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- Organizers with Teamsters Joint Council 25 are tasked with protecting middle-class union jobs. They’re supposed to recruit new members and support picketing and strikes.
State Sen. Thomas E. Cullerton should have been well aware of those duties — for that was his side job for which he was compensated handsomely: $188,320 in salary and other pay, and $64,068 in and pension contributions, from the time he was hired in 2013 until he left in 2016, records show. He even got bonuses every December.
But rather than toil for the joint council – a powerful labor consortium of two-dozen Teamsters chapters in the Chicago region and more than 100,000 members — Cullerton was essentially a ghost payroller, according to criminal charges announced Friday against Cullerton in the latest shoe to drop in an ongoing corruption case.
Many many counts (three dozen?) against the cousin of John Cullerton. So who will he flip on?
Maybe this guy?
Maybe this guy?
- He’s widely considered the most powerful politician in Illinois, but there’s no proof that House Speaker Mike Madigan uses his numerous roles to influence Democrats throughout the state.
Nor that he mixes government and politics.
"no proof" of Madigan's influence? That's an interesting tactic. We suppose there's no tapes, documents or video proof - which makes him that much slipperier than the normal Illinois pol - but with testimony from assorted other people about how things get done?
Squeeze harder.
Squeeze harder.
Labels: corruption
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
62 Comments:
Cant help but think they are hauling in the minnows to get to the whale....its how they work. It would be a great day in Illinois if a whole lot of the mid level fools rolled over on the big boys. I think we are heading that way.
Did Lisa Madigan miss this Springfield Corruption, because she was spending most of her time in her last year of "Service," putting together the Consent Decree to destroy the Chicago Police Department? It is interesting to note as the noose gets tighter around her father's neck; Lisa is nowhere to be found.
And on the subject of Democrat Political Corruption: Rahm was driven out of Office almost 4 months ago. Rahm is a millionaire, and has landed a job in New York. SO WHY ARE THE TAXPAYERS OF CHICAGO PAYING TO GUARD HIS EMPTY RESIDENCE ON HERMITAGE IN CHICAGO? EVERY DAY, 24/7, ONE COPS IS IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND ONE COPS IS IN THE REAR. ONE COP IS ROAMING THE AREA, AND ANOTHER COP IS SLEEPING IN THE RESTORED FIREHOUSE WHICH USED TO BE THE BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR HIS SECURITY DETAIL. 4 OFFICERS PER SHIFT, MEANS 12 COPS PER DAY. RAHM CAN'T AFFORD AN ALARM? AN EXPENSIVE PERK, FOR A POLITICAL PARIAH, HAS BEEN AND PHONY! STAY SAFE. BABY "G"
An Illinois Democrat politician indicted for corruption you say? I'm aghast and shocked. Who would have thunk it?
Just like we aren't allowed to do 1970's style policing without getting jammed up, neither can these Illinois politicos do 1970's style politics. The federal government needs to make training videos for these dumb asspipes to watch routinely. Kind of like the department's roll call streaming videos we are subjected to.
...but there’s no proof that House Speaker Mike Madigan uses his numerous roles to influence...
...but there’s no proof that House Speaker Mike Madigan uses his numerous roles to influence...
...but there’s no proof that House Speaker Mike Madigan uses his numerous roles to influence...
Let me enlighten: NOTHING is as it may appear on the surface. Appearances are deceiving. Look deeper! There is the honest version!
https://i.ibb.co/qnD7LdD/Y.jpg
If a man's face indeed be his autobiography, what sort of story does ol Madigan's have to tell?
Anyone else find it ironic that the tough guy union that always has a giant inflatable rat at their “protests” was being led by a rat?
An arrogant, loud-mouth, lifer like louis gutierrez, and a spoon-fed, heavy-as-whale-shit golden child like lisa madigan don't just walk away from the $$, the connections and the power.These two may not get caught in the web of the feds, but you'll never convince me they each left of their own volition.
I heard that Madigan dosent carry a personal cell phone.
Smart.
