Here's a Clue - Drop the Blade (UPDATE)
We watched a plow go by the corner house earlier today. Funny thing though - the street was still covered in snow, but now it was a bluish tint. We drove through that intersection on the way to work and it was horrendous. So were all the other streets we drove past.
We observed many comments in the "Streets Still Suck" post and a good many comments related pretty much the same thing - plows driving with the blade up. So we followed a plow at work today and guess what he wasn't doing? If you guessed "plowing," give yourself a pat on the back.
We trying to figure out how widespread this is and why it's being done. We can only conclude it is occurring on a massive scale across the city in most neighborhoods due to what we've observed first-hand. As to why:
We observed many comments in the "Streets Still Suck" post and a good many comments related pretty much the same thing - plows driving with the blade up. So we followed a plow at work today and guess what he wasn't doing? If you guessed "plowing," give yourself a pat on the back.
We trying to figure out how widespread this is and why it's being done. We can only conclude it is occurring on a massive scale across the city in most neighborhoods due to what we've observed first-hand. As to why:
- speed humps
- traffic circles
- save money on sharpening plows
- save money on damage claims against the city
- save pothole creation for the thaw
- it'll melt in 2 months anyway
The main thoroughfares are clear, but the places where people live, not so much. Too bad if they dug out a parking spot by tossing snow in the street - plow the center lane and they'll learn to throw snow on the parkway. Hey Charlie, you were an asshole at IAD and quite possibly the worse Chief of Patrol ever. Now you are without a doubt the worst Streets and San stupid-visor in memory. Congrats.
UPDATE: Oh Charlie, you silly whore:
UPDATE: Oh Charlie, you silly whore:
- The stretch of West 51st Street is far from Chicago’s busiest road, carrying only two lanes of traffic and dead-ending before Pulaski and the CTA’s Orange Line tracks. Still, the 3900 block of 51st got lots of attention from city snow-removal crews during and after last weekend’s intense winter storm.
The plows pushed through the block as early as 6:48 a.m. on Sunday and again at 10:31 p.m. that day. They returned two times Monday and gave a fifth sweep on Tuesday morning, according to city Plow Tracker data gleaned by clearstreets.org.
You see, 51st is where you’ll find the 5,600-square-foot home of the City Council’s longest-serving and most-powerful member, Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, and his wife, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke.
Labels: un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
148 Comments:
GPS shows they were there, not if they plowed.
Plows Up. Maybe Rahm will be out after-all. One can hope. He doesn't give a heck for we citizens anyway.
Hey! Guess what? The blizzard was two days ago and my street still fucking sucks. Plow and salt went down this morning at about 11:30. Looks the same as the night of the blizzard. They just made it look good for the plow tracker website that shows their GPS. It LOOKS like the plow went down our street, but that's all it did..drove down the street. What gives? Please do NOT vote for Rahm Emanuel when election day comes. He doesn't give a good god damn about you, your block, or anything else.
we had so much snow that the bottom 1-2 inches is densely packed snow or ice. dropping the blade will do nothing. throw the salt down, let it sit for a few hours and let it seep down to the pavement causing little cracks and openings. then you can loosen it with the plow blade. wait too long and it will refreeze. ive plowed snow as a side job for 28 years. believe it or not, its just not as easy as dropping the blade down and pushing the snow.. yes, its a huge part of it but with this volume of snow, narrow streets, cars parked on the side and every idiot on the block piling snow in the middle of the street instead of on the grass parkway make it extremly tough. the snow has to get scooped up by front loaders and moved somewhere. very hard to move this much snow in an urban area. so take it easy, the job is much harder to do than you think.
Plows care about speed humps? Figured that lump of crap would just get a loud "bing!" and cut loose...
Sharpening the plows? Never heard of that... doesn't make any sense.
I see lots of plows driving around with the blades up - from competing departments - some union crap about saving the work for someone else? So they travel from point A to point B with the blade up? WTH... just get it done.
Rahm ought to get familiar with the name BILANDIC... his name's gonna be on the list of dumbass Mayors kicked out because they F'd up a snow storm...
Chicago Winter Rules:
* You dig it out, you get dibs on it, or someone gets a chair through their windshield.
* Mayor makes sure that Streets and San PLOW everything so the City can Work.
Violation of either has severe consequences.
Welcome to Chicago. Enjoy your stay.
Good ol' Cholly...
Still waiting for the sound of a cell block door to clang shut behind his narrow ass...
Wow ..SCC It makes sense .In reflection I wondered why my block on Artesian was blue slush with two cars stuck. Now I know why...
I don't know if you can blame Williams for this one.
Seems to me he's doing whatever Rahm dictates. Rahm has to be micromanaging snow removal to an excruciating degree, out of fear he will become Michael Bilandic all over again.
Keep the plows off my street. Try living on a block where all the neighbors shovel and keep the curb spaces clear only to have the dam plows go down middle of street and push snow to make ruts on the side of our cars again. Plows only screw shit up more !
1300 block of West Jackson was not plowed one bit. Feel Sorry for the recruits who are there now, if any. That's as of 1600 hrs on Tuesday. Great way to stick it to the at will employees who probably got tickets from the dept of revenue trolls for all sort of bs.
