School Chief Not a Resident
The CTU points out that the head of the CPS isn't even a resident of Chicago, an apparent violation of Chicago Ordinance and a fire-able offense:
- Barbara Byrd Bennett -- the latest quarter million dollar a year "Chief Executive Officer" appointed since Mayor Rahm Emanuel's inauguration less than two years ago -- may be giving speeches about how the proposed closing of 53 Chicago public schools is not "racist", but she hasn't been in Chicago long enough to know the city. She's also been telling the Board and some reporters how she is insulted by the implication that all of her promises are meaningless because she won't be around Chicago in a year (or less).
But if her choice of residences and her voter registration are any guide to what she really feels, her heart is still in Ohio, not in Illinois or Chicago. As of April 2013, she is a registered voter in Ohio, where she has an opulent home in suburban Cleveland, the city where her controversial financial practices as school chief were questioned years ago.
If Barbara Byrd Bennett were a Chicago teacher today, she would be another exhibit in the annual report of the Inspector General. The IGs energies are largely devoted to persecuting Chicago teachers and other school workers for violations of the CPS residency rule. Chicago teachers must live in Chicago, and investigators from the IG’s office routinely are tracking down miscreants who really live outside the city. Having a sham home in Chicago is not enough if your real home is in, say, Winnetka. But there has been no explanation for her ability to rise above the law, and the Inspector General’s office in not interested in bringing her to justice – in the form of firing her for violating residency.
Rules for thee, but not for me?
Make a note - this could come in handy for anyone trying to live outside the corporate boundaries of Chicago.
Make a note - this could come in handy for anyone trying to live outside the corporate boundaries of Chicago.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
117 Comments:
Paying taxes on a home and being registered to vote were exactly the claims Rahm made to "prove" his Chicago "residency." What's good for the goose...
For all practical purposes, I lived 40 miles outside of the city for my last 12 years on the job. I like to think that it will add ten years to my life. Been six years since I retired and sometimes it all just seems like a dream. Stay safe.
Rham Emanuel just recently became a full-time Chicago resident and today both Jesse and Sandi Jackson finally moved back to their real home in Washington D.C. Voters are partly to blame but Chicago politicians know there are two sets of rules. I hate living here and moving OUT!
So sad- RIP OFFICER...please be safe CPD
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/04/17605269-deadly-shootings-at-mississippi-police-hq?lite
I will just store my prom tux in the crawl space with the intention of returning when Chicago is no longer a cess pool.
It's not like Rahm will do anything about it.
He is, after all, also a non-resident of Chicago.
It would serve Barbara Byrd Bennett well to find a landlord willing to predate a lease where she could put a box of belongings or three in the crawl space.
OK, someone please correct me if I am wrong (and I may be), but, does she live in Ohio? She still owns a house in Ohio. She still pays taxes there (because she owns the house), and she hasn't changed he voter registration to Illinois. Does she have to change voter registration as a term of employment? As long as she's living here (in Chicago) while she's on the job as head on CPS, isn't that enough? I'd get it if she was pulling a Sandi Jackson and was actually living in Ohio most of the time, and coming in for the occasional meetings, but is that the case? If they had proof that she was living outside the City while head of CPS, I'd say hang her, but all I can see out of this is she still owns a house in Ohio and would have to go there to vote. Seems much ado about nothing.
The more egregious violation was 9.5's residency during the mayoral campaign, but that's a whole other topic.
Scc-not entirely true. Some teachers do not have to live in the city. Some are grandfathered and live in suburbs.
Does anyone know why the city residency rule has not been challenged in court yet? Other cities have challenged this and won. Why don't we?
Sign me up! If she can do it, so can we! I have been eyeballing that house in the burbs for some time now. Guess now is as good of time as any to pull the trigger and buy. I'll even keep my wife's wedding dress in the basement of my Chicago "home." Get rid of this residency rule! This is a starting point or conversation starter to get dialogue started.
Does it surprise you that there are 2 sets of rules?Where does the boss of the corporation counsel live?
Petty BS. Last time it was checked, the CPS security chief resided I'm Wilmette. Obviously, if these two women reside outside of Chi, they do so with the Rahmfather's blessing.
Sure, why the hell not?!? Rahm wasnt a resident, why should se need to be one?
