Forbes on Rahm
Why is it all the real reporting about Chicago's dire financial straits coming from national media outlets and just a peep from the local rags?
- As a mayoral candidate in 2010-11, Rahm Emanuel gave regular people hope with his repeated assertion that he would “stop pay-to-play in City Hall” and “end the historical culture of corruption.” Emanuel was right. Public sector corruption was forestalling private sector production. Ending “pay to play” seemed like the only way back for the city.
In the months following his election, Emanuel seemed to execute on his promise by signing an executive order preventing city contractors from giving campaign cash to the mayor’s funds. It was a nice soundbite, but the measure was weakly designed. It lacked an enforcement mechanism and was riddled with loopholes.
Last week, our organization American Transparency – with the data at OpenTheBooks.com – fact checked Emanuel’s ethics policy for the John Stossel Special, Chicago Corruption: Is Pay-to-Play in Chicago Still Legal?
Here’s what we found: 600 city vendors gave Emanuel $7 million in campaign cash during the past four years and received $2 billion in city payments since 2002. And here’s how we found that data: We looked at a universe of 1,500 companies or their affiliated employees funding Rahm Emmanuel’s campaign since 2010. We then matched those company names with payments from the City of Chicago vendor checkbook. It’s a confluence of campaign cash and contractor payments or benefits.
There are all sorts of links and references in the full Forbes article. If half this shit was covered by the media outlets here, paper, TV and radio, Rahm wouldn't even be polling close to the numbers he has now, which are anemic at best.
Labels: corruption, elections
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
93 Comments:
"B-b-b but...
We still get to stick it in the Cops ear and
"reform" them out of their "cush" $100K, retirement
at 50 pensions that Rahm says are responsible for the city's financial dire straits... Right?"
Translation:
Pay no attention to Daley Inc., Rahm & Co. And their subsidiaries looting this city to the tune of Billions and over the last 15 years or so, running local media agit-prop and spin that the "greedy cops, their union and their desire for obscene pensions" are to blame.
Yeah...
Local media has turned blind eyes to this in order to keep the anti-Police agenda hotted-up as a diversion for the powers that be.
Can we start building the gallows now?
Chuy should hammer Rahm with this information.
Scc what's the fascination with Chuy? Please do some research. If you don't wanna bother go to Pbpa headquarters and ask for the chuy anti police rally pics. Also ask for his answers to the questions posed to him from the union. He is no freind to the police and especially not to our pensions. Both these candidates suck. Just chuy sucks more.
Fioretti just jumped on the Rahm bandwagon....stick a fork in Chuy, he is done.
Come on, it's the "Chicago Way". Say you are going to clean up corruption and then create more corruption but on a different scale. Rahm admitted during his 2012 roundtable debate that he was a progressive and then everyone else at the table chimed in that they were too. Garcia is a progressive. Progressives back Garcia. For the first time Chicagoans have the chance to pick one of two truly loser candidates. One will fuck us and the other will fuck us and kiss us. In either case we take it up the ass. The City doesn't win with either Rahm or Garcia and this is the best Chicago can produce. As soon as I can I am selling and leaving the state.
Thanks SCC.............
Maybe since Forbes did all the work "Chuy" now has a blueprint on what to do , unless of course Rahm pays him more right ?
This article is just another reminder to pull the lever for 'Chewie' on the 7th.
This is one of the times where "the evil you know is better than the one you don't" does not apply.
Tiny Dancer needs to be shown the door. And if ChewDog doesn't perform, out HE goes in quatros anos.
Chicago is the next Detroit. The city's debts are just too high to even repay. The city is 20 billion dollars in debt. That is not counting the pension debt/obligations. On top of that, the city only pays the interest on the debt. They are not paying the principle off. So the debt keep growing. No politician in his right mind wants to do the right thing; downsize government.
The city will need a city income tax. Once that is done, most of the working class will say good bye. The only ones who will stay are the welfare leeches and illegal immigrants. Neither class which contributes to the financial coffers.
Whether it's Chuey or Emanuel, the working class is going to get fucked. Real bad. If you thought your $5000 in property taxes for a bungalow was too high just you wait.
I don't understand how po and fireman are going to vote for this prick. He doesn't repect city workers and acts like we are not tax payers too! He wants to screw you over on you pension and take everything you fought for. When the contract was going forward you all were pissed off screaming for him to be a one term mayor., nowyou guys and girls forget all that and all the bs he did to us. He has done nothing for this city except help his buddies out, hence all the big millionaire donors!!!!!!! He didn't walk in here with a financial plan for the city, he started playing with the numbers as soon as he walked in and hasn't fulfilled on any of his pre election promises. Keep drinking the coolaide about how he is the right person to save this city from disaster. Wait till he and his buddy rauner change the state law to allow him to screw us all. He thinks he can Save the city on the hard working city workers backs! My vote is for Mayor Garcia!
