Groot Speech
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday entered the living rooms of Chicagoans in a televised address to warn of “hard choices” ahead — and revealed the bad-news number all were waiting for: a $838 million deficit.
That was the main reveal in a 26-minute speech in which Lightfoot said no options are off the table to tackle the city’s financial crisis — and that she’d sacrifice herself “politically” to get it right.
“Some of our solutions will be hard. Yes, they may involve putting ourselves at risk. And if it means that I sacrifice myself politically, so be it in pursuit of the right thing,” Lightfoot said at the Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker auditorium. “We don’t have a moment to lose.”
Lightfoot noticeably pivoted to the state on two key issues: a Chicago casino and pension consolidation — showing her political hand in amping up the pressure for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers to help the city out.
A whole lot of hot air...more like a campaign commercial than a roadmap to solve problems. There weren't many suggestions for "cutting." More about "restructuring" and "hard choices" which we took to mean tax increases.
Labels: city politics, money questions
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
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She’s big on that swipe clock.
She did not understand the problem when she took the job, and this stupid woman has never had any idea how to fix it.
Remind me, why did she run?
The Daley-Emanuel-Lightfoot death spiral accelerates.
Sounds like it's time to bust a move, as they said... Back in the day.
As they say in west Texas lil Larry is “All hat and no Cattle”... in other words, who is gonna replace Larry. All talk and no balls
Shes the only mayor ever that said she wants to make sure all city workers have the pension they are promised. So at least one good thing was said during her speech.
The Clown mayor Groot is an embarrassment ..water is a right,, yeah except the free water that everyone else will be paying, will be free ,for the dead beats.... Chicagoans already pay $2 a month extra for people who don't pay their gas bills ... Chicago has the highest sales tax...2nd highest property tax 2nd highest gas taxes ..thanks to blue democrats ….just more people will leave corrupt Chicago
Absolutely correct pols use double-speak and it is glaring with SCC correct assessment of the phrase that pays “hard choices” is to mean taxation. You can also add “fees” and “penalties” to the “hard choices”.
Notice gov "jabba the toilet seat" fractured his thigh bone..the Chicago ABC7 anchors pronounced Pritzker in otherwise good health ,, being Pritzker already morbid obese... what else can be wrong
Tax tax tax. It's the only thing democrats know how to do best. Instead of cutting services, wasteful programs, laying off non essential workforce (we are looking right at you TMAs and school safe zone hacks) and reducing the city council members and thus millions of dollars in alderman slush funds; we have yet another brilliant mayor who just decides raising property taxes and tax on businesses is the way to go. This BS state of the city speech which elicited zero plans for reform in the city budget was just grandstanding by a mayor who has no real plans to do anything besides raises taxes, but she will put on a show for the next month pretending she tried her best to avoid raising taxes. She's a worse actress then she is mayor.
Just keep voting DemocRATS and there will be nothing left. If you don’t believe Chicago turned into the Titanic then. Remember the people on the Titanic didn’t believe they were in trouble and sinking either. They thought it was unsinkable! This place is a mess! It doesn’t take a genius to figure that out. Chicago is officially shit!
Good luck finding a life preserver or on a lifeboat! The DemocRATS are as ruthless as bedbugs! Blood suckers!
It's all fucking word salad with these democrat mother fuckers.
"Some of our solutions will be hard. Yes, they may involve putting ourselves at risk. And if it means that I sacrifice myself politically, so be it in pursuit of the right thing,” Lightfoot said at the Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker auditorium. “We don’t have a moment to lose."
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MADE FOR SOUNDBITE UTTERANCE MEAN?
And the world is going to end in twelve years; Let's tax that not to happen.
NEVER VOTE FOR ANY FUCKING DEMOCRAT!!
File for Arbitration now.
Cut the Aldermen down!
If Dailey didn’t sell the parking meters, city parking garage and ski-way we would have more money coming in. The TIFF should be de-solved for ten years and they wouldn’t have to raise taxes. Instead they are going to run a large number of citizens and businesses out of Chicago. I can’t wait to move!