Oh, but heaven-fucking-forbid if you, I or the 7000 other Cops, 5000 Firemen, who knows how many Teachers and thousands of other City Emloyees, eerr... Serfs... move outside this shithole. We'd be looking for another job.
Fuck this town, let it burn!
Another carpetbagger. But, what do you expect from this mayor?
He thinks anything from New York is the cat's meow, and anything from ANYPLACE but Chicago is pretty darned good. (Especially D.C.)
p.s. Isn't she already contracted for another new job out of state after this year?
Broken Windows is broken.
Downtown tower of bullshits code of silence is silent.
Maybe McToolkit can run over and install one of the new anon. snitch like a bitch boxes?
Is Mike Shields the president of the FOP or the Drywallers?
Are they going to change the name of police academy to the drywallers academy?
The Mexican Says:
So, what's new?!! If the ASSHOLE mayor of the city of ShitCago doesn't have to be a resident for a year PRIOR to running for his office, then who cares!
Anything goes!
Ha! That's funny.
The Flaming Tutu doesn't live most of the year in the Shitty, either- what with all the vacations he takes, and all...
That's one hell of a comute. It is ok to own 2 homes.
Besides the amazon teacher union chief knew about all the school closing well before the contract was settled.
Does living in my parents basement rent free count as residency?
She's taking a page out of Rahm's book.
Talk about a couple of hypocrites.
Because CPS chief Barbara Byrd Bennett violated the residency rule and absolutely refuses to comply and live in Chicago, and because the I.G. refuses to become involved and demand the appropriate termination of her employment per city ordinance, this has set an INCREDIBLE precedent for ALL city employees, including police and fire.
Very soon, we may have the residency rule removed from the books ... all thanks to Ms. Bennett. Let the Exodus from the Murder Capital of the Midwest begin!
If Emanuel could run for Mayor without being a resident watch for his appointee to be given special dispensation.If you were the Police or Fire personnel you would be gone in a heartbeat.
Chicago's residency law only applies to the peasants, not to Rahm and the elite class he surrounded himself with.
Unless she is actually SLEEPING in Ohio 4 nights out of 7, then she isn't violating the residency rule. C'mon, this one is silly. If you are going to whine about the "double standard" at least know what the Hell you are talking about!
She doesn't have to live here.
She only needs a box of her clothes in a basement here.
Worked for the mayor.
Not true, Chicago teachers do not have the same rules as police and fire. Many Chicago public school teachers are legally allowed to live outside the city. In fact, I would say the majority of them can do this per their contract. Their contract is online so you can see all the loopholes they can use to live outside the city.
As long as she has a box of clothes in the basement of the apartment building she lives in she's good, right?
LOL But you have to be
The Demo way SHITCAGO
Maybe its too violent for the School Chief
Is MacJersey in town???????
Or just a prom dress in storage
Same questions apply to Cheryl Hyman, who Rahm reappointed to the position of Chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago. In addition to her lack of serious educational credentials or experience, apart from being a "protege" of the head of Commonwealth Edison, a long time Daley ally, questions continue to be asked about her residency. Allegedly, she owns a house in suburban Riverdale.
Uhh.. so every night she drives back to Ohio?
You are allowed to have another address outside the city. As long as you live in the city 51% of the time.
ALSO, you must have a city sticker on your personnel vehicle. It does not matter if everything else is registered somewhere else.
I am a firemen with my hours I take the chance,I luv Indiana.
I am all supreme and knowing wizard...
You peasants will do as I say and NOT as I do, there are laws and rules for you alone and NOT for me and the elite class of citizens here in Chicago.
If MY class of elite people I have chosen to lead by example can and will continue the long standing tradition of Chicago corruption and political favoritism "E mine in taxenin" loosely translated LATIN of the city's moto " What's yours is mine and I am boss". I can attest that my school board chairman has and is a resident of Chicago! I have instructed her actually how to establish residency if challenged by any court or commission.
Mayor Rahm
The Rules change for important Democrats, Rahm himself was not a resident when he ran. Leaving his wedding dress in Chicago is not residency.
so what. neither was rahm.
remember,its for the children(the illinois voter).
The people who set policy for the rest of us(or the "paupers") do not need to follow those same policies. Rahm was not a resident but he ran for mayor. His kids go to lab school with taxpayer funded bodygaurds, so why should he be concerned about CPS children? Rahm will never get a speeding ticket from a camera because he has taxpayer funded drivers/bodygaurds. People should run these hypocrites out on a rail with tar and feathers, but I imagine Kass is correct when he calls all of us "chumbalones".
