The Political Season is Upon Us
- Chicago mayoral challenger Willie Wilson on Monday tried to jump start his campaign by loaning $1 million to his bid, less than two weeks after Mayor Rahm Emanuel dropped a challenge to his nominating petitions.
With the news media in tow, Wilson deposited the money at a downtown bank where his campaign fund has an account, then took reporters' questions. The money, he said, will be used to pay for campaign ads starting Tuesday on network and cable TV stations as well as urban radio stations.
And his platform:
- “We’re going to deal with the closing of these schools, let the community decide how many they want to open back up,” Wilson said. “We want to make sure that’s taken care of. We want to see all the red light cameras out of Chicago.”
[...] During a wide-ranging news conference, Wilson sounded some of his early campaign themes and showed his affinity for the short quip.
The challenger said he would get 75 percent of police officers out of their squads and onto the sidewalks, “L” trains and buses to make citizens feel safer and save money on cars and gas. “If a citizen can walk, (get) on the bus, in the cold out there, and the citizen’s paying the police officers, they should be cold too,” Wilson said.
Wilson also said he would fire Police Supt. Garry McCarthy, the top cop under Emanuel. "This superintendent of police has to go, but the mayor has to go first," he said.
- Mayoral candidate Ald. Robert Fioretti on Monday said he would hire 500 additional police officers if elected, saying he would cut overtime to help pay for it but offering few specifics on the total cost.
As part of his "public safety platform" released on his campaign web site, Fioretti also said he would replace "about 500 cops who each year retire or leave the force."
"In my first year in office I will find the money to hire the new recruits and assign them to neighborhoods as quickly as they can be educated at the Police Academy and effectively trained on the job by experienced sergeants," Fioretti said.
More to come with only a short while until the election. Why are no media outlets running polls? Or are we missing them completely?
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
93 Comments:
Blah blah blah....and Rahm walks right in for another 4 yrs. hey Rauner, get on that term-limit thing right away.
What a sad state of affairs this Mayoral Race will be. Not Rahm Emanuel not Bob Fioretti not Willie Wilson....None of them are much good...And what is this???....Emanuel is trying to give away parts of Washington Park or Jackson Park to the University of Chicago to build a Library for Obama. What the heck..let Emanuel keep his mitts off those parks..he doesn't own them..the citizens do. And the U of C has trillions of dollars to build buildings...let them buy some of the property around them that is vacant and vandal filled not those beautiful parks and gorgeous field houses built a hundred or so years ago.
Its like a 'Smash and Grab' of a different sort but Land Grab no less. Go away Rahm!!!!
Two more New York officers shot!! So far they are okay. WTF
Fioretti wants sergeants to train PPOs?? On top of everything else they have to do? What has he got against the Field Training Officers?
Bring it Willie...find me if you can.
Willie Wilson has a seventh grade education, which is higher than most graduate's today from the south and west side. Stupid is as stupid does.
Wilson sounds good to me. He's the guy.
“If a citizen can walk, (get) on the bus, in the cold out there, and the citizen’s paying the police officers, they should be cold too,” Wilson said.
I'll agree to this proposal when it can be shown that at least 75% of the citizens of Chicago are gainfully employed, thereby paying their fair share of taxes, which in turn a portion thereof would trickle down to funding law enforcement salaries.
Better yet, I offer a counter-proposal: if a citizen can collect any form of government assistance/entitlement, that same citizen can pass a monthly drug test in order to remain eligible for that taxpayer-funded assistance.
Otherwise, mayoral hopeful Willie Wilson and his non-contributing constituency can blow me. I'll get out of my police car for THAT.
Rahm out. Fio in. Do it. Do it.
Sergeants don't train police officers....
God bless Willy Wilson. It's politic talk but I like him. I say any body but the group that's in there. We need a new mayor!!!!!
I'm going to give a $100 to three campaigns. All in hope they can beat 9.5
No kidding!!
PO here, and I agree with Wilson that waaay too many POs spend their tour isolated in the car, paying attention to far too many things other than the zone and their beat. And as a frequent rider of the CTA, I am incensed that I have seen a cop on the Red Line exactly once in the past two years.
