Won't Someone Think of the Horses?!?
- City officials laid out an animal protection agenda Wednesday as a veteran alderman introduced a measure that would make horse-drawn carriages toting tourists and clogging downtown traffic a thing of the past and an ordinance to require dogs or cats sold in city pet stores to come from shelters gained momentum.
Southwest Side Ald. Edward Burke said he was spurred to propose banning horse carriages at least in part by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s vow to end the carriage rides in Central Park. “They’re a nuisance, they’re a traffic hazard, it’s cruel to the animals, and we should be able to beat New York City to the punch,” said Burke, 14th.
Burke challenged the idea that the carriages are beloved by tourists who pack in for rides around North Michigan Avenue. “Well, I don’t know that the tourists love cruelty to animals, nor I do know that tourists that don’t ride in the carriages want to be inconvenienced by the traffic jams and the hazards that are created,” he said.
de Blasio is a communist, and this is who Burke wants to beat to a total ban on horses? A few points:
- Burke claims it's cruel to the horses - aren't there ordinances against cruelty? Aren't there police, even an animal crimes unit, that could enforce these supposed violations?
- Traffic hazard? This from a member of the organization that has reduced traffic lanes by how many hundreds of miles with plastic barricades so bikers have an entire lane of traffic to themselves that they can use maybe 8 months a year?
- Is it wise of Burke to follow the lead of an avowed communist and actually destroy jobs during a recession? Carriage drivers, stable hands, delivery drivers, waste haulers, etc. These jobs won't be coming back, and Chicago is already lacking in the jobs department.
- What does Burke think is going to happen to all the horses he puts out of work? They'll go to the old horse home and live out their golden years with the grand-horses visiting and reliving the glory days of when they almost ran in the Kentucky Derby and The Million? No, they'll be off to the knacker and end up as dog food, glue or if they're really lucky, in a Frenchman's lower intestine.
Hey Ed, how about asking some questions about why Rahm is borrowing another $2 billion instead of sticking your nose in a successful business enterprise that provides jobs, tax revenue, licensing fees and a reason for tourists to look at something pretty on the Mag Mile instead of over their shoulders for wilding youth intent on their iPhones and wallets?
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posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
101 Comments:
There is talk that DeBlasio is killing the horse drawn carriages because the stables where the horses are kept in New York is prime real estate. There is a contributor to his campaign that was extremely interested in the property but has been stopped by the owners of the stables. Follow the money. Where are the horses kept downtown and who wants the property?
SO riding horse is cruelty!
Then may be the mounted unit should be disbanded.
Bikes are much cheaper and dont crap on the street.
Its a shake down!
The media actually goes along with it.
Whats next pigeon safe zones?
The arrogant Burke is the consummate nanny asshole.
De Blasio is a communist. And Chicago democrats are too. Our President is a communist. It's what the people voted for.
The real reason must be that the carriages didn't kick back to the communist party, I mean the Democratic Machine.
Look people. Goose livers, trans fats and horses.
Now keep your eye on this hand while I steal with this other one.
Dear Potential Tourist, Come to Chicago to enjoy our beautiful park (no, you can't walk there - ignore the construction and the failing garage ceiling below Millennium Park)and our charming carriage rides through scenic districts (whoops, sorry - we made up some nonsense excuse and pitched them outta the city) and then walk around our safe, high-end shopping areas (but don't get on any elevators alone, or you'll be mugged). Take a photo in front of some of our statues and monuments (make sure to position yourself to block out the never-ending graffiti) or at our lakefront (good luck blocking out all those warm and fuzzy gangbangers just behind you - oops, there goes your cell phone and bag!). Welcome, one and all.
Those houses are happy. They get fed and medically taken care of. It also generates money for the city which many residents of shitcago will never do. How about that government check? How about link card fraud? How about that obummer phone? Illegal aliens getting Medicare? Illegal aliens attending schools? Illegal aliens now having driver's licenses? Taking advantage of the system in a sick twisted way by screwing millions of citizens of their due... That is a crime. His priority should be focusing on the another animals, not the horses.