It was a campaign speech pure and simple. She just got elected so no need to pander for votes. It’s sad that the reformer didn’t name the real people that destroyed Chicago. DALEY(22 years in office) and Rahm. Call these jokers out. Or are you now one of them and must “respect their(terrible)legacy?” I happy she said positive things about our earned, contributed too, and promised and agreed upon pension. We wouldn’t have taken the job if we knew the city was lying about it. It was used to attract people to become CPD. It’s Too late in the game for us to make other financial arrangements.
Did Groot also opine on the number of dead and wounded over the weekend?
“Some of our solutions will be hard. Yes, they may involve putting ourselves at risk. And if it means that I sacrifice myself politically, so be it in pursuit of the right thing,” Lightfoot said at the Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker auditorium. “We don’t have a moment to lose.”
(Sun Times article)
The last two mayors sacrificed themselves politically and they are doing much better monetarily. Politicians never suffer even when booted out of office. They always find another office to run for or get a much higher paying job. In her case as an attorney who held a public office the sky is the limit.
And yes what was the purpose of the speech? She did not tell us anything that we did not know already.
No more contributions to Tifs until Pensions are fully funded. End of story
"Groot Speech"
=
>Fart-Noise & Sudden Stink<
Much sound, fury and odor
but little else.
Another Liberal Democrat
Progressive Collectivist production.
Lenin, Trotsky and Alinsky clap
and titter like giddy school-girls.
Don't y'all worry though...
Something big, brown and natural is
coming because the municipal pipeworks are banging
and rattling enough to swing the chandeliers and shake
some plaster loose.
It was a big dry NOTHING-BURGER.
I watched the whole thing.
At about munite 10 or so she started with the "protecting immigrants" bullshit
and then blah-blah-blah something something about the south and west sides...
an obvious bow to the black activists in the crowd.
(Ja'mal Green was in the front row...according to his Twittering)
The usual leftist show turned out to be just another pander-fest.
No real talk of all the $$$$$ which is what I wanted to hear.
More of the same nonsense that has been spewed before. 28 billion dollars owed to the 4 major pension funds in chicago is the real elephant in the room. You can not tax your way out of that.
Politically sacrificing herself? Where's the mayor of Chicago to go politically? "Big Bill" Thompson went to jail, Harrison was assassinated. Sacrificed on the altar of Chicago politics? Sounds positively Biblical.
We really may be entering upon a New Era in Chicago Politics. Historically, going back to Carter Harrison, and his son, Chicago Mayors have served multiple terms. Rahm would have been a one term Mayor if he had not suppressed the McDonald video, and allowed Van Dyke to have a speedy trial. Now "Lightweight" may face one term, depending on how she handles tax increases.She made it clear that she was most concerned about Black and Brown Communities; while making No Mention of White communities, like Mt. Greenwood, Galewood, Edison Park or anywhere that was not in "Decline." It was also interesting to see how "Groot" had no reluctance to blame Rahm, while remaining loyal to her political Mentor, "Mumbles" Daley. Whatever the case, a casino is NOT going to raise $800 million dollars, so she better come up with something fast. Interestingly, she made No Mention of the CTU threat to strike and what that would cost. AND ONCE AGAIN, HERE IS A SOLUTION TO SAVING AT LEAST $500,000 PER YEAR. STOP PROVIDING 24/7 SECURITY AND LIMO SERVICE FOR A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE WHO WORKS IN NEW YORK, NAMED RAHM. Stay safe and Strong. Baby "G"
Too beastly to watch
who's dumber her or the voters?
I love that she is willing to work with the other side in a bipartisan effort to get things done. LOL...like me, all the other side are leaving this God forsaken state!!!
Remember when you see the picketing CPS teachers this fall to ask if any of them are math teachers.
Cut the number of aldermen by 2/3’s.
Chicago government is bloated compared to other major cities in the country
fucking bitch is going to make the hard choices for you.then pivots to the vibrant community that costs this city dearly.i laugh from far away because i know i saved a bundle in taxes in the last four years.
a casino and weed sales will not save the city.
when the perpetually aggrieved part of the city ever wakes up to the fact that their own sold them out for the vibrant community. who will be blamed?
Didn't hear/see the speech. How many times did she blame Trump for the city's problems?
And the porky governor has a hairline fracture in his fat femur that'll keep him out of the fray for 6 to 7 weeks. Pretty soon the real story will come out how JumBo actually broke those toilets in his gold coast mansion.
