Thursday, June 20, 2019

Dominos Start to Fall

  • FBI agents executed a search warrant Wednesday morning on the Far South Side ward office of Ald. Carrie Austin (34th). The search marks the latest step in ongoing, widespread federal investigations of Chicago aldermen.

    Three aldermen who were once the City Council’s most powerful — Edward M. Burke, Danny Solis and now Austin — have either been charged or implicated in the biggest scandal in the City Council’s sordid history of corruption.

    So far, Burke (14th) has been indicted on political corruption charges, and former Ald. Solis (25th) has cooperated with the investigation by wearing a wire for the feds and secretly recording conversations. Burke has denied any wrongdoing, and Austin has not been charged with any crimes. Austin, 70, is second in seniority on the City Council after Burke.

    After the Sun-Times first reported that Solis was wearing a wire, Austin told reporters: “Not about Danny. I might cry,” Austin said. “You don’t do that. You just don’t.”
Why Carrie? Because you're all over those recordings?

We're betting the answer to that is "yes," and wonder of wonders - Groot will get to start handpicking aldercreatures in short order.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dirty Carrie Austin (#34)
Her jersey is more valuable now

6/20/2019 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Zalewski next in line ?

6/20/2019 12:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


All I care abou is Arena.

He treated city employees as whipping boys.

COPA beefs for Facebook posts.

Over kill.

Read a story in Nadig papers, he could have been alder jagoff for life.

All he had to do was respect his constituents.

Did not have to like.

Just respect.

R.I.P. your career.

Jag lips.

6/20/2019 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The ideal plan would be that as aldercreatures retire (be it of natural causes or going to jail) the territory gets carved up and divided among the remainder until we're at say 1/4 of the current count. Never happen though.

6/20/2019 12:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’ve searched and searched but can’t find the story of the politician that said she heard from the community that Chicago police were the ones committing the unsolved shootings in the neighborhood. Is this her? Does anyone remember that story?

6/20/2019 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope they take down the bunch.

6/20/2019 01:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In that photo the one FBI Agent is minus his suit jacket and sporting a light blue shirt. J Edgar Hoover would have had a shit fit and there would have been reports to the Seat Of Government-FBI!!!

6/20/2019 02:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Alderman's pension is quite elusive. These tools don't seem to know when to retire, and move far far away.

6/20/2019 02:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"today is a day truly that God has made because he made us the star of the show,”
And Carrie, God didn't make you a star, you are so talented you made yourself a star and the show is called the Federal Grand Jury, be a star & start singing.

6/20/2019 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carrie Austin’s crime is easy....you don’t have to look any farther than the club at 119 and Loomis...

6/20/2019 02:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anyone have the over/ under on the total number of Alderthieves that will be arrested?

5?
8?
12?
30?
All 50?

6/20/2019 02:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PUT THEM CLOWNS IN PRISON Where they Belong , Carrie Austin has her whole Frickin Family in High Positions Every Frickin Possible Relative you can Think Of . Her Ass is Next , and THANK GOD for Solis to start Breaking this Shit Up and Ratting on all of them . There ALL CORRUPT Pieces Of Shit . TIME FOR THIS CITY TO REALLY START CLEANING HOUSE .

6/20/2019 03:09:00 AM  
Blogger Baby"G" said...

The Cliche:"In life timing is Everything", seems appropriate with the Feds. The raid on Burke's Office was timed just before the Mayoral Primary, and badly hurt both Preckwinkle and Mendoza, because of their deep ties to Burke. Alderman Burke, the longest serving alderman in the City Council has yet to be tried, and remains a free man, so what was the point of hitting him then, they could have waited until after the Primary. Now we have this Raid on the longest serving African American Alderman, Ms Austin, while she was with Mayor Lightweight. The former head of the FBI James Comey supported Hillary Clinton, but for reasons still not clear, he cost her votes, by announcing she without "intent" mishandled Classified Material. In her book on the 2016 Election, Hillary claims, Comey, among others, cost her the Presidency. Solis wearing a wire, Gutierrez's repeated stays in the hospital for high blood pressure in a retirement, that apparently is more Stressful than serving in Congress; all of this is controlled by the Feds, but WHY? And yes, the handful of Progressives, may end up being a Large unified voting block in the Council. Carrie Austin herself was appointed by "Mumbles" Daley following the death of her husband, the Alderman at the time of his death back in '94, to assure African American loyalty to Daley. (Like bloodline Feudalism, where the Fiefdom is handed to the surviving heir, who supports "Da King", "Dick da Lesser")The next few months will see some remarkable lessons in Political Science. Stay Safe & Strong. Baby "G"

6/20/2019 03:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh goody. three assholes cut from the same cloth as her own.

