Friday, April 26, 2013

Clout List Surfaces

Many people assume that the granters-of-favors aren't dumb enough to keep a paper list around....but then how would you keep track of what's owed and to whom? There was a list a few years back with all the "merit" requests for various departments and who the requester was - kind of a "connect-the-clout" game.
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Now another one has surfaced, this time for entry into elite public schools kept by Arte Duncan or Arte's people:
  • This is the “secret log” that Arne Duncan’s administration kept to manage requests by public officials and other connected Chicagoans seeking to get their children into the city’s elite grammar and high schools, many of which admit students only by test score or lottery. Recent figures show that at some of the schools there are 20, 30, or even 50 times more applications than available seats.

    In 2010 the Chicago Tribune first reported that Arne Duncan’s office had kept a list of VIPs seeking favors to get kids into coveted schools, and that it included “25 aldermen, Mayor Richard Daley's office, House Speaker Michael Madigan, his daughter Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.”
Unfortunately, they don't list the names of those granted the favors - the kids and their parents that is. Only the government people are named. Which kind of defeats the whole purpose if you're trying to make connections to see who/what really drives Illinois/Chicago politics.

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    37 Comments:

    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I have been led to believe that Chicago Public School Teachers can get their kids into all the good programs first, no tests, no questions asked.

    I don't have a problem with that.

    But why not extend that to our First Responders in the CPD and the CFD.

    That would kill the Catholic Schools.

    4/26/2013 01:41:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Hey Scc, can u print the first clout list that u mention was out a couple years ago. Would help much.

    4/26/2013 03:37:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Not a cop, but my kids attended Skinner Classical. Another level of CPS that the average citizen does not get a chance to even consider for their children. When we found this gem of a school (located in the West Loop) your kids had to be tested, and this test was not easy. Parents were interviewed, etc. Rough. Back then children were picked up in a bus and taken to the school. Over the years the area changed and hey, fair is fair, the younger parents who did not understand the pyramid scheme of CPS were confused as to why their children could not just walk up to Skinner and attend classes. Sure enough the pressure was on the principal to change the rules. Busing was changed among other things. Bear in mind at one point Skinner was ranked #5 in the state, for the most part the ranking has been steady. Selective enrollment helps. However there has been a steady influx of alderman's kids. Some not so bright but hey my focus is on my kids and it is not like the alderman's children are troublemakers. But there is a heavy influx of clout for the classical and magnet schools. I am still trying to figure out how Micheal Jordan got his Northbrook kids into Whitney Young. LOL

    4/26/2013 05:03:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.

    4/26/2013 05:26:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    All the good parts are redacted.

    Never mind. This is CHICAGO. Right, Arne.

    4/26/2013 06:46:00 AM  
    Blogger SpankDaddy said...

    You get away with so many bad things you think you are untouchable. You lose perspective. You write things down that no one else would.

    Hi Arne.

    4/26/2013 07:11:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Communism-Elite ruling the unwashed.
    Why do we keep electing these guys?

    4/26/2013 07:23:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Would love to see CPD clout list. It would include all exempts, 90% of Lts, 70% of Sgts. Most of whom are Ex commanders kids, special study group kids, political donors, money envelope stuffers, etc. This place has become no different than the Cook County "Buy a Badge Program". It's embarrassing and sad quite frankly.

    4/26/2013 07:38:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Rotten fucken democrats . They live by a different set of rules. This state sucks. Why isin't the news media saying a word about this.

    4/26/2013 08:01:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    yes, please print out the list.

    4/26/2013 08:48:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I know the female you are talking about and she has always been nothing but nice to me. Sounds to me like you are jealous of her.

    4/26/2013 08:48:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Hey next time key in the radio and let everyone on the zone
    hear this priceless!

    4/26/2013 08:56:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Man, these people are cheapskates even when it comes to their kids.
    By puffing up so called excellence in some CPS schools (a lie consistently repeated to make it true) they create a falsehood about good education.
    Guess what, the kids still have to go to school with other dunderheads and deal with them every day. If you dont think that doesnt affect your child for life, look at the politicians spawn now.

    4/26/2013 09:20:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Michelle Obama must have been on that list: Whitney Young....Pinceton.....Harvard Law

    4/26/2013 09:45:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Those on the Hired Truck clout list still got promoted years after the scandal hit the papers. The insiders go by their own rules, legalities be damned!

    The fix is in during verbal interviews....conducted by the connected for the connected. The only change is they sign a document claiming politics had nothing to do with the selections.

    It's the Chicago way.

    4/26/2013 10:05:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Look at the northside exempts and see how many of their kids go to northside prep. Yup its all legit.

    4/26/2013 10:18:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I hope they all go to hell.Just follow daley you'll make it.

    4/26/2013 11:09:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    If your kid can ball then he can get in WYHS to, regardless of grades.let coach Saughter check him out, that's how MJs kids got in!

    4/26/2013 11:35:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    4/26/2013 05:26:00 AM

    Would that be the same one who yells at sgts calling them "fucking useless" to their faces at the desk in front of everyone including walk in civilians? The same one an entire watch refuses to work with? Yeah, she'll be a boss one day. One day I'll catch one of her psychotic episodes on video and just send it to the media.

    4/26/2013 12:15:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.