Why not demand the kickback from the beneficiaries who are sucking the taxpayers dry on the Lincoln Yards TIF. 1.6 billion? C'mon get real.
They should flood his email with every event # all day everyday.
Clown mayor Groot is an embarrassment ..water is a right,
____
Oh gawd, did she really say that? Rights aren't physical objects. What if you live in a desert? Lori, where does water come from? This hurts my brain....
She said numerous times she is not reducing pension benefits. That is most important. She also said she wants to end medical roll abuse and those city employees that don’t contribute. Sounds fantastic, give away as much water as you like.
Sounds like she’s going to push for the state to take over all the pension funds,don’t think that’s the answer.
I heard she offered to "reach across the aisle for help." What aisle? Has anyone seen a republican in this city in 30 years?
Democrats never have enough of other peoples money. Chicago is a blood sucking s hole.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Shes the only mayor ever that said she wants to make sure all city workers have the pension they are promised. So at least one good thing was said during her speech.
8/30/2019 12:16:00 AM
the whole thing was just political posturing "where's the beef?" nothing there just air time, a waste of everybody's time, as what what she said about city pensions ,well do you think that means anything?
I'm disappointed....I was sure she was going to walk out on stage to NWA's ballad....fuck the police
Anonymous said...
Notice gov "jabba the toilet seat" fractured his thigh bone..the Chicago ABC7 anchors pronounced Pritzker in otherwise good health ,, being Pritzker already morbid obese... what else can be wrong
8/30/2019 12:33:00 AM
Rumor had it that the rotund one tripped over one of his disconnected toilets, stubbed some of his unseen in years toes, then discovered that, due to the rapid shift in his heft, he fractured his overloaded leg bone! Other than that, he’s in good health. ;)
Imagine all the money that could and would be saved if you weren’t giving able bodied people a paycheck for being lazy, who then in turn call everyone else “privileged” for having a job. Yes, the mayor is right, it is time for the citizens of Chicago to make some tough choices starting with ending welfare for able bodied adults and putting them to work cleaning up their neighborhoods and communities at large.
So how much is the Obama Library costing the city? Between the actual building cost and all of the court cases if it gets moved to Hawaii then the city might break even.
Surely we don't need 18 Deputy Superintendents salaries eating into the budget and the pension.
TMA’s are totally useless, they are on their phones all the time, and have no idea how to direct traffic
It’s all shits and giggles until you giggle and shit
BOHICA!!!
Anonymous said...
Shes the only mayor ever that said she wants to make sure all city workers have the pension they are promised. So at least one good thing was said during her speech.
8/30/2019 12:16:00 AM
who is going to pay for that??????
Ole timers remember the commercial "Tagline, Promise her anything, but give her Arpège ..."? Groot's speech is similar. Both involve your scent gland.
Mumbo jumbo, mumbo jumbo, mumbo jumbo.
Sound and fury signifying nothing.
During the week she already slowly backed away from presenting anything significant at this "State of Chicago"
We had better get this tax situation with the casino straightened out or we will have some tough decisions to make.
We had better get some help from downstate or there will be some tough decisions to make.
All this talk of transparency yet not a word about what those tough decisions will be.
Suspending or ending TIF money perhaps? Reducing the number of Aldermen maybe?
Offered no solutions only tough rhetoric.
"Some of our solutions will be hard. Yes, they may involve putting ourselves at risk. And if it means that I sacrifice myself politically, so be it in pursuit of the right thing,” Lightfoot said at the Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker auditorium. “We don’t have a moment to lose.
Sacrifice herself = "I'm in way over my head and I may not last 1 term"
By December when she speaks to the public we will all be muttering out loud " This Mayor goof again?"
Lars Pilsen
There is no way she got into my living room.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Cut vri and all other overtime in CPD. Save a lot of money.
Groot’s Speech? EPIC FAIL!
The only big reveal from last night was that the deficit is $838 Million. Not a big surprise, and widely predicted. That is a statement of the PROBLEM. Groot, if you want to be a LEADER and not a MANAGER, we need to hear from you about a SOLUTION, not just the PROBLEM.
Here is my Chinese menu of options:
1. Get Springfield to put a constitution amendment on the ballot to revise the pensions. This would be your best option. Because the pensions in their present form are mathematically unsustainable.
