Interesting Move by a Daley
- John Daley on Thursday became the first Cook County commissioner to publicly switch sides on the contentious issue of the county’s tax on sweetened beverages, telling the Chicago Sun-Times he now thinks the penny-per-ounce tax should be repealed.
Daley had been one of eight commissioners who voted for the tax when the county board approved it last year. The commissioners deadlocked on the issue, but board President Toni Preckwinkle cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of the tax.
Daley, a South Side Democrat, said public opinion swayed his vote.
“I heard from my district, and I think we’re elected to represent our district,” he said. “I heard overwhelming opposition.”
So for the first time in living memory, a Daley listened to his constituents and reversed course on a tax hike. It must be the End of Days approaching.
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posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
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I'm in John Daley's Cook County District. He is down on the polls and everyone is tired of him. He is playing as if he is for is District, LOL only a fool would vote for him.
So for the first time in living memory, a Daley listened to his constituents and reversed course on a tax hike. It must be the End of Days approaching.
More likely this is an example of giving Peewrinkle enough rope......
Were the reaction to this asinine tax not so undeniably huge and vehement, little johnny dimplebutt would remain deaf, dumb and blind, as usual.....
Listening to no-one except his gut! All he cares about is himself and he believes by reversing, he’ll get the support of the people and retain his seat.
He didn’t listen to his constituents. He listened to his brother, who sits on the board for Coca Cola.
Like Richard Nixon said about John Kerry,
"I think he has political ambitions."
(and he was right)
Talking to Daley a while back, he bashed the soda Tax angle for health reasons as bogus ... Noticed Thursday , Queen Sugar walked back that lie.. at Board meeting
Daley is one of a handful of behind the curtain democrats ,calling the shots in Chicago ,Crook County
If the final vote turns out to be 10-7 for repeal, with Queen Sugar vetoing the repeal ..you will know Daley's action all circus
Doen’t his brother ,our former mayor still work for Coca-Cola?
So its over? Are the citizens going to prevail over evil? Hahaha. No fucking way. Preckwinkle can't lose. Some other asshole will flip.
He “thinks”he is elected to represent them. What a tool. Did a lightbulb go,off in his head that he may get thrown out and have to give up,the free money train that his entire family rides on ?
Daley, you are still a piece of shit.. let a tax hike drift to your port side and you will throw 20 men over board to sign it
One of the big distributors must've called him and told him to go against it.
They do something for him he does something for them.
Wasn't the Federal Government threatening to withhold about $60 million in WIC and EBT funds because of the fiasco when they rolled it out?
Or doesn't that count, because it was withholding money from the state?
Thin envelopes from the beverage distributors - because of lower sales + phone ringing off the hook with people screaming about the tax + chances of getting re-elected dropping like a lead balloon = Ummm, I rethought things and I'm voting for repeal!
John Daley is like the slow dim witted puppy that you take home out of pitty.
Big Cola finally came up with his price.
He found out one of his is mainlining Gatorade Glacier, and cannot support his habit anymore.
Daley thinking about running for Mayor?
Stranger things have happened.
(Cue the piano outro from "Layla")
This wasn't Daley listening to his constituents. He was the voice of the machine commanding the way things are gonna go. Daley will never, ever lose his seat. However, plenty of the other commissioners are now vulnerable because of this ridiculous tax. The machine will gladly sacrifice the tax rather than lose any of its seats to anyone willing to run and topple the weaker machine seat holders. It's also a sign that they've had it with Prickwrinkle and his gross mismanagement of a spot that should really run itself and never cause the machine any trouble.
This is two incompetent fuckups in a row that have held the spot. Old Man Stoger may have been a machine hack, but he was sharp enough to keep his mouth shut and let things run themselves. Neither Todd the Clod nor Madame Goiter will be getting a hospital named after themselves anytime soon, or in the future.
Prickwrinkle is a dead woman walking. She just don't know it yet. After the Machine gets done with her, its gonna take them two days to thaw her out to perform the autopsy.