The carpetbaggers are running the city into the ground.
And neither the head of Corporation Counsel, but yet they have the balls to make the police and firemen live in the city. That is bullshit!
Some animals are more equal than others.
I remember a Deputy Mayor for Education that sent her daughter to a swanky private school in Winnetka about 20 years ago. Ritchie dumped her faster than a bad burrito in the shitter the next morning.
Not to defend Ms Byrd-Bennett, but maybe she has a "move into Chicago in a certain period codicil" in her contract. Maybe she wants to let her kids finish school there and sell and pack the house up. Selling a big house anywhere is a challenge
Hey, it's no big deal! Rahm let Barbara Byrd-Bennett store a few boxes in the basement crawl space on Hermitage. That's residency!
City politicians have long believed that their [summer]home is really their real living quarters.The next person who gets fired for this idiodic rule can bring this to court w/ them, but it better be federal court.There is no need for any city employee's to HAVE to live in chicago's nightmare.
Opulent house? Like my double-wide?
While everyone should abide by the same rules, the residency rule is rediculous to begin with. Its akin to the old mining towns that were owned by the mining company. You were paid your wages for busting your ass in the mine all day and then turned around and had to pay the same company to rent your house, buy your food and supply everyday essentials. And in the end you would usually die of some work related disease or injury because the mining companies were to cheap to protect their best asset, their employees. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, Chicago will probably go the way of the old mining towns in the end . . . dead because the mines shut down and all the jobs were gone.
Typical liberal mindset; do as I say and think but not as I do.
didn't rham also hire some ex-fed for Aviation and give hinm a year or so to move in?
For all practical purposes, I lived 40 miles outside of the city for my last 12 years on the job. I like to think that it will add ten years to my life. Been six years since I retired and sometimes it all just seems like a dream. Stay safe.
I'm so jealous of you. Enjoy retirement.
She was brought in to do a hatchet job on the schools and teachers, receive a huge payout / bonus when the job is done and then move back to Ohio. Who are they kidding. She has no loyalty to the City or the Schools - only the almighty dollar that Rham will give her when the job is done.
McCarthy is no different, only he has bigger aspirations and loves the camera, which Rahm did not anticipate...
Quick!
Call CPS IPRA!
"Uhh... No..."
Quick!
Call CPS IAD!
"Uhh... No..."
Quick!
Have some mayoral underlings
pass this on to Sneed, Frannie "No Panty" Spielman, Frank Main and Carol Marin!
"Uhh... Nope... Ain't finna happ'n cap'n!"
Quick!
Follow Byrd-Bennett to where ever she's staying! Then have local media's equivalent of Gollum, Pammy Zekman, jump out of the nearby shrubbery to conduct one of her famous "gotcha" interviews!
*A shriek of sudden fright... A resounding cosmic slap... A red wig flying... The sound of unchecked shit forcefully hitting the pavement... A running for it's life, diminutive female figure trying to kick off soiled underpants while chasing and screaming at a news van getting smaller in the distance from the scene of something that departed from the gotcha journalism template...*
The LOL of Karma
& The Spirits of the Air...
If it were just a MERE whisper against any REGULAR, peed on peon of some poor slob of a held hostage muni employee?
The City Hall would have this splashed all over the news and every local media outlet would have open and enabled online commentary running into the multiple hundreds about how muni employees "ain't shit" and how the tax payers aren't "getting their money's worth" from the offending muni employee "cheater" who must now be fired to somehow soothe the scripted and prompted righteous "wrath" of the tax payers.
*Squeaky Squooky Squeak!*
One freshly twisted balloon animal of distraction coming right up...
Punish her, Rahm.
Destroy her life without mercy or pity, Rahm.
Call a dog & pony show press conference in the best tradition of Stalin era Pravda and tell us how you "defended" the tax payers from dishonesty and fraud, Rahm.
Wipe your ass on HER contract, Rahm. Take her to court to recover the money paid just like you "tried" to do with the Daley Inc. parking revenue fiasco.
Aren't you a friend and a defender of the tax payer's best interest?
Or will you go into a full court press to keep this suppressed because it seriously fucks up the narrative of a sad and sorry story you're writing for this city.