2. 10% across the board spending cuts. Yes, this would go hard on the few departments that are actually financial responsible and be easier for the departments that are financially lazy. That’s not fair, but life is not fair. And we are in a crisis situation. But it beats the hell out of ramming it up the ass of the tax payers.
3. Get Springfield to authorize municipal bankruptcies. Many other states allow muni’s to file for bankruptcy without state approval. Illinois does not. Why is Springfield so damn arrogant that they think they know what is better for the muni than the muni itself? (Answer: because if Chicago filed for BK, every single transaction would now be subject to review and investigation by the federal bankruptcy trustee. And there is a whole lot of corruption buried in there that Illinois politicians do not want to see the light of day).
4. Get the US Congress to amend the US Bankruptcy Code to allow muni’s to file for bankruptcy without state approval. Of course this would be a whole lot easier to accomplish if you hadn’t spent so much time punching Donald Trump in the nose with all of your sanctuary city bullshit.
5. Get the cascino up and running. Indiana is way out in front of us already. When are going to cut the PC crap and actually get something done? Won’t solve all our problems, but it is a start.
Groot, your speech last night was a complete disaster. Ever since your speech was announced, everyone was looking forward to hearing the specifics of what you were going to do. And what did we get? A great big NOTHING BURGER.
Wake up, honey. This is the real world, not some U of C academic exercise. Your status as an Affirmative Action triple play ain’t gonna allow you skate thru this one. Real results and performance will be required here. And that will require a REAL PLAN.
And from what I heard last night, you don’t have one.
Wow she did not offer ANY solutions or a roadmap. In office for four months ... what has she been doing? She should just cut 10-15% of the City workforce except for police / fire although some leadership positions could be consolidated. That will close a $800M gap easily. Entire budget is 10.9 B which is 80% payroll. She has to do it b/c budget gaps will get much bigger every year as more retirees pull down pensions. Next step should be to work with Springfield to pass legislation eliminating pensions for future employees (move to a 403b). Last step would be to raise taxes big time to come up with revenue to try to tackle the $28 B multi-year Pension hole. Lastly, City should reduce City worker headcount by 3% every year through a self-imposed multi-year hiring freeze - in other words, when people retire or leave, do not refill most positions. This will free up money for annual pension increases. Lastly, stop welcoming very poor 3rd world illegal aliens. Unfortunately Chicago does not have the money to support them on its welfare system. Mayor should just take some city funds and write a check to these countries if she wants to help them. A tiny tiny check. My heart hurts for these folks too, but Chicago needs to keep every $1 for the pensions and poor it already has (and it has a lot of poor). Taxpayers and existing Chicagoans need to be taken care of first.
Reality is Mayor will NOT support any of my proposals above (I’m sure her team skims these comments). Instead she will just come up with more tax increases that will accelerate the death spiral. First recession that hits the country will turn Chicago into an accelerated insolvent wasteland. It’s so sad 😭 because this is the reality of Chicago’s future. I used to love this place. Politicians have destroyed it - most people don’t realize it yet. Bear in mind, Illinois and Cook have insolvency issues too - can’t keep raising taxes from all angles - people will leave faster. Progressive income tax will drive out flow-through tax businesses like S-corporations, LLCs, partnerships, LPs etc. Jobs will go too. Taxes will destroy the state and city - we will just have the poor. People will keep leaving and they’ll have less tax revenue.
Why did she allow the money to Lincoln Yards? One reason, campaign cash for her, Rahm and ex con Walter Burnett from sterling Bay.
End security details , cut all exempt positions from Captain to Deputy Chiefs
Keep first deputy and Superintendent all others work as Sergeants and Lieutenants with a bonus up to $10,000 a year , non pensionable if crime goes down .
LL has plenty of dollars for Illegals , stop violence and social programs
end the welfare , work for food , housing
look at the welfare rats , weaves , tattoos , piercings , designer clothes
nobody suffering but the kids that receive no love , live in filth
Housing prices dropped again after that speech. A property tax hike in the near future is imminent. Mayor says she will self sacrifice. Will she do this on TV too? Maybe Red Bull can sponsor the mayor falling on her sword in front of the city she loves. Maybe they can film it from the new casino in Chicago and get some free advertising.
Now that would be a Reality show...!
@Baby"G" is right. But the new Era will screw us all. One term mayors, and lifetime aldercreatures.