Ald. Burke is a forward thinking visionary and quite correct about the horses. It should be done. Regarding requiring pet stores to sell shelter animals, that is a stroke of pure genius. NYC's new mayor is another visionary who represents all that is good in politicians. He is part of the socialist wave of the future, brought about by our own President.
Burke, at Rahm's behest, wants the horse carriage lanes for bicycle lanes. What the heck?? Stage left Ed Burke...an old has-been, no fun, let the horsey's alone.
Burke is an old senile man who has no clue about where he is. He was corn fed from a baby by his father's clout and never had a real job. He likes being refered to as the "Chairman". He has ever dime he has stolen over the years and will die in his seat in the council chambers.
Oh I see. They're gong to give old Mr. Ed an early retirement and try to take the horsies' pensions away! OH WILBUR!!!!
Perhaps persons associated with this business have fallen out of favor with the powers that be. They were always a hazard and should have been confined to Grant and Lincoln Parks. There have been many accidents and loose ponies over the years and no one cared before.
Retired
So making a horse pull a carriage is now considered animal cruelty,eh, Alderman? Wait til those Amish here about this.
Burke is an idiot for even giving thought to banning a huge tourist attraction. Whats next, ban the river boat tours because they congest river traffic? Which politicians kid flunked out of vet school or didnt get hired by the stables? I do agree on the dog/cat shelter thing though.
All these fools need to go! We need to take back this city! We live here and these politicians are chopping it up for their own selfish gains!
So if I want to buy a pure breed cat or dog I will have to shop outside the great city of chicago.
Apparently the carrage owners would come up. If you don't pay Eddie, he's an enemy for life!
Oh my god. Why do you even care ed burke?? It doesn't affect your ward. PLEASE!!!! Someone look in to this!!!!!?oll bitch zeckman...scared) I'm like sick to my stomach. Chicago is literally dying. I am super sick to the stomach I had to go downtown for court today and saw actual bike traffic lights (w/ red/yellow/green)that have been added all over Dearborn. Apparently much to my taxpayer chagrin, this is a thing. It registers,green,yellow,red on time with the actual traffic signals.......(rules of the road people). Shocked we have a bad economy.
Mounted's a drain too time to cut
Horses upkeep and the extra pay to police or should I say clouted
It is cruel to have a horse pull a carriage? I guess it's cruel to have a ride on a horse also. Stupid ass, the tourists like them. They spend money here. You bastards go on erecting obstacles to employment and prosperity and then you bitch because you get neither.
next up ; burk disbands cpd mounted unit because horses treated cruel and cause traffic congestion.
the owners refused to give him any more money fuck burke
Burke needs to retire Feds should look into Why in a predominately Hispanic ward he repeatedly gets re-elected
Give the Horses Diapers like Burt Natarius wanted to do years ago
City is bankrupt and crime ridden but the Council plays the fiddle of foolishness
Gee NYC has horses in Central Park
Is Burke still paying into his Police Pension?
BTW the symbol of Democrats is the
JackAss Just tell him all the horses are Irish and he'll kiss them
Maybe it's time for Ed to retire! Another political hack that has over extented his stay.
Burke will put more hard working folks out of work and less tourism
Great idea! Let's drive yet another small, unique business out of Chicago!
I suspect somebody isn't paying ED for Mr.Ed $$$$ Da Shitcago Way
Speaking of the bike lanes, did you see all the City workers clearing the bike lanes with a bob cat? How much did that cost the taxpayers? I haven't seen a bike in those lanes since October.
So for a handful of bike extremists, we spent how much money on those lanes? Let's see, we build them which severely cut down our traffic lanes. We spent an enormous amount of money on putting them in. We spend more money clearing then in winter with bob cats and shovels. Yep. Great use of our tax dollars.
I think Burke's time has passed.
He said something along those lines about the carriages.
What a compete fucking moron. All the problems in Shitcago and this dope is worried about horses who are better taken care of than some people's kids. How about banning the apple pickers that terrorize tourists? Why not take the libtard approach and ban tourists because it must be their fault that apple pickers exist. Don't worry, with the trajectory you and twinkle toes have this place going, it won't be long before they stop coming too.