Executive orders is all they know. Those are dictator words. These orders are just a way to order people without their permission .
2 billion back on a 7 million investment.
Hell of a great rate of return....
How many of those businesses have ties to Daley?
Chuy's campaign needs to jump on this and get this out to the brain dead Sheeple ASAP!
Anybody but Rahm.
During the most recent debate that pompous asshole Rahm said sometime's you have to tell your donors and friends no...... sure looks like Rahm doesn't practice what he preaches.
...and is this army of contributors all within city limits? Ha. Rahm jets to California, all over, drumming up money for his campaign.
This should be illegal. I do not believe that the Founding Fathers intended that local governments be bought and set into place by interests thousands of miles away.
End these "SuperPACs." Put residency requirements on contributors. Let the townspeople choose their elected representatives.
Try this in a city where the Mayor himself is only a "resident" because of a "wedding dress in the attic," some lousy "light fixtures," and a pile of "GOLAN MOVERS" boxes in the basement...
I just do not see " pay to play" or something similar ever stopping in this city, county and state. The political class needs money to run campaigns and this is the only way they see to raise the needed money. Why else would anyone contribute to a politician if there was not some sort of payback expected. Why does the teachers union give such huge sums of cash to politicians? People who give large sums of money always want something in return.
I am not sure why Rahm is perceived as being smarter than Chuy. He is not. I think he just has more balls than brains and done well for HIMSELF. It's an obnoxious quality and doesn't translate to being good at what he does.
Get rid of him now before we are stuck with him.
F*ckin weasel on sunday channel 7 news interview 0945 when told he doesn't have the support of the CTU he replies "I SETTLED CONTRACTS WITH POLICE FIRE AND OTHER UNIONS AND NONE WENT TO ARBITRATION"
YOU STUPID FOOLS THAT WERE TOO AFRAID TO VOTE NO SO YOU COULD KEEP PENNIES! CHUMP CHANGE!
He had a plan all along. Played you like the money hungry fools you are. And now he looks like a workable, caring politician. I mean come on police, fire and others took his fare contract offer (hahahaha sarcasm)
Karen Lewis, my superhero! You had the balls and fortitude to challenge and question that s*it. Please aide the new mayor the stash because Chuy, you would not be where you are without Karen
Connect the dots, look at the investors in the sun times and their connection to Mayor 1%, Lets start with Madison Dearborn Partners, Merrick Ventures, Grosvenor Capitol Management, Michael Sacks, John Canning, Michael Ferro Jr, etc. What are their connections to Rahm and the sun-times, have they ever donated any money to Rahm or his campaign ? Tribune is also just another water carrying whore for mayor 1%
That is why I'm voting for Chuy!
In four years I'll vote for Chuy's challenger.
It's time for a revolving door in the mayor's office.
Question for Chuy to ask Rahm in last debate..
If Rahm has been behind community policing for the last four years.
Then why did he remove all of the community policing officers and count them in his 1000 new police
on the street ?
What a POS Fioretti is.
Fioretti waits untill a week before the election, sees what the polling is then gives his endorsement.
Sounds like pay to play. What's rahm giving you?
Control the information and media,control the money,now that's power,that he shouldn't have!!
Any of those checks traceable to/from the main stream media organizations ?
So city vendors who donated $7 million to Rahm since 2011 have received $2 billion in city contracts SINCE 2002??
Daley was mayor in 2002.
This just shows that Daley is still pulling the strings. Rahm was Daley's hand-picked successor to keep warm the throne of corruption in Chicago.
But if i may be so bold as to make a prediction, the writing for Rahm's successor is on the wall.
Daley's nephew, who quietly and successfully ran for a post in the Water Reclamation District last election, is facing a run-off in the 11th Ward after Balcer suddenly decided to abandon his post. Balcer is a another jester in the Daley court of medieval style governance. If Patrick Daley Thompson wins the 11th Ward, he will be in position to run for mayor in the next mayoral election in 2020.
And it works for the Daley corruption machine. If Rahm wins this election, it will be his last term and Pat Daley Thompson will run for mayor as the next hand-picked candidate. If Garcia wins, his ineffectiveness will only more help PDT's election run.
I think the City's future direction could be decided more by the outcome of the 11th Ward race than the Mayor's race.
Both Rahm and PDT need to be defeated in this election to give the city any hope of getting out from under the Daley thumb.
It's sort of like his mentor. Give 250 million to Solyndra, get a political donation and go bankrupt. Keep voting Democratic fools. 19 Trillion in debt
Name the people that have filed ethics complaints against the city and the 21 that went against Shakman being eliminated. Those are the champions for a free city.