Go figure. I can't wait til these douchebags like Burke, Daley, and Madigan die. That's the only way to get rid of them. They're in their 70's.
"..Such a tool who wanted nothing more than to fuck coppers over, again and again. Remember those speeches Charlie?"
"It is not practical to train individual officers to respond to a terrorist incident." Area 4 Deputy Chief Charlie Williams, 17 March 2012, Old 10th District Station.
Probably now saying, "It is not practical to train individual snowplow drivers to respond to a blizzard incident."
I am in Norwood Pk East (Arena 45th ward). Saw the plow 4 times. They just go down the middle of the street and do not push the snow to the curb. In doing this when they get to the intersection they leave big mounds of snow there. So when cars attempt to turn they get stuck in the snow ridge. I live on the corner so I have seen over 20 cars getting stuck. It's best not to turn if you see a mound. They need to push this slush into the corners. Years ago they did a much better job.
Plow came down my for the first time block (008th Dist - Westend - 13th Ward) at 2130hrs Monday.
Came back thru three times on Tuesday. For a total of 4 passes.
None of which the plow was on the street. Last two passes he dropped blue salt. Street is still a mess and cars are still getting stuck because the plow never attempted to push the snow out of the street!
I hope people remember this come election time.
The side streets in the Gold Coast in the 18th District are awful the money these people raise for these Political hacks would be better spent hiring a private snow plowing contractor than having fund raisers for worthless Politicians.
They be back next week after the snow gets compacted and goes through a couple of freeze thaw cycles. Of course they will not actually plow anything, but they will put in the appearance, and incidentally collect the OT.
Plows with blades up reported in a East Village near Ashland and Chicago. Photos available.
Charles Williams is nothing more than a City of Chicago clouted suckass. Ignore his "pleasant" smile to the troops. It's all about this sycophant's double pen$ion. One huge pussy from the git go.
No speed bumps or anything on my street the whole way, except hefty taxpayers. Residential street that has magically turned blue and full of slush, not plowed once, and it's what, 4 days after the storm? And all the streets next to mine aren't plowed except the main ones. At least I got a hell of a workout with that shovel. Thank God for my hipster hating gas guzzling monster truck.
-North side cop.
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I was wondering what the blue stuff was, all over the snow, in the un-plowed shitty un-driveable street(s). What jagoffs this city and the non-reporting media are. How about the alleys? You'll get your car out in spring.
I hope the plow drivers get paid the same whether they drive with the blade up or down. Hint, it is quicker and easier to drive your assigned route with the blade up.
Just went on the site and the 12th ward has one plow near it. Pulaski through Ashland and 31st thru Roosevelt one plow. Unfucking believable!!! It was so bad to get to 26th/Cal now I know why... Then driving to district forget about it... No ones knows how to drive down there...
Charlie Williams is in way over his head.
Dakin st s me thing all I saw was long blue line. Pathetic!!! This is what our hard earned money goes to? Half ass work? Vote against the midget clown!!!
Here's a question maybe rahmbutt can answer. Everyone remember the warnings of parking on snow routes and all the people who got a surprise on the first day of enforcement bright and early on that snow free morning as they went out to find their car towed? Why is it on many clearly marked snow routes are there cars parked buried in snow and not towed? Maybe leovy & leovy should consider a lawsuit on behalf of everyone who had their car towed when there was no snow on those routes
I remember the 1999 and 2011 storms and the city contracted out construction companies to have front end loaders plow the streets. The city plows would then come by plowing and salting.
I live on the corner and I saw a plow go down the busy east-west street at least 10 times the past 2 days (that's just the times I saw it). It was plowing and salting. The road was still a mess.
The less busy one way street the plow went down about 4 times. Even worse - you could imagine.
I'm not really sure what's going on.
Why no rant here against the man who put Charlie in the Chief of Patrol seat? Things that make you go hmmm.
Years ago, a buddy of mine who drove a garbage truck (and plow during the winter) explained it was all about overtime. They would be assigned to plow main arteries and they wouldn't stray from that even though they were clear.
They were only allowed by Federal law to drive for 12 hours, then they would call them on their radio to return to the S&S yard. Well, at this point they'd just not answer the radio for a few more hours.
Sometimes, he said, they'd pull over somewhere and go to sleep. They'd never get in trouble if caught because their union would argue that if they had continued to drive, they could kill someone.
Things are probably different these days with the GPS and dash cams on the plows but I'm sure they've found ways to beat all that stuff and still keep NOT plowing and still get paid.
Enough is Enough starting Feb 9 2015 get out there and vote this Mayor OUT of office as well as these aldermans who are think they are God give to earth. Don't keep writing start voting !!!!!!!!!
Streets put the blade down on my block. I live on the corner and in addition to clearing the street they pushed all the snow and slush onto the sidewalk and crosswalk I had cleared leaving a wall and sidewalk of ice I had to clear again because I am required to have my sidewalk clear. Jerks!!!!
......and yet, the voters will march to the polls and vote for Rahm because he is the machines candidate. Corruption permeates the fabric of this city. We will not be save ourselves.