Cut the number of alderman and get rid of thieving and waste. Then come back and talk to us. We turned her off since it was the dinner hour and didn’t want to hear her shit while eating. Should have put her on at 1:00 am.
She was nice to fop. Ald. o'shea got to her?
"We are exploring revenue options to address rampant congestion that solves the problems of traffic, pollution and other issues, while simultaneously bringing in a fair source of funding."
Expect a commuter or congestion tax like they have in London for workers who drive into the city. I'm surprised no one else picked up on this.
Hey here is place to start and save 50 million. Abolish the million dollar Alderman ice funds. There that is a start your turn Groot.
I'm personally glad WFLD cut away from her nonsense speech to begin the Bears game on time!
She threw in a lot of transparency and morality--who needs reality when you have catch phrases.
The city cannot tax itself out of this hole it dug for itself. Only one thing can work, and there is no guarantee that it will. The word that will not be spoken: AUSTERITY! Take a chainsaw to spending. Cut, cut, cut, then cut some more.
In the immortal words of Steven Tyler, "Dream On."
27 BILLION is all that matters. No way to tax or fee or borrow that much. What's Left? Bankruptcy and getting out from ridiculous pension obligations. Know you don't want to hear the reality of the problem but that is it in a nut shell. Your going to have make do with a lot less than promised, so will CPD and CPS. No way to avoid that fact, and will be sooner than later if the predicted recession happens. Have a good solid plan B your going to need it. You have all been warned, don't want to hear, how could they, they can and will. Remember they hate you, will relish the pain they cause you.
Grootesque. The irony is, if the entities that got her elected - the entitled class and their political enablers - magically vanished from Chicago tomorrow, so would the deficit. Poof!
It’s glaringly obvious that she is way over her head and is about to drown.
Groot says she's willing to sacrifice herself because she already hates the job more than she ever imagined.
She thought she'd be a different kind of Chicago leader. She's different alright. Groot is in way over her head and has stepped in quicksand and sinking rapidly.
Just wait until she suggest the teachers pay more toward retirement and their retiree medical plans. Groot will face political arrows that will mortally wound.
800 million is an achievable number, just start cutting to save money. 50 million is the aldercritter slush fund.
how much pours into the tif's? how much is in there now?
what's the # after that?
keep cutting.
When you don't have enough money for your regular bills, you stop by and bullshit and focus on your needs.
But you know Democrats... so this won't happen...
the tax suckers outnumber the tax payers here. The freeloaders and locus people use up too much revenue. Class warfare with the middle class fleeing. Also, there will be no help from Washington.
"Amping up the pressure on downstate lawmakers?" They HATE Chicago, it would be their political death to vote for any bailout. They want to absolutely rape any casino operator of any profit they may make, a casino will end up COSTING the city! Marijuana? Everyone who wants it has it already and they will be woefully shocked by how little tax revenue that provides.
Any friendly wagers on the over/under on next years deficit?
LightBright's speech was a warning to taxpayers and the unions that taxes are going up, and your contracts are targets to "save money". She needs to look hard at CPD's bloated and expensive rank structure, which has too many layers of "staff and command" running around doing nothing useful for the City. Several million a year in potential cuts by retirement, as well as reassignment to Civil Service positions at lower salaries. Next, end the guaranteed lawsuit payout--stop settling cases despite the evidence proving officers and the City were RIGHT all along. Maybe Lightbright needs to personally review some of these cases and proposed settlements, and remind the Law Department/Corporation Counsel that taxpayers pay all settlements. I live just south of Chicago, and the sucking sound I keep hear daily is life being drained out of the county and state by the City's terrible political situation.
How come the so-called journalists of this city’s fake news media do not ask the obvious questions? Those questions are: If the city is submerged in staggering debt, why are billions of dollars in TIF funds sitting idly by, only to be dispersed amongst wealthy developers? Wouldn’t the taxpayer funded TIF’s be better served shoring up the city pension funds and honoring the city’s debt? Or does the mayor prefer to continually overtax the working residents to the point of exodus?
Anonymous said...
Shes the only mayor ever that said she wants to make sure all city workers have the pension they are promised. So at least one good thing was said during her speech.