Here is Ed Burke who brings his client into a police station and is representing this person as a witness and attempts to tell the police how to handle the case. Is this not a conflict of interest where he is a city employee and represents someone who the police are attempting to interview. Could it be intimidation? I would go on, but I have to go and take my city mandated ethics test.
Anonymous said...
Burke needs to retire Feds should look into Why in a predominately Hispanic ward he repeatedly gets re-elected
2/06/2014 04:50:00 AM
Of much more significance, why, if Ed Burke always runs unopposed, does he have $8 million bucks in his campaign fund? There is not 10 aldermen who have that much money in their campaign funds added together!
The new white envelope stuffed with bribe cash, the "donation" to one's campaign fund.
No really, I guess the latinos in his ward just really like a white haired old Irish prick.
"Off to the knacker". Man, I haven't heard anyone say that since my Irish Grandfather died 45 years ago.
Nice reference SCC!
Burke must have gotten some horseshit on his favorite pair of Brogue shoes.
Why does Burke involve himself in the goings on of a downtown ward? Shouldn't he worry about the problems of his own ward?
Something tells me Mrs O'Leary's cow and Butch O'Hare's father are in this story somewhere.
Anonymous said...
Mounted's a drain too time to cut
Horses upkeep and the extra pay to police or should I say clouted
2/06/2014 02:29:00 AM
Hey, you have to apply to get in that unit. Competitive exam followed by world wide search. It's legit, on the level, on the up and up, you know? This is Chicago, more saints are made here than anywhere else due to all the miracles happening.
Sorry, but for once I have to agree with burke. The horses are a pain in the ass that belong on a farm pulling a plow. Don't worry, the tourists will just find something else to spend their money on.
Hey fast Eddie how did your son get on Dart's payroll and get a big raise when the Sheriff was allegedly cutting his budget?
When Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart was thinking about running for Chicago mayor, he got one of his biggest campaign contributions from The Burnham Committee, one of Ald. Edward M. Burke’s political funds.
The $10,000 campaign gift in September 2010 came a little more than a year after Dart hired the 14th Ward alderman’s son, Edward M. Burke Jr., as an assistant chief deputy sheriff — a job that paid $65,616 a year, county records show
Last year, Dart promoted the younger Burke — and gave him a 25 percent pay raise, records show.
The sheriff gave the younger Burke a promotion in February 2012 to head his agency’s child-support enforcement unit.
The 25 percent raise that came with the promotion boosted Burke’s salary to $85,667.
Four months later, a 3.5 percent cost-of-living raise given to most county employees bumped up Burke’s yearly salary to $88,878 — his current pay.
What if the horses ride a bike? I'm sure that would be okay then.
A horse pulling a carriage is cruel? Ed, how do you think everyone in Chicago (and the rest of the country) travelled before the early 20th Century?
The Vanecko Glue factory will be up and rolling in 60 days
Darn! No more Superbowl commercials for the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Burke is the ultimate pig at the trough. He makes millions reducing the property assessment of commercial property owners in Chicago, which result in less income to the City, forces the City to incur hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in security costs to protect him, and then proposes a stupid ordinance to still show the world that he has some relevance.
Oldest trick in the book. Divert your attention.
Band horse drawn carriages because its cruelty to animals, other drivers are inconvenienced by them, to beat New York to the punch. Stupid, stupid, stupid reasons.
None of them are a valid reason. The horses are treated more then humanly. They all have poop chutes already.
Other drivers are inconvenienced? Please, bicycle riders and cab drivers are more of a nuisance.
Beat New York to the punch. We already have the bipolar, street lights marksman, comstat number juggler from New York. How's that working out?
Ed Burke you are a tool. You make bike lanes that clog up the down town area and now the horses are the problem! You are out of touch with reality. Leave the horses alone.
Burke or another alderperson friend tried to get a free ride, but was probably refused, so get rid of the horses.
I noticed that the bike routes are cleared of snow, but I never see anyone using them. They must come out when I'm not around!!!!
John Wayne is rolling over in his grave.
Just another distraction to the forthcoming theft and waste of 2 billion dollars. Typical Chicago pravda delivers the message.