Poor Rahm...
"I'll do what it takes no matter how many little people I have to hurt" has skidded on the puddle of artfully placed fuckery, jumped the median, and crashed head-on into itself...
*SCREEEEE! -FUCK! That puddle wasn't meant for ME! It was meant for you peons! GAAHH! YOU BASTARDS!- SSSKIIIDDDD!*
>CLANG! -WHOOOOOOO!- KA-BLAAAAMM!<
The pinned-in driver(s) are now burning to blackened, crispy skeletons in the wreckage...
We laugh...
We laugh long and hard...
How's that balloon animal of distraction coming?
For everyone who wants to get rid of the residency rule, think of the consequences.
Who would want to buy your house if you didn't have to live here? What would your resale value be when you do move out? who would want to pay top dollar to live in the murder capital while unemployment is going up and corporations are moving out?
I hate the residency requirement but I am also thinking of the day i will leave. the residency is an insurance that at least i can sell to another city worker.
Must have learned it from Tiny.
"Well i do have my wife's wedding dress in the basement"
As for her staying on? She is most likely to skate after this is over and done with.
She'll pull the same shit like another certain politician did not too long ago. "I live in Chicago" even though he lives somewhere else but owns a home in Chicago with a suitcase still in the closet.
OT:
I just had a flash of brilliance. To the shore owners on Michigan Avenue, where it's legal bring a dog to work with you.
OT. I just had a flash of brilliance.
To the store owners around Michigan Avenue:
If legal and feasible, bring a dog to work with you.
As a long-time, condo-living dog walker, many "people of color" are terrified of dogs. I've seen a teenager frozen still because my ten pound Papillon was near her. While living in Rogers Park, my gentle, sweet Dobe caused people to cross the street rather than walk by her. Just think what the presence of a Mastiff, a Great Dane, an Irish Wolfhound would do to protect a store and great shoppers. Even a mid-size dog can scare the feces out of some.
You can thank me later.
If she claims that Chicago is her official residence then she can't vote in Ohio. I don't think she commits a crime unless hse actually votes there while claiming "official residency" in Chicago.
From CPS site. The truth is in the numbers. A full 85% of are either black or hispanic and 87% are from low income families. Staggering obstacles to over come.
Students
Total: 404,151 (FY2011-2012)
Student enrollment
Preschool: 24,232
Kindergarten: 29,594
Elementary (1-8): 236,452
Secondary (9-12): 113,873
Student racial breakdown
African-American: 41.6%
Latino: 44.1%
White: 8.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.4%
Native American: 0.4%
Information provided by Research Evaluation and Accountability. Last updated January 2012.
Additional student information
(FY2011-12)
Income and demographics
Students from low-income families: 87%
Illinois public school students attend CPS: 18.4%
Language proficiency
Limited-English-proficient: 12.2%
Attendance rates
Citywide: 91.4%
Does Paul Geiger have to live in the city?
Who gives a flying f**k?! Most coppers send their kids to private schools anyway. If your kids are in a public school the question is still,who gives a flying f**k?!
Does she sleep here, or in Ohio, the majority of the time?
It soundsl like it might be her voter registration that's in violation of the law, not her Chicago residency.
where is our FOP leadership lately? We will not have a contract until after the FOP Presidential election because Mikey knows if he agrees to something now he is out. He is being slick once again. No matter what we need to get someone new
Part of the elite ruling class. As when "they " talk about justice. There is "just us" for the banksters and the elite trying to tell us the justice system is blind.
This is what the country is now. All empires go this way.
Math, science, and special ed. teachers do not have to reside in the city...
didn't they have a guy a few years ago who wouldn't take the big city job unless he could still live in the north shore? terry- irish name maybe?
Here is my question. My friend is a Cal City Cop. Five year ago, they recinded the residency requirement and he lives in suburban NW Indiana. He said it makes all the difference at the end of his shift to go home to a safe neighborhood in Indiana and know his family is safe. Has the CPD union ever tried to negotiate this into their contract?
Very soon, we may have the residency rule removed from the books ... all thanks to Ms. Bennett. Let the Exodus from the Murder Capital of the Midwest begin!
You are dreaming. The CPS makes exceptions all the time. One example is that new teachers can live outside the city if they are teaching special classes or subjects that there are not enough teachers to teach. The CPS stretches alot of exemptions, this will never change
If the rules are the same as they were 10 years ago, she is not required to be a city resident. Just sayin......
