Making Problems for Rahm
- Sneed has learned a movement is afoot to vote Mayor Rahm Emanuel out . . . before he’s voted in! It could undermine the Rahmster’s re-election bid.
• Translation: It’s seemingly hush-hush, but petitions are being feverishly circulated to place a binding referendum on the November ballot to limit Chicago mayors’ tenure to two terms.
• Explanation: If the referendum to limit the mayor’s reign to two terms passes on Nov. 6, Emanuel — who is seeking a third term in office next Feb. 26 — is out!
“It’s not personal,” said former Gov. Pat Quinn, who is helping ramrod a grassroots effort that could derail Emanuel’s well-funded steamroller.
Quinn has always been a tool for the Machine. Always. And him backing this play is further evidence that the entrenched Machine isn't happy with Rahm, but the only way to actually force him out without a monstrous bloodletting is to give the little people (i.e. voters) a tiny bit of say and backdoor Rahm via a referendum.
Keep in mind, we attempted to collect signatures to reduce the size of the bloated City Council around eight years ago and ended up with around 11,000 signatures. Should we have hit the threshold numbers, the Board of Elections would have undercut us anyway by only allowing three question on the ballot, none of which would have been ours.
If the Board of Elections actually allows this question on the ballot, you'll see that Rahm is definitely on the outs and we'll see if he gets the message before Referendum Day (November).
Truly amusing is that Quinn is going after Rahm and not the 50 aldercreatures - got to keep the Machine intact, even if you remove the head.
Keep in mind, we attempted to collect signatures to reduce the size of the bloated City Council around eight years ago and ended up with around 11,000 signatures. Should we have hit the threshold numbers, the Board of Elections would have undercut us anyway by only allowing three question on the ballot, none of which would have been ours.
If the Board of Elections actually allows this question on the ballot, you'll see that Rahm is definitely on the outs and we'll see if he gets the message before Referendum Day (November).
Truly amusing is that Quinn is going after Rahm and not the 50 aldercreatures - got to keep the Machine intact, even if you remove the head.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
72 Comments:
I’m all dorcterm limits at every level of gov’t., from the alderthieves (sans Naps and Sposato), to the mayor, county, state and federal level. If it’s good enough for the Office of the President of the United States, it should be good enough for every office all the way down the line.
I rather Quinn over Rahm
I'm all in with Rahm going. Rahm is a screwup. Anyone but Rahm.
Quinn was a Maverick back in the 80's? He actually worked for Mayor Washington, and was also fired by him. There was even that old video where Harold says that appointing Pat Quinn was the worst mistake of his career. So Pat Quinn used to be a Radical, and actually once worked against "Da Machine". But being a Radical back then was nothing like the Democrat Socialist Radicals of today. This attack on Rahm appears to be Personal and Payback for Rahm not backing Quinn for Attorney General, and instead allowing Raoul to win the Primary. Whatever the case, Rahm will be forced into a run-off, if Quinn's ploy fails. And the days ahead for police and the justice system look dark. Preckwinkle as President of the County Board, controls the purse strings of the County Judicial System, Kimmie Foxx is State's Attorney, and Kwame Raoul will be Attorney General. Imagine being a White cop accused of anything in such an environment? Stay Safe & Be Careful, they are looking for scapegoats! Baby "G"
Funny shit SCC...
So Rahm has shown his entire ass for entirely
too long to The Machine, so The Machine is
going to un-ass him from his stinking pelt
with this referendum.
So...
What do the big-money campaign fund lick-hitters
like Sacks, Pritzkers and all the rest have to say
about their boy being very likely tossed on his ass
by the very same Chicago electorate they took pains
to nullify so that Rahm can continue making them
obscenely wealthy off the taxpayer dime?
Heh...
Too sweet if the follow-on behind this is federal subpoenas
and indictments pour on these assholes like rain and EVERY
swinging dick and hanging tit amongst them gets miserably wet...
Can You Dig It !!!!! The leader has spoken.
Let Quinn go after him. He needs to go. Rahm made zero appearances today, and that is because he is a periah. No matter what you have to say about Quinn, he will be the one to get him gone. Without any fingerprints, just like all of the stories Rahm has been planting in the Sun-Times about any and all things challenger.
