
That's the Fed and what do you suppose the State of Illinois is going to do?
The State is already backlogged on some of their payments by over 500 days. Why should they be in a hurry to pay back your overpaid income taxes? There's no penalty, fine or interest if they give you an IOU and you don't get your money back for years!
If you're were getting a refund year after year because you paid too much in income tax the way you fix it is to ask your employer for a W-4 form.
Do the worksheet, fill it out, submit it, if you're always getting a refund. Talk to your tax adviser if necessary.
Anonymous said...
You should get a picture of the C.O. book in 011:
just months after getting bike lanes on Independence Blvd, the lanes are going to be torn down
Yup, spending money to put them up, probably hiring the same company to tear them down
2/08/2013 01:15:00 AM
What? They got so much use, they have to be repaved already?
Off topic. Shields please don't grant television interviews, you look scared. It makes people think you are in over your head. Just sayin
Casino after contract and pension "reform" so Rahm can claim no money for the police.
D3 for Helicopter unit to do nothing!! While FTO's were
Told the world would end if they got D 2a. The anointed are once again being taken care of.
Forgot to mention the TIF funds. There's tons of money in the TIF funds for the connected contractors and the mayor's cronies.
When Rahm wants something he simply finds the money and rams the project through. For stuff he wants he couldn't care less about "protecting the taxpayers"
When he wants to fuck with unions and such then he gets all high and mighty and cries poor and whines that he must " protect the taxpayers"
Hey jagoff : all of the city workers you're trying to hose are taxpayers also!
o/t...........new study, re: top five states people are "fleeing" (moving from)....Illinois is 2nd..
and, anyone see the speech by Dr.Ben Carson, world renowned pediatric neurosurgeon at John Hopkins, at a speech at a prayer breakfast (Obama was there)...it's a classic, and Obama's facial expressions are even more classic......it couldn't be more priceless unless somebody called Obama a dummy.....
O.T. a little Forbes magazine has an article today on states people are fleeing from. We were not #1. But we were #2. If Quinn and Rahm have there way, we could win next time.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-states-people-are-fleeing-in-2013-194007689.html
last time i checked...i pay a boatload of taxes to live in your socialist utopia. sounds like a broken records or milli vanilli in concert. children-taxpayers-children-taxpayers.
Can't wait for the second installment of the real estate taxes. How do you think those 70,000 foreclosures in Cook County will effect us?
You Chicago Democommies wanted it, now you got it.
I'm sure they wouldn't dare get rid of PTS when they have funded so many positions there with grants...................... Will we pay money back?
From someone in the know:
The train wheels are in motion for the Public Transportation Section to be terminated with the new Saturation teams containing 80-plus officers demanding Transportation’s administration and tactical offices and radio room.
After Public Transportation is terminated, CTA Voluntary Special Employment will still exist for bus and train security.
The word from the bean counters is that the CTA will add 6 to 8 police officers to each Special Employment shift to match the lost Public Transportation Section manpower.
Also talk of allowing officers to choose a Special Employment reporting location.
Special Employment South will report out of the 001st District.
Special Employment North will report out of 011 next to the Blue line or 019 by the Red line.
By terminating Public Transportation, the plan will free 150 police officers and
15 sergeants assigned to this Unit to be reassigned to Patrol duties before Summer.
The fixed posts at Midway and O’Hare will be provided by the Airport Section and also paid for by the CTA.
Transit Tactical Team Officers will have the option to be placed on an Area Saturation Team or participate in a Bureau of Patrol “Super Bid”
FOP and POLICE OFFICERS BEWARE:
The city will agree to quietly reimburse the CTA for adding the 6 to 8 police officers to the Special Employment program each day from federal grants because it is cheaper than hiring new police officers. Special Employment is the only overtime opportunity that is paid straight time and NOT time and a half, so the city will GREATLY benefit.