Yesterday the folks in hell got a break while a cold front moved through. Today is forecast to return to typical seasonal weather "HOT as HELL". Daley's, Raum, Alter-creatures your future awaits.
“I heard overwhelming opposition.”
sure he did and the fucker also heard somebody may have
the gall to run against him too. buh bye porky.
To late he gone the 19 th Ward
John Daly also said "and I think we’re elected to represent our district,”
You "think", John?
the same guy who doesn't know walter paytons jersey number..........
TRUMP IS NOT THE ENEMY
I'm not voting for Daly I'm not shopping in cook county. The county board should lower the sales tax and remove the sales tax on food. Our elected morons should be thinking of saving the tax payer's money not pissing it away.
If it's not a pop tax it will become be a tax on something else. They won't stop spending.
I think Bloomberg can stop airing those IDIOTIC ads now, Now that we ALL know that this was just a FRIGGIN MONEY GRAB after all...Gee....Who'da thunk that Prickdinkie was lying to us all.....
Prickwinkle fucked her staff....most see the writing on the walls,, their seats are in Jeopardy next election! Ditch The commies.
I called each of the commissioners. Daley was the ONLY one at his office and I spoke to him personally, which I respected. I told him and all the other commissioners(had to leave messages because no one answers at 10am) to be expected to be voted out unless this tax is repealed. I did keep my mouth shut about how I wish his brother would be indicted for all his crimes.
OT: I checked greenslips and for the first time I've noticed a pension deduction from my OT check. I went back several months and sure enough, there was never a deduction of pension from the OT check. Anyone notice the same? Is this the new normal?
CHUYS next
That 26 st chamber of commerce is giving him hell.
Disregard earlier post of pension deduction from OT. The Duty availability was the cause of the deduction. I thought that Ferguson and the Mayor were attacking the OT checks as a way to take back some of the alleged stolen overtime money.
The jig is up for these fuckers. Even the mouthbreathers are tired of the taxes they don’t have to pay.
The simple answer is "Johnny gits paid!"
“I heard from my district, and I think we’re elected to represent our district,” he said. “I heard overwhelming opposition.”
So for the first time in living memory, a Daley listened to his constituents and reversed course on a tax hike. It must be the End of Days approaching.
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And I always thought that short shanks was the "Fredo" in the daley crime family...
vote him , periwinkie and other commissioners out of office
"John Daley is like the slow dim witted puppy that you take home out of "
I always heard that John was the smartest of the Daley brothers.
He was the man behind the man, John was calling the plays.
He realizes that the Sheeple have been awakened like never before.
If Preckwinkle doesn’t give up on this she’s committing political suicide.
Don't be fooled. BroShanks isn't listening to the common folk, it's the lobby.
Chicago is loosing money and more importantly, politicians could lose money too.
How many American Beverage Association members did Daley BroShanks hear from?
Ooooooooh, those city distributors that are in the donor class.
PruneWrinkle will lose at least one more shaky board members sugar pop vote besides BroShanks, but a deal was already crafted and another scheme tax will follow.
She is one bitter witch.
No one at Beatrice's believed this story.
Oh no, this is not a money grab. We really, truly believe that this will help children and prevent them from developing all sorts of malady's, like diabetes.
But if you are on welfare, you are exempt from the tax.
So then this must mean that all those that are on welfare must have some super power that guards them against developing diseases that the prolong use of sugary drinks brings about.
Anonymous said...
He didn’t listen to his constituents. He listened to his brother, who sits on the board for Coca Cola.
10/06/2017 12:23:00 AM
Bingo.
We have the winner.
John Daley is as dumb as a box of rocks. Right up there with the Strogers
Wasn't the Federal Government threatening to withhold about $60 million in WIC and EBT funds because of the fiasco when they rolled it out?
Or doesn't that count, because it was withholding money from the state?
It became a non issue after retailers figured out how to get their sales systems to not charge those on benefits with the tax. The money still flows to the needy, unabated by any silly sugar tax.