The mayor and his aldermen should get off their dead asses and out into the community
I challenge Burke and Rahm to walk down Pulaski road for example. Right at 51st Street one block from Burke's mansion
Pass by his almighty business owners, the banks, the strip malls, gas stations or the multinational corporations that DON'T GIVE A SHIT IF SENIORS OR CHILDREN CAN WALK ON THE SIDEWALKS.
The shovels and snow blowers haven't touched the sidewalks in front of these businesses.
YOU SUCK MAYOR.
Take your aldermen and leave. The sooner the better.
GET OUT OF YOUR FUCKING CARS AND PARK THE MOTORCADE AND TAKE A WALK JAG...
A tip of the cap to the plow driver in the 41st ward who gave me a few minutes to move my buried car to the other (plowed) side of the street, then plowed my side clean, saving me a lot of work. No thanks to our jagoff alderman, though.
SCC you hit the nail on the head with this one. Apparently, while I was at work yesterday a snowplow made its way down my block. The only way I could tell was by the amount of snow it had pushed up against my freshly shoveled driveway. The street is still a mess and there is not a drop of salt to be found. So yes I do agree with you SCC, "DROP THE BLADE."
I usually don't post but here a theory. Charlie may be brilliant he is giving orders not to clear streets in order to enrage residents to vote against 9.5 on the 24th. All he has to say is that he had orders from the midget tyrant and everyone will believe him seeing tiny dancers history. Then Charlie can curry favor with the next mayor and secure another pension in a different department. Just a thought.
There is no fucking way it took this long for the sidestreets to get cleared after the February 2011 blizzard.
from alderman Matt O'Shea:
I've read a number of comments and gotten a number of e-mails about plows riding with the blade up. Just spoke to S/S and asked them to clarify this issue. They inform me that in some instances, when the temp. is very low, the snow is highly compacted and forming an ice layer, a plow needs to go over the street with salt only, allow some time for the salt to break up the snow, and return with the blade down. S/S is going to remind the next group of drivers that come on shift to operate with the blade down as much as possible. Our truck drivers and city workers are extremely dedicated to making our streets safe; many of them have been working long hours to get this very big job done.
take it for what it is
Funny. Mark Suplesa from Ch. 9 asked Willians this live on the air. Williams avoided the question and gave a half ass answer about winds blowing snow back on the streets. So 51st. Must have deadly winds to have the plows keep coming back. I wish Mark S. Would have kept on him but he let Williams off the hook with that lame answer.
Of course burkes mansion is clear, he is the king. But you come into garfield ridge the area we were forced in to be part of burkes 14 th ward and street are horrendous! Talked to a guy who repairs the plows at the garage near dory, he said most of the plows are total junk as a matter of fact they were told to get the plows going to be scrapped running as best they could so they could appear like they could work! Why is it then that streets are terrible?
Charlie Williams you need to resign you were bad on CPD promoted way beyond your ability rahm you also need to go, never have the streets been this bad in resent history you basically said "f**k all the citizens" like Chicanos version of a third world country, this city is in ruins due to total incompetence if anyone cast a vote for rahm you need psychiatric care immediately!
You think that's bad? I took photos of three plows and a s&s supervisor plowing the ALLEY behind hizzoner's home on the Hermitage in about an hour span of doing morning detail relief. Joke
Notice not one word of the media lambasting the mayor for his piss poor street cleaning?
Why plow those Northwest side neighborhoods? Most of those folks got their own snow blowers, let them clear it themselves. The low income areas need plowing first. (anything west of Harlem gets last plowing)
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Hose puller lives right across the street...he puts every bit of snow in the street! Shovel's every 10 minutes,argues with the plow driver. Screams at every one that disagrees with him.(mail man, lawn guy,etc) his BMW get's stuck all the time! Self centered,arrogant,has absolutely no "common sense"...Chicago's finest!
Common sense is a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things, which is shared by ("common to") nearly all people, and can be reasonably expected of nearly all people without any need for debate
Matt O'Sheas website talks about all hi efforts to clear snow in the ward and continues by saying "curb to curb" won't occurr for sometime.
UNLESS YOU LIVE IN THE 10500 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAPLEWOOD.
Matt I'm sure you don't write the content of your site but you should at least proof read it so you don't look like a donkey for having the only block around that has about as much snow as Naples Florida
Hopefully this will end Rahms chances for another term
Not to worry! We Dummycrats cannot wait to reelect Rahm and get that Obama Library and Radical Islamic Cultural Center built here. Think of all the construction jobs the Library will give to Suburban White guys, not to mention political clout contributors like Walsh Construction! My family wants to visit it at least once or twice a week.
Charlie, Burke, Rahm, add another dozen.....they are candidates for the show where Trump says.....you're fired!........
35-37 and Lowe looks like it didn't even snow I wonder why? Everyone's side streets should look like that. I'm just sayin.
Typical. My block isn't plowed either. I live on a dead end street and this happens often. God forbid they give service to taxpayers. Where does our tax money go rahmie? Besides into the TIF account you fucking weasel.
hows rahms short finger feel up your ass charlie?
Easy you may get a certain merit Sgt. MV in Gang Investigations upset because you are bashing his guy Burke.
Pathetic, as they say in the trade its called the old "we have to go over it again" routine to justify the OT
Eddie B also has zone parking by his house, the zone is written in such a way as only he can park there
You really believe Charlie wanted to do nothing but fuck coppers over? You, Sir, are greatly ignorant.
