That Didn't Take Long
A reader sent us this picture taken from 71st And Cottage:
Newly installed, judging by the concrete pad.
Newly installed, judging by the concrete pad.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
Thursday, April 09, 2015
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76 Comments:
And y'all thought I was joking when I said the lambswool sweater would be in the trash on 08 April and the cameras would be turned back on!
This is good thing. These traffic cameras keep drivers honest and save lives. They also raise revenue for the city.
12-15 hrs after he won, no doubt. Fuck you, 9.5.
With all the debt Chicago has wracked up, the City needs every penny it can raise. Cameras are the wave of the future, especially the money making kind.
Yep, installing more red light cameras after he said he wouldn't.
The people know what to do . One day they will be properly motivated .
All you coppers that voted for this mental midget should be ashamed of yourselves, I still can't believe how many "Rahm" signs were on PO's lawns... SMH
Can those first responders who voted for rahm explain why they voted for him? How was rahm good for first responders?
Can you pay the ticket with LINK?
That will be the most common question.
At least it's on the South Side.
Let them worry about blowing the light.
That's not a very safe way of using a ladder.
Ha ha ha.... Thanks, for voting!
This camera has been here for nearly 10 years. Try again. Your reader must be new.
Revenue
someone from a government agency should levy a hefty fine against the employer due to such unsafe working conditions.
No fall protection and improper use of a ladder. The employer should get a hefty fine.
They were never going away no matter who won. More revenue for the politicians to p*ss away. It never ends.
City employees did a great job of re electing this big JAGGOFF for mayor. It's fine though cause I know you all did it "for the children".
Not surprising. Has anyone seen the story on inthesetimes.com about voters receiving ballots already marked with Emanuel's name?
To the guy beefing about his water bill (and everyone else, for that matter). Have a water meter installed NOW. The bill will be drastically lower based on real water usage. The city has been fucking people for years by estimating your water usage and charging you thusly. Problem is, there is no way that you could use what the city estimates. A great scam.
This looks like a violation of federal OSHA laws; he's standing on the TOP of the ladder.
New one at Irving and Narragansett too?
So much for those campaign promises of removing 25 red light cameras from the streets. What to tell us the truth, Rahm!
Not exactly recommended form in using a ladder.
Drive properly and you have nothing to worry about.
https://www.waze.com/
This app for your phone has camera locations
Please tell me the negative to having speed and red light cameras? If every light has a count down timer on them and they make the yellow lights a second longer that is ample warning to not go through and get a ticket. Traffic laws are not enforced in chicago anyway. Easy solution not to get a ticket. Don't speed don't go through a red. Put speed cameras everywhere and a red light camera on all lights. That way you already know not to speed or drive like an asshole.
Politicians need to be sent a message as to who is really in charge. It seems as though it may take a hammer between the eyes for them to understand that. It is harsh but that's the only way. History is full of politico's who thought that they were above and better than the people. They were dealt with accordingly and things changed, then repeated.
I'm surprised that I haven't heard of any of these being shot yet.
You know Rahm was giggling, like the evil prick that he is, when he ordered all red light cameras to be fully functional again.
It's all about safety and all about the children
Chuy promised to take them down, but you idiots voted for rham. I don't care cause we moved. 5 families out no more tickets, city stickers, high ass property taxes, I don't pay to park either feeeeeelzz very good. Almost like a felon getting out of jail, for his freedom but me without the felony. Rahm Sucks with a capital S.
nice catch joe photo...
hmmm... top rung of the ladder....is OSHA gonna get a glance at this one.....?
I am guessing that the city has a contract with the camera company and dictates installations . It might be costly to get out of it so soon. The company spent a lot of money on these cameras and get a cut of every ticket issued.I am betting it is a lot more complicated then people think
Just think how many car wrecks are prevented and how may children are saved from injury by these cameras.
With all the debt Chicago has wracked up, the City needs every penny it can raise. Cameras are the wave of the future, especially the money making kind.