Why is it that "animal cruelty" activists always want to kill the animals they claim to be worried about? On, thy do not say that of course - but a moment`s thought leads to that being the fate of animals under their proposals.
And pet stores to be limited to "shelter" supplied dogs and cats? Effectively outlaws them from selling dogs and cats: why pay their overhead costs if you can go directly to a shelter? And what are the chances of say an Irish Wolfhound being available from a shelter as opposed to ordering one through a store?
Oh, and the "traffic" problem - let the carriages use the bike lanes so being a bit slower than cars will not be a problem?
No worries? Crime up, violence up, unemployment up, property taxes up, 30 percent public school graduation rate, pensions defaulting, etc. now only if those darn horses would just go away! Sunshine & Rainbows
Horses are kept at Orleans(By North Ave) And Sedgewick. Great real estate, but we will lose something if we do not have horses. But many local governments all around the country are shutting down horse trails and horse property, just more profiatble to have businesses and homes there instead, they can get more tax money. Remember horse stables used to be in every suburb around Chicago, on Montrose and Clark, on Harlem Ave too(many years ago).
The Horse & Buggy lobbyist hasn't been fortuitous to the Alderman, that's why they have to go. What's next, goose livers?
These geriatric Alderman and their foolish ramblings. We need a Term Limit Referendum, Recall or mandatory retirement at 63.
Singin the blues....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LND1PypBnrU
Anonymous said...
Those horses are happy. They get fed and medically taken care of. It also generates money for the city which many residents of shitcago will never do. How about that government check? How about link card fraud? How about that obummer phone? Illegal aliens getting Medicare? Illegal aliens attending schools? Illegal aliens now having driver's licenses? Taking advantage of the system in a sick twisted way by screwing millions of citizens of their due... That is a crime. His priority should be focusing on the other animals, not the horses.
2/06/2014 01:00:00 AM
+1
vote republican!
Bait and switch. Now no one is talking about the huge borrowing scandal.
I'm probably only one of thousands that think this and probably not the first to print it but its all distraction from the real issue of the city borrowing money it will never be able to pay.
Does Ed Burke still want us to check Pit Bulls to see if they've been neutered ?
These are Democrats…
Follow the money… Who is going to gain by this…?
I am willing to bet that some connected developer wants the now very valuable land where the horse carriage stables are located. As I recall most of the stables are in the near north around Orleans Street just east of where the Cabrini Green public housing projects used to be. That area by the EL tracks had a lot of small factories and cab garages. Cabrini Green was built by Richard M. Daley to bust up the Italian community there that was very Republican and build in it’s place a high-rise ghetto to control the incoming southern blacks.
When that land became too valuable, all the sewers and infrastructure were upgraded, the population of Cabrini Green was disbursed with Section 8 vouches and those icons of misery torn down. In their place were luxury town homes with six-figure price tags with a few Section 8 residents kept in to please the liberals.
Now about the land around that area. It’s too valuable for horse stables. Get rid of them, the factories and the cab garages and anything else that isn’t making money for the connected. Will anyone ask about that?
It’s just like what happened when Richie destroyed Meiggs Field. He didn’t do it for security or to build another park. He did it so his pals could build in the glide path.
Burkes just horsin around.
I don't agree with the total ban, but I have always felt there needs to be a horse route that keeps horses and cars apart. It keeps getting worse for the horses as drivers are more and more distracted.
Don't cut Mounted Tourists luv petting the Horses and taking pictures
Then may be the mounted unit should be disbanded.
Bikes are much cheaper and dont crap on the street
*Yes you could have at least 3 bike cops for very horses cop and save money too
BTW do bike cops get extra pay? Why Mounted? Please its for the clouted and the tourists
I remember a mounted cop wearing the 1st Cav pin on his radio drop But he Never served in the US Army 1st Cav but just thought it was "cool" What an insult to veterans and working cops
This is the attitude of the Horse police all Show!