Could the "Grid" system for Streets & San that Rahm implemented have anything to do with this mess?
RE: letting salt work on the compact ice... bull roar. Dunning remains one huge frackin' soft pile of (now pretty blue) slush. Scrape the streets around the grammar school, at least - there were little kids falling down trying to cross the street in this crap yesterday and today while idjits dropping other kids off were spinning and sliding. Shocked but grateful no one got run over.
blades up in the area of berwyn and Paulina (Andersonville area) plow driver pulled over on the side of the road sleeping at 8:55am blocking traffic on the sides freer. Came back to the area and the side streets still not plowed but I could see the snow was now covered in blue slush. Had to go out for a bit around 4:00pm and side streets still covered in blue slush and now ice. This morning 7:30am after another few inches on the side streets in the same area and they still look like crap; only now, most of the cars on the block are unabke to move their vehicles. When are the snow plows going to actually clear the side streets in Andersonville? 600k+ Mil dollar homes and no snow plows.
This ineptness with the snow removal could be Rahms demise!
YOU HEARD IT HERE 1st: the trucks are protesting.........."PLOWS UP ...DON'T SCOOP"..
They're not plowing the side streets because with this much snow, the parked cars will get buried in and the wall of snow will freeze. That would piss people off even more, so Rahm is counting on the fact that people would rather shovel a little and to push a car out of a rut that dig it out of a frozen bank of snow created by the plows. Salt and sun will eventually met it and his problem is solved. His is a manipulating little fuck isn't he!
I saw the plows up routine on the 5800 block of North Western Avenue
yesterday. No traffic circles or speed bumps there.
Left hand lanes were clear, right hand lanes were sloppy, forget about the parking lanes.
I had to park on Western because I did not dare try to do the same on Artesian.
Well Williams has never driven a truck yet runs streets and san. Gary has never been a chicago police officer and is superintendent. And rahm has never lived in chicago until he was elected so no wonder everything is jacked up.
Plow went past my house at least 5 times without the blades down. Have piles of slush in street that will all freeze tonight. It sounds like an overtime scam! This way they keep getting complaints. Start taping them and exposing them if you want your streets clean.
This is not fair. I haven't seen my smart car since the blizzard hit.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
They are using a new type of salt -- blue-tinted salt.
It looks like the meth cooked up by Walter White
Swim Charlie Swim !! Your lying bitch ass has been thrown to the sharks!! You clouted suck ass Burke Bitch !!
Back in '99 I was with Curb&Gutter,and we were told to meet up at the old Speigal warehouse on 39th and were deployed by school bus to different parts of the city,to shovel out schools and surrounding neighborhood.Worked 14 days straight,12 hours a day,was gassed but a welcome after Christmas paycheck.
CORRECTION: "It is not practical to train individual officers to respond to a terrorist incident." Area 4 Deputy Chief Charlie Williams, 17 March 2012, Old 10th District Station.
SHOULD READ/DATE CORRECTED: "It is not practical to train individual officers to respond to a terrorist incident." Area 4 Deputy Chief Charlie Williams, 17 March 2002, Old 10th District Station.
His pronouncement was 18 months after the 9-11 attacks at an Area 4 Staff meeting.
Just for them to make more OT
I spoke with Alderman Zalewski over a cold frosty beverage over at Lindy's and he related that the mile long driveway entering the Hollywood casino was bone dry.
when questioned Ed said no calls were made,,,,,why would he have to? that ward superintendent wanted to keep his job. last time or snowed like this the city brought in contractors, and it wasn't an election year
Streets and Sanitation plow trucks are "riding dirty."
Plow blades up and salt chute closed?
Check.
This is typical Rahm al-Ghoul and Cholly Williams bullshit...
This is nothing more but politically motivated urban ambush theater in order to show a "snail trail" on the
Plow Tracker to make it appear as if they're on these
shitty side streets with plow blades down and salt chutes open...
In other words, the "appearance" of something actually being done.
Looking at what Rahm does with a skilled and hateful eye...
...Laying his ass bare every chance we get.
"Why are you guys so mean, ornery and hateful? Aren't there RULES against being that way?"
By being our mean, ornery and hateful selves, we do society more good than Rahm and his moneyed backers ever could.
Rahm is getting close to tasting fear, uncertainty and defeat for the first time in his adult life...
Let's give him the hearty portions he so richly deserves.
Let's give him a good reason for his animus against all those who aren't him as we send him packing.
Choo-Choo Cholly the rise to the top with multi-pension supplement merit hack that knew nothing about traffic management, motor pools, logistics or routing, the S & S guys need to bury this bozo and his sponsor.
Which makes me wonder why, that at the end of most every block ( in the 41st Ward ) the City plows lift up or just drive past the corners leaving the snow mountain on the street. They don't even get to the curb! Straight shot, one lane plowing. Pile it up on the crosswalks and the hydrants. I sure ain't digging these out.
So for the sake of the 41st Ward...
Dump Rahm - Dump O'connor.
is Chuy Garcia the right man for mayor?
Thoase union drivers are doing a really fine job, aren't they?