4/09/2015 12:19:00 AM
The city isn't broke with a billion in TIF. Guess that's how they keep that funded. You have to be a moron to think a city like Chicago is broke. They won't ever dare attempt bankruptcy as they'll have to be transparent and open the books. You're not broke with a billion in TIF. I always laugh when people believe it when they say Chicago is on the verge of bankruptcy. You have to be broke legitimately to declare bankruptcy. Chicago is not broke as much as the politicians would like you to believe. Another case of "hey, look over there."
Why vote for Rahm? Simple, because he was the lessor of two evils. It's pretty simple actually, do you want your pension? While it might be cut under Rahm, it would absolutely cease to exist under Chuy.
Please tell me the negative to having speed and red light cameras?
The negatives are; not every one has a countdown timer and the yellow lights were shortened rather than lengthened and they actually cause more accidents
Anonymous said...
I'm surprised that I haven't heard of any of these being shot yet.
CDOT won't let the word out
It was Rahm cakewalking into this job four yrs ago that convinced me I would not live out my yrs here, and this only confirms it. Who can trust their retirement to IL politicians? All they look out for it themselves and their cronies.
At least he got a slap in the face with the run-off. Hopefully some follies like the Ashland BRT and other disasters will be reconsidered. I will always despise him for the cameras, esp the fact that he runs them himself and doesn't pay. Typical scumbag politician.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To the guy beefing about his water bill (and everyone else, for that matter). Have a water meter installed NOW. The bill will be drastically lower based on real water usage. The city has been fucking people for years by estimating your water usage and charging you thusly. Problem is, there is no way that you could use what the city estimates. A great scam.
4/09/2015 06:59:00 AM
There's some sort of legal agreement about Lake Michigan water usage and we will ALL have to have meters in the next few years. That said, I'm not letting big brother into my life until I'm absolutely required to.
Drive properly and you have nothing to worry about.
4/09/2015 08:22:00 AM
Spoken like the asshole that always seems to be in front of me
I'm surprised that this guy survived the installation.
There was a report out that the City hasn't been successful in collecting the actual fines from violators. So really, what's the penalty...install more cameras where drivers have ability to pay up and increase those fines.
So if Red Light Cams are going away then there must be more Speed Cameras coming.
Rahm is gonna get your money one way or another.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To the guy beefing about his water bill (and everyone else, for that matter). Have a water meter installed NOW. The bill will be drastically lower based on real water usage. The city has been fucking people for years by estimating your water usage and charging you thusly. Problem is, there is no way that you could use what the city estimates. A great scam.
Bull. I had meter installed two years ago and promised lower water bills for 7 years. My wife and I don't use much water and we are barely ever home. We have no leaks and take quick showers. My water bill on average is $120 every 2 months. That's not less than I was laying before. It's not drastically more, but there is no savings.
Anonymous said...
This camera has been here for nearly 10 years. Try again. Your reader must be new.
4/09/2015 04:57:00 AM
True. I work in 003.
Leave them up !!! We need the $$$$$$$$ !!!!
The people know what to do . One day they will be properly motivated .
Really?
60% couldn't even be bothered to vote. Maybe the camera can be disabled with their TV remote
This is good thing. These traffic cameras keep drivers honest and save lives. They also raise revenue for the city.
4/09/2015 12:11:00 AM
Studies prove that not to be true, but you keep trying to suck Rahm's ass, sweetheart.
he said he was going to take the cameras down, never said he wasn't going to put up new ones.
Those savages are not going to pay fhe fine. Over half the time the license plate is stolen. I don't know what he is thinking but he ain't gonna get any moaney in that hood.
>>>Anonymous said...
I am guessing that the city has a contract with the camera company and dictates installations . It might be costly to get out of it so soon. The company spent a lot of money on these cameras and get a cut of every ticket issued.I am betting it is a lot more complicated then people think
4/09/2015 09:45:00 AM<<<<
The camera company made campaign contributions to Rahm to ....
..hey wait a minute, isn't that a BRIBE?!?!