Pray Madigan Next
You better hope that if Madigan and these other criminals go to prison that the replacements aren't a like the choice we had between Groot, the man and cop hating little bigot and Prickwrinkle, the white hating bigot, they are those things in my opinion. Madigan is a slow train wreck of corruption and never ending high taxes. If these marxists ever get in control it will be a corruption fest to even the score and a fast train wreck for the state.
"a ghost payroller"... doesn't that describe every useless alderwnore today ???
Where was Lisa Madigan? After all wasn't it her job to seek out this criminal activity? The new states attorney should be learning from Lisa's oversights.
This mope gets no show job paid for by the poor schnook truck drivers monthly dues. ♠️
Get him to lie to investigators, then cook him in the Met for 5 months while you sweat his pals.
Parley Cullerton would be proud!
If they really get serious about draining the political swamp in Illinois the next tax you will see is to build a whole lot more jails. The Daley Memorial Jail, followed by the Burke Correctional Facility then the Arena Lockup.
He will not flip
that's another family at the public trough going back to the century before last.
must be some kind of entitlement or privilege.
Wonder if we'll get tired of the politirat perp walk? No way. These people have ripped off all of us so they can live in luxury.
All convicted politirat money should be refunded to taxpayers when taxpayers file annual returns.
Much love and God's blessings to our brave blue from Pollyanna
He won't be the last. It's funny how this indictment comes right after the other union boss starts singing.
On a seperate note.... What about alderwoman Carrie Austin and her entire deadbeat families multiple bankruptcy filings. Why do people in Chicago put up with this from our elected officials?
They need to get the other Cullerton, too.
Maybe they can start a Cullerton wing at ADX Florence.
14 BANKRUPTCIES ...unfucking believable
Now facing federal scrutiny, Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin and her 6 children and stepchildren have filed 14 times to get out from under debts including taxes and unpaid parking fines. Most cases were filed while they were on City Hall’s payroll.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/2/20750994/carrie-austin-bankruptcy-family-federal-grand-jury
POS madigan will get caught soon.somewhere there is audio of him doing wrong.An associate will rat him out.
Uh oh Rahm!
Madigan invests in people who are dumb and loyal. (This includes JellyBean). Just about every Springfield D legislator who grew up through the machine can't think their way outside a box. They do what they are told. If you talk to them, they speak about him with a reverence; are protective of him; and will not cross him. It was smart to go after Tom Cullerton. Springfield likes drunk Tommy, but it gives you a link to both Madigan and John C and the unions--a trifecta. Tom Cullerton is a mentally weak guy. Tom Cullerton is not going to want to serve prison time. Have they looked at who has been funding the Marty [Moylan] Parties? Who has been funding the staffers in the state offices? Who has been allowed to use the state offices for non-state business?
Not only does Madigan have no cell phone, he has no email, and if you send him a letter, he will either have someone respond orally on his behalf, or hand deliver you something. That dude knows that mail/wire fraud (see the counts against Tom Cullerton) is the easiest way for the feds to get you, and he avoids those communication methods assiduously. Which is why the recordings of what went on in his office will be the best part. Wonder if the feds ever got a bug in his Springfield office? His Springfield restaurant haunts?
The Feds should focus on Madigan's property tax appeal business. His decades long Illinois legislative activity provided him with the leverage to force major corporations with Illinois facilities to use his law firm's services. With Joe Berrios in his pocket, it was easy to obtain an assessment reduction and pocket 1/3 of the savings. You do this on numerous downtown office buildings over a 30+ year career and you make a huge amount of money. He is the rain maker for Madigan and Getzendanner. Follow the money.
Tribune wrote a story of all the good legislative things he’s done in his career! What a joke, he does a lot of great things for the liberal cause ,...oh and he might have been taking bribes. Sounds like they are friendly with the corrupt Cullertons. Wonder what their history is with them? Unbiased news, yeah right.
The other teamster boss flipped on Cullerton. How sweet is.
This SHIT has been goin on 4 years with these connected "FUCKS", once there in, there takin care of, i worked in 001 in the 70's and there were several ghost payroller's, doing nothing!