It should cost him the election,the nerve to have political commercials going between the weather reports,and not to mention his buddy Charlie from one Cush job to retiring and getting another ... Give us all a break,do not re elect these bozos and elect some new ones,at least with some ethics or is that possible?
my side street took 20 mins to navigate. but thank g#d they had the bike lanes cleared out for the little aholes
Of course Burke would say no calls were made. IT'S FUCKING UNDERSTOOD! Just like the Vaneko case. No one needs to make calls. It just gets done for these guys. It's the Chicago way. You play ball and good things happen for you later on.
the blade wasn't down on my street either. I saw the same truck make a few passes the day after the storm. He would raise the blade at the corner to make the turn and that's where all the cars we're getting stuck. I don't know if it was a overtime scam or away to get back at the city but it was a disservice to the rest of us.
We can only hope and pray this bullshit will have the Belandic affect on asshole Rahm.
drove thru westchester yesterday, all the streets were clear curb to curb and they were still working on the them . their mayor is a retired police chief and an italian american maybe they do a better job at governing
Anonymous Anonymous said...
is Chuy Garcia the right man for mayor?
2/04/2015 01:09:00 PM
No, but he's a better choice than the narcissistic bully, Emanuel.
WHOEVER is in the runoff with Emanuel is the right choice for mayor. (At least for one term, he is.)
It is very clear by now that 9 1/2 fingers does not care about the average Joe & Jane tax payer that lives in Chicago. Same goes for Burke and a few others. They live in their own little world.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I spoke with Alderman Zalewski over a cold frosty beverage over at Lindy's and he related that the mile long driveway entering the Hollywood casino was bone dry.
2/04/2015 12:15:00 PM
You're really desperate to get to that casino, aren't you!
The Keesing Bandit said...
This is not fair. I haven't seen my smart car since the blizzard hit.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
2/04/2015 10:47:00 AM
If it's really Smart, it's in Tampa by now.
Great job by ed burkes house, just got my street plowed (LOL) if that is what you call it, right down center of street, going fast pushed all the snow back into driveway, went through the little village of Summit,IL west of harlem plowed curb to curb,and they had workers shoveling out senior citizens walks! Nice the taxpayers there are getting some value!
Anonymous said...
Why plow those Northwest side neighborhoods? Most of those folks got their own snow blowers, let them clear it themselves. The low income areas need plowing first. (anything west of Harlem gets last plowing)
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2/04/2015 07:04:00 AM
So the taxpayers don't deserve to get the services that THEY PAY FOR?
GFY
People who throw into the middle of a nicely plowed street should have their eyelids removed.
No grand conspiracy here, you need snow to get paid? You don't get rid of all of the snow
Anonymous said...
Charlie Williams is in way over his head.
2/04/2015 02:20:00 AM
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Duh... Easy for that to happen, he's not that tall to begin with!
Ba da bump!
those ruts along the edges of the street are going to freeze pretty solid tonight.
I think it's just the stupidity of the drivers. I called the streets and sanitation dept office today and the woman who answered the phone actually checked with her supervisor to find out why the plows in mt greenwood were only salting side streets with the plow up.....she got back on phone and said they are supposed to be plowing as well as salting. She asked for the truck number and said she would send truck back with plow down. Shockingly, the plow came back with plow down!!! However the driver only plowed the 2 ends of our block with plow down, maybe she was afraid of hitting a speed bump and that's why the female driver avoided plowing the middle of the block. We don't have speed bumps and if she could read, she would've known that- since there aren't any speed bump signs.
I hope the voters remember this and realize it's gotta be anybody but RAHM!
Blades up don't shoot
I see that Lowe is clean curb to curb from 37th to 38th Alderman Balcer.
is Chuy Garcia the right man for mayor?
He was marching with the "I can't breeve" assholes....there's you're answer
Streets still suck as of this date-time, except for Chicagoland Democrat ( Communist) Politicians streets, that is. Hypocriscy in action again as usual. Remember, the Democrats are for the little man, the workin man, and the children.
seeing alot of posts on facebook about neighbors paying streets and sans drivers and water department plows (the smaller trucks and pay loaders) to take care of their streets side to side and alleys.. hmmmmm, taking money from citizens to plow certain streets and areas. I know this is chicago and all and I know that its not a big deal because its just a snow plow driver but if any copper took 50 bucks to do anything small or big we would be sitting in federal custody. also, to the idiots (some of who are coppers) stop posting on facebook that you paid off the plow guy to take care of you... Your a police officer idiot!!! and your putting on social media how your doing payoffs to city employees. I would take it down incase your getting sued at work or a lawyer is getting ready to get sued in the near future. Civil attorneys troll your facebook months in advance before they even file the suit in order to get as much dirt as they can.. thats why at your first meeting with your attorney they tell you to delete your facebook or get rid of anything embarrassing. some people just dont learn.
Remember, the less clout and kickback payoffs from people on your block, the longer it will take to plow your streets and alleys. Forget that you pay your taxes, you gotta drop that envelope if you want somethin done. Doncha know by now ?
Notice the spineless cowardly Chicagoland News Media Sycophants don't utter more than a few words about this debaucle, despite thousands of complaints.