I mea Rahm can spend hat money on himself someday if he pays the taxes on it. And we all know there are all kinds of deductions and loops for that.
They have red light cameras amost everywhere.
I was driving in Arizona over the winter and almost caused accidents by slamming on my breaks on yellow lights. Cars flew by me blaring their horns and I found my self sitting at a yellow light. The yellow lights were way longer, at least 4 seconds. I had to get used to that there and readjust when I got back.
Screw you Rahm, I head out of the city to do amot verything.
This didn't take long either. S&P threatening to drop credit rating if pension funding isn't solved.
Pensions & Investments
S&P eyes Chicago credit downgrade if no pension fix this year
By: Meaghan Kilroy
Published: April 9, 2015
Chicago could lose it’s A+ credit rating if the city does not implement a plan to “substantially” fund its pension plans this year, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said...
“If the city fails to articulate and implement a plan by the end of 2015 to substantially fund its pension contributions, or if it substantially draws down its reserves to fund the contributions, we will likely lower the rating. This is regardless of whatever relief the state Legislature may or may not provide,” the news release said.
S&P’s announcement comes on the heels of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s re-election.
“Following Tuesday’s vote, in order to maintain its current rating, we expect the administration to address the pension and budget challenges head on by providing solutions that will support the city’s credit strengths in the near and far term,” said Helen Samuelson, S&P credit analyst, in the release.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Emanuel could not immediately be reached for comment.
Chicago faces roughly $20 billion in unfunded pension liabilities across its four funds: the $5.1 billion Municipal Employees’ Annuity & Benefit Fund, $1.4 billion Laborers’ Annuity & Benefit Fund, $3.3 billion Chicago Policemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund and $1 billion Chicago Firemen’s Annuity & Benefit Fund.
In February, lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of a 2014 pension reform law aimed at reducing the $9.4 billion in unfunded liabilities across the Municipal and Laborers funds were put on hold pending an Illinois Supreme Court ruling on state pension reforms.
The Chicago reform law, which took effect in January, raised employee and employer contributions and reduced retiree cost-of-living adjustments for participants in the two pension funds. A status hearing on the Chicago lawsuits is scheduled for April 22.
Excluded from the 2014 law were the city’s police and fire pension funds. The city projects its required pension contributions will increase to $1.1 billion total (collected in 2016) from $478.3 million the previous year, $550 million of which is attributable to the city’s police and fire funds, said Linda Schulte, spokeswoman for the Civic Federation in an e-mail.
The Civic Federation is an independent government research organization in Chicago....
I'm with you brother! 4 more years and I'm out of here!
A runaway garbage truck killed the old one.
Anonymous said...
They have red light cameras amost everywhere.
I was driving in Arizona over the winter and almost caused accidents by slamming on my breaks on yellow lights. Cars flew by me blaring their horns and I found my self sitting at a yellow light. The yellow lights were way longer, at least 4 seconds. I had to get used to that there and readjust when I got back.
Screw you Rahm, I head out of the city to do amot verything.
4/09/2015 04:13:00 PM
I don't buy anything in Chicago. Emergency only. I have family in DuPage and they get my money, no Rahm tax and no Preckwinkle tax.
I spent $2400 yesterday at Tiffany in Oak Brook on my wife. First she wanted to go to Tiffany on Michigan Ave. No fucking way. Oak Brook is in DuPage County, less tax.
Fuck Chicago and Cook County. All I pay here is rent. Even for groceries I shop in Wheaton. I burn my DuPage County gasoline to get there.
Fucking prick thieves in Chicago.
Sorry old pic
Anonymous said...
With all the debt Chicago has wracked up, the City needs every penny it can raise. Cameras are the wave of the future, especially the money making kind.
4/09/2015 12:19:00 AM
The city isn't broke with a billion in TIF. Guess that's how they keep that funded. You have to be a moron to think a city like Chicago is broke. They won't ever dare attempt bankruptcy as they'll have to be transparent and open the books. You're not broke with a billion in TIF. I always laugh when people believe it when they say Chicago is on the verge of bankruptcy. You have to be broke legitimately to declare bankruptcy. Chicago is not broke as much as the politicians would like you to believe. Another case of "hey, look over there."