Does living in my parents basement rent free count as residency?
Why not if thats where you are actually living. The is no rule or law saying you cant live with your parents or that they have to charge you rent
She has her wedding dress in a box in somebody's basement? That's proof enough...
Word on the street is she commutes back to Clevo every weekend, and the Illinois address is actually in Elgin.
It's time to file a law class action law suit againt the city of chicago and the mayor. Citing nepotism and clear violation of residency requirements by all city employees on the firsts day of employment.
Not the chosen few, and Rham set the presidence " intent to move back into city"
So, I could rent out my house with intent to move back.
hey FOP,if this is true and BBB has Ohio going on,why don't you make some noise in the media,it will get people talking at least,always thought residency sucked
We all Teachers, Firemen, Police need to get together and challenge this stupid rule. United we stand!
Different rules for different folks. Didn't Rahm use the "I'm still a chicago resident because I'm registered to vote there." Well, this women is registered to vote somewhere else. How about the Jacksons? This is one of the many reasons we don't trust any of the leadership in chicago. They will bend the rules to favor themselves and bend them to fuck us.
Off Topic for a minute. Heard an off duty 7th dist copper was shot at in the 8th dist yesterday by gangbangers. Didn't see anything on the news. Does anyone know what happened at 85th and Knox?
CPS does not play by the same rules as the rest of us lowly city workers. Ask a few teachers and they'll tell you how often this is the case.
I guess that is why CPS will begin charging parents in "early learning" public schools.
Thanks CPS for all of your mismanagement.
O.T.
SCC don't know how to manipulate this but I'm sure you can. Here is a link to a speech regarding gun control where the young girl references CHICAGO and it's murders!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_-N9_tnWBo&feature=youtu.be
Hey, Why Not...Rahm became Mayor and he was not a resident!
the CTU is not our friend
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are giving 3 awards out on May 3rd, 2013
The CTU is one of the honorees
http://www.chicagodsa.org/d2013/
OT:
I just had a flash of brilliance. To the shore owners on Michigan Avenue, where it's legal bring a dog to work with you.
OT. I just had a flash of brilliance.
To the store owners around Michigan Avenue:
If legal and feasible, bring a dog to work with you.
As a long-time, condo-living dog walker, many "people of color" are terrified of dogs. I've seen a teenager frozen still because my ten pound Papillon was near her. While living in Rogers Park, my gentle, sweet Dobe caused people to cross the street rather than walk by her. Just think what the presence of a Mastiff, a Great Dane, an Irish Wolfhound would do to protect a store and great shoppers. Even a mid-size dog can scare the feces out of some.
You can thank me later.
4/05/2013 10:59:00 AM
Yeah, just watch them, they get a chance they'll have your fido as bait or fighting their pit depending on which works better for them.
I have no sympathy for the CPS Superintendent. With the politicians, it is a different story: some do have two residences based upon their frequently being at the capital and out of the city.
Twinkle Toes the Tutu got himself into hot water because he tried to avoid the expense of maintaining two residences by leasing his property and listing for sale (something that was buried in much of the reporting). The litigation that followed was totally perverse. Another Chicagoan would have been cited for failing to keep a residence upon the same facts. The ruling issued smells like dead fish. Something Tutu would know about.
Students
Total: 404,151 (FY2011-2012)
Student enrollment
Preschool: 24,232
Kindergarten: 29,594
Elementary (1-8): 236,452
Secondary (9-12): 113,873
Man alive! The figures seem to suggest a huge drop out rate from 8th grade to high school graduation.
Anonymous said...
For everyone who wants to get rid of the residency rule, think of the consequences.
Who would want to buy your house if you didn't have to live here? What would your resale value be when you do move out? who would want to pay top dollar to live in the murder capital while unemployment is going up and corporations are moving out?
I hate the residency requirement but I am also thinking of the day i will leave. the residency is an insurance that at least i can sell to another city worker.
4/05/2013 10:44:00 AM
Not a valid argument. The cities who eliminated residency have not experienced the exodus you fear. Quite the reverse because it forces the city management to wake up and confront issues they ignored. If you think this city is going to get better someday by holding you here, you are dreaming. Is it improving or getting worse?