All Daley people and cullerton was born into the same crime family.
He's going to sell soon and wants 2 keep the market value, like he need's it? He needs free security, so no one wrecks the place while he's in NY.
Isnt that Teamsters local 734 on Northwest Highway?
The Burke-Madigan connections intertwine like a persistent weed root system.
New DOJ hopefully will put and end to just this one political monopoly, can’t get rid of the whole lot and if anyone has been paying attention, look at who’s been getting elected lately. High level Dems are a problem for everyone, they install Party chooches and allow these lesser incompetent slugs to run the schemes that enrich only the few connected.
The Democrat Party sets up these candidates with offers of protection.
Blago was a made man and who knows if he’s about fed up after spending 8 years so far for keeping quiet, with 4 more years to go maybe the new DOJ has finally found a witness. All those pols including Washington DC’s RottenRahm and Louie Gutteratz, 2020 could be Blago’s year.
Yep, it’s only a matter of time and shows how important 2020 election is to the GOP.
Some say Illinois is thisclose to turning Red. With JBPigsters policies from abortion to taxes, finances to gun bans, social justice to law and order, the forgotten outside of Chicago Cook Co are fed up, for example Chicago once again is going to get the lion share of IL revenues just for a proven and wasteful failing school system. The entire state should be waking up by now.
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“I heard that Madigan dosent carry a personal cell phone. Smart.” @ 8/03/2019 03:04:00 AM
Probably likely that an aide buys burners once a month. The office landline phone bill must be $17 a month.
Anonymous said...
Where was Lisa Madigan? After all wasn't it her job to seek out this criminal activity? The new states attorney should be learning from Lisa's oversights.
8/03/2019 05:19:00 AM
My guess is neither the AG or the ASA were made aware of any of this. No leaks, this has been going on since 2013. They have a witness who reported it to union leadership
All of Madigan's constituents that keep voting that asshole in should all lose their property rights and have to perform 365 days of public service!
Didn't this prick try to f$#k over our pension some years ago? What goes around comes back around!
Can’t ya hear me knockin on your window.... Million Dollar Mike
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anyone else find it ironic that the tough guy union that always has a giant inflatable rat at their “protests” was being led by a rat?
8/03/2019 01:23:00 AM
He was overseeing the pickets......
It is time that Illinois changes the eaves dropping laws and allows for one party recording. Madigan blocks this because he knows a one party state would endanger the political class
Need lots of popcorn.
Or if you’re in crosshairs, or on fringe of crosshairs, you’ll need lots of Xanax and Pepto Bismol.
0023 hrs . If this is true about CPD protecting rahms property , then ASAP the black reverends , blm activists and every politician that ran in the mayoral election should immediately demand a recall election of Lori Lightfoot . She is using tax dollars for a has been washed up politician that sold out black ,white ,Hispanic and Asian communities when he paid off that fleeing felons biological mother to win the 2015 mayoral election. Chicago better not be paying health insurance for rahms Family.
Let’s get a recall , she is incompetent , crime up , way over her head .
Paul Vallas would be a better Mayor.
I was in the Teamsters for 15 years before I got on the Police Dept. So does that mean this guy has stole from me twice or does it only count as once?
Let me get this right: Tom is employed by the Joint Council, refuses to do any work, but they keep paying him, instead of firing him, so he's indicted? What am I missing? If you keep paying him, somebody else signs and issues the payroll checks, authorizing the benefits. So who are those people, and are they already indicted?
After I retired, I had a part time job and the city forced us into the SEIU. We asked a question or two. They would never return our calls or e mails. I wonder why?
Anonymous said...
The Feds should focus on Madigan's property tax appeal business. His decades long Illinois legislative activity provided him with the leverage to force major corporations with Illinois facilities to use his law firm's services. With Joe Berrios in his pocket, it was easy to obtain an assessment reduction and pocket 1/3 of the savings. You do this on numerous downtown office buildings over a 30+ year career and you make a huge amount of money. He is the rain maker for Madigan and Getzendanner. Follow the money.