Sitting on OVER 34 Million dollars,and that's what he discloses! How much more has he hidden in the "piggy banks?" Watch the TIF money when rahm,losses watch him dispense "our money" to his friends and family program! 5 downgrades during rahm! that's a a lot sir,and now the public school downgrades due to ahh maybe theft? But then again rahm says we are paying the pensions for teachers everywhere not just Chicago teachers why? The suburbs are over taxing everyone but nothing there goes for teachers pension funds? Where does all the money suburbanites pay go to?
If you care to read their endorsements, Trib & SunTimes believe Rahm has what it takes to bring Chicago finances forward into the 20th Century. (The 21st century is decades away.)
Who else better than Daley, Shanks of Short, could possibly borrow into 2026 to pay bills from 1996?
And there a people out there that believe the future of Chicago will be better with 4 more years of o'Rahma.
– Dump Rahm April 7th.
Voted against Rahm on the early ballot yesterday. We are boned either way, but hopefully Garcia won't be as corrupt.
True fact that people are overlooking because of the political fluff Rahm and his cronies put on everything. If you have a pension and vote for this Dictator then you deserve what you get. He is on the ropes and making deals with anyone willing to bite. Alderman Fioretti just bit and officially became a bottom scrapper with this move. He was promised a job and money for his worthless backing a week before the election. You are not a friend of the police and please go away scumbag!
yup, trib does stories on crooked cameras and broken bonds yet still endorses this public servant that dishes it up big time to his donors.
Chicago is not the next Detroit. Chicago is the next Enron. Remember the Enron guys were called the "smartest guys in the room"? Except they were simply con artists running a scam that finally imploded. The sad part is that Enron had rolled up formerly solid utility power companies all over Texas and other states. Those smaller utility companies had been profitable for decades, their employees were well paid with solid pensions. But Enron gambled it all away.
The voters care what Fioretti thinks, said NOBODY EVER
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Thanks SCC.............
Maybe since Forbes did all the work "Chuy" now has a blueprint on what to do , unless of course Rahm pays him more right ?
3/29/2015 05:56:00 AM
What a cheesy thing to say. If you look at Chuy Garcia's history and personal standards, he's never been motivated by personal gain.
He lives in a little house, in a 'challenged' neighborhood, across the street from a boarded up house. And he has the means to leave - a salary, an education and a lot of connections. But he chooses to stay where he feels he can do the most good and be a good example.
Rahm is in deep doo doo---and I couldn't be happier.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Question for Chuy to ask Rahm in last debate..
If Rahm has been behind community policing for the last four years.
Then why did he remove all of the community policing officers and count them in his 1000 new police
on the street ?
3/29/2015 10:19:00 AM
I'll second that.
Civilian here. My question is, where have the Feds been? If organizations such as OpenTheBooks.com and Forbe's can come up with this, why aren't the Feds invesigating the Daleys, Madigans, etc?
And it's not just because Obama has been in the White House for the last 6 years either. We did have a Republican in the White House 2001-2009.
This is serious folks. I'm afraid the ruling class (not the Republicans and the Democrats) is getting so out of control that I fear what's coming. I fear for our children's future. Should Rahm be re-elected, he will show no mercy.
Scc what's the fascination with Chuy? Please do some research. If you don't wanna bother go to Pbpa headquarters and ask for the chuy anti police rally pics. Also ask for his answers to the questions posed to him from the union. He is no freind to the police and especially not to our pensions. Both these candidates suck. Just chuy sucks more.
--maybe because any self respecting cop wouldn't cast a vote for a scum bag who said he will "stick it in their ear" with regards to cops pension. Guess I have too much pride and love my family too much to vote for a guy who has admitted he's trying to take food off my table.
Merit promotions are for political purpose to get endorsements , you owe the machine . TR packed by union workers that already were forced to take pension reductions , now forced to fill a room for rahm .
Reason is they are all afraid to be privatized or lose their prevail ng wage agreement . All are overpaid , work about a 4-6 hour day . Guess what property taxes in Chicago are going up in 2016 or 2017 , no matter who wins . We know who doubled our water bills , tripled telephone tax and still welcomes every Illegal from all countries into Chicago . Want to know who pays for this , look in the mirror . Do not forget , one day we will all be retired and our health insurance for two is now over $15,000 a year . Thank you rahm
And some want to argue and vote for Rahm. Let's vote all these crooks out before it's to late.