Squad, hold me down walking from Division and Cicero to Harrison and Kedzie so I can do this report in AIRA.
No talk of pension reform now! Vote this goof out of office before he torpedoes are pension.
I personally hope Emanuel is a one term Mayor. He lowered are overall manpower, cut manpower from the budget. Puts the whole city at risk of being victimized. Try waiting to get a crime scene processed. Low manpower is a major safety issue. Anyone who is going to fire McCarthy definitely has my attention and has a leg up on the competition for my vote.
This is one of the only jobs where you get to vote for who you want as boss.
Mr. Mayor and Mr. Superintendent I am voting to terminate your employment. For bring discredit to the city and the police department. I also strongly encourage all my fellow brothers and sisters to do the same on voting day.
This is a circus with the biggest clown being Rahm.......
How much cash is he throwing in too buy the election.
Hey Willie, I'll glad walk or take the bus to all the bs jobs I respond to on a daily basis in the ghetto.
Eagerly awaiting voting.
1). Vote No on Contract.
2). Vote Mayor out.
3). Vote FOP out.
Just keeping my promise ;)
Lets go fioretti!!! Willie is an idiot obviously. Rahm should be out after his terrible first term.
Rahm still better than these 3 idiots (chewbacca included)
Fioretti has publically stated that he believes police and fire pensions should be guaranteed and not diminished. He is in print saying that we are undermanned and he would hire more POs, also good for our pensions.
Mayor Emmanuel ran and continues to state that we do not deserve the pension WE have been funding from the day we took our jobs. Any officer that is not behind Fioretti is paying attention. Talk to your family, talk to your friends. Fioretti is good for Chicago, too. Chicago is in a downward spiral, Rahm and Daley put us there.
That being said, if there is a runoff I will vote for anybody that is not named Rahm Emmanuel. That means I will vote for the devil before I vote for Rahm. Staying home and not voting is the same as voting for Rahm.
Keep an ear out for the lies all of them will have about our pension mess. If they have the balls to address it at all.
No chance for either of these knuckleheads. 75% on foot patrol, really? What a waste of oxygen. I'm for the additional hiring of police for the overall benefit of our department (although the overtime has been great) but trained by experienced Sergeants? That's what FTO's are for. Neither of these two has a clue about our profession and probably even lower qualifications for mayor. But then again when was the last competent mayor we have had?
Maybe Willie needs to drop some money at the home of his Baby Mama! Apparently he stiffed his Love Child for years. The Madonna and now grown Child appeared on TV once, then the Media decided to drop any further coverage. It seems that in the early days of developing his fortune, Willie owned a couple of McDonald restaurants and this Baby Mama was an employee that he impregnated and abandoned. No Big Thang in Da Hood.
This Mayor is not for us, like an old shoe. Time to get a new pair.
In the end, I believe Rahm will squeak through a victory.
Damn! Fioretti want to get rid of FTO's?? Why does everyone hate FTO's?
Wilson has nary a clue about public safety and Police Officer's doing an effective job. Fioretti is just a puppet of Rhaminstein along with his bride "Chuy" Garcia. Rahm sucks up all the lake shore votes, north side votes and the chunks of minority votes, big chunks that will ride him to victory. So which clown in the clown circus do I vote for?
I guess Willie saved that money by not supporting that kid with the different last name.
I just love it when people who have no clue (pun intended) about how police work is done tell us how it is done. Especially the take the CTA to your jobs part
“If a citizen can walk, (get) on the bus, in the cold out there, and the citizen’s paying the police officers, they should be cold too,” Wilson said."
Except the citizen then gets onto a bus to their destination, a warm house, workplace etc. They don't spend 8 hours outdoors.
"save money on cars and gas"
I guess you won't be getting those cars promised in the contract.
The guy is an idiot.
I love the comment about "trained by experienced sergeants." If this guy only knew, if that happens, we are all fucked, I don't think I know a sergeant that I would want on any of my jobs, let alone showing me how to do something. Way too funny.
Careful boys n girls wilson said at a press conference that he wants 75% of patrol out of their cars and in the street, on foot to save money on cars, gas and maintenance.... Well lets see, what will be done in inclement weather, increase in response times to jobs, officer safety, etc...