Here is my question. My friend is a Cal City Cop. Five year ago, they recinded the residency requirement and he lives in suburban NW Indiana. He said it makes all the difference at the end of his shift to go home to a safe neighborhood in Indiana and know his family is safe. Has the CPD union ever tried to negotiate this into their contract?
City wont allow it to be put in the contract, union tried and we lose in court against the city A lawsuit is a loser, the only way is to get it in the contract
Here's a thought...
All city employees, regardless of the vehicles registration, are required to purchase and display a city sticker on all their vehicles.
Time to check the lot this bimbo parks in at work .
Please don't let this die. We need the dialogue opened up to have the opportunity to move out of this shit hole of a city!
.....Does anyone know why the city residency rule has not been challenged in court yet?.....
It has been challenged and we lost!
This is not a city law, it's a state law. So, to change it, it would have to be done through legislation in Springfield!
And for the record, police officers are on the bottom rung of the politicians agenda. Wait till they kill your pensions to save money.
I was on YouTube this morning to watch some shooting safety videos. Before one of the videos played, this Barbara Byrd bennett appears with an explanation for the school closings and how the savings was needed for programs. I could care fucking less about the closings. This shithole is depopulating and the infrastructure is too expensive to maintain. I’m sick of being fiscally raped by these schools. They eat up more than half of my property taxes with little to show for it. The Bennett lecture seemed to run for a couple of minutes. The video was like mind control rather than a typical commercial.
Rahm is against guns, police, the NRA, or anything that maintains standards or holds a social order. Yet, he has his fucking mind control videos on YouTube targeted at city residents on shooting videos. Rahm and his friends need to stop cramming justifications for their policies down my throat.
For everyone who wants to get rid of the residency rule, think of the consequences.
Who would want to buy your house if you didn't have to live here? What would your resale value be when you do move out? who would want to pay top dollar to live in the murder capital while unemployment is going up and corporations are moving out?
I hate the residency requirement but I am also thinking of the day i will leave. the residency is an insurance that at least i can sell to another city worker.
4/05/2013 10:44:00 AM
It's called a short sale. Put that PMI I've been paying to use. My house is worth a third of what I paid for.
What's good for the goose is good for the goose. Fuck the gander.
So what?
Are you guys forgetting the "Wilmette Wonder"?
Tim Cawley, Chief Administrative Officer of CPS was given a waiver by Emanuel so he can continue to live in Wilmette in 2011.
Now go get in line for your $30 per hour Anti-Wilding side gigs.
Most of Tiny D's staff arent Chicago residents, so this latest outrage should surprise no one...
I know that Board of Ed. employees did not have to live in the city 40 years ago. I also knew city truck drivers who owned buildings in their old neighborhoods and kept an apartment in them. Furnished out of the Goodwill store. They would have B.S. mail sent there and go by once a week to pick it up and show their face. They would give one of their tenants a break on the rent to cover for them if anyone came around asking questions. As far as I know none of them ever had a problem. It will cost you to set up a bogey apartment so if you think it is worth it you can probably get away with it.
Anonymous said...
It's time to file a law class action law suit againt the city of chicago and the mayor. Citing nepotism and clear violation of residency requirements by all city employees on the firsts day of employment.
Not the chosen few, and Rham set the presidence " intent to move back into city"
So, I could rent out my house with intent to move back.
4/05/2013 01:21:00 PM
I hear you chicago lawdog!
Seriously, isn't anyone else incredibly pissed off that all these people who are paid by the city can live in nice suburbs while we are all required to live in the city? Yeah yeah yeah, we knew when we signed up, but shit, if they can get paid handsomely, get a pension, and live outside of the city, then dammit, why can't we?? Why the double standard? Are we gonna just sit down and take it?
Aren't we entitled to raise our families in a safe environment where the wildings are less frequent and there isn't a burglary on your block more than twice a week and your house isn't on top of your neighbors house? It's an outdated and archaic rule and the time to change it is NOW and even more so since we are in a contract negotiating time. Lets get some steam behind this. What's the difference if you drive from 024 to 005 or if you lived in Park Ridge and had to make the drive? Quality of life would improve greatly.
This department should look within also. There are members living in the suburbs and their bosses know it. Yeah we know about the team dinner parties in hillside with the sgts and Lt. present..what a crock.....hows that ingriund pool u jag
"didn't they have a guy a few years ago who wouldn't take the big city job unless he could still live in the north shore? terry- irish name maybe?"