The last few times I've seen the Mayor on TV, and the question talks about crime, Rahm wells up some tears and starts grandstanding about being with the victim's family, so they know someone cares about their loss. What a crock of shit. Its like they used to say about Daley the 1st when he'd go to a wake or funeral and right before entering, reach up into a nostril and pluck out a nose hair to make his eyes water. He only had one nose hair left when he died. He was saving it for Sis.
Word from 011 is they are having a party in honor of Capt Lemmer.
Ok the party is to celebrate him being kicked out of 011.
And TL you are not invited.
Adios Idiota.
Vote early for Napolitano in 41, Garrido in 45.
And here we go: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il--closer-look-bankruptcy-20150329-story.html#navtype=outfit
Listen close folks , people's , an incumbent mayor with a $35,000,000 war chest , 16% lead does not go to TR 's pub , packed with city workers forced to attend to beg for votes . It looks like Jesus Chuy Garcia will be the ne t Mayor of Chicago . I don't think he will hurt the working man , it 's the 1% wealthy, contributors of Millions of $ that are worried . Chuy will tax them and rightfully so . Maybe TIF $ will return to neighborhoods . Most that attended rally were forced , missed time away from family and are silent Chuy supporters . How did ballerina make millions as a novice investor ? He is a 1% that he warned us about ,when voting for self made politicians , not those that become millionaires after being elected .
Hello Feds, are u still sleeping?
CHUT watch out for Jerimaha JOYCE Jr. he's a snake. We are warning you. Mark my words he wants his. These motha ..... I hate these tough guys.
What a POS Fioretti is.
Fioretti waits untill a week before the election, sees what the polling is then gives his endorsement.
Sounds like pay to play. What's rahm giving you?
Let me guess, Rahm is going to pay off Fioretti's campaign debt in exchange for the endorsement.
Boston copper shot in face during traffic stop. Damn shape. Watch these fucking things. Dont let disgust with other stuff affect your safety or your skill set.
City hall of corruption 121 n Lasalle 5th fl
Rahm should not be re-elected period, we have all these hard core news media people here who just skate the issues on corruption, just point and click on the easiest, the POLICE, whenever a cop does something even a little illegal he or she is plastered all over the news, it is a shame that the Chicago News Media can't do their job, Rahm is buying money by giving contracts to his friends, just like KING DALEY, the Daley clan, all of them, their relatives and their relatives have all profited from Chicago. It is no secret that Daley lined the pockets of his friends and has a lot of hidden cash, but what about BURKE, he should be behind bars, him and Vrydolak stole for years, and BURKE still does, then Jerimah Joyce has the balls to cry when Rahm booted him out of the Airports!!! How BURKE gets away with what he does is truly amazing,
We need to take their children, strip them naked, and make them watch us beat the soles of their feet with battery cables until they tell us where the loot is.
That pig Patrick Daley Thompson would give up whatever he knows in 12 seconds.
Americans need to learn to hate their rulers and masters.
You need to develop a visceral hatred for the Daleys, Enmanuels, and the banksters.
You really think Rahm would let Chicago fail? His political future is riding on the success of this city. I'm not buying any of this Chuy propaganda. Call me naive, call me a Rahm supporter.
Hmmmm...
It looks like Fioretti was the real Emanuel plant afterall...
His endorsement at this late hour is the equivalent of
dick-all and smells like a hedged bet.
"Please Rahm, don't have me re-drawn out of my ward."
Coward.
This is never off topic !!
Fucking animals shot another copper in the face in Boston !
If Eric Holder is not the responsible Prick who has caused this Shit,who could have ??
Offender Smoked !!
Chicago Policemen and Firemen are paid less than the city garbage man that picks up your trash.
Chicago Police Officers and Firefighter pensions are less than the garbage man that picks up your trash. Chicago Police and Firefighters have also have been stripped of 65% of their social security benefits even though they paid in the same as everyone else. They were promised a simple COLA by the City of Chicago of 3.50% non-compounding but the city reneged on this promise failing to award this benefit to those officers and firefighters who are now retired and born after 1955. Police and fire has just recently agreed to pension reforms where newly hired officers have to work longer for less of a pension benefit. If I hear another politician like Mary O'Conner say "Pensioners have to give a Little" or "COLA's need to be adjusted to the cost of living" or "I will not approve property tax increases until there is reform" like she said on the channel 11 debate I'm going to explode. All these politicians spout off and know nothing of the theft, concessions and abuse police and firefighters have experienced with their pension fund. The city (Alderman & Mayor) has lived by putting all their big ticket items on their credit card spending like they have an unlimited revenue stream and then only pay the minimum payment every month. We all know if we had this same practice in our household budgets we would be filing for bankruptcy because the interest multiplies exponentially and there comes a point where our lifetime wages cannot satisfy the debt. This is what you get when 50 part-timers rubber stamp the mayor’s plan for transparency and fiscal responsibility when his only real plan is to enrich the wealthy and those who never worked a day in their life by taking more from the working class. Time to take off the headgear and gloves and do some real bareknuckle brawling.