We could have a professional riot control unit like most police depts. have around the world Few if any use horses
Your right the Horses do look "CooL"
These horses "reside" in inhumane conditions (have you seen their 'walk up' stables?) They are forced to work in all temperatures--extreme heat and cold (even though there is an ordinance that if ever enforced would prevent that.) Forced to inhale bus and car fumes day after day. There's a documentary called "Blinders" on the subject that if you took yours off, would enlighten you as to the real facts behind 'carriage horses.' And before you accuse me of being a "troll" I'm a retired CPD captain with 34 years on. I worked 018 and I know what these horses dealt with...including cabs slamming into them. Save your vitriol for the 2-legged animals.
What happened Ed?
Did Vanecko open up a glue factory?
Mounted's a drain too time to cut
Horses upkeep and the extra pay to police or should I say clouted
2/06/2014 02:29:00 AM
You must be one of the lucky ones who never had to see the horses 'at work'. They're not just photo ops for tourists.
When they 'work' a crowd, they don't play around, and one horse is worth ten of us when it comes to pushing a crowd back. They'll rush and trample you and me. A horse? Not so much. That horse'll flatten 'em.
What is happening with all those DIVVY rent-a-bikes?
Slightly O.T.
I heard that the company filed for bankruptcy.
Will the city be on the hook for any of this?
Was this part of the plan all along?
Will the bikes and the stands become rusted unkempt eyesores?
When the horses are disbanded Alderman Tunney wants to have the carriages powered by olive skinned, shirtless Laotian Boys singing cabaret music!!! Bring on the Stallions!!!!!!!!!!
You must be one of the lucky ones who never had to see the horses 'at work'.
Bikes do it better and for Less pay
Need more Cops on Bikes Not Horsey Cops
Sorry welcome to the 21st Century
This nonsense and rahm borrowing 1 billion dollars to modernize midway airport, rahm said he didn't want to sell midway lol! Wasn't rahm behind the last failed lease deal? Maybe with this new plan he gets more payoffs, now with the new contractors the Manila envelopes will be stuffed as usual! No money for our pension fund even though he is required to contribute 600 million, another diversion, why btw is our contract not completed? Hello billy answer the phone! Why on fop website are retirements last entered July 2013? Wake up frank he looks sleepy!
Just look at the Photo bomb of the Mounted cop at the Hawks Rally Grant Park doing the rabbit ears Please Some crowed control LoL
CLOUTED!!
I've seen the horsey in action and they are an equal danger to cops trying to do work in a crowd control situation
When they 'work' a crowd, they don't play around, and one horse is worth ten of us when it comes to pushing a crowd back. They'll rush and trample you and me. A horse? Not so much. That horse'll flatten 'em
....The horse will trample Cops too BTW What do the horses do if we deploy pepper spray???? Or Fires with mass rioting and looting??? How about the snow or at the Beach???
A cop on a horse in a true riot is a liability to himself and others. Think about it that's why the military scraped the horse for the tank
But they do look great at a parade
I think a horse and wagon slowed Burke's motorcade. I'd hate to be a miserable little shit like Burke.
good point...can the public be educated on the issue?.....now, on the issue of democrats....
democrats=liberals=tax and spend=have no idea what drives the US economy=wealth distribution, i.e.,take from somebody "we" decide who is too wealthy, give the monies to someone else= we feel sorry for folks, i.e., feeling sorry is a requirement for being a liberal....back to horses.....is this the biggest issue that faces Chicago?.....hello?
The Mounted hats say it all LoL like the RCMP Parade unit from Canada YeeHA I'm in the Cavalry
Any other mounted unit in the US use that hat -NYPD uses a helmet all the time
Anonymous Anonymous said...
These horses "reside" in inhumane conditions (have you seen their 'walk up' stables?) They are forced to work in all temperatures--extreme heat and cold (even though there is an ordinance that if ever enforced would prevent that.) Forced to inhale bus and car fumes day after day. There's a documentary called "Blinders" on the subject that if you took yours off, would enlighten you as to the real facts behind 'carriage horses.' And before you accuse me of being a "troll" I'm a retired CPD captain with 34 years on. I worked 018 and I know what these horses dealt with...including cabs slamming into them. Save your vitriol for the 2-legged animals.