6/20/2019 04:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Clowns in prison......
Got a great idea. Remember the Sheriff who made the
inmates wear pink jumpsuits?
In this new prison, everybody wears a clown suit.
There's an automatic 5 day lockdown around Halloween.
Other than that it ain't too bad if you don't mind loud colors.

6/20/2019 05:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Daley was a master at political chess

6/20/2019 05:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It's these pillow talk politicians that are the most
dangerous. They have heard hubby recite the
inner workings of the job, the good, the bad,
ways to steal, ways to not get caught, how to
deal with the press. They actually lust after that
job. They are SO sure they can do it, and do it
better than a man.
Does this bring to mind Hillary Clinton?

6/20/2019 05:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Drain the swamp!!!

6/20/2019 05:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What’s Arena doing now for a living. Is his castle up for sale?

6/20/2019 05:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Read the story if this is not “collusion,” nothing is more low hanging fruit for the United States Attorney and FBI, billons and billions taken from cash strapped taxpayers:

Lincoln Yards opponents ask judge to stop city from spending any money on the megaproject
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-lincoln-yards-lawsuit-20190620-kxjxiblnmnfs7bl4pc56to6zby-story.html

6/20/2019 06:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hearing rumors that former Alderman Tom Allen, a Cullerton in-law, who went on to be a judge was visited by the FBI earlier this year. Within a week, without informing his superiors, he resigned.

If true, WHY?

6/20/2019 06:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wonder if lightgroot will publicly call for her resignation?

6/20/2019 06:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Her race and gender cards about to be played.

6/20/2019 06:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

People asked agents what they were at the location for they responded "We're here to check the pipes...."

Fucking fbi clowns

The Real "G"

6/20/2019 06:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

State Rep. Monique Davis. . .

6/20/2019 07:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I’ve searched and searched but can’t find the story of the politician that said she heard from the community that Chicago police were the ones committing the unsolved shootings in the neighborhood. Is this her? Does anyone remember that story?

6/20/2019 12:51:00 AM

I thought it was her too, but it was Monique Davis

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/state-rep-maybe-the-police-are-killing-some-of-these-kids/

6/20/2019 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

was this the one who lent her suv to a gangbanger a couple years ago?

6/20/2019 07:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Funny how Kermit is demanding that Burke put in his resignation but Austin gets a pass when she said "let's see how this plays out" smh

6/20/2019 07:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The funny thing is all the democrat politicians claim they want ethical and honest people working yet they have nothing to do with investigating themselves ever. Only if they turn rat/witness to cover their own ass. I wish people could see the truth especially in Chicago how blatantly corrupt and hypocritical these politicians are. The police and working class are their biggest enemies. I hope every alderman gets the prison time they deserve but it’ll be because of the Feds cleaning up Chicago not the mayor or other so-called watchdogs.

6/20/2019 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carrie Austin is small potatoes. When is rahms buddy, phony fake Us attorney John Lausch going to do something about Rahm, madigan, Daley, or
Cullerton ? Never will happen. Lausch is too busy doing photo ops with lying Lori and just like the phony he is going after low hanging fruit and continues to protect the ahole s obama told him to. There’s also a chance he’s doing the bidding of Lori and Ferguson.

6/20/2019 08:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Finally.

6/20/2019 08:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Remember years ago she and others formed a group and started purchasing land that was in the path of the 3rd airport. If airport was built she would have been charged for insider trading so to speak.

6/20/2019 08:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Buh Bye and how long till the Feds are accused of persecution by the community ?

Man better work a deal at Garrett's popcorn for the summer ....

6/20/2019 08:27:00 AM  
Anonymous portagePark said...

You would think that every alderman's office would be bare by now. The hubris (thanks Harold) of these people believing that they won't be raided is astonishing. If i was an alderman, even if I was innocent of any corruption. I wouldn't have a scrap of paper, or a hard drive older than 4 months anywhere in my reach.

6/20/2019 09:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody in jail yet? Wake me up when that happens.

6/20/2019 09:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Besides the Chicago tradition of political graft, perhaps links can be found to the obummer administration crimes against the 2016 election and constitution. Federal oversight until new elections with participation of republicans. I can dream.

6/20/2019 09:11:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now i see the connection. Paid promotions and lies lies lies by the police. Hopefully this spills into the lieutenants cheating scandal because that was never addressed properly. Everyone acting like they made it on their own but really they stole their not earned promotions

6/20/2019 09:13:00 AM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

Woohoo!!!!!

