Budget Hole Just Got Bigger
- Chicago could be forced to refund millions of dollars in speed camera fines issued to “tens, if not hundreds of thousands” of motorists on “non-school days,” under a class-action lawsuit that accuses City Hall of thumbing its nose at state law.
The previously undisclosed lawsuit, quietly filed in Circuit Court on Halloween night, accuses Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration of “blatantly and intentionally” ignoring the ground rules established by the Illinois General Assembly before speed cameras were installed around Chicago’s schools and parks.
The statute clearly states, “Violations shall be recorded, only on school days.”
In spite of that language, plaintiffs’ attorney Jacie Zolna said the city issued more than 34,000 tickets at 58 locations during July and August alone.
For such a smart guy, he sure has trouble reading the law - unless he thinks the law only applies if you get caught breaking it. That would be typical.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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10 Hour Days
HOW MANY have actually read the 10 Hour Day order?
FUCK THIS!!
Everyone better read the below order below and go straight to page 5.
We go back 160 years to 1855 when we had a “Day Watch” and a “Night Watch”.
If you are on days and “lucky” to get an early car you will be starting at 5:30am to 4pm. NOT 3:30pm.
The latest cars work from 9pm to 7:30pm!! You work DAYS and fucking get off at 7:30pm??
I have not put 27 years on this SHIT-HOLE to get off work 7:30pm to get 35 days off more a year. I’ll just do time on the fuckin’ medical or IOD if I want to make it up.
As far as burning time due, I know MANY guys including myself that would burn 2 hours on the end several days a week to avoid this nightmare shit.
As far as the “Night Watch”? Only suicide sounds better once you read it.
Copy and paste the order below:
http://directives.chicagopolice.org/directives/data/a7a57b73-14a63ae6-eac14-a63b-123bdbe1f8105bff.pdf?hl=true
Summer school
"For such a smart guy, he sure has trouble reading the law - unless he thinks the law only applies if you get caught breaking it. That would be typical."
Typically, he believes the law doesn't apply to HIM. He knows what's best "for the children." And you.
rb
How is this any big surprise?? This JO is part of the same group that took an oath to uphold the constitution of the state of Illinois but yet attempt time and time again to take our pensions and pension benefits away.......
This is what these JO are all about.
I'm sure it was just an oversight.
Smart guy my ass. We all know real smart people that aren't phony , arrogant jerks.
This is not a good thing. Maybe he can just ignore the court.
The law does not apply to Emanuel and his henchmen, wake up.
I love it I love when this crooked city has to give money back to the hardworking citizens. Ha ha ha
School days. School days. Dear old golden rule days.
I just adore that song.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Wait, now it makes sense why Rahmballina was pushing for a year round school schedule. For the children my ass!
C'mon SCC, laws are for the serfs.
What so many fail to note is that Rahm IS NOT an attorney! And his hands on arrogant approach to politics is based on his tactics from the Clinton days. Rahm is used to bullying hay seed congressmen from rural places and buddying up with the Agenda driven Media. In Chicago we have an abundance of blood sucking lawyers who will sue a municipal entity at the drop of a hat and hold you accountable, for a fee.
They also meant summer school !!
Hate this cocksucker all you want. You hard working, law abiding, tax paying Shitcago residents will continue to vote for him.
Guess they could raise the minimum retirement age to 60 to offset some money?
RAHM couldn't care less about laws, or contracts.
If Rahm wants something it's full speed ahead... laws or contracts be damned!
Dean sure knows how to look out for the troops..... you know the chumps who elected him.
I didn't think we could possibly do worse than Mikey Shields..... then we get this asshole shoved down our throats.
The 10 hour schedule absolutely SUCKS for Patrol.
It's only decent in units where you arent tied to a radio and aren't actually there for 10 hours.
1/11/2015 12:04:00 AM
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Of course it's a 10 & 1/2 hour day to incorporate the lunch. Just like now we're working a 9 hour day.
What a crybaby!! "I’ll just do time on the fuckin’ medical or IOD if I want to make it up."
I'd love to see you function at a real job!
I have 29 yrs on & could care less what schedule we have.
Either way, it's a great job in spite of the whiners like yourself!
And yes, I've spent my entire career in a district on a car.
http://directives.chicagopolice.org/directives/data/a7a57b73-14a63ae6-eac14-a63b-123bdbe1f8105bff.pdf?hl=true
Did you vote for dean the dream team?
Did you vote yes for the new contracts?
If you answered yes to any of these two questions you can shut the fuck up.
They need to refund tickets also to anything issue on a 'snow day.' Watch them Emanuel proclaim that schools were still kept open for 'our kids' to get breakfast, lunch, a warming center and free babysitting services.
If you think the 10 Hr Day is great,you are a moron. There ARE no good hours, and you are working 3rd and 1st Watch combined on Afternoons. Where was the Vote by F.O.P.? It's time to stand up like NYPD does and make our voice known.
Rahm is a narcissist, like the President. It's a wonder those two could work together, even for the short time they did.
Since they are the smartest guys they know, they will do as they please because the American public is too 'stupid' to think for themselves
Funny...