Sign the petition!
This is an easy one.
This is Rahm's idea.
He wants out of the job.
He won't have to run, and he can skip town saying that he lowered crime
in Chicago and fixed the pension problems.
He will have a lot of time to get involved with
the 2020 presidential election
The Business Commission Downtown Want him out , They see he cant control all the Animals making problems for EVERYONE Downtown , THERE LOSING MONEY , and there starting to lose it BIG TIME , Take a Guess who got together back in the day to get Al Capone out , Yep you guessed it THE CRIME COMMISSION which is made up of Big Business Boys Downtown , Follow the Money , Rahm has always been a Weasel and Ballerina without Balls, You have to have Balls to be a Mayor
Interesting that California has recall options at their disposal and they have used it. Chicago and the asshole politicians have placed obstacles at every turn to keep their lavish lifestyle going. This is very interesting though.
Maybe Quinn remembers the time Rahm took his parking place and ordered the one elevator held in place when he got to a museum opening first.
I’m retired ISP and worked it. Lucky for us our contact at the event had formerly worked for a statewide officer holder and was familiar with our procedures. We get to the event and Rahm’s SUV is in the garage and his driver refuses to move it. Okay. We’ll park blocking them while one of us walks the governor in.
We get to the loading dock elevator and it won’t come down. I call my contact and ask what the issue is. She walks over to the elevator as we’re talking and some female cop starts arguing with her that she can’t release the elevator because the Mayor told her to hold it in case he had to leave quickly. My contact says, “Well since the Mayor speaks after the Governor, you’re going to be holding the elevator for quite a while, because the Governor is not walking up four flights of stairs. So you can either release the elevator or explain to the Mayor why he’s having to cool his heels.”
She still refused so my contact asked me if the one of the Mayor’s security officers was a tall black guy. I confirmed that to be the case. She says, “I know him. Tell him it’s me and put him on the phone, please.” I tell the officer her name and he laughs gets on the phone From one side of the conversation it was obvious they knew each other. As he’s smiling he hands the phone back to me and then radios the officer upstairs holding the elevator to release it.
When we get upstairs the contact was waiting by the elevator and started to apologize to the Governor — who she apparently knew —but he shrugs it off and says, “That’s Rahm.”
City council should be cut down to less then 15 Alder creatures!
They are a bunch of do nothings, yes people anyway, sucking on the city titty taxes!
This is kinda dumb..traditionally, the sitting politician would not be subject to this limitation. See implementation of 22nd ammendment. The seated president was exempt but honored the ammendment recognizing the countries need for change. The old country before self kicked in. Don't expect napoleon 9.5 to do the same.
Next conspiracy for 100 please.
Why don't they have a petition for ALL the politicians in Illinois?!
RIP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-firefighter-investigated-in-fatal-mount-greenwood-melee-kills-himself/
when Blago gets his pardon rhamie should take his place in the shithouse.
Burke and the boys want him out PERIOD!
He could also face a fight over state law that allows only three citywide referendum questions per election. Emanuel’s allies on the City Council routinely move to put three uncontroversial nonbinding questions on the ballot, thereby blocking questions that could potentially embarrass the mayor from coming before voters.
Quinn said a federal court ruling from 1982 clearly states the three-question limit only applies to nonbinding referendums, not constitutionally protected binding ones. “We’re ready for that,” he said.
Quinn is a tool of the Daley-esque machine. Always has been. This is them getting back at Rahm for finally having the backbone to publicly put the mess he inherited on Richie. And that’s why I’ll vote for Rahm. Remember that, folks - the mess the City is in is because of the Daleys. All of them. Thieving assholes.
"...Maybe Quinn remembers..."
Bunch of umbrella holders.
these fuckers will never allow this to happen.
putting term limit on the mayor is a good start.
getting term limits on the rest of them can perhaps get easier.
the sinister one will have to plant his wedding tutu somewhere else.
1) term limits
2) end gerrymandering
3) strict rules against dynasties.
A good start.