Anonymous said...
If you care to read their endorsements, Trib & SunTimes believe Rahm has what it takes to bring Chicago finances forward into the 20th Century. (The 21st century is decades away.)
Who else better than Daley, Shanks of Short, could possibly borrow into 2026 to pay bills from 1996?
And there a people out there that believe the future of Chicago will be better with 4 more years of o'Rahma.
– Dump Rahm April 7th.
3/29/2015 11:29:00 AM
20th Century is over. This is 21st Century. Watch out or global warming will get you.
Vote for Chuy , it is time for a Strong City Council .
Time for citizens to vote for alderman that are not a rubber stamp for rahm . Fioretti , not a man of his word , during debates attacked Chuy because he knew Chuy was rahm major opponent . Give the st.Rita kid a chance to serve .
Does chicago need a mayor that bobby rush , kill the pigs black panther party backs or the PR that wants more Illegals for the working AMERICAN a Citizens to support .
Chuy has the testicular fortitude to make cuts , he never wore a Tutu . Vote Chuy
Anonymous said...
So city vendors who donated $7 million to Rahm since 2011 have received $2 billion in city contracts SINCE 2002??
Daley was mayor in 2002.
This just shows that Daley is still pulling the strings. Rahm was Daley's hand-picked successor to keep warm the throne of corruption in Chicago.
But if i may be so bold as to make a prediction, the writing for Rahm's successor is on the wall.
Daley's nephew, who quietly and successfully ran for a post in the Water Reclamation District last election, is facing a run-off in the 11th Ward after Balcer suddenly decided to abandon his post. Balcer is a another jester in the Daley court of medieval style governance. If Patrick Daley Thompson wins the 11th Ward, he will be in position to run for mayor in the next mayoral election in 2020.
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You must have gone to DeLaSalle like Richy. Couldn't get in St Ignatius.
A term as Mayor in Chicago is 4 years. 2015 plus 4 years is 2019 but you can vote in the Mayoral election of 2020 if it makes you feel good.
Fioretti is a two-faced rat Fuck!
Fioretti knows there are too many LAWYERS out there! Fiorette said: "lets make a deal!", with 9.5 aka money, money, money,!
Voters must decide:
Business as Usual? or
Throw these Bums Out!
Jesus Garcia For Mayor!
John Kozlar For 11th Ward Alderman
Just say NO! to any remnants of the DALEY legacy!
Hey,did any of you guys see the last debate? It was hilarious! Chuy kicked butt!
Chuy may lead us to destruction through incompetence. Rahm will screw us on purpose. I'd rather vote for an incompetent person that may screw me by accident, then someone who lies and then screws me on purpose.
I wish the mayor would use that money to get our parking meters back. The loss of this cash cow has truly hurt the City. This is why the middle class must pay extra for everything in this City. The city council should all take their share of the blame also in ruining this entire city. They voted yes for every single thing that has undermined the city's progress and solvency. There is no way to make up hundreds of millions of dollars just given away with the parking meter deal. Borrowing is only hurting us.
Rahm will be reelected..Why? Because people are really stupid.
Fioretti can only deliver one vote for rahm , others are of the working class that want the 1% out of power in chicago . We are warned over and over about the evil 1% controlling politicians .
Over 3 million folks in Chicago and all we can find to run for mayor are these two assholes.
So many comments - so little action.
I am SO tired of hearing people say, "I don't care what he does, I'm voting for Rahm." WHY? Did you get your job from him?
If so, you have a legitimate reason. If you haven't, what are you clinging onto?
The typical scare tactic of, "Well, you better vote for Rahm because Chuy could never run the city." OR, "Chuy doesn't have a financial plan."
Did Rahm have one? Does he have one now? The city is NOT in good shape.
When in doubt, vote the incumbent out.
If Chuy fails, vote him out in four years.
Twenty-year mayors? They went out with nickel parking meters.
If you support Rahm you are probably one of the following.
1. Corrupt
2. Scared of Mexicans
3. Dancer
4. Political Hack
****Let's get out of this mess. Hire Chuy, go through the toxic shock, and get clean and sober. Then fire him in 4 years and elect someone better. Otherwise we're going to continue to complain about electing the same old parade of Daley crime family members.
Anonymous said...