6/20/2019 09:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

For 8 years under Obama, the DOJ only went after low level corruption in Chicago, indicting an occasional suburban politician or building inspector. Chicago alderman messed with trump early on and now it's payback time, the leash has been removed from the hounds.

6/20/2019 09:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One can only hope that many of these corrupt alderman go down in flames. But, we have been promised that before and little happened. It has been long standing policy of the machine that if you are heading to federal prison, keep your mouth shut and you will be taken care of. Your spouse will get a government job while you are locked up and when you get out you will be given a good trade job at McCormick Place ( drapery hanger or electrician). I can't recall one former elected official/convict every telling all when they got out. Not one.Not one former police superintendent telling all once they retired, not one.Imagine the tales Uncle Terry could tell about city hall interference in promotions and transfers? But, one thing I would bet on, for sure. Is that Burke and Austin are not going to spend their last years on earth in prison if they can avoid it. They will sing

6/20/2019 09:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Please somebody roll over on that mummbling Daley

6/20/2019 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There is no corruption in Chicago government. Signed, Al Capone.

6/20/2019 10:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Draining the Swamp in Chicago politics.
Please keep up the investigation(s)throughout Illinois
Thanks to the person who finally gave the OK ;)
It's long overdue here.

6/20/2019 10:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How apropos, Carrie Austin from Ward "34" ...
Looks like the federal government just gave her a Payton stiff-arm right to her pie hole

(Sorry for the connotation Walter, didn't mean to disgrace that sacred number)

6/20/2019 10:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bye Felicia.

6/20/2019 10:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This mayor and the idiots in this cry and scream " accountability" and reform about the police . These alderman and the mayor herself need body cameras all day so that this stops. Body cameras accessible by the public daily , now !

6/20/2019 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"More Please!"

The ONLY joy The Policeman has is seeing these
alderfools, the source of much unwarranted affliction
aggravation and grief, getting flushed out whenever
The Feds deign to trod upon the City of Chicago
municipal legislative body enema bag...

That they would just go ahead, do what is decent,
fitting, honorable and right by just giving the damned
thing a good, hearty and long overdue stomp then arresting
and incarcerating for multiples of decades, whatever comes
tumbling out and tries to run away and hide.

The Police...

Are NOT!
What's wrong with Chicago.

6/20/2019 10:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lootin’ Groot says she dinno’nuffin ahead about of the Austin raid.
But knew enough to pull Austin’s Budget chair on Day One

Let’s see if at the next Council meeting Pooty MacGrootie gets up on her pony sized soapbox and demands Crooked Austin resign like she did to Crooked Burke. Point that stumpy finger.
All reform talk-no action Lefty LightLoafer is a resistor plain and simple, will start caterwauling about something police related instead.
No immediate discipline measures for Alderthieves, mmm-mm-mm and they don’t even have a binding Contract.

Appointed by ShortShanks, CrookedAustain is the second longest sitting Alderthief behind Burke.
All those court delayed city challenged Term Limits referendum petitions that Gov. Quinn submitted and verified legitimate were denied a spot on the ballot by The Crooked City Council as I recall for a plastic straw ban, weed revenue spending and a waste laden CPS freebie.
Let’s hope Quinn can restart the term limits fire.

Ethics and integrity.
How does this current new Council feel just about Loafers taxing promise without cutting spending?
Does FakeNews even bother to ask the Aldermen to opine?
Time for a revolt.

6/20/2019 11:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Would be nice if more than zero alderman weren't shitty people.

6/20/2019 11:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Dirty Carrie Austin (#34)
Her jersey is more valuable now

A large percentage of Democratic politicians are dirty. Take a look at the Democratic Judges in Cook County and their delinquent property tax history.

6/20/2019 12:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carrie Austin’s crime is easy....you don’t have to look any farther than the club at 119 and Loomis Which street gang is the club associated with?

6/20/2019 12:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Austin's commitee that she was in charge of, was over budget a million dollars every year. How come that weasel and former Obama protege Rham did nothing.

6/20/2019 12:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just remember council votes on our contracts after arbitration. They can vote against it. And with all these pro groot alderman coming on they will vote against it. Like them or all of the alderman getting in trouble voted for our past contracts being ratified.