As noted above, that's Cawley. His two-year dispensation expires this June. Expect his resignation.
"Elementary (1-8): 236,452
Secondary (9-12): 113,873
Man alive! The figures seem to suggest a huge drop out rate from 8th grade to high school graduation."
4 years in high school vs. 8 years in elementary, means 1/2 the students.
"the CTU is not our friend"
No, but as they say, "politics makes strange bedfellows".
If it helps us in contract negotiations or eliminating the residency requirement, as the old Russian saying goes, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".
We've got to exploit our similar interests.
rb
To the crazy ass that says" the ctu is not our friend" over many threads over and over and over- get off that shit bro... friend, youre your own worst enemy with overtime initiative and cops ready to work for 30 an hour. In this current fight, we re the only friend you got. Fop should get a me too clause with ctu because they have a fighting chance. If not, baby and bath water gone! After rahm is gone, pension saved, and jobs secure and fully staffed, we can go into mfing each other as communists vs brutal profilers. Until then, who is your friend?
A teacher friend. You all had teachers and coaches that helped shape you, and we both work with extremist idiots. Let me guess where you fall into place in this...
Anonymous said...
Here's a thought...
All city employees, regardless of the vehicles registration, are required to purchase and display a city sticker on all their vehicles.
Time to check the lot this bimbo parks in at work .
4/05/2013 05:55:00 PM
Why? You think her City-owned vehicle doesn't have a City-purchased City vehicle sticker on it?
Anonymous said...
Seriously, isn't anyone else incredibly pissed off that all these people who are paid by the city can live in nice suburbs while we are all required to live in the city? Yeah yeah yeah, we knew when we signed up, but shit, if they can get paid handsomely, get a pension, and live outside of the city, then dammit, why can't we?? Why the double standard? Are we gonna just sit down and take it?
Aren't we entitled to raise our families in a safe environment where the wildings are less frequent and there isn't a burglary on your block more than twice a week and your house isn't on top of your neighbors house? It's an outdated and archaic rule and the time to change it is NOW and even more so since we are in a contract negotiating time. Lets get some steam behind this. What's the difference if you drive from 024 to 005 or if you lived in Park Ridge and had to make the drive? Quality of life would improve greatly.
4/05/2013 10:42:00 PM
thank you!
Is there trouble brewing at Amundsen High School? Rumor has it a school clerk was nabbed for stealing money and hours. The woman was ratted out by someone io former Amundsen Principal Carlos Munoz crew. Now, in return the clerk is spilling the beans on all Amundesn staffers not living in Chicago.
Is Mike Shields the president of the FOP or the Drywallers?
answer: Mike shields is presdient of the Mike Shields fan club, P.G. (See SCC Rule #1) is the Executive Director. They are having a tough time in the current membership drive, but are working with the resources they have to shore things up for next spring. HB 2226 is the goal:
40 ILCS 5/5-214) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 5-214)
Sec. 5-214. Credit for other service. Any participant in this fund (other than a member of the fire department of the city) who has rendered service as a member of the police department of the city for a period of 3 years or more is entitled to credit for the various purposes of this Article for service rendered prior to becoming a member or subsequent thereto for the following periods:
(a) While on leave of absence from the police
department assigned or detailed to investigative, protective, security or police work for the park district of the city, the department of the Port of Chicago or the sanitary district in which the city is located.
(b) As a temporary police officer in the city or
while serving in the office of the mayor or in the office of the corporation counsel, as a member of the city council of the city, as an employee of the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund created by this Article, as the head of an organization whose membership consists of members of the police department,
It's called a short sale. Put that PMI I've been paying to use. My house is worth a third of what I paid for.
4/05/2013 07:46:00 PM
I never understood why some boob's complete lack of any business sense has anything to do with me, or why it should cost ME money.
Oh yeah. The sense of entitlement is astounding these days. Grow up. Your problem, you fix it like a grown up.
Anonymous said...
the CTU is not our friend
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are giving 3 awards out on May 3rd, 2013
The CTU is one of the honorees
http://www.chicagodsa.org/d2013/
4/05/2013 04:44:00 PMAnonymous said...