At least forietti has said he wants to hire at least 500 additional officers as he has previously found money in the budget for more officers and will continue to find money in the budget for such!
Wilson is a complete buffoon.
It must comfort Rahm to see that idiots like Wilson are his supposed competition .
To further Wiksons fucked up logic the "people" pay RAHM and the Alderthieves salary too so since the people are cold then Rahm and the Alderthieves should be cold too. No more cars for Rahm let him walk, take the bus, el etc.
They can hold city council meetings outdoors in Grant Park.
because they might show rham losing?
Mr. Wilson is a stooge candidate put up by the machine so the black vote is fractured. So is the Latino guy; Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Both are stooges and are intended to fracture the black and Latino vote so Rahm gets a second turn at mayor.
Willie Wilson was a goof when he lived in the suburbs. Nice to know he hasn't changed moving to the city.
Election outcome has already been predetermined. If you can, move out of the city. Godspeed to those who can not.
Stupid. 75%? Obviously this guy has no idea what it takes to be the police. Sure it's one thing if you're assigned the window detail. But wtf are we supposed to do after we finish one burglary call at say 2400 west whatever, then we get a gun call at 3600 west whatever. We all gonna be track stars now and sprint our asses there? Morons. Cars are necessary you idiots. We are cold, because we do traffic stops and goto calls all the time. Maybe we could walk to jobs if you proposed changing the beats to a few blocks, but then you'd have to hire 20000 more cops. This isn't New York you fucking idiot. Chicago is spread the fuck out.
I'm sure everyone has seen the F/1 single mother in one of Rahm's campaign ads praising him for the minimum wage hike. But one has to beg the question; why are you having babies you can't afford and the bigger question of where are babies' daddies? Why should businesses and consumers pay for your fucked up lifestyle?
If Wilson wins! I will resign and leave this city and state !
..."And as a frequent rider of the CTA, I am incensed that I have seen a cop on the Red Line exactly once in the past two years."
1/06/2015 01:31:00 AM
You're barking up the wrong tree. This is not the place to whine.
The reason you don't see the popo on the CTA is that the city does not authorize the manpower to adequately cover any/all of Chicago's mass transit.
Now go call your alderman and the mayors office and repeat your complaint to them and see what happens and changes.
Hint: Notta
That's what we have been living with for years,so don't complain or blame us.
WOOF.
Might need a book mark to read all of this, but here's Fio's pub safety platform. http://bobfioretti.com/issues/publicsafety/
Squad: sexual in progress
P.O.: it'll be awhile squad I just missed my bus.
Anonymous said...
I personally hope Emanuel is a one term Mayor. He lowered are overall manpower, cut manpower from the budget. Puts the whole city at risk of being victimized. Try waiting to get a crime scene processed. Low manpower is a major safety issue. Anyone who is going to fire McCarthy definitely has my attention and has a leg up on the competition for my vote.
1/06/2015 01:48:00 AM
You know I sent Rahm-bo a report by a Berkely Professor from 1985 that outlines how the more police delegitimizes a Police department, the professor constantly stated Chicago in the report. Why did I write this? Cause I am tired of seeing dumbass cops ask folks "What do you want us to do?" I am a PO. have been for nearly 6 years. If you want to delegitimize your profession, Ask "what do you want us to do?" the answer is "dumbass, do your job"
Pandering at its best
Illegal Alien Drivers Can’t Pass Test to Get Driver’s Licenses
http://moonbattery.com/?p=54051
Election outcome has already been predetermined. If you can, move out of the city. Godspeed to those who can not.
1/06/2015 09:39:00 AM
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More like move out of the Peoples Democratic Republic of Cook County. Move to Dupage or someplace
Anonymous said...
Mr. Wilson is a stooge candidate put up by the machine so the black vote is fractured. So is the Latino guy; Jesus "Chuy" Garcia. Both are stooges and are intended to fracture the black and Latino vote so Rahm gets a second turn at mayor.