Remember Madigan and his hooligans want to and still do so control Illinois.
Every CPD officer and their family have an obligation tossing this petition. Your only chance to change things is term limits. This should be on ballot for all elected jobs:
Keep an eye on William Thompson, alderman of the 11th ward. They are setting him up to run in 2023. For those who may not be familiar with Thompson, his middle name is Daley, which is usually doesn't use, yet. He is Grandson of Richard J and nephew (yeah another one of those) of Richard M.
Awesome! How do I sign the petition?
Friggin hillarious when the Democrats turn on their own kind.
This is a face-saving move for Rahm ("it was term limits - not me") and to keep the deep divisions in the "machine" from spilling into the statewide races. Madigan demands it and what better way to disguise the real motives than to have it brought forth by a "reformer". Please don't wonder why he has been in power so long - Madigan is always ten steps ahead!
Thought Governor Trumps Mayor?? And in the State it’s State Police,County Sheriff and then City Police. That’s the way it used to be. Kell
You can chop the head off a snake and it will STILL BITE YOU! But it's worth a try. I guess if you beat it with a shovel, or put the head in a wood chipper, that would pretty much stop the biting.
Rham might be giving the instructions to Quinn. He knows that in this election he would have to spend a lot and he would probably not win. This way he can scam the funds, say "I would of won, but I respect the decision of the voters and I will leave... for the children of course". He can save face and keep his funds!!!
6/08/2018 02:01:00 AM
That tall black guy would be his commander Brian who abruptly left the detail after he was involved in removing coppers from rahms detail after rahm ordered him to change the face of the coppers! Brian told them "your sin is the color of your skin" such a racist remark but then again being a patrolman he got away with a commanders $140,000 a year pension!Just another political hack taking undeserved amounts from our struggling pension fund,while the hard working coppers are hoping for something! Rahm ruthlessly takes away retirees health care and gives the money to friends,family,illegals,and criminals it is rahms values!
John Pigott, one of the officers who brought the suit, alleged that when he queried Thompson about the selection process, Thompson told him, "John, the color of your skin is your sin."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-security-detail-lawsuit-met-20151001-story.html
More problems is this insane girl off her meds?
Police superintendent's wife files complaint with department over alleged cheating on exam
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-superintendent-eddie-johnson-wife-complaint-20180607-story.html
Secret tape eddie asking nakia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpDe88K3S64
This girl is just another embarrassment to a joke of a police department with the worst command structure in the country,probably the world! The street coppers look at them pathetically,as they bounce around and are clueless, and the puppet master rahm calls Eddie and tells Eddie exactly what he will do! Eddie will stay until he can promote his son to sergeant which will be awhile,or until nakia keeps on embarrassing rahm and the police department as a whole!
Why let the stubby fingered f... off the hook so easy, he’s creating this mess, let him live with these third world, ever breeding a holes while we, the tax paying citizens, get the f... out!
Can we get two terms as Illinois Speaker also? Madigan needs to go!
No big thing. All the politicians running for office want term limits. Once they get elected, then are not too fond of term limits. Been going on for years
Coppers, Firefighters and Teachers talk a lot of shit about Rahm; but are you willing to Finally get rid of him and the Dictatorial System of leadership that we have seen in Chicago for too long? King Richard I, lead for over 20 yrs., his heir, Richard "Da Lesser", or "Lil Dick" reined for over 25 yrs! Madigan has run the state for decades; TERM LIMITS MUST BECOME A REALITY, AND QUINN MAY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR DICTATORIAL RULERS LIKE MUMBLES DALEY AND RAHM. Quinn's group is called "Take Charge Chicago", and their phone number is: 773-999-2016. Registered Chicago voters may sign the petitions, but this will be a problem for coppers, because coppers do not want to use their home address. The signature MUST have your voting address, not your police facility address. I will be seeking the signatures of other retirees, and I will be very careful about making sure the signatures are legit. Remember, Obama beat his opponent for the State Legislature and began his career after Democrat attorneys swarmed down like vultures on his opponent's petitions and found enough to make them invalid. You're Safe, Rahm has your Back! Baby "G"
When we get upstairs the contact was waiting by the elevator and started to apologize to the Governor — who she apparently knew —but he shrugs it off and says, “That’s Rahm.”