8/30/2019 12:16:00 AM
no one home.... where will groot get the 10s of billions ? raise taxes? lol
I don’t know where we as Chicago stand in the list of revenue income rich nationwide or world for that matter, but let’s say we’re #3 behind L.A. and NYC.
And only yesterday, as if this poor-mouthing is an entirely new approach, we had a bug-eyed sprite saying we need a welfare bailout from an equally revenue rich State of Illinois, who through decades of mismanagement and pandering can’t even pay its own bills, mostly due to doling out entitlements and non-revenue producing agencies to run these programs.
Many pundits say Groot LightLoafer offered no solutions during this prepared locally televised speech and likely was just a publicity stunt.
TIF assessment, collection and distribution wasn’t mentioned.
(Which $200,000 of it was used to unnecessarily redecorate the mayoral lair.)
Blame was directed to future pension and wage increases.
She was a uniform total pension consolidation - bad idea and will never happen.
Was CPS mentioned in the cost cutting?
Of course the CPD budget is mentioned in city public surveys.
Blame was also directed at Rahm not doing his job AND leaving her a plan to follow.
Mmm-mm-mmmmm.
Typical Democrat governing, so easy that even novice bull toad LightLoafer can do it.
Ask for a bailout before even drafting a budget plan, making those budget cuts, eliminate all spending on frivolous infrastructure or even try and pretend to listen to the financial experts and not re-election advisors.
Heck, I’d settle for just postponing all these housing developments TIF deals.
Yeah-yeah-yeah, she can say her political future can be jeopardized by tax hikes, but that $200,000 office makeover says otherwise.
I haven’t see it but I’m told the office now mimics the LesterCorp in the movie ‘Being John Malkovich’ only that her ceilings were lowered to 5-1/2 ft. with lots of flannel plaid upholstery and taxidermy. Quite woodsy and brawny.
Boot the Groot.
Save the Budget - Stay Fetal
GROOT has to reduce the number of aldermen for starters. Have 10 aldermen and 10 wards instead of 50 aldermen 50 wards. Springfield and Chicago have to change the formula and make it easier for Chicago to get a Casino. Chicago will make some revenue on recreational marijuana. Chicago has to use some TIF money to fill the budget.
I really believe this Mayor-ass has our best interest in mind, ESPECIALLY AFTER SPENDING OVER $200,000 TO REMODEL HER OFFICE....REALLY...THAT WAS THE TOP OF HER LIST FOR IMPORTANT???????
Every fucking one of these democRATS should be hanged for their total disregard of reality!!!
City, county & state are broke - democRAT solution - keep spending & raise taxes & revenue!!!
Beyond that the entire state, roads, bridges, forests and meadows look like chiraq!!!
Here's one money saving scenario. Cut the aldermen down to 1 per police district, that's your ward. Redo boundaries as necessary. 2 full time staff members. Plus City College students as unpaid interns to help too. Office located within the district of your ward. Your office space is where the timekeepers will soon be vacating since it is all computerized now. The community room is at your disposal for meetings, events, whatever is needed. Ward funds are dispersed after a vote from your constituents what the money should be used for. That will then be voted on by the city council for final approval. If we the police are supposedly the problem, now you can join us and be a direct part of the solution.
"Amping up the pressure on downstate lawmakers?" They HATE Chicago, it would be their political death to vote for any bailout. They want to absolutely rape any casino operator of any profit they may make, a casino will end up COSTING the city! Marijuana? Everyone who wants it has it already and they will be woefully shocked by how little tax revenue that provides.
Any friendly wagers on the over/under on next years deficit?
Yea, like the casino’s want to come to Chicago...what a joke..sorry,you can’t make them come and there is now way someone will put a casino in the west side of Chicago. As for JB the hutt takeover over the pensions..yea I heard him laugh all the way up in Lake County! So property taxes are coming down the line. I will set the over/under at 20% for all the Neighborhoods that aren’t “neighborhoods of color”.
They are going to try to amend the state constitution soon,we will get what we already earned going forward 401k. Yes lawsuits will follow,buckle up!
Will be filed with the annals of history addresses.
Anybody remember how Bill Gates and Microsoft
bailed out an almost-bankrupt Apple in 1997?
No. Nobody talks about it anymore. Same with Groot.
The Midget is over her head, i don't think she can balance a check book?
There is a bright side. It isn't a billion, yet.