Charlie Williams is the guy that sold out a bunch of people on the 1995 Lts. results. He got what he wanted.
Charlie....well, look in the mirror, and what do you see?........someone who is full of him self, some one who defines himself by his titles, his positions......"look at me!"......should there be a mirror in your casket?
Maybe they are trying to sabotage the mayor..
just food for thought. Yes we are all pissed off, streets not cleared. No parking anywhere, getting tickets left and right for parking everywhere. Taxes going up. Ok I get it, we have a lot to bitch about, BUT WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
Will you vote for Rahlm? Will you not vote? Will you keep giving them 5 parkers 5 mover? What will you do to make a change? No smart ass comments, what will you do? Me, I don't work VRI, I don't do bullshit parkers, I don't sandbag people for movers. If a bad guy has a gun he goes to jail, if a bad driver has a suspended DL he gets a ticket. Yes go ahead and bitch, but do something to change our current situation.
Just food for thought.
Thank you Sts & San for a job well done !!!!!
To the "Union Family" signs on their front lawn. Thanks to the union drivers at Streets one of you dumb bells drop[ed their plow under my new snow covered BMW (retro check) and pushed it a block into a tree and crushed it to shit.
Charlie was called out after the driver fled. Guess what now, my totaled BMW was towed as a hazard by him and I am on the hook for the tow and storage.
You Union Family people are slugs.
You Union families are what took this city down with your 100 K pension after 20 years and also the great teachers pensions of 100 K plus for babysitting the three stooges for 5 hours a day/ 6 months a year.
No wonder Ronnie Reagan fired the air controllers and for their b.s union antics
Swim Charlie Swim !! Your lying bitch ass has been thrown to the sharks!! You clouted suck ass Burke Bitch !!
2/04/2015 10:54:00 AM
$$$$$$$.
Yep, you showed Charlie. Over 60 years old with a cpd pension of 140k or more and a streets and sans salary around 180k. Yeah, you win. Good job or bad job he's rich from double dipping for the past 7 or so years and you are not.
I was 13 in 1978 when we had 2 years of over 80 inches of snow.
It was understood that the side streets were unable to be plowed.
We worked together, pushed out neighbors, cleared out around the neighborhood parish
We had to shovel our roofs, people with snowblowers volunteered their machine
Relax people, it's a snow storm, if it won't kill ya it will make ya stronger....deal, adapt, overcome.
If you bitch about big government you can't complain when you are depending on government to get you off your curb...
If Rahm is re-elected, imagine how bad snow removal will be after the election and next year.
As long as the envelopes keep roling in to the Democrat (Communist) Party, that's all that matters.
Rahm pointing at the monitors with Williams was comical. look at me! Rahm never lifted a finger to hard work in his life. WOuldn't know the back end or the front end of a truck. ANyone who forgets to vote starting next week is allowing this Rahm insanity to go on.
Don't ever think that a casino will help with our pension problems. Emanuael stated in the debate that he will only back a casino if 100% is directed towards education
"I am in Norwood Pk East (Arena 45th ward)"
Norwood Park East????
Just like Chicago/Lawndale is Wicker Park South??
we had so much snow that the bottom 1-2 inches is densely packed snow or ice. dropping the blade will do nothing. throw the salt down, let it sit for a few hours and let it seep down to the pavement causing little cracks and openings. then you can loosen it with the plow blade. wait too long and it will refreeze. ive plowed snow as a side job for 28 years. believe it or not, its just not as easy as dropping the blade down and pushing the snow.. yes, its a huge part of it but with this volume of snow, narrow streets, cars parked on the side and every idiot on the block piling snow in the middle of the street instead of on the grass parkway make it extremly tough. the snow has to get scooped up by front loaders and moved somewhere. very hard to move this much snow in an urban area. so take it easy, the job is much harder to do than you think.
2/04/2015 12:15:00 AM
A voice of reason, thank you.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
is Chuy Garcia the right man for mayor?
2/04/2015 01:09:00 PM
Is Patrick Daley Thompson? Rahm? Fioretti? Wilson?
Blades up,Don't Shoot!
Ahhh overtime guys!
You do know that in elections the money flows.
Some of you can call this the VRI affect.
A problem pops up the mayor has to attack it fast and supervisor unleash OT.
It sucks but it is the Chicago way. Kinda like a VRI guy sitting in the same spot for hours not taking calls.
People please! If you think rahm isn't going to be reelected you are just in denial.
However, his feet should be geld to the fire for his incompetent commissioners. Did you see who is in line for the airports' spot? Another quality choice.
Plows Up! Don't Salt!
Black Ice Matters!
Thanks to the odpo that plowed our street curb to curb on SW side. What a puck up could accomplish that a full size dump couldn't!
Anonymous said...
we had so much snow that the bottom 1-2 inches is densely packed snow or ice. dropping the blade will do nothing. throw the salt down, let it sit for a few hours and let it seep down to the pavement causing little cracks and openings. then you can loosen it with the plow blade. wait too long and it will refreeze. ive plowed snow as a side job for 28 years. believe it or not, its just not as easy as dropping the blade down and pushing the snow.. yes, its a huge part of it but with this volume of snow, narrow streets, cars parked on the side and every idiot on the block piling snow in the middle of the street instead of on the grass parkway make it extremly tough. the snow has to get scooped up by front loaders and moved somewhere. very hard to move this much snow in an urban area. so take it easy, the job is much harder to do than you think.