2/06/2014 03:14:00 PM
You're right Cap, I want Ed Burke pulling my rickshaw. Him and the rest of the city council can give those poor horses a needed vavcation and every useless one of them gets to haul tourists and retired cops around trit trotting their rickshaw around town.
Excellent idea! Thanks.
So let's talk about Rich Mel !
As we go back many years when building the condo developments on the north and north west sides was big. There is a couple of guys Joe Matuschka and Barry Barr, Barr is the money guy who owns about 500 currency exchanges throughout the city and Matuschka is the builder. Mel was the guy pulling the strings with zoning. Joe Matuschka kid Mike the owner of several bars in the city (Cro Bar, Maxx Bar, Leader Bar etc. ) to include HB in Rosemont along with Joe. Mike was a former Cook County guy who worked in the electronic monitoring unit as an investigator. So Mel would encourage Joe and Barry to buy these properties even though no one else was entitled to take advantage of the zoning changes that soon followed. After the property was purchased and converted into condos and sold Mel would get his kick back in the end for zoning changes. There is a lot more people involved in the scams, not to many people have heard of. This story can go on forever but I'm sure you get the jest of it. I'm sure Blago has spoken and Mel took a back seat.
Actually, Who needs the Mounted Unit P.R. Police, for that matter ?
All Terrain Vehicles make more sense by far. Dudley Do-Rights, back into the Blue and Whites, and do some real Police Work. Let a little kid pet the fender on your squad car if that still gets your rocks off.
Burke -- bug-eyed goober
So for a handful of bike extremists, we spent how much money on those lanes? Let's see, we build them which severely cut down our traffic lanes. We spent an enormous amount of money on putting them in. We spend more money clearing then in winter with bob cats and shovels. Yep. Great use of our tax dollars.
Yup - and using the bobcats on the bridge over the river by belmont/western cleaning the sidewalks. Guess what? the bobcats are leased, too. big yellow sticker on them. So more $$$ in someone's pocket.
On the subject of leased, can any one from 2FM verify that the 'L' at the end of a vehicle number means leased and "R" means rented?
thanks!
>>>Anonymous said...
These horses "reside" in inhumane conditions (have you seen their 'walk up' stables?) They are forced to work in all temperatures--extreme heat and cold (even though there is an ordinance that if ever enforced would prevent that.) Forced to inhale bus and car fumes day after day. There's a documentary called "Blinders" on the subject that if you took yours off, would enlighten you as to the real facts behind 'carriage horses.' And before you accuse me of being a "troll" I'm a retired CPD captain with 34 years on. I worked 018 and I know what these horses dealt with...including cabs slamming into them. Save your vitriol for the 2-legged animals.
2/06/2014 03:14:00 PM<<<
"”2-legged animals.” How about humane treatment for some
“2-legged animals." Like the P.O.s and P.P.O.s they put on foot patrol in the "Boxes".
They are horses, work animals, treat them humanly. What else are we to do; let them roam the prairies and freeze and die. I know that is what some activitists want. But people don't learn to love animals unless they see them and touch them.
Burke is full of horseshit saying it for humane animal treatment. He wants that land for his pals. I'm sure city inspectors are descending on those stales writing every possible violation in order to put those people out of business.
Anonymous said...
When they 'work' a crowd, they don't play around, and one horse is worth ten of us when it comes to pushing a crowd back. They'll rush and trample you and me. A horse? Not so much. That horse'll flatten 'em
A cop on a horse in a true riot is a liability to himself and others. Think about it that's why the military scraped the horse for the tank
But they do look great at a parade
2/06/2014 06:03:00 PM
Let's ashcan the mounted unit then and get some tanks! Some painted in camo for field duty and a couple painted real nice for parades. They don't eat oats and leave no droppings.
Tanks for the suggestion!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What is happening with all those DIVVY rent-a-bikes?
Slightly O.T.
I heard that the company filed for bankruptcy.
Will the city be on the hook for any of this?
Was this part of the plan all along?
Will the bikes and the stands become rusted unkempt eyesores?
2/06/2014 04:46:00 PM
You are already on the internet.
Go to a search engine and type in your questions.