The plan for the city to add and pay for officers to work the CTA Special Employment program at straight time may set a dangerous precedent. The city is weighing the possibility that when there is a need for additional police manpower for concerts, sporting events, festivals, high school events, protests, ANYTHING AT ALL, they will hire additional police officers through the CTA Special Employment program because it pays straight time and will avoid paying time and a half, therefore saving money. The city will do this regardless if CTA duties need to be fulfilled or not. The city will then reimburse the CTA for the additional officers they requested.
And with a CTA bus stop on every block in the city, police officers can be assigned ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANY REASON and the city can justify the assignment as CTA related when the actual reason is to put more police officers on the street at straight time.
Greedy cops will eagerly enable the Rahm's evil plan. However, even I find ut difficult to believe that cops will sign up for a straight time fucking more than once.
We should all organize a union...Oh wait we have one...right??
Can't wait for the second installment of the real estate taxes. How do you think those 70,000 foreclosures in Cook County will effect us?
2/08/2013 05:52:00 PM
foreclosures shouldn't have a negative effect on property taxes.
if anything, those foreclosures lock in their 'fair market valuation' at the foreclosed upon value.
lender owned property is still privately owned property.
Maybe if we were just a little bit nice to Rahm.....
2/08/2013 10:18:00 AM
We tried to be nice to him, and look what it got us...... we were stewed.
Tomato Mafia
I'm a CPS teacher, and I support the CPD 100 %. Without the cops, the city, which is already a warzone, would be hell on earth.
2/08/2013 06:51:00 AM
only for a couple of months, then things would level out.
chalkie
To 12:37 a.m.....Not sure if you were around then or not but about 15 yrs ago or so they were assigning "Special" cars to the 010th District up and down 26th St. to respond to calls. Just like you said bus stops are EVERYWHERE so that's how it was justified. Sounds like someone who worked "Special" all those years may be a boss now and repeating history for a feather in his/her cap. Interesting.....
Casino after contract and pension "reform" so Rahm can claim no money for the police
All casino money goes to "education" so why have a casino, the money generated would be thrown down the sinkhole called the CPS
Saw a great picture of the NRA Director holding a check signed by our mayor for more than a million dollars in court costs for loosing city gun ban case. How much will he pay for fighting concealed carry? No money to pay police he says.
DEMOCRATS =shit waste garbage dung slime and stink!!!!!! This mayors father was an honorable man, he fought for freedom he HAD BALLS.His son is a political bully, not a physical one.He took lessons from the Clintons durbans madigans quinns jesse phlagher pelosi reid etc.He's nothing! This country is on DEF_CON 3 and people don't want to beleive it.
Saw a great picture of the NRA Director holding a check signed by our mayor for more than a million dollars in court costs for loosing city gun ban case. How much will he pay for fighting concealed carry? No money to pay police he says.
And Emanuel's going to spend MORE of your money fighting concealed carry in Illinois.
Andrew Lloyd Weber's song from Evita should be the calling card for Maggie Daley Park. "Don't Cry for Me Ole Chicago, I tried to spend it all, each I travelled I got the best, I had my midget, don't convict my baby. Don't cry for me Ole Chicago, I' laid to rest now, but you'll remember, I have a park now, just grab your wallet." Maggie Daley Park should be renamed "Maggie Daley AKA Evita Peron Park." I'm still crying from the fucking this arogrant asshole of family did to this city.
It is amazing that money is found for projects that are unnecessary. The excuse of RECESSION when it comes to meeting your obligations in running a city is getting old. Adding bicycle lanes to streets that are in disrepair is foolish. What ever happened in learning bicycle safety . Is society that illiterate that we have to put paint on a road to let them know where they should ride a bicycle. If our city spent time and money on things that matter this would be the best city to live in. Lets spend money on what is necessary Public safety, infrastructure. Once we accomplish this in a responsible manner then we can use extra funds to pay down the city debt and then maybe we can once again we can live uo to the slogan "The City that Works".
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