I don't understand how po and fireman are going to vote for this prick. He doesn't repect city workers and acts like we are not tax payers too! He wants to screw you over on you pension and take everything you fought for. When the contract was going forward you all were pissed off screaming for him to be a one term mayor., nowyou guys and girls forget all that and all the bs he did to us. He has done nothing for this city except help his buddies out, hence all the big millionaire donors!!!!!!! He didn't walk in here with a financial plan for the city, he started playing with the numbers as soon as he walked in and hasn't fulfilled on any of his pre election promises. Keep drinking the coolaide about how he is the right person to save this city from disaster. Wait till he and his buddy rauner change the state law to allow him to screw us all. He thinks he can Save the city on the hard working city workers backs! My vote is for Mayor Garcia!
3/29/2015 08:09:00 AM
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that is currently underway... I am glad you see it, most stupid cops on here are driving with blind tap stick, thinking it is all good
Daley's nephew, who quietly and successfully ran for a post in the Water Reclamation District last election, is facing a run-off in the 11th Ward after Balcer suddenly decided to abandon his post. Balcer is a another jester in the Daley court of medieval style governance. If Patrick Daley Thompson wins the 11th Ward, he will be in position to run for mayor in the next mayoral election in 2020.
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You must have gone to DeLaSalle like Richy. Couldn't get in St Ignatius.
A term as Mayor in Chicago is 4 years. 2015 plus 4 years is 2019 but you can vote in the Mayoral election of 2020 if it makes you feel good.
3/29/2015 07:35:00 PM
You ignore the guy's point so you can lord it over him about the election date? Classic misdirection. You must be a politician. Maybe even a politician in an aldermanic runoff.
"You must have gone to DeLaSalle like Richy. Couldn't get in St Ignatius.
A term as Mayor in Chicago is 4 years. 2015 plus 4 years is 2019 but you can vote in the Mayoral election of 2020 if it makes you feel good."
WOW -- what an astoote observation. you should shear more with us. your math skills are fenomenal. it must be grate to bee able to see the phorest with all those treeze in the whey.
You must be still mad at the kids who knocked the books out of your hands in the school hallway on your way to honors math class.
Didn't even want to go to Ignatius back in high school years, so what's your point? I suppose ignatius is a good school, but it's not a school that people just LOOOONNNG to go to. And not getting into Ignatius is no gauge of intelligence because a few dumb kids got in to iggy's because of clout and a hefty donation. good people go there, went there, some go there for the prestige of having ignatius on their diploma. it costs lots to go there. long ago it was in a really shitty neighborhood, and in the early 80s it was about to close due to lack of enrollment, but then they went coed to keep the school open.
So please, get your crayons, and let's see if your as good at spelling as you are at math. point out all the spelling and grammer errors in this poast, because i am sure their are some hear. can you guess the poster's grammar skool two brainiac?
Fioretti was Mr. Irrelevant in this race from the get go.
He had some decent ideas and "appeared" to be anti Rahm but he never really had much of a campaign.
Does anyone really give a shit that this turncoat now endorses Rahm?
The fucker still can't crack 50% in the latest fixed polls for him.
C'mon people, get out and vote so we can stick it in his and his family's ears.
Anonymous said...
You really think Rahm would let Chicago fail? His political future is riding on the success of this city. I'm not buying any of this Chuy propaganda. Call me naive, call me a Rahm supporter.
3/29/2015 05:32:00 PM
Sound like one of the jag offs that voted for the contract that fucked other coppers out of a benefit that everyone should get! Hurray for you and fuck everyone else! The little asshole said he is going to fuck you and you like it? Troll!
Anonymous said...
Scc what's the fascination with Chuy? Please do some research. If you don't wanna bother go to Pbpa headquarters and ask for the chuy anti police rally pics. Also ask for his answers to the questions posed to him from the union. He is no freind to the police and especially not to our pensions. Both these candidates suck. Just chuy sucks more.
3/29/2015 01:10:00 AM
And Rahm is a friend to the Police?
Rahm doesn't use a sign to jam it in your ass, he uses the City Council to do it.
Rham "sucks more".
Anonymous said...
Fioretti just jumped on the Rahm bandwagon....stick a fork in Chuy, he is done.
3/29/2015 01:21:00 AM
Yeah, because Fioretti has so much influence.
Sure.
Anonymous said...
Chicago Policemen and Firemen are paid less than the city garbage man that picks up your trash.