1/06/2015 09:31:00 AM
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Ramh-bo is gonna get elected with a 20% approval rating. Welcome to the city that is full of dumbass'
You will have to carry your "Toughbook" with you. G.O. will be re-written to include "Toughbooks" as an impact weapon.
"Mr. Mayor and Mr. Superintendent I am voting to terminate your employment. For bring discredit to the city and the police department. I also strongly encourage all my fellow brothers and sisters to do the same on voting day.
1/06/2015 01:59:00 AM"
This could've been applied to Runt Daley when he was running for reelection in 96. This City and Department were heading down hill long before Rahm & McCarthy arrived on scene.
If Wilson wants to give away $1 million I'll take it. It will also save him the time of a failed campaign. There's just no way.
Wilson was a great leadoff hitter and outfielder for the World Champion 1985 Kansas City Royals. He has no business in Chicago politics.
1). Vote No on Contract.
2). Vote Mayor out.
3). Vote FOP out.
Just keeping my promise ;)
If you Luv FLOP DeaNO Vote RhamBOO
>>>Anonymous said...
What a sad state of affairs this Mayoral Race will be. Not Rahm Emanuel not Bob Fioretti not Willie Wilson....None of them are much good...And what is this???....Emanuel is trying to give away parts of Washington Park or Jackson Park to the University of Chicago to build a Library for Obama. What the heck..let Emanuel keep his mitts off those parks..he doesn't own them..the citizens do. And the U of C has trillions of dollars to build buildings...let them buy some of the property around them that is vacant and vandal filled not those beautiful parks and gorgeous field houses built a hundred or so years ago.
Its like a 'Smash and Grab' of a different sort but Land Grab no less. Go away Rahm!!!!<<<
I don't think so...
No one, at least no one politically connected would gain by giving PUBLIC land to the BHO shrine. It will have to be land in which somebody clout heavy will make a fortune.
But, yes, Go Away Rahm, register and VOTE.
By experienced Sgt's? He's out of touch,and so is what's coming out of his mouth!
PO here, and I agree with Wilson that waaay too many POs spend their tour isolated in the car, paying attention to far too many things other than the zone and their beat. And as a frequent rider of the CTA, I am incensed that I have seen a cop on the Red Line exactly once in the past two years.
Ok, go ahead. Get out. Walk. Enjoy the crisp winter air. No one is stopping you.
Since our Union has not said on who to support. I would like to see who SCC would support or a recommendation by the writers to SCC.
rahm's got it all set, drop an envelope to the black guy, Mexican guy,white guy split the vote and he thinks he has the 51% to get in without runoff! I would not be surprised to have another cash filled manilla envelope and jobs for the family promised as more drop out!
our pension debt is worse then detroit!
How do the bosses in 007 allow those PPO' to walk in circles in this weather protecting vacant lots ?
Lost all respect for Leo and that make believe Captain there for allowing these poor souls to endure 8 hours of bitter cold on foot.
These guys are treated worse then junk yard dogs and they are walking targets.
Sgt' and above in 007 should be made to walk a tour with these guys. Shame on all of you shmucks.
9:31 AM,
Nicely put. That reminds me of an episode of Family Ties where a, fraternity pretended to want Skippy to pledge in order to play a practical joke called The Big Stooge.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Eagerly awaiting voting.
1). Vote No on Contract.
2). Vote Mayor out.
3). Vote FOP out.
Just keeping my promise ;)
1/06/2015 02:25:00 AM
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Billy, Mark, Frank, Jimmy, Rich, Kevin, Sid, Mike, Darrin, your time has passed. 12 years of bleeding the membership dry was not enough? Time to move on.
>>>Anonymous said...
This is one of the only jobs where you get to vote for who you want as boss.
Mr. Mayor and Mr. Superintendent I am voting to terminate your employment. For bring discredit to the city and the police department. I also strongly encourage all my fellow brothers and sisters to do the same on voting day.
1/06/2015 01:59:00 AM<<<
Yes REGISTER AND VOTE, get your kids and whole family and neighbors to vote. Move them on paper back to the city if necessary.
But never NEVER call that boob hatchetman from N.Y. "Mr. Superintendent". Mr. McCarthy will do just fine.