6/08/2018 02:01:00 AM
Good story and I bet there are many more out there, about the mayor, past mayors and past governors. I used to hear some about Gov. Thompson from one of his detail guys. I like to hear the funny and arrogant things, but some things are best left unsaid so as to not embarrass the families.
Madigan likes to refute the call for term limits by saying that the voters determine term limits. But, madigan and every politician knows that incumbency is powerful. You have name recognition and you can raise a lot of money. You have jobs and contracts to give out. What Rahm can hand out in the case of airport contracts is immense. Then add that most people are too stupid or could care less to learn about the issues and candidates and they just vote for whom they are told to vote for or they vote for their ethnic group or race or party.
Off topic another reason scum times is rapidly going under, idiotic liberal reporting:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/korea-summit-kim-jong-un/
Everything Trump tries the pos democratic owned Chicago media twists around, just like how they bastardize Chicago police at every juncture, it is no wonder Chicago newspapers are rapidly disappearing lousy fake news biased reporting!
Public Service Announcement
Get rid of The Rotten Backstabbing Weasel, gather those registered Chicago only voter signatures, every little bit helps.
Anyone knowing who and where they’re circulating petitions out in the public - please advise.
Download a petition.
But don’t leave it unattended, like on the Desk...it will be removed and tossed out:
http://takechargechicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/tcc_Petition.pdf
Take Charge Chicago
Box 8048
Chicago 60680
Questions?
Call 773/999-2016 or visit TakeChargeChicago.org
include the alderman and reduce alderman from 50 to 12 .
it will pass by a landslide , also no pensions for any elected officials .
Rham is nothing but a self-centered asshole and its going to be a blow to his super-sized ego when hes voted out...and were going to hear his mayoral security team from the drivers to the housecars when they all go back to the watches....get ready boys and girls..hope you remember how to do traffic crashes....lol! His security detail all have big egos too...fuck em.
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This girl is just another embarrassment to a joke of a police department with the worst command structure in the country,probably the world! The street coppers look at them pathetically,as they bounce around and are clueless, and the puppet master rahm calls Eddie and tells Eddie exactly what he will do! Eddie will stay until he can promote his son to sergeant which will be awhile,or until nakia keeps on embarrassing rahm and the police department as a whole!
6/08/2018 10:49:00 AM
Hopefully, it backfires and finds her in the unemployment line.
And that’s why I’ll vote for Rahm.
6/08/2018 06:50:00 AM
And, that officially makes you an idiot.
scene from the movie godfather part II
rankie Pentangeli: Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth... but he never trusted Hyman Roth!
remember that rahm
.....being a patrolman he got away with a commanders $140,000 a year pension!
6/08/2018 10:37:00 AM
Cline did the same thing. He promoted two patrolmen friends into exempt positions.
Michael Cronin, the gang "expert" specialist, was promoted without a lick of supervisory experience to the position of Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Gang Investigation Section.
He also promoted Michael Boyce, the patrolman attorney, to the position of Executive Assistant to the Superintendent. Boyce also had no police department supervisory experience.
It was said, while both were promoted to big-time jobs, neither had ever supervised even one employee in their police department careers, nor ever investigated even a single complaint register, yet both became patrolman exempts over a large group of employees and, thereby, gained a ridiculously bloated pension at retirement from the police department.
“Good luck! Try your best, suckers!”
R.E.
I'm with Baby G!!!
Sign the fucking petition, but make sure you do it right. And teachers, fire and police all have to come together to get this jag off out. We're all dealing with the same class of people in our jobs.
I doubt that enough Dems will turn on him to get that proposal onto the ballot. There are still way too many outstretched hands looking for their share of The Corruption Pie and Rahm can still deliver enough to save his skin. Also, there is an expectation that he owes a huge "I'M SORRY" bouquet to the black community to make up for the Lacquon McDonald debacle. Rahm the Cat has 9.5 fingers but 19.5 lives.