Mayors/Municipalities nation-wide are being sued over the this revenue extraction scheme...
What make Rahm al-Ghoul and Chicago muni-gov so different/smart/slick that they won't be forced to make taxpayers whole?"
Heh...
>Shake-Rattle-Shake-Poppity-Pop-Pop<
Hold on.... The Jiffy-Pop is almost done.
This latest chapter of The Chicago Fiscal & Political
Flamimg Shit Show is gonna be the most fun ever...
New heights in weasel-speak, slippery syntax, wildly gyrating numericals, media complicity, politically motivated Police blaming and shaming to divert attention and Fuckery.
If only TV were this fun...
Billy Billy Billy, get over it you can scream to the heavens about the 10 hour day. Nobody is listening and you don't work it so shut up already. You and Shields can't get elected dog catcher. Just the facts.
Two days before Thanksgiving the city of Chicago was faced with a loss of $68 million dollars in a law suit that occurred under the Daley era. Rahms girl Carrie Austin instead of dealing with it referred it to the committee. And now it is buried. Rahm has repeatedly shown that the law does not apply to him. He plays the media like Levine, Spielman, Ron Majors, Mike Flannery and the others like the clowns they are. Emanuel refuses to do the right thing and hire more sops he would rather build bike lanes and museums for his Hollywood contributors and pay off the unions with silly projects. The entire CPD must come out strong for Fioretti or your lives will be ruined. The city that is unsafe will be worse and the morale of out fine officers will be as low it is in new York. The FOP better realize that Rahm and DiBlasio are the same and Chuy wants to blame the cops for arresting the minorities. The time has come to elect a mayor that will be for us and not the special interests and the criminals and that is Fioretti.
School days. School days. Dear old golden rule days.
I just adore that song.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
I prefer "School's Out" from Alice Cooper!!! \m/ \m/
"Rauner and wife Diana spent Sunday morning serving plates of chicken, carrots and apple sauce to homeless people in Uptown at the Preston Bradley Center.
Rauner worked the basement room, shaking hands and conversing with several of the 50 or so men waiting for a hot lunch in a program overseen by the Peoples Church of Chicago"
He will defund this program in order to shore up the holes in the State Budget. Besides they're just a bunch of takers.
Anonymous said...
If you think the 10 Hr Day is great,you are a moron. There ARE no good hours, and you are working 3rd and 1st Watch combined on Afternoons. Where was the Vote by F.O.P.? It's time to stand up like NYPD does and make our voice known.
1/11/2015 11:47:00 AM
They are going citywide in march,including airports,Vice eliminating overtime and VRI will end,friend at city hall says this helps rahm put the required money into the beleaguered pension fund!
10 Hour Days said...
10 Hour Days
HOW MANY have actually read the 10 Hour Day order?
FUCK THIS!!
Everyone better read the below order below and go straight to page 5.
We go back 160 years to 1855 when we had a “Day Watch” and a “Night Watch”.
If you are on days and “lucky” to get an early car you will be starting at 5:30am to 4pm. NOT 3:30pm.
The latest cars work from 9pm to 7:30pm!! You work DAYS and fucking get off at 7:30pm??
I have not put 27 years on this SHIT-HOLE to get off work 7:30pm to get 35 days off more a year. I’ll just do time on the fuckin’ medical or IOD if I want to make it up.
As far as burning time due, I know MANY guys including myself that would burn 2 hours on the end several days a week to avoid this nightmare shit.
As far as the “Night Watch”? Only suicide sounds better once you read it.
Copy and paste the order below:
http://directives.chicagopolice.org/directives/data/a7a57b73-14a63ae6-eac14-a63b-123bdbe1f8105bff.pdf?hl=true
1/11/2015 12:04:00 AM
You sound like a real treat to be around and not very smart to burn time just before retirement because you are angry and tired. Suicide you say? Wow! Just wow! 10HR day rocks! Ask the ones that did it and are doing it.
Did you vote for dean the dream team?
Did you vote yes for the new contracts?
If you answered yes to any of these two questions you can shut the fuck up.
Said the 3rd-grader.
HaHa, no you shut up..
All this crying, wailing and gnashing of teeth is pointless. This city and dept deserve all the abuse they get for voting this POS in...
Stop bitching about the 10 hour day.
Now go get some fucking activity or no VRI for you!
How about the "park speed zone" on archer ave where there is no park or playlot? Only a speed camera flashing dozens of times a day.
>>>Anonymous said...
Hate this cocksucker all you want. You hard working, law abiding, tax paying Shitcago residents will continue to vote for him.
1/11/2015 08:39:00 AM<<<
No most cops and their families don't vote at all and that's the trouble.
Meanwhile the catered to non-productive LINK Card constituency have learned to vote for a living. Several time each election, whatever it takes to keep all the freebies coming in.