4/09/2015 11:02:00 AM
You don't need to be broke to declare bankruptcy. You just need substantially more debt than assets.
If Chicago has 1 billion in TIF but 20 billion in pension debt and 15 billion in bond debt and is having trouble meeting payroll plus debt service then it can easily go to bankruptcy court.
Lot Police saying I didn't vote for RAHM but yet had signs on lawn. You deserve what you get. The first to cry. Police sold their sold for VRI. No pity in RAHM city.
Anonymous said...
Drive properly and you have nothing to worry about.
4/09/2015 08:22:00 AM
Spoken like the asshole that always seems to be in front of me
4/09/2015 11:48:00 AM
Laughing, how true!
Anonymous said...
Why vote for Rahm? Simple, because he was the lessor of two evils. It's pretty simple actually, do you want your pension? While it might be cut under Rahm, it would absolutely cease to exist under Chuy.
4/09/2015 11:06:00 AM
Oh just shut up already you idiot.
Anonymous said...
Just think how many car wrecks are prevented and how may children are saved from injury by these cameras.
4/09/2015 10:08:00 AM
The mighty Karnak says..... "none".
to the guy paying 120 every two months on his water bill.... you have a leak somewhere. My bill was 390 every six months. Now with the meter it is between 15 and 19 dollars every two months. That is a 50% saving over 6 months. While I despise Rahm, it is cheaper to get the meter. For now.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
They have red light cameras amost everywhere.
I was driving in Arizona over the winter and almost caused accidents by slamming on my breaks on yellow lights. Cars flew by me blaring their horns and I found my self sitting at a yellow light. The yellow lights were way longer, at least 4 seconds. I had to get used to that there and readjust when I got back.
Screw you Rahm, I head out of the city to do amot verything.
4/09/2015 04:13:00 PM
Ditto!
Down in Ft. Lauderdale with friends and REFUSED to drive because living in Chicago fucks you up for operating a motor vehicle where the taxpayers aren't treated as fodder for the government revenue apparatus.
Speeds on surface streets are 15 mph higher and yellow lights run 4 to 5 seconds.
Also... All the intersections we observed had a dedicated left turn signal AND lane.
Two ways to look at managing traffic flow.
Movement versus "Control."
What we saw in Ft. Lauderdale was movement.
Here in Chicago it's all about control.
No... Chicago doesn't lend itself to drastically higher surface street speeds because the vehicle operator is presumed liable in all things and there are too many monkeys with the steering wheels of 2 ton half-guided missiles in their hands anyway.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
To the guy beefing about his water bill (and everyone else, for that matter). Have a water meter installed NOW. The bill will be drastically lower based on real water usage. The city has been fucking people for years by estimating your water usage and charging you thusly. Problem is, there is no way that you could use what the city estimates. A great scam.
4/09/2015 06:59:00 AM
Hi maroon, it is the IDIOTS like you that worry us - wait until everyone has a meter. What then genius? Is it privatized to some crony? You are a legitimate reason for explaining why most of us are leaving here (in droves)
good luck
Anonymous said...
Chuy promised to take them down, but you idiots voted for rham. I don't care cause we moved. 5 families out no more tickets, city stickers, high ass property taxes, I don't pay to park either feeeeeelzz very good. Almost like a felon getting out of jail, for his freedom but me without the felony. Rahm Sucks with a capital S.
4/09/2015 09:17:00 AM
We also moved between my families and I, just in vehicles alone we paid 300 a year with city stickers, residential parking and plate sticker. So let's do the math $300.00 dollars X 3 families of 4 vehicles each FAM = $3,000.00 dollar
Why vote for Rahm? Simple, because he was the lessor of two evils. It's pretty simple actually, do you want your pension? While it might be cut under Rahm, it would absolutely cease to exist under Chuy.
Please explain your reasoning for the above post. Why would it be gone under Chuy ?