6/20/2019 12:43:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The scary thing is Carrie Austin didn’t hate the police, she wasn’t an enemy of ours. Yesterday behind closed doors a package was prepared by Mayor Lightfoot and her closest advisors calling for an astonishing 2% pay cut for all members of the C.P.D. and the immediate cancellation of contracts to purchase new unmarked vehicles for the department. Expect Detectives to be ordered into uniform and put into marked vehicles. The Mayor believes more foot patrols in districts and the dollars saved by not purchasing unmarked vehicles along with the millions saved by pay cuts will fill a budget shortfall and get more bang for the buck with the department. From a close and unnamed source in the know, Rahm disliked and didn’t respect us but Lightfoot hates and actually starts shaking when discussing C.P.D. Guys she hates us and it isn’t a secret. We’d better get to an arbitrator soon.

6/20/2019 02:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Dirty Carrie Austin (#34)
Her jersey is more valuable now

6/20/2019 12:06:00 AM

In the immortal words of convicted aldercreature Dorothy Tillman "We all hos..."

6/20/2019 02:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well, somebody once said, they're impossible to take
down. Too many of them. Then one lazy ass agent
suggested "The Wire" concept....And he got promoted.

6/20/2019 02:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Preckwinkle hasn’t decided whether to dump Ald. Carrie Austin from county party post
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/20/18693064/preckwinkle-carrie-austin-fbi-raid-cook-county-democratic-party

Funny how traveling Lori went after Eddie Burke to resign now even crazy Toni won't remove the trash here, gee the race card played right criminals in charge?

6/20/2019 03:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Plumber’s seen at city hall all day.
Apparently a lot of explosive diarrhea going on with another alderthief going down. How many more!

6/20/2019 04:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
The scary thing is Carrie Austin didn’t hate the police, she wasn’t an enemy of ours. Yesterday behind closed doors a package was prepared by Mayor Lightfoot and her closest advisors calling for an astonishing 2% pay cut for all members of the C.P.D. and the immediate cancellation of contracts to purchase new unmarked vehicles for the department. Expect Detectives to be ordered into uniform and put into marked vehicles. The Mayor believes more foot patrols in districts and the dollars saved by not purchasing unmarked vehicles along with the millions saved by pay cuts will fill a budget shortfall and get more bang for the buck with the department. From a close and unnamed source in the know, Rahm disliked and didn’t respect us but Lightfoot hates and actually starts shaking when discussing C.P.D. Guys she hates us and it isn’t a secret. We’d better get to an arbitrator soon.

6/20/2019 02:11:00 PM

Not saying you’re wrong, but they just delivered between 20-30 new leases to the Area for us. It would be just like the city to pay for leases and then ignore them because they want us in marked cars.

6/20/2019 08:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lightfoot wants anybody with 25 years on gone, expect impossible working conditions and pay cuts to be pursued. The city is broke and this Mayor is blaming CPD. The few CPD still assigned to city hall are dumbfounded by this Mayors callous behavior and dislike of us. She wants to eliminate all CPD from 5th Floor now and make access through buzzers and doors. She has made it known she wants the next CPD contract loaded with all disciplinary changes and pay cuts for the first time ever. She looks at the union like they are an incompetent version of the KKK and wants them dissolved. Expect any new hires to be indoctrinated into further hating the police and questioning past practices. It’s divide and conquer and she’s winning already.

6/20/2019 09:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I want to see Arena being led into the federal prison at Oakdale, Louisiana in chains.

If his wife Jill doesn’t flip, she can work on an okra gang in the fields at Federal women’s prison in Aliceville, Alabama.

Fuck you.

We’re not done with you, committeeman.

6/20/2019 10:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dirty Carrie Austin (#34)
Her jersey is more valuable now

6/20/2019 12:06:00 AM

In the immortal words of convicted aldercreature Dorothy Tillman "We all hos..."

6/20/2019 02:52:00 PM


Tillman was never indicted, she was smart enough to retire with her bag of loot. As the old saying goes "Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered ".

6/20/2019 10:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Dirty Carrie Austin (#34)
Her jersey is more valuable now

6/20/2019 12:06:00 AM

In the immortal words of convicted aldercreature Dorothy Tillman "We all hos..."



Pretty sure this quote was attributed to former corrupt alderscum Arenda Troutman. The Hat was not arrested here for any public corruption but did get in a scrape somewhere in the South for some type of trespass charge. I don’t know what that outcome was.

6/20/2019 10:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Corruption is bipartisan - which is about the only thing that is anymore. The reason we see so many corrupt Democrats in Chicago is because there are not many Republicans in Chicago. If that demographic were flipped it would be the other way around. Political party doesn't matter - its all about the money and power. Everything else is smoke and mirrors.

6/21/2019 11:18:00 AM  

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