Any candidate that talks about J-O-B-S means nothing to them. Could you possibly force them to attend school, or to hold any job. If the minimum wage goes to $15 an hour a 40 hour week for a hamburger flipper would gross $600 a week for $31,200 for a year. That is going to make for expensive Big Macs. But a E-1 Army private makes only $18,387, and a 8 year E5 Sergeant makes only $35,067 a year. The soldiers do get medical and other benefits but still, does it compare to some kid making Baconators. The problem again is the minimum wage earners and the SEIU leaders will vote and the rest of us stay home.
Register and VOTE.
If you think the 10 Hr Day is great,you are a moron. There ARE no good hours, and you are working 3rd and 1st Watch combined on Afternoons. Where was the Vote by F.O.P.? It's time to stand up like NYPD does and make our voice known.
1/11/2015 11:47:00 AM
No thanks. I'm looking forward to the 10 hr days. Blow me.
You sound like a real treat to be around and not very smart to burn time just before retirement because you are angry and tired. Suicide you say? Wow! Just wow! 10HR day rocks! Ask the ones that did it and are doing it.
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I DID THE 10 hour day in 015 6 years ago son.
It was one long rotten fucking night for a year.
Having at least a Friday off every two weeks really sucks. Having three days off every week, wow that really really sucks. And damn three 4 day weekends in a row every 3 weeks that is suicide worthy. Everyone in America is exhausted on their work days. You sir with your medical and Iod abbuse strategy are the reason Iod and the medical suck for everyone else. Go fuck your self. It appears you have been a dog you're entire career. Oh I've been on over 10 and have worked in patrol and units. 6-2 4-2 and 10 hour days and don't get it twisted most of the bosses on a 10 hour schedule are trying to get promoted, I got more plays in patrol
When does Rahm have to make that court ordered payment into the pension fund?
No thanks. I'm looking forward to the 10 hr days. Blow me.
1/11/2015 11:33:00 PM
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That's cause your a hairgel with no time on the job.. enjoy working til' 0530hrs kid.
I lasted almost 3 decades on this bitch and I want to keep only working 4 days straight and walking out the door at 2:00pm on the dot each day.
Anonymous said...
When does Rahm have to make that court ordered payment into the pension fund?
1/12/2015 07:03:00 AM
2016
Anonymous said...
When does Rahm have to make that court ordered payment into the pension fund?
1/12/2015 07:03:00 AM
Its not in the 2015 city budget so it has to be paid in 2016. City logic is by SB3538 the money has to come from property taxes(bill states property levies) from 2015 which is payable in 2016. Thats their reason for the year delay. Also to get more time to try and change the law.
Anonymous said...
When does Rahm have to make that court ordered payment into the pension fund?
1/12/2015 07:03:00 AM
We will know more after Rauner is in office.
Anonymous said...
How about the "park speed zone" on archer ave where there is no park or playlot? Only a speed camera flashing dozens of times a day.
1/11/2015 08:25:00 PM
How about the one up north on Cicero at Lawrence. Park is set 1/2 block off Cicero,no one can even see it and it is behind a viaduct. Barely used,just an excuse to get revenue from the tickets.
Anonymous said...
School days. School days. Dear old golden rule days.
I just adore that song.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
I prefer "School's Out" from Alice Cooper!!! \m/ \m/
1/11/2015 01:35:00 PM
The best is I Don't Like Mondays.
As far as the “Night Watch”? Only suicide sounds better once you read it.
Copy and paste the order below:
http://directives.chicagopolice.org/directives/data/a7a57b73-14a63ae6-eac14-a63b-123bdbe1f8105bff.pdf?hl=true
1/11/2015 12:04:00 AM
The important words are PILOT PROGRAM
Anything we work now is better than rotating watches every 28 days on a 6 - 2 schedule. That sucks beyond comparison.
We got 18 more days off a year with 4 - 2 and now another 35 days off a year and you folks can't figure any way to make it work for you? Get creative, think. There is always a way to stick it to the city.
Anonymous said...
When does Rahm have to make that court ordered payment into the pension fund?
1/12/2015 07:03:00 AM
2015 but I am not certain when in 2015. You can bet that Rahm and Rauner have worked on something to weasel out of that, at least they will try.
I hope everyone likes their Republican governor than.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
How about the "park speed zone" on archer ave where there is no park or playlot? Only a speed camera flashing dozens of times a day.
1/11/2015 08:25:00 PM
How about the one up north on Cicero at Lawrence. Park is set 1/2 block off Cicero,no one can even see it and it is behind a viaduct. Barely used,just an excuse to get revenue from the tickets.
1/12/2015 12:07:00 PM
Hey, it' for ALL THOSE PEOPLE crossing the street from the Kennedy expressway fence-line to the west side of Cicero.
It must be! (Though I pass that camera at least four times a day and can't recall ever once seeing a person walking along there, much less crossing the street there.)
all i have to say is black eyes got to go if he stays another year we wont have any thing .we will all have a pension and need food stamps we just g ot our new raises since he changed the law ssi people and social security people got a 1.7% raise and we work on these jobs for decades and all we got was .85% raise on our pensions .when the taxes were took some of us got 20 dollar raises i was suppose to get 280 if it hadnt changed.this man has got to go .let a bear be mayor but this man has got to go .he hasnt only ripped us off in the red light camera he has ripped our lives off .
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