8/03/2019 09:15:00 AM
So glad you mentioned that. It’s probably the first the Feds have heard of it. Hopefully they read the blog.
Anonymous said...
"The Feds should focus on Madigan's property tax appeal business...
~Snip!~
He is the rain maker for Madigan and Getzendanner. Follow the money."
8/03/2019 09:15:00 AM
Hmmmm...
Getzendanner...
Federal JUDGE Sue Getzendanner?
WTF?
We don't remember hearing that name being
publicly spoken in at least 30 years.
Do any of the resident spooks, "haints",
purveyors of ill ju-ju and "spirits of the air"
in the SCC haunted house of liberal nightmares
have any additional commentary/observations
in this regard?
>Fast walking footsteps - Swishing capes - Flapping wings
Vicious eyes glaring from the darkness - Flashing fangs<
40 years ago the Teamsters would have killed him!
I think its about time for another JB tax. Pay to play and pay to stay.
My f*cking taxes doubled (I live in the city) on my house...I struggle to provide for my family...I see a$$h0le neighbors that cheat on their property tax (they lie about what kind of building they have...I only found out when my property tax attorney pointed it out)...I save for retirement (but may have to raid it to cover COL n the city)...I send my kids to public school like every other jamoke on the north side...seriously, WTF is going on where a politician can get a ghost job making serious coin? Where do I sign up? Should I start as alderman? This is absolutely-offing-crazy.
Really....WHAT THE FUQ?
Tom Hagen: When a plot against the emperor failed, the plotters were always given a chance to let their families keep their fortunes. Right?
Frank Pentangeli: Yeah, but only the rich guys,
Tom. The little guys got knocked off and all their estates went to the emperors — unless they went home and killed themselves. Then nothing happened, and the families — the families were taken care of.
Tom: That was a good break. A nice deal
.Frank: Yeah. They went home and sat in a hot bath, opened up their veins and bled to death, and sometimes they had a little party before they did it.
How many teamsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Tree, what of it?
The next one up is the Narcotics Sergeant who miraculously has been appointed to the Illinois Gaming Commission.
So the state off illannoy is broke...real question is where did all the money go? Where does all the money go? Where will all the money our guvnor has raised by taxing the living fucking shit out of everything go? I stumbled upon expenditures that definitely should be looked at from maybe an organization like the better government or maybe even the crime commission...because these fucking politicians think they are organized crime or act like it!!! Why do we need an independent company to run slot machines? How about the lottery? For the children & the schools my ass! How about the toll authority & who collects & sends out notices? Then there is the marijuana agency? How about the sports betting all over the state? Then there's the NEW ADDED GAS TAX....WHERE DOES ALL THE MONEY GO, IT CAN'T BE A FAIR CUT GOING INTO THE STATE TREASURY AND STAYING THERE! Beyond that Guvnor JellyBelly BILLIONAIRE committed tax fraud and never got charged but was elected!!! Oh I definitely have confidence these people in charge will make the new money disappear faster than ever before!!! IS THERE ANYONE WITH INTEGRITY, HONESTY & GOODWILL LEFT???
And all of the J.O's want the scheme'sters to represent the Police.
0023 hrs . If this is true about CPD protecting rahms property.....
^^^^^^^^
It's absolutely true. His kids were picked up from Lollapalooza Friday night by on duty CPD.
where's all the tax on Illinois 1% wealthy millionaires going .
sheet JB didn't pass that one yet
Hotel tax
the only way to Madigan is through his boyfriend Steve Brown. He's got all the answers.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Let me get this right: Tom is employed by the Joint Council, refuses to do any work, but they keep paying him, instead of firing him, so he's indicted? What am I missing? If you keep paying him, somebody else signs and issues the payroll checks, authorizing the benefits. So who are those people, and are they already indicted?
8/03/2019 01:38:00 PM
Do you really believe what you are saying?
when does the self destruct sequence start ? self destruct starting in three, two, one. ................last one out take walleyes fedora. ...............
Don't say perp.
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