Chicago Police Officers and Firefighter pensions are less than the garbage man that picks up your trash. Chicago Police and Firefighters have also have been stripped of 65% of their social security benefits even though they paid in the same as everyone else. They were promised a simple COLA by the City of Chicago of 3.50% non-compounding but the city reneged on this promise failing to award this benefit to those officers and firefighters who are now retired and born after 1955. Police and fire has just recently agreed to pension reforms where newly hired officers have to work longer for less of a pension benefit. If I hear another politician like Mary O'Conner say "Pensioners have to give a Little" or "COLA's need to be adjusted to the cost of living" or "I will not approve property tax increases until there is reform" like she said on the channel 11 debate I'm going to explode. All these politicians spout off and know nothing of the theft, concessions and abuse police and firefighters have experienced with their pension fund. The city (Alderman & Mayor) has lived by putting all their big ticket items on their credit card spending like they have an unlimited revenue stream and then only pay the minimum payment every month. We all know if we had this same practice in our household budgets we would be filing for bankruptcy because the interest multiplies exponentially and there comes a point where our lifetime wages cannot satisfy the debt. This is what you get when 50 part-timers rubber stamp the mayor’s plan for transparency and fiscal responsibility when his only real plan is to enrich the wealthy and those who never worked a day in their life by taking more from the working class. Time to take off the headgear and gloves and do some real bareknuckle brawling.
3/29/2015 07:17:00 PM
Well said. Though I do think that the Alderman know of the thieving that's occurring,they're just keeping quiet about it.
Let's face reality. If Rahm gets back in we will never get him out. It will be a new dynasty and we will all be seriously fucked. As least with Chuy, if in 4 years he screws up, it will be easier to find another candidate to take his place because he won't have the ability to build a powerhouse and unmovable base. I'll take my chances with Chuy. There's no way I want a Rahm Dynasty like the Daley's had.
Anonymous said...
Vote for Chuy , it is time for a Strong City Council .
Time for citizens to vote for alderman that are not a rubber stamp for rahm . Fioretti , not a man of his word , during debates attacked Chuy because he knew Chuy was rahm major opponent . Give the st.Rita kid a chance to serve .
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The average alderman IQ is 80. The average Rita grad IQ is 85. Neither should be running a newspaper stand, let alone a city.
Dumb people must be ruled.
Come on, respect yourselves and lets "stick it in his ear," and send him and his wedding dress packing and back to whence be came. How. An you guys vote for a guy who blatantly told the rank and file he will stick it in our ear? Do you have an ounce of self respect?? Please don't be blinded by this little prick.
Anonymous said...
Daley's nephew, who quietly and successfully ran for a post in the Water Reclamation District last election, is facing a run-off in the 11th Ward after Balcer suddenly decided to abandon his post. Balcer is a another jester in the Daley court of medieval style governance. If Patrick Daley Thompson wins the 11th Ward, he will be in position to run for mayor in the next mayoral election in 2020.
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You must have gone to DeLaSalle like Richy. Couldn't get in St Ignatius.
A term as Mayor in Chicago is 4 years. 2015 plus 4 years is 2019 but you can vote in the Mayoral election of 2020 if it makes you feel good.
3/29/2015 07:35:00 PM
You ignore the guy's point so you can lord it over him about the election date? Classic misdirection. You must be a politician. Maybe even a politician in an aldermanic runoff.
3/30/2015 01:27:00 AM
Nonsense. The guy's point is Daley's grandson can and probably will be elected mayor in the next mayoral election. But that election will be in 2019. If your guy waits until 2020 he misses the election. The Daley's might not be finding the origins of the universe but they never miss the date of an election.
Politician? Alderman? I'd rather have a daughter in a whorehouse than a son in politics.
Look at all the jobs rahm created in cpd , one deputy chief of caps , two district deputy chiefs , all will drain the pension . He reduced cpd by 1500 men , how can any citizen that wants better police protection vote for this guy . Did your kid attend a private high school ? Thank rahm for allowing cps students to jump ahead of them in cpd and cfd academy . 25% is every class cps students .
Free college , we pay for it . Not for a chicago residents , again only cps students . City is broke , only tax payer is being over taxed and having benefits reduced .
Anonymous said...
Scc what's the fascination with Chuy? Please do some research. If you don't wanna bother go to Pbpa headquarters and ask for the chuy anti police rally pics. Also ask for his answers to the questions posed to him from the union. He is no freind to the police and especially not to our pensions. Both these candidates suck. Just chuy sucks more.
--maybe because any self respecting cop wouldn't cast a vote for a scum bag who said he will "stick it in their ear" with regards to cops pension. Guess I have too much pride and love my family too much to vote for a guy who has admitted he's trying to take food off my table.
3/29/2015 01:32:00 PM
And you thin Chuy with his "hands up" doesn't want to take food off your family's table when he sends you to Federal court and jail? I can't believe everyone sticking up for this police hater! I don't care who you vote for but stop acting like this hater is good. We have two terrible evils to choose from. There is no reason to think either has admirable qualities or is a great leader. They will both screw us and the city. It justs depends on what degree.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Chicago Policemen and Firemen are paid less than the city garbage man that picks up your trash.