After the Machine gets done with her.....come on people- the Machine put her there and she does their bidding. The tax was not her brainchild---the machine (which is much bigger than Cook County--note the out of state support ads from BillDeBlobbio) wanted to bring in more dollars by more taxes - the machine never has anything to lose--they rule cook government, city government and every city department...and once they gut the FOP contract (and then the PBPA contracts- cause they will roll claiming "we would lose those benefits too- so we decided to make concessions we wanted") all will be quiet
Health care cut and Deputy Sheriff's laid off. Will they cut Sheriff's Police as well ?
Bye bye health care and Deputy Sheriff's. Will we also lose Sheriff's Police in the suburbs as well?
Taxwinkle had her day of glory when she sat with the obama's at the democratic convention. Then came the reality check. She's done in politics.
It's all a political scam. Don't believe any of it. He did hear from his constituents and is now and was probably given permission to take some political cover. Now he comes across as listening. They have been saying that since day one. Look for one more commissioner to do the same
Problem is ifDaley would have voted against it originally, it would not have passed. Now they need 2 more votes to override Preckwinkles veto. It all a plan and she and Daley both know there won't be two more votes. They think we are fools and Daley can say during the next election that he listened to his constituents and changed his vote
He should have done that on the first vote and we wouldn't be in this position
They will not have the necessary votes, but he will be the hero and get reelection
Anonymous Anonymous said...
John Daley is like the slow dim witted puppy that you take home out of pitty.
10/06/2017 01:07:00 AM
Nicely put, but you left out the part where he bites you then shits on the rug.
If only Ol' Dick and Maggie were spayed and neutered we wouldn't have that problem.
Anonymous said...
He didn’t listen to his constituents. He listened to his brother, who sits on the board for Coca Cola.
10/06/2017 12:23:00 AM
Again, nicely said. The truth in a nutshell. (No pun intended)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The board passes repeal, Prickwinkle vetoes, not enough votes to override. Soda tax stays. The show goes on.
Crook County soda tax repeal .. repeal letter signed by 11 Commissioners, enough to
override a Queen Sugar Taxwinkle veto ..But ,,But ..soda tax removed starting
December 1st ..LOL Not a cent for Taxwinkle'e Crook county waste pockets
Dems must have gotten some seen bad polling numbers about their Soda tax
Taxwinkle reduced to a figure head
So for the first time in living memory, a Daley listened to his constituents and reversed course on a tax hike. It must be the End of Days approaching.
True enough, SCC, although it was little mayor Richie's failure to raise taxes and pay into the pension funds -- when the debt was still manageable -- that led Chicago into the financial sinkhole in which the even littler man now so cutely dances.
He bends with the political winds.
If nobody runs against Taxwinkle, she wins. Sad!
Damage has been done already. I once shopped at the Harlem/Foster Jewel. Guess what? I now go to the Wood Dale Jewel. The sales tax is 8% compared to 10.25%. Do the math. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Prickwrinkle is a dead woman walking. She just don't know it yet. After the Machine gets done with her, its gonna take them two days to thaw her out to perform the autopsy.
Don’t sully Frankie Carbone by mentioning her in the same sentence! One was a mean, corrupt, sneaky member of organized crime, and the other was Frankie Carbone!!!
Tommy DeVito: What the fuck you looking at? Come on. Make that coffee to go. Let's go.
[Frankie mumbles something and goes to the door with the coffee pot in his hand]
Tommy DeVito: What the fuck are you doing? It's a joke! A joke! Put the fucking pot down!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm in John Daley's Cook County District. He is down on the polls and everyone is tired of him. He is playing as if he is for is District, LOL only a fool would vote for him.
You mean like the City Worker that voted for Rahm because they were afraid of Chuey?
rememer the words of michael corleone in the movie "the godfather part I" its not personal its just business"
remember Robert De Niro, famous qoute in the move "heat" when he said " right now im talking to a dead man" that is toni pinkerrwinkles daley , rahm your political careers are dead
pete silvestri for cook county commissioner , seiser for cook county sheriff
now is the time to let the n/w side run it
Drooling fool, whose only claim to fame is his last name. Just another Daley sucking at the public teet. Isn't everyone sick of the Daley crime family and the damage they have done to the city, county, and state? How can people keep electing these assholes thieves and their pals?