2/04/2015 12:15:00 AM
A voice of reason, thank you.
2/04/2015 10:09:00 PM
Just get back in the truck and plow, would ya?
Anonymous said...
Don't ever think that a casino will help with our pension problems. Emanuael stated in the debate that he will only back a casino if 100% is directed towards education
2/04/2015 09:12:00 PM
For the kids, it is always for the kids. I hope they teach the kids to never ever take a job working for the City of Chicago. Get an education, save a little money and then get the hell out, move somewhere else.
Anonymous said...
To the "Union Family" signs on their front lawn. Thanks to the union drivers at Streets one of you dumb bells drop[ed their plow under my new snow covered BMW (retro check) and pushed it a block into a tree and crushed it to shit.
Charlie was called out after the driver fled. Guess what now, my totaled BMW was towed as a hazard by him and I am on the hook for the tow and storage.
You Union Family people are slugs.
You Union families are what took this city down with your 100 K pension after 20 years and also the great teachers pensions of 100 K plus for babysitting the three stooges for 5 hours a day/ 6 months a year.
No wonder Ronnie Reagan fired the air controllers and for their b.s union antics
2/04/2015 07:53:00 PM
I guess you should have bought a garage with that retro and gone for a Honda Accord.
In the 41st Ward, the Ward Superentendent, Bolger, appointed by Alderman Mary OConnor, instructed his drivers to plow streets with OConnor signs first. Told them to plow streets which (incidentally have a sea of Napolitano signs) last. Some blocks in St. Juliana have over 20 Naps signs a block. OConnor is extremely desperate and has been told by her consultants that she will probably lose in a upset!! She will get what she deserves for the damage she has done in 41, over the past 4 years! Elect former CPD now CFD Napolitano, we desperately need him..
This city is doomed.
It just dawned on me SCC. I've never had to put my Jeep in 4 wheel drive mode up here in Wisconsin. I've only had to do that when I lived in Chicago.
I love how the city threatens people to shovel or they will be fined. I'll shovel when you plow. Then again, I already shoveled and your plow buried it all again. Idea: plow covered streets, don't re-plow "clear" ones. And people, quit shoveling your snow INTO THE STREET.
>>>Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Don't ever think that a casino will help with our pension problems. Emanuael stated in the debate that he will only back a casino if 100% is directed towards education
2/04/2015 09:12:00 PM<<<
Just like the Illinois State Lottery was to finance education...
Hail the Lottery money coming in the front door...
Then sneak the General Revenue money for education out the back door...
SCC and everybody: go to youtube and type in Chicago Blizzard of '79. Click WBBM Special Report. O'Grady was the Supt, Albrecht the Fire Commish, etc etc. They all were on the hot seat for snow removal problems, and we're taking calls at the news desk from angry citizens about the same things we're complaining about today. Plus Bill Curtis and Walter Jacobsen looked 35 and it's good for a laugh.
"Emanuel stated in the debate that he will only back a casino if 100% is directed towards education."
Because every high school student deserves the opportunity to telephone the future college advisor after 10 p.m. while walking a block from the family residence.
Anonymous said...
In the 41st Ward, the Ward Superentendent, Bolger, appointed by Alderman Mary OConnor, instructed his drivers to plow streets with OConnor signs first. Told them to plow streets which (incidentally have a sea of Napolitano signs) last. Some blocks in St. Juliana have over 20 Naps signs a block. OConnor is extremely desperate and has been told by her consultants that she will probably lose in a upset!! She will get what she deserves for the damage she has done in 41, over the past 4 years! Elect former CPD now CFD Napolitano, we desperately need him..
2/05/2015 03:37:00 AM
And give Andy some wack. Are you fckn nuts?
Have to say they've been plowing almost non stop where I live in GR. they were plowing when I came home last night at 230am and plowing again this morning around 10am
Wilson would do SHIT for our Citizens, Just his OWN people......And even then........
Rahm said don't plow the streets because it keeps the thugs from doing drive-bys and killing eachother!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To the "Union Family" signs on their front lawn. Thanks to the union drivers at Streets one of you dumb bells drop[ed their plow under my new snow covered BMW (retro check) and pushed it a block into a tree and crushed it to shit.
Charlie was called out after the driver fled. Guess what now, my totaled BMW was towed as a hazard by him and I am on the hook for the tow and storage.
You Union Family people are slugs.
You Union families are what took this city down with your 100 K pension after 20 years and also the great teachers pensions of 100 K plus for babysitting the three stooges for 5 hours a day/ 6 months a year.
No wonder Ronnie Reagan fired the air controllers and for their b.s union antics
2/04/2015 07:53:00 PM
Wow, sincerely sorry about your car.
But, just for clarity, no union family slammed into your brand new sheet metal. You can blame that on one irresponsible idiot driving a truck.
That's like blaming every single police officer and their family, too, for the ONE police officer who slaps and kicks at a barmaid, and you wouldn't want to do that, now, would you?
Anonymous said...
"Emanuel stated in the debate that he will only back a casino if 100% is directed towards education."