Chicago Police Officers and Firefighter pensions are less than the garbage man that picks up your trash. Chicago Police and Firefighters have also have been stripped of 65% of their social security benefits even though they paid in the same as everyone else.
Well said,but you missed half of the SS problem. You forgot to mention the "government pension offset" which if you spouse worked you would be entitled to 50% of his or hers SS benefits. We as municipal employees not paying into SS dont get these benefits. Unless 60% of the CPD pension is less than the SS spousal annuity you get nothing.
My wife gets $20,000 SS benefits and because of my CPD pension, I do not get the $10,000 spousal annuity from SS.
Would rather have my CPD pension but am only pointing out we lost twice when Dan R screwed us on SS
Most people aren't aware of this
http://www.wiserwomen.org/index.php?id=256&page=Government_Pension_Offset_&_Windfall_Elimination_Provision
Got a political mailing from Ald. O"Connor from 41st Ward. Stating her opponent is sticking his head in the sand over our pension. Criticizing Napolitano for stating, " I wouldn't change the pension." WELL, Missy Alderwoman, What exactly is your position, what legislation have you offered, for that matter what legislation have you sponsored in your 4 year term. Thats right nothing, all you do is rubber stamp Rahm! Enough, vote this creep out! She doesn't really live here.
There is no reason to think either has admirable qualities or is a great leader. They will both screw us and the city. It justs depends on what degree.
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You're Right genius! Chuy will screw you less. So...
And you thin Chuy with his "hands up" doesn't want to take food off your family's table when he sends you to Federal court and jail? I can't believe everyone sticking up for this police hater! I don't care who you vote for but stop acting like this hater is good. We have two terrible evils to choose from. There is no reason to think either has admirable qualities or is a great leader. They will both screw us and the city. It justs depends on what degree.
The above post is totally correct, but Chuy is the lesser of 2 evils. I would rather have my pension in full. The threat of federal prison is not great enough if you do not play in that gray area.
if its not clear where Rham's priorities are, look at Magic Johnson! He gave him a 200K or so donation or so and got an 80 million dollar contract in return! THAT'S a GREAT return on investment! And i'm pretty sure there's a LOT more! But Chicago media doesn't want to follow that trail to where it goes! Or why is the city paying $200 million or more for a PRIVATE university (DePaul) basketball team's stadium when you have a large pension payment they HAVE to make this year! Amd they can only play 18 or so games there a year! Is it big enough to get us a Final Four? Probably not! How many DePaul games are sold out at their present arena? FOLLOW THE MONEY!
And you thin Chuy with his "hands up" doesn't want to take food off your family's table when he sends you to Federal court and jail? I can't believe everyone sticking up for this police hater! I don't care who you vote for but stop acting like this hater is good. We have two terrible evils to choose from. There is no reason to think either has admirable qualities or is a great leader. They will both screw us and the city. It justs depends on what degree.
The above post is totally correct, but Chuy is the lesser of 2 evils. I would rather have my pension in full. The threat of federal prison is not great enough if you do not play in that gray area.
What makes you think Chuy would let you keep your pension? Have no idea where that comes from. Is he going to print 550 million dollars
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Scc what's the fascination with Chuy? Please do some research. If you don't wanna bother go to Pbpa headquarters and ask for the chuy anti police rally pics. Also ask for his answers to the questions posed to him from the union. He is no freind to the police and especially not to our pensions. Both these candidates suck. Just chuy sucks more.
In your opinion he sucks more. I will not give Rahm another 4 years to conclude his social experiment of de-criminalizing criminal activity by allowing our pre-Rahm budgeted strength of 13,500 to be reduced to 12,000 where it stands now, all the while he was stating he would add 1000 more officers to the street. At least chewy is looking out for our pension by hiring 1000 additional off instead of doing the harlem shuffle like rahm did. Rahm your time is over, this is our time, now go out there and vote for chewy.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
if its not clear where Rham's priorities are, look at Magic Johnson! He gave him a 200K or so donation or so and got an 80 million dollar contract in return! THAT'S a GREAT return on investment! And i'm pretty sure there's a LOT more! But Chicago media doesn't want to follow that trail to where it goes! Or why is the city paying $200 million or more for a PRIVATE university (DePaul) basketball team's stadium when you have a large pension payment they HAVE to make this year! Amd they can only play 18 or so games there a year! Is it big enough to get us a Final Four? Probably not! How many DePaul games are sold out at their present arena? FOLLOW THE MONEY!
3/31/2015 08:22:00 AM
Johnson gave rahm $250,000 because he "believes in him" but that was after rahm gave Johnson a 80 million dollar in taxpayers dollars contract! Wall Street is paying off rahm big time! You don't have to be a college grad to figure out what is going on pay to play!
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