It was all covered in the news a few weeks ago.
"There's a documentary called "Blinders" on the subject that "
Oh spare me. Yeah I saw it. Complete Propaganda bullcrap.
All the horses are collapsing in the streets and dying all around us.
Politiicans who love to sign bans, esp over horses..,Blago, De Blasio... Burke..
Funny. I have no doubt they would eat them if offered with the right wine.
2/06/2014 03:08:00 PM
I bet you don't get that mad when some piss bum is using a sign claiming to be a vet....that's right we can only bash other police on this bathroom wall
The horse and carriages are not the problem. Those fucking pedi-cabs are the biggest problem. Huge safety hazards.
How about getting rid of the pedi-cabs. THAT I can get behind. Just a big traffic nuisance and dangerous too.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
"There's a documentary called "Blinders" on the subject that "
Oh spare me. Yeah I saw it. Complete Propaganda bullcrap.
All the horses are collapsing in the streets and dying all around us.
Politiicans who love to sign bans, esp over horses..,Blago, De Blasio... Burke..
Funny. I have no doubt they would eat them if offered with the right wine.
2/06/2014 10:48:00 PM
In a nice sauce they taste like chicken I am told.
After dinner you feel like going to the track and running around.
What about the horses at the race tracks that Alderman Burke frequents? Does he inspect the paddock conditions at Hawthorne? What about those jockeys whipping the horses? Haven't some horses been euthanized after racing?
I cannot recall the horse drawn carriage operators asking the State of Illinois for tax subsidies and breaks either.
Of all the unscrupulous activity going on in this city and city council wastes time whether Rusty can pull a tourist carriage. Burke is surely a top class goof ball.
Sure glad that idiot Burke didn't have any absurd input into the wonderfully dignified JFK funeral.
Horses are large active animals that need exercise every day to stay health and fit, so that idiot wants to take the daily trot away. He knows nothing about horses.
The best thing you can do for a domestic horse is give it work to do. My two border collies run me ragged but they are healthy and happy. Certain animals crave attention and exercise. Shows how little EB knows about that subject.
A cop on a horse in a true riot is a liability to himself and others. Think about it that's why the military scraped the horse for the tank
But they do look great at a parade
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NOT as good (or stinky) as a Motor Officer on a Harley!
In my home we have budgies , fish both fresh and salt, cats and dogs, They enlighten our lives. All healthy, because we tend them . Ill bet Burke on his domain on Archer and Pulaski has no pets, but we are expected to believe he is an expert on animals.
This guy is such a stroke. But his entire ward is probably on the patronage dole.
Follow the money. The carriage horses generate about $20,000 a year for the city in terms of fees and taxes. One company owner is quoted in DNA as being able to work 200 days in 2013. He has ten licenses. 200 x $3.25 a day transportation tax X 10 carriages (doubtful all ten worked on any given day) and he's not putting a lot of money in for what he takes in resources. The same goes for the other two remaining companies. A total of 23 licenses remain working in Chicago.
The cruelty doesn't come from the job for the horses. It comes from how the owners care for their livestock, which was very questionable on behalf of two companies. Even Natarus called them out for underfeeding their horses one year.
As far as the barn on Schiller/Orelans, it's the only one that's owned. The other owner off Fulton rents. It's not about seizing property.
Even though the carriages are a pain in the ass for traffic, the actual amount of incidents involving carriages vs. horse were few and far between. Maybe a handful every year. The slow moving nature of the carriages mean that a driver has to be a real idiot to run into one. The industry has an impeccable safety record in that regard, but that's about it.
Isn't he the alderman from the 14th? How many horse carriages in the 14th? NONE! Why the hell does he need to be concerned about this issue???
Well at least in NY the carriage drivers are union employees. So the teamsters might help them fight to keep their jobs.
Anonymous said...
Sure glad that idiot Burke didn't have any absurd input into the wonderfully dignified JFK funeral.
2/07/2014 01:03:00 PM
Or Lincoln's, that was pretty wonderfully dignified too, or so I heard.
Burke the Tax Lawyer ,must have an alternative purpose. hope someone sends him a box of horse manure
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