Because every high school student deserves the opportunity to telephone the future college advisor after 10 p.m. while walking a block from the family residence.
2/05/2015 02:41:00 PM
Originally he said he would use the money to shore up pension funds another lie! Listening to debate on 890 radio now rahm nose has to be growing rapidly liar #1
Live in alderman Laurino's ward, the 39th ward, near Indian Road Park. Trucks have been out constantly plowing the side streets and spreading salt. Plenty of the streets are just wet,snow is gone. A retiree who appreciates the service.
RE - My BMW.
I guess you should have bought a garage with that retro and gone for a Honda Accord.
2/05/2015 03:26:00 AM
Sir - I would of parked in the garage but my two ski- jets and my boat are in the garage. Paid also from my Retro check.
The pound idiots told me I cannot get to my totaled BMW without coming up with $ 700.00 cash. My insurance company, "Comet-Mercury." told me they are not paying till the city settles the claim.Now I will get the city to pay me twice the price of my 45 K BMW. My lawyers from Bridgeport will sue them and the fat Charlie W' for towing me. I know my rights ! I am smart and did not make FTO for being dumb !
O'Conner been telling all that she will pay back those Napolitano sign folks after she slam dunks and wins big.
She said that she could stop all the police service in the area and they will never see a squad again.
They are using a new type of salt -- blue-tinted salt.
It looks like the meth cooked up by Walter White
2/04/2015 10:49:00 AM
S&S may chime in, but I believe thats the magnesium chloride that's tinted blue - lowers the temperature at which the salt will work...and it's not new...
A classic fuckup "To All The Whiteys". Shit on that one....
Sir - I would of parked in the garage but my two ski- jets and my boat are in the garage. Paid also from my Retro check.
The pound idiots told me I cannot get to my totaled BMW without coming up with $ 700.00 cash. My insurance company, "Comet-Mercury." told me they are not paying till the city settles the claim.Now I will get the city to pay me twice the price of my 45 K BMW. My lawyers from Bridgeport will sue them and the fat Charlie W' for towing me. I know my rights ! I am smart and did not make FTO for being dumb !
Did you read what you wrote?
RE - My BMW.
I guess you should have bought a garage with that retro and gone for a Honda Accord.
2/05/2015 03:26:00 AM
Sir - I would of parked in the garage but my two ski- jets and my boat are in the garage. Paid also from my Retro check.
The pound idiots told me I cannot get to my totaled BMW without coming up with $ 700.00 cash. My insurance company, "Comet-Mercury." told me they are not paying till the city settles the claim.Now I will get the city to pay me twice the price of my 45 K BMW. My lawyers from Bridgeport will sue them and the fat Charlie W' for towing me. I know my rights ! I am smart and did not make FTO for being dumb !
Let me get this straight..u didn t store ur $45k bmw because u had jet ski s and a boat in the garage..sounds like ur just cheap. To cheap to rent a place for ur toys instead of ur BMW,, then to cheap to get good insurance because good insurance would get ur car out to get fixed and then try to collect from city..good luck getting that car fixed right , cause cheap insurance companies are famous for doing sh*t jobs on repairs..
O'Conner been telling all that she will pay back those Napolitano sign folks after she slam dunks and wins big.
She said that she could stop all the police service in the area and they will never see a squad again.
2/05/2015 08:34:00 PM
OK, you couldn't help yourself. Now I am getting my neighbor to vote for 'Hardware Joe'.
Keep it up. I've got lots of neighbors.
@3:37 I call bullshit. Doesn't matter whose sign is on your lawn, they're all buried under the snow and invisible.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sir - I would of parked in the garage but my two ski- jets and my boat are in the garage. Paid also from my Retro check.
The pound idiots told me I cannot get to my totaled BMW without coming up with $ 700.00 cash. My insurance company, "Comet-Mercury." told me they are not paying till the city settles the claim.Now I will get the city to pay me twice the price of my 45 K BMW. My lawyers from Bridgeport will sue them and the fat Charlie W' for towing me. I know my rights ! I am smart and did not make FTO for being dumb !
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Did you read what you wrote?
2/06/2015 01:48:00 PM
1:48, Can't you grasp sarcasm? That wasn't written by the OP.
Napalitano spoofed endorsed by the Onion - some guy from the "Opposition News Network" spoofed Napalitano with a fake endorsement. Saw him at a forum. He has no clue. Move on. No one to vote for in the 41st Ward. Lost cause.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sir - I would of parked in the garage but my two ski- jets and my boat are in the garage. Paid also from my Retro check.
The pound idiots told me I cannot get to my totaled BMW without coming up with $ 700.00 cash. My insurance company, "Comet-Mercury." told me they are not paying till the city settles the claim.Now I will get the city to pay me twice the price of my 45 K BMW. My lawyers from Bridgeport will sue them and the fat Charlie W' for towing me. I know my rights ! I am smart and did not make FTO for being dumb !
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Did you read what you wrote?
2/06/2015 01:48:00 PM
1:48, Can't you grasp sarcasm? That wasn't written by the OP.
2/07/2015 10:41:00 AM
Sorry,missed that. Went over my head, doesn't happen often, but did this time. I apologize
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