“If a citizen can walk, (get) on the bus, in the cold out there, and the citizen’s paying the police officers, they should be cold too,” Wilson said."
I suppose this Mr. Wilson thinks that dope peddlers and hookers can stand on a corner for eight, ten or twelve hours a day or night why can't cops.
This Mr. Wilson should learn some history from a certain Mr. Orlando W. Wilson.
In the days before Radio Motor Patrol Chicago was smaller geographically and had a police "prescient" station in every neighborhood within walking distance. The prescient boundaries were almost the same as the political ward boundaries and the control was very obvious. There were dormitories in the stations and officers were required to sleep at the station one night out of three. The station Captain and his family lived on the top floor.
NYPD and LAPD have dormitories in their stations but they do not have a residency rule.
I don’t think we are going to go back to that; although I still have my Cal Box Key if we do.
I would vote 4 a buffoon before I would vote for Rham,never did and never will!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
PO here, and I agree with Wilson that waaay too many POs spend their tour isolated in the car, paying attention to far too many things other than the zone and their beat. And as a frequent rider of the CTA, I am incensed that I have seen a cop on the Red Line exactly once in the past two years.
1/06/2015 01:31:00 AM
I'll raise and reraise that you are not a cop. We can smell bullshit a mile away. GFY
The current Mayor who I will not speak his name, will never get my family's vote. We are voting a pro law enforcement mayor!!
I'm loving the fact that I'm not the only one who thinks 9.5 should go. Maybe the Obama organization still has a job in the white house for him. LOL!!
Let's see I know (we) as officers, city and state workers cannot afford Rahm to be reelected (period).The combo of Rahm and Rauner is gonna hurt all of the above workers and then some. So the only option is Fioretti (like it or not).The future of our pension for active,retired, and soon to be retired is in jeopardy..
I love the comment about "trained by experienced sergeants." If this guy only knew, if that happens, we are all fucked, I don't think I know a sergeant that I would want on any of my jobs, let alone showing me how to do something. Way too funny.
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Ok big guy , relax... Where do you think sergeants come from. Your avarage copper thinks they know everything and overestimates their knowledge & confidence. I've been on about 25 years . Worked in patrol the entire time and the longer I have on the more I realize how much there is to know on this job and how little I know
Seems like no one wants to be in Illinois...
http://www.ijreview.com/2015/01/227354-americans-fleeing-cold-weather-states/
The Top 10 States Americans are Moving to Says A Lot About What Kind of Country They Want to Live In
The FTOs on this Dept have a sense of entiement with that patch on their sleeve. They are an embarassment and I learned more from the admin po's in the academy.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Fioretti wants sergeants to train PPOs?? On top of everything else they have to do? What has he got against the Field Training Officers?
1/06/2015 12:35:00 AM
Tha's great...but whose going to train half of the sergeants that need training because they were never the police?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
PO here, and I agree with Wilson that waaay too many POs spend their tour isolated in the car, paying attention to far too many things other than the zone and their beat. And as a frequent rider of the CTA, I am incensed that I have seen a cop on the Red Line exactly once in the past two years.
1/06/2015 01:31:00 AM
We're there, you just don't see us, deep cover baby!
Anthony Napolitano, CFD former CPD endorsed by FOP Lodge 7, CFD Firefighters local 2, CPD SGTs Association, Chicago Police Marines and others in Aldermanic race in 41. Brother and father CPD, Uncle the late Tommy Napolitano CPD. Please support Anthony in this critical race. OConnor has voted with Rahm 98% f time!! She has to go, no service from her office a do nothing liberal in the most conservative ward in the City. Protect your pensions and insurance from the weasel...