It is in the trouble it is because of Daley and Rahm wants to diminish it, but I am not sure why it would be gone under Chuy.
It appears that the scare tactica of politics actually works on the above listed poster.
At least he got a slap in the face with the run-off. Hopefully some follies like the Ashland BRT and other disasters will be reconsidered. I will always despise him for the cameras, esp the fact that he runs them himself and doesn't pay. Typical scumbag politician.
i agree, I despize Rahm, but do not forget the cameras were put here by The wonderful and magnificent Daley.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I'm surprised that I haven't heard of any of these being shot yet.
CDOT won't let the word out
4/09/2015 11:24:00 AM
Heck, don't shoot 'em they are armor plated. Some spray paint, a can on a long pole would work just fine. Since spray paint is illegal, how about spray glue and some tacky material.
Ok Alex. Wrong again putz
I can't believe how many Rahm supporters are on this blog. These fucks voted in a guy who gave tifs to the rich, conducted pay to play politics, didn't make one effort to fund our pension, and was an asshole. Then they call the opponent of this corrupt asshole a commie or the greater of two evils. Cockolds.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why vote for Rahm? Simple, because he was the lessor of two evils. It's pretty simple actually, do you want your pension? While it might be cut under Rahm, it would absolutely cease to exist under Chuy.
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You're 1 of 3 things:
1. A moron
2. A white shirt
3. A idiot.
Oh darn....I repeated myself..
That isn't a new camera, it's been there for quite awhile.
Those savages are not going to pay fhe fine. Over half the time the license plate is stolen. I don't know what he is thinking but he ain't gonna get any moaney in that hood.
4/09/2015 04:00:00 PM
You are an idiot and clearly you missed the point.
We also moved between my families and I, just in vehicles alone we paid 300 a year with city stickers, residential parking and plate sticker. So let's do the math $300.00 dollars X 3 families of 4 vehicles each FAM = $3,000.00 dollar
4/10/2015 12:13:00 AM
Your language skills are as shitty as your math skills. I hope you moved somewhere with better schools.
"...to the guy paying 120 every two months on his water bill.... you have a leak somewhere. My bill was 390 every six months...."
YOU need to take more showers!
Anonymous said...
There was a report out that the City hasn't been successful in collecting the actual fines from violators. So really, what's the penalty...install more cameras where drivers have ability to pay up and increase those fines.
So if Red Light Cams are going away then there must be more Speed Cameras coming.
Rahm is gonna get your money one way or another.
4/09/2015 12:42:00 PM
Take this for what it's worth...
The biggest problem with collecting the fines is that there is no legal incentive for people to pay them in cases where the ticket (RLC, Speed Camera or Parker) is actually Legit. Parkers and Camera tickets have no legal penalty if you don't pay them. All that happens (say you have 1 RLC ticket from Chicago and live in Michigan) is it doubles after 21 days and goes to a private collections agency after whatever period of time the city waits.
At a certain point, after accruing a certain 'threshold number' of tickets (RLC, Speed Cam, Parkers) a Failure to Appear/Show Cause Bench warrant should be issued. But since this doesn't happen, there really is no incentive to pay up if you are not a city of Chicago employee or have Off Street Parking and can avoid the Boot trucks by going from garage to garage every day.
Where I grew up (in Michigan), Municipal tickets like Expired Meter or Expired Plates/Registration were not adjudicated like they are in Chicago by non-Judge ALO's. If you wanted to fight the ticket you actually had to go to a REAR court room for a hearing. Or you had to sweat getting pulled over or any other type of Police interaction.
Those savages are not going to pay fhe fine. Over half the time the license plate is stolen. I don't know what he is thinking but he ain't gonna get any moaney in that hood.
4/09/2015 04:00:00 PM
Over half the license plates are stolen? Where's your proof? Remember we are in the proof business, it's not what you believe, it's what you can prove. I worked in the 3rd district for several years and know that isn't true. There are good people who there including several cops. You are a racist jerk.
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