There should have been Term Limits for all Politicians, 100 years ago, along with Zero Pensions and life time free healthcare!
Let all Politicians pay for their benefits like the rest of us front-line slugs!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
.....being a patrolman he got away with a commanders $140,000 a year pension!
6/08/2018 10:37:00 AM
Cline did the same thing. He promoted two patrolmen friends into exempt positions.
Michael Cronin, the gang "expert" specialist, was promoted without a lick of supervisory experience to the position of Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Gang Investigation Section.
He also promoted Michael Boyce, the patrolman attorney, to the position of Executive Assistant to the Superintendent. Boyce also had no police department supervisory experience.
It was said, while both were promoted to big-time jobs, neither had ever supervised even one employee in their police department careers, nor ever investigated even a single complaint register, yet both became patrolman exempts over a large group of employees and, thereby, gained a ridiculously bloated pension at retirement from the police department.
6/08/2018 04:39:00 PM
It should be noted that Mr. Cronin was a good policeman. A very good policeman. Did you know he was wounded in action in Vietnam? Seriously wounded. But he still worked the street hard, every day? Compare that to the experience of the other exempts. I am totally OK with Mr. Cronin being exempt.
Where can I sign Baby “G”?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm with Baby G!!!
Sign the fucking petition, but make sure you do it right. And teachers, fire and police all have to come together to get this jag off out. We're all dealing with the same class of people in our jobs.
Fuck the teachers. Let them get their help from blm.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Rham is nothing but a self-centered asshole and its going to be a blow to his super-sized ego when hes voted out...and were going to hear his mayoral security team from the drivers to the housecars when they all go back to the watches....get ready boys and girls..hope you remember how to do traffic crashes....lol! His security detail all have big egos too...fuck em.
For the gajillionth time, the house cars are just watch people from 019. They’re not part of his “detail unit”. They don’t get out-of-grade pay.
Nice idea....
but the powers that be will never let this happen.
I prefer someone just push him in front of a bus.
Wholly crap! I was downtown this evening and it was empty! Empty!
Good story and I bet there are many more out there, about the mayor, past mayors and past governors. I used to hear some about Gov. Thompson from one of his detail guys. I like to hear the funny and arrogant things, but some things are best left unsaid so as to not embarrass the families.
6/08/2018 01:49:00 PM
Maybe I should write a book...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
.....being a patrolman he got away with a commanders $140,000 a year pension!
6/08/2018 10:37:00 AM
Cline did the same thing. He promoted two patrolmen friends into exempt positions.
Michael Cronin, the gang "expert" specialist, was promoted without a lick of supervisory experience to the position of Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Gang Investigation Section.
He also promoted Michael Boyce, the patrolman attorney, to the position of Executive Assistant to the Superintendent. Boyce also had no police department supervisory experience.
It was said, while both were promoted to big-time jobs, neither had ever supervised even one employee in their police department careers, nor ever investigated even a single complaint register, yet both became patrolman exempts over a large group of employees and, thereby, gained a ridiculously bloated pension at retirement from the police department.
6/08/2018 04:39:00 PM
What’s your point? That seems to happen every day on the CPD.....
Paul Vallas is the only way to go! He’s pro police and will only serve two terms.
I will sign my name 100 time because he stopped the retire insurance health for city workers fuck 9.5 fingers
@11:32pm
Fuck you.
Signed,
A teacher
Reading through all the comments on this post has me wondering about all these conspiracy theories behind the petition movement. Its interesting that so many here have so much insight into these political motivations. Not a fan of Rahm, nor of Daley. But where the city is at, and has been for the past few decades is a place where the tax base is diminishing. Back in Daley Jr.'s term, all the goo goos went a flutter when he reduced the number of city employees from 42,000 to 34,000. Look at the tax savings! Look at the streamlining of government all the BGA types crowed. What they didn't look at was look at all the few people contributing to the pension funds. Of course that didn't matter much back then, before his nephew decided these funds were his personal piggy bank for bullshit real estate investments.
Chicago isn't alone. Almost every major city in the country has massive pension liabilities. A few years back the Chinese were buying up all the debt. I couldn't go for a small order of chop suey without looking at the cashier and wondering if the smile she gave when giving me my change was really her anticipation on when my mortgage would get recalled.