"sacrifice myself politically?"....hey, why not resign now, save the voters more b.s.
Nobody noticed how many words she mispronounced during her bullshit, I mean speech??
Anonymous said...
Notice gov "jabba the toilet seat" fractured his thigh bone..the Chicago ABC7 anchors pronounced Pritzker in otherwise good health ,, being Pritzker already morbid obese... what else can be wrong
8/30/2019 12:33:00 AM
Rumor of the day is he had bent down to pick up some loose change...
Travel team for politicians...that's Lori!
Works undercover to expose rigged carnival games
How about we stop the $1.7 BILLION DOLLARS to Lincolnyards and use our tax money to pay our bills???
Anonymous said...
"It’s all shits and giggles until you giggle and shit"
8/30/2019 07:56:00 AM
Does shitting provoke the giggles?
Or does giggling initiate the shits?
Kind of like the clownshit argument...
Does it smell as funny as it looks?
Anonymous said...
"sacrifice myself politically?"....hey, why not resign now, save the voters more b.s.
8/30/2019 01:49:00 PM
In my book she did that on the open mic about this FOP clown...you are no lady, you are no leader and you are low LOW class at best...BITCH!!!
Sounded like a 26 minute commercial. No solutions to the budget!!!!!!!!
It would have been so easy to declare that 100% of casino tax, weed tax, bail forfeitures, and property seizures would go into reducing the pension deficit until it was fully caught up.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Shes the only mayor ever that said she wants to make sure all city workers have the pension they are promised. So at least one good thing was said during her speech.
8/30/2019 12:16:00 AM
I agree with you. I caught that too.
She didn’t lay out how she’s going to accomplish that but it was nice to hear..... unlike Bill Daley who wanted to open the IL Constitution to cut our pensions.
Anybody remember the "Omega Man" Mayor Lightfoot looks just like a member of the "Family"
"Many pundits say Groot LightLoafer offered no solutions during this prepared locally televised speech and likely was just a publicity stunt.
TIF assessment, collection and distribution wasn’t mentioned.
(Which $200,000 of it was used to unnecessarily redecorate the mayoral lair.) "
I heard it thru the grapevine JB gave her a good deal on the toilets.
Lars Pilsen
Her hard choice is how bad she intends to screw the CPD. Budget cuts, manpower downsizing and no raise. Some or all are on the table. Probably will think about it and choose all three. Why not with your FOP you are totally powerless, just puppets on a string.
My take on weed is legalizing it will create a whole new customer base for the corner boys. State weed will be expensive but the street weed a lot less. People will go where they can get the best deal. Unless you make the penalties for selling weed so harsh the gangs will be rolling in the dough.
Ms. Lori's speech sounds like the reincarnation of Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech - the one that gave Ronald Reagan a landslide victory. I know that having other than a Democrat in charge in Chicago would be like witnessing the Second Coming, but she's opening the door for any sensible Democrat to steamroll over her next primary.
Austerity, cuts, logic, balance budget these words are NOT in the Democratic playbook. As long as YOU have a Dollar left they will continues with business as usual. Tax, spent and give away. But that who you collectively allow terrain in office so STFU and enjoy.
"Cut the aldermen down to 1 per police district..." - 11:33 AM
Wards represented by aldermen must be of EQUAL POPULATION per U.S. Census Bureau data.
CPD districts range in population from about 50,000 to 250,000 people (8th Dist.). Your above bold-faced proposal is IMPOSSIBLE. Unto itself, 008 would be the second most populous city in Illinois. It's that huge.
Based on per capita comparisons with nine other most populous U.S. cities, Chicago should have no more than SEVENTEEN (17) city council members/aldermen/wards.
You are not the first SCC poster to come up with this harebrained idea. Unlike most of the major city populations, Chicago will certainly lose population with next year's 2020 decennial census. Perhaps only fifteen wards would then be appropriate.
Again, unlike CPD districts, WARDS MUST BE OF EQUAL POPULATION.
Next option on the table that she did not discuss is legalizing prostitution. What could go wrong.
If the bastards amend the state constitution I believe cpd and cfd would have to be put into the workers comp fund,right now we use the pension for that. Also we would need to be put back into SS,who knows! I do believe they r going to try to amend the pension clause!