    Someone has to have balls and step up. Her husbands a commander, not the mayor. Because hes a commander, the whole district lets her get away with that

    4/26/2013 12:55:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.4/26/2013 05:26:00 AM
    We in 012 know her all to well, where she was psyched TWICE!

    4/26/2013 02:18:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    @141am

    Im a teacher and it is not true. There are clouted principals and ap's in management, but 90% of cps teachers are at the whim of the system as everyone else. The only perk is if you know a teacher at a school where your kid goes, they can help to keep tabs on them with a more watchful eye (if needed). Many teachers demand more of the school that their kids are in, simply because they know the policies and bullshit within the system. They know what can be done and cant be done.

    4/26/2013 04:42:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    beef on her , it might get the merit political hack dumped
    rahmmie don't like bad press

    4/26/2013 04:43:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Anonymous said...
    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.

    Someone has to have balls and step up. Her husbands a commander, not the mayor. Because hes a commander, the whole district lets her get away with that

    4/26/2013 12:55:00 PM

    What's her name? Initials?

    4/26/2013 05:08:00 PM  
    Anonymous CppThis said...

    Arne Duncan...gee, isn't that the guy that King Barry put in charge of the US education system?

    4/26/2013 06:23:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Look at the northside exempts and see how many of their kids go to northside prep. Yup its all legit.

    4/26/2013 10:18:00 AM

    ...and yet you fail to name even one. You sound like a douche bag. Are you, in fact, a douche bag?

    4/27/2013 12:10:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.

    We had that same nut job in 012. Glad she is gone. Is she still profiling Mexicans in pickup trucks.

    4/27/2013 02:56:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    My son goes to Northside Prep. I'm not an exempt nor a politician but when he was accepted there ( and turned down by Loyola!?) my name was slandered and a CR# was generated by an "anonymous", jealous, bitter woman from our elementary school, who happens to be an FBI agent's wife, for "lying about my address, and using political connections to get my son into the school". I did no such thing and I have ZERO political clout. My son is maintaining all A's in that school and he absolutely loves going there.

    He tells me about the amount of drug fiends, gangbangers and troublemakers/failures in that school that are never kicked out for some reason. I've even given the name of a student weed/Molly/Vicodin dealer to the school officers ( who are great ) and they told me the school admin won't let them do anything about it!!! Liberal indoctrination at it's finest!

    I'm super proud of my son and glad he's not falling for the radical Liberal part of his education that is being forced down his throat. It is obvious that the "selective enrollment" is not quite selective enough!

    4/27/2013 08:03:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Anonymous Anonymous said...
    Look at the northside exempts and see how many of their kids go to northside prep. Yup its all legit.

    4/26/2013 10:18:00 AM

    ...and yet you fail to name even one. You sound like a douche bag. Are you, in fact, a douche bag?

    4/27/2013 12:10:00 AM

    Why would I name them for you? You figure it out, its not that difficult if you know where to look. You sound like a "journalist" who is looking for the easy story, which would make you by default a douche bag. Yes, you are a douche bag.

    The point is if you have the right phone call, your kids get in. Period.

    Is that simple enough for you, douche bag?

    4/27/2013 08:15:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Well who is she? The nut job.

    4/27/2013 08:16:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Anonymous said...
    Look at the northside exempts and see how many of their kids go to northside prep. Yup its all legit.

    4/26/2013 10:18:00 AM

    ...and yet you fail to name even one. You sound like a douche bag. Are you, in fact, a douche bag?

    4/27/2013 12:10:00 AM

    To the original poster ... let's see - E.V. in 019: no kids in NS Prep, J.J. in 020: no kids in NS Prep, T.W. in 024: no kids in NS Prep (neither did Roussell or Moy or Kenny). What medications are YOU on?

    4/27/2013 08:21:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Anonymous said...
    The 009 District Third Watch has become a breeding ground for anger! The reason is a female, psychotic scarecrow who believes she is indestructible because her hubbie is a Commander. Her attacks are endless and groundless, yet, her reign of terror continues and she continues to lash out without any disciplinary action being taken. Her name calling, threats, insubordination, ineptitude and harassments are legendary. She continues to create a hostile work environment for all that are forced in her path. She is on the path to self destruction. It is just a matter of time.

    4/26/2013 05:26:00 AM

    Do something about it or shut up and take it.

    4/27/2013 08:59:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Arne Duncan...gee, isn't that the guy that King Barry put in charge of the US education system?

    4/26/2013 06:23:00 PM

    Nope, Arne played Peter Pan on Broadway and was in all those '80s Wheat Thins commercials.

    4/27/2013 11:34:00 AM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...


    Didn't Psychotic Scarecrow threaten to shoot a co-worker recently? If so, how is she still carrying a firearm and not stripped? Yikes. Sucks to be Third Watch in 009.

    4/27/2013 03:34:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Moy doesn't have any kids

    4/27/2013 07:36:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Didn't Psychotic Scarecrow threaten to shoot a co-worker recently? If so, how is she still carrying a firearm and not stripped? Yikes. Sucks to be Third Watch in 009.

    My guess it would take more than a commander to save a po who threatened to shoot another po, especially if there were witnesses
    and how can you feel sorry for a whole watch who puts up with it and doesnt complain. Must have said it to someone who had no balls

    4/27/2013 10:29:00 PM  
    Anonymous Anonymous said...


    Recently in roll call she was notified to appear in IAD. She responded,"regular day."

    4/30/2013 09:20:00 AM  

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