To the crazy ass that says" the ctu is not our friend" over many threads over and over and over- get off that shit bro... friend, youre your own worst enemy with overtime initiative and cops ready to work for 30 an hour. In this current fight, we re the only friend you got. Fop should get a me too clause with ctu because they have a fighting chance. If not, baby and bath water gone! After rahm is gone, pension saved, and jobs secure and fully staffed, we can go into mfing each other as communists vs brutal profilers. Until then, who is your friend?
A teacher friend. You all had teachers and coaches that helped shape you, and we both work with extremist idiots. Let me guess where you fall into place in this...
4/06/2013 12:59:00 AM
The Police have enough of an image problem without being associated with communists and socialists.
I'm sure there's more than one poster here that's commented-"the CTU is not our friend".
If you ARE a teacher, your command of the English language is atrocious and inexcusable.
Not a Cop, just a regular citizen who has to send his kids to private schools because of so-called teachers like you.
I just had a flash of brilliance. To the shore owners on Michigan Avenue, where it's legal bring a dog to work with you.
Hey genius. PIT BULLS & ROTTWEILERS. Ever notice the 100's of 1000's of them in the neighborhoods of "people of color"? Yeah, them there people is really afraid of dogs. Racist Idiot!
Yes, I bet it is a long commute every night to her home in Cleveland. For one, the mayor can give exemptions to certain officials if he wants. For two, I really like this women and she seems to be doing a good job. For three, every school superintendent has been under fire and I really dont see how this could not be the case in such a vast and corrupt system,. And, finally who really give a shit
SCC Fan said...
Unless she is actually SLEEPING in Ohio 4 nights out of 7, then she isn't violating the residency rule. C'mon, this one is silly. If you are going to whine about the "double standard" at least know what the Hell you are talking about!
4/05/2013 06:52:00 AM
I agree. This is just a silly BS arguement with no weight behind it. I personally know police officers and fire fighters who have homes in the city and in the burbs or even out of state. the city cannot force your family to live in the city. As long as you spend your working days/nights within the city you are considered a resident. What do you think this women does, drive home to Cleveland every night? Get real.
to not a cop just a regular citizen:
way to attack the the post and not the issue. I especially like the fact that you are upset with the grammar considering that most posts are done through telephones. the teachers aren't the problem if you do homework with your child your child will learn no matter where they are. the cops firefighters and teachers are fighting a systematic issue. so in other words get to fighting or get the hell out of the way. and yes this post is being put on there through a cell phone. sorry I didn't use capital letters at the beginning of each sentence.
it's because of the media that the caps and everybody have an image problem, we need to stand together and fight this problem or there were there will be no image to defend. we can always go back to bickering later.
we can always go back to bickering later.
4/06/2013 07:01:00 PM
said the buzzard to the monkey.
The biggest joke about the CPS Residency Policy isn't allowing teachers to live ouitside of Chicago if they teach in a 'need basis subject areas'. The biggest joke is because PE is one of 'need basis subject areas'.
Where's the need in high school where CPS was granted another 2-yr. waiver by the state to make only 2 years a part of graduation requirements?
Why are Driver Education teachers lumped in with PE teachers? The last time I checked retirees use all thier muscle to work DE and collect their pensions.
The waiver for PE teachers to live outside of Chicago is basically for elementray schools. But, since many PE teachers got their jobs from having clout, high schools were lumoped in with them.
However, that could all change and PE could be taken off the 'need basis subject area' list with 54 schools closing and an averagee of 2-3 teachers per school losing their jobs. The closings could mean up to 130 PE teachers losing theior jobs. Where's the need basis for PE now?
To "said the Buzzard to the monkey":
According to the most recent post, the monkey back to Potato Head. Call Mikey and get him have him get his s*** together.
that is all.
it's because of the media that the caps and everybody have an image problem, we need to stand together and fight this problem or there were there will be no image to defend. we can always go back to bickering later.
4/06/2013 07:01:00 PM
You attack the grammar issue.
How about addressing the Communist issue?
Opposition to Communism is not "bickering".
705 am:
Give the 80s a rest already.
It's racist that we have to live in the city. It's racist that cps teachers are required to live in the city and do not. This topic is racist. Am I racist?
cps employees hired before 1995 dont have to live in the,employees hired after 1995 do have to live in the city,with the exeption of some teachers .... maybe acorn let somebody else register & vote under bbb's name after all you do not need an id to vote in ohio that state is more screwed up than this one thank you bho
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