Taxwinkle Daly and most of all Bloomberg can kiss my ass!
I'm going to miss the Bloomberg 's commercial with the retired nurse that is raising her five grandchildren and the tax was needed to stop them from drinking sugary drinks. Let granma raise them babies.
If we watch the commercials about the Soda tax you see spokes people talking about over weight 5yr olds who can hardly walk because they're so overweight due to sugary drinks. Are these kids sneaking out in the middle of the night to buy this stuff?? Maybe Bloomberg could get a Nanny Cam out next to the Spot Shotters to identify these sugar miscreants and save them. Or maybe the County Board could tax Mac&Cheese and hot fries......Meh!!!
Daley is resorting to his survival instincts. Senses the wind and bends with the breeze. Because otherwise he might have to work for a living.
Toni was and always was an Evil person who is a hater. Plus....she carries a strong cat litter odor. One of her bodyguards had to walk off the great gig because the cat hair on her clothing caused asthma fits.
If you ever see her in public just look at her clothing, and hygiene. Not good Tony !
The sister of the late-great "Mail Box Marilynn" 018
I called Daley to voice my displeasure for the tax and his reasoning was that the tax needed to be passed to plug a 75 million dollar hole in the county budget of which they voted for and PASSED. There was enough money for big raises for the big cat county workers but not a penny to cut! So tired of this nonsense! Same deal with Fran Hurley" the voice of the working people" who voted to increase income tax! You both lost my vote-not that you care.
Doesn't matter anymore for me. I've grown so attached to shopping anywhere but Cook County, they won't see much tax from me. Here's a hint, everywhere else is, cleaner, better staffed, and cheaper.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Damage has been done already. I once shopped at the Harlem/Foster Jewel. Guess what? I now go to the Wood Dale Jewel. The sales tax is 8% compared to 10.25%. Do the math. And I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I did the math and I'm not sure I would drive to wooddale to just do my grocery shopping. On a $200 bill I would save $4.50 Would spend more on gas and my time is worth more than $4.50
"So for the first time in living memory, a Daley listened to his constituents and reversed course on a tax hike. It must be the End of Days approaching." Yes. I felt that way today when I listened to a group of 80 year old seniors talking while waiting in a line. They were all pissed about the soda tax--to the point that even they are driving (or their kids are driving them) out of Crook County or to Indiana to shop. These are the people the Dem politicians can usually count on to be limited to public transportation and trapped in the black hole of Chicago. Even they are striking out on their own. Yes, the end of days....
Typically reliable democratic foot soldiers were refusing to sign nominating petitions for county board members. THAT is what got their attention.
nonymous said...
Toni was and always was an Evil person who is a hater. Plus....she carries a strong cat litter odor. One of her bodyguards had to walk off the great gig because the cat hair on her clothing caused asthma fits.
If you ever see her in public just look at her clothing, and hygiene. Not good Tony !
The sister of the late-great "Mail Box Marilynn" 018
Mail box was in 020 in the 60’s way before 018.
.......and my time is worth more than $4.50
10/06/2017 09:06:00 PM
So......you take it in the ass because your time is so valuable.......a math wizard......
JD trimmed his eyebrows for news conference , but he and is fellow crook county commissioners and prickwinkie will be voted out .
Anonymous said...
Doen’t his brother ,our former mayor still work for Coca-Cola?
10/06/2017 12:28:00 AM
Yes and for the law firm that he sold the parking meters to, there has to be a federal crime there. What a rotten deal that was and continues to hurt us.
BUT! He is supposedly too mentally diminished to answer questions. I hope he spends many years drooling and screaming inside his skull silently screaming for God's forgiveness.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
.......and my time is worth more than $4.50
10/06/2017 09:06:00 PM
So......you take it in the ass because your time is so valuable.......a math wizard......
Yep
Daley voted yes for the soda tax before he voted no.
Upon further reflection, he saw the light.
John Daley peels bananas with his feet.
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