Most (but not all) sergeants don't do anything except ride your ass and/or simply log you. If not mistaken, they get 30 minutes a day in OT *EVERY* single day they work, for simply wearing chevrons. Must be nice! Why didn't City go after this "benefit" instead of screwing over PO's with some lousy couple % raise. But wait, I forgot, the people at the bottom make the least in this Department pulling their weight; while at the top, who make the most, doing the least. Plus take home cars, free gas. Makes, sense, huh! Well it must be good for Chicago. Wink Wink. As far as this mayor's race: 2 thoughts. First: Rahm has the most ridiculous BLING BLING $$$ and will win by buying his votes--common friggin' sense. Second: Just like the morons who voted for our contract will be the same ones that vote for Rahm saying we could get worse and other nonsense scare tactics, because they are so in fear of their shadows and have no backbone needing money for the deposit on their new bling Ghetto Ride or to gamble it all away in a Hammond casino. If you give a shit about your family, your bank account, your retirement, your safety, and your partner, YOURSELF---please I beg of you to Vote for ANYONE but Rahm. Look in a mirror and be proud for once.
Anonymous said...
If Wilson wins! I will resign and leave this city and state !
1/06/2015 10:41:00 AM
Ok,Alec Baldwin.
"Fioretti takes a different tack: Mayoral candidate Ald. Robert Fioretti on Monday said he would hire 500 additional police officers if elected, saying he would cut overtime to help pay for it but offering few specifics on the total cost."
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If I am elected Mayor I will offer a $10 million dollar reward for information that will prove corruption in the leasing of City Assets, namely the Chicago Skyway, Parking Garages and the parking meters.
Then I will file a whistle blower lawsuit against the entities with that proof and will seek to get the various leasing contracts voided and the assets returned to the City and a whistle blower settlement with which I will hire new police officers and fund pensions.
Then when I win the Federal Suit I will turn over evidence and transcripts to the US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in the hopes some political scum gets indicted.
Those assets should bring the City around $500 million of additional income per year. I will continue to hire LAZ to manage and administer the parking meters except the revenue goes into the City coffers and the City will no longer have to pay fees for working on their own streets or holding a street fair.
Also I will change the name of Maggie Daley Park to Jane Byrne Park and invite the Byrne Family to the re-dedication. The Maggie Daley signs go right in some Mexican scrappers F150 pickup truck for a trip to the recyclers.
Anonymous said...
I would vote 4 a buffoon before I would vote for Rham,never did and never will!
1/06/2015 08:19:00 PM
If your statement is true, then you are the buffoon. Vote for the best candidate. That is all you can hope for.
It's a lot cheaper for Fioretti to say he will hire 500 more CPD than to actually hire them (in the event he wins the election).
- someone with experience of having him as alderman
I would vote 4 a buffoon before I would vote for Rham,never did and never will!
1/06/2015 08:19:00 PM
If your statement is true, then you are the buffoon. Vote for the best candidate. That is all you can hope for.
1/07/2015 09:44:00 AM
I believe the original poster stated he was voting for the better candidate. I agree with his assessment.
ANYBODY BUT RAHM!!!!
ABR!!!!!
ABR!!!!!
ABR!!!!!
Wilson is ignorant about politics. He claimed Rahm was racist for challenging his signatures, Most candidates challenge their opponents signatures, that is the first step in defeating them.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Since our Union has not said on who to support. I would like to see who SCC would support or a recommendation by the writers to SCC.
1/06/2015 03:25:00 PM
IKD about SCC...
But I'd prefer that guy on the bike that posts here from time to time than anyone else that's running.
He seems decent enough (for a revenue ticket writer)...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Damn! Fioretti want to get rid of FTO's?? Why does everyone hate FTO's?
1/06/2015 07:47:00 AM
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Because Rich Ag-u-liar was one. Just rename the position and get your mojo back!!!
Anonymous said...
Damn! Fioretti want to get rid of FTO's?? Why does everyone hate FTO's?
1/06/2015 07:47:00 AM
Makes us even, I want to get rid of half the aldermen.
Anonymous said...
If Wilson wins! I will resign and leave this city and state !
1/06/2015 10:41:00 AM
hey, they proclaimed doom and gloom when Harold Washington won. The guy was all right. I got hired under Harold. I couldn't get hired under Daley or Bilandic.
Wilson does not know politics and Rahm must not know politics well, either because he stopped challenging Wilson's signatures when Wilson falsely claimed "racism." That is two idiots running for mayor.
Wilson is ACTUALLY the bigger idiot......
And Hendon too...
Willie Wilson is NO Harold Washington. He's more like Forbes of Cleveland.
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