Getting back to the subject at hand, Rahm has and will continue to raise more money for his campaign than anyone running against him. Realistically, the only thing out there that's a question is the number of votes he can buy. That's where all the "welcoming city" and city id's for undocumented immigrants comes into play.
That's also where the county democrats and their reluctance to prosecute offenders for laws that were broken also comes into play. This third party scapegoating against law enforcement has gone on way too long. If you don't want laws enforced, get rid of them.
This term limits strategy is a great idea. Rahm's guy Giangreco is already trying to dismiss it as illegal. I doubt it was Quinn's idea. Quinn's the guy that pardoned the ex-copper who tried to kill three coppers when governor on his last day in office and then turns around and runs for attorney general claiming to be the guy who "wants to fight to protect you". If working a garbage truck was an elected position, Quinn would run for it. This is an effort that could successfully do an end run on the massive amounts of money necessary for campaigns. Where can we sign?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I'm with Baby G!!!
Sign the fucking petition, but make sure you do it right. And teachers, fire and police all have to come together to get this jag off out. We're all dealing with the same class of people in our jobs.
Fuck the teachers. Let them get their help from blm.
Why would the teachers join us. He hasn’t done anything to hurt the teachers or their union. Have you read the Tribune series on the teachers and coaches sexual abuse of the students. Nothing happens to them and there is no accountability
We should have someone stationed outside every police station with a petition.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Quinn is a tool of the Daley-esque machine. Always has been. This is them getting back at Rahm for finally having the backbone to publicly put the mess he inherited on Richie. And that’s why I’ll vote for Rahm. Remember that, folks - the mess the City is in is because of the Daleys. All of them. Thieving assholes.
6/08/2018 06:50:00 AM
you'll vote for rahm because you're a cheese eating asshole that's in the tank for him. Rahm couldn't pay me enough or bribe me to vote for him.
Now go tell that to Adam collins, giangreco or his many other jock swingers.
4:29
This is where you get involved. Get rid of Emanuel.
http://takechargechicago.org
10:16
Here is where you get involved
http://takechargechicago.org
12:30
He’s done a lot to the teachers. Same cuts we get. Same bullshit spending to keep donor beaks wet. State Ed Board had to take over CPS Special Ed because he was misdirecting funds. It’s more than a raise or summers off. It’s the same fight we are fighting.
Anonymous said...
@11:32pm
Fuck you.
Signed,
A teacher
6/09/2018 09:44:00 AM
Oh no...
Fuck YOU you ignorant communist sympathizer.
You m/fers are all in bed with and taking money
from every traitorous, sedition espousing,
crack-fucking-pot Alinskyite true-believer,
Soros funded entity there is.
And who can forget some of you assholes
OPENLY aligning yourselves with #blm
and spouting "dead cops" nonsense in
solidarity with THEM?
Hug it out with one of your uneducable, six-foot,
200 pound 12 year olds with a beard since you have
the nerve to be trolling a Police blog.
You all don't give a fuck about the Police so why
do you bother coming here to get your intel?
You know know… Since The Police are such a problem
that you can't help yourself trolling to see what
they're thinking/doing.
Fuck You from a different direction altogether...
What’s your point? That seems to happen every day on the CPD.....
6/09/2018 08:23:00 AM
Read my first sentence and try to comprehend.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
More problems is this insane girl off her meds?
Police superintendent's wife files complaint with department over alleged cheating on exam
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-superintendent-eddie-johnson-wife-complaint-20180607-story.html
Secret tape eddie asking nakia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpDe88K3S64
This girl is just another embarrassment to a joke of a police department with the worst command structure in the country,probably the world! The street coppers look at them pathetically,as they bounce around and are clueless, and the puppet master rahm calls Eddie and tells Eddie exactly what he will do! Eddie will stay until he can promote his son to sergeant which will be awhile,or until nakia keeps on embarrassing rahm and the police department as a whole!
6/08/2018 10:49:00 AM
Eddie's son will be an exempt soon!
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