Poster mentioned imminent Commuter tax as seen in London:
The standard charge is £11.50 for each day, for each non-exempt vehicle driven within the zone, with a penalty of between £65 and £195 levied for non-payment. Plate scanners used for enforcement.
Enforced between 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays.It is not charged on weekends, public holidays or between Christmas Day and New Year's Day (inclusive).
Of course, they will have to assemble a Team, develop a *new* City Department to oversee and hire some cronies for key slots. This will occur after Groot's team requests bids for equipment and software, meets with prospects in Hawaii and Europe, reviews bids and gifts, rigs the process and accepts worst possible choice for City.
This cash windfall will be earmarked for Schools and Libraries, but will be siphoned down the rabbit hole.
Nothing about the TIF Districts there is plenty of money!
Anonymous said...
They are going to try to amend the state constitution soon,we will get what we already earned going forward 401k. Yes lawsuits will follow,buckle up!
8/30/2019 12:03:00 PM
401scam you will never be able to retire it will never equal a pension. In 2008 people lost 49% of their 401scam still haven't recovered completely.
Open up pensions to all residents everyone contributes 20% most people aren't disciplined enough to save for their own retirement! All my parent's friends without pensions live in little one bedroom apartments barely getting by on social security or living in their children's basements. 401k is a scam if you can't contribute maximum amount each year and big employer match majority of people will not be able to retire bring back pension fully fund them now.
Most of the democrat socialist asswipes who hold public office in this city have never run a lemonade stand, let alone a small or large business. Just like Obama, a "community activist" and no-show IL state senator. Keep electing these parasites all you democrat dumbfucks out there; when the working middle class is taxed into oblivion and we have an economy which looks like Brazil's you can say you "felt" you were doing the right thing even as the Titanic called Illinois slides into the sea.
Daley needs to be in prison.
Dems love unions because the fools in unions allow them to pillage every way possible.
Tell me again why the city in particular does not have to match my pension contribution
at the same time I put in? This practice needs to stop.
It’s time the teachers pony up while were at it. The CTU does an awful job
educating the kids of Chicago. Groot, this is your time to hold there feet to the fire.
Tell the parents how the CTU has failed their kids and you will have their support.
Graduation rates mean squat if the kid can’t get a job or go to college, or to a good college.
They are going to try to amend the state constitution soon,we will get what we already earned going forward 401k. Yes lawsuits will follow,buckle up!
8/30/2019 12:03:00 PM
401scam you will never be able to retire it will never equal a pension. In 2008 people lost 49% of their 401scam still haven't recovered completely.
8/30/2019 08:23:00 PM
Someone finally gets it. 401 will never replace the pension
Poster mentioned imminent Commuter tax as seen in London:
The standard charge is £11.50 for each day, for each non-exempt vehicle driven within the zone, with a penalty of between £65 and £195 levied for non-payment. Plate scanners used for enforcement.
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Yeah and they can kiss all the afternoon visitors goodbye. Less sales taxes, less hotel taxes, more business closures. Mark my words. DemoRats can f-up a one person parade. Chicago is NOT London. No where for businesses to go in UK - lots of other choices in US. Can people please vote an adult in to run the City?
Latest rumor is that Groot’s staff are using TIF dollars to buy t-shirts that say “I’m with stupid.”
The standard charge is £11.50 for each day, for each non-exempt vehicle driven within the zone, with a penalty of between £65 and £195 levied for non-payment. Plate scanners used for enforcement.
Enforced between 07:00 and 18:00 Mondays to Fridays.It is not charged on weekends, public holidays or between Christmas Day and New Year's Day (inclusive).
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Chicago's version:
The standard charge will be $25.00, for each non-exempt vehicle with a "P" or equivalent suburban city sticker or $35.00 for an "LP" or equivalent suburban city sticker driven within the zone, with a penalty of $250.00 + $50 administrative fee levied for non-payment.
2nd non payment will subject the owner of record to a $1000.00 booting and
towing fee.
Enforced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the fee will be 2/3 of the regular fee on weekends. Holidays will not be as part of a weekend, and parking garages will charge an extra $10.00 holiday convenience fee between Christmas and New Year's (inclusive)
Residents who are part of the federal SNAP program, and provide such documentation as well as their license plate number (or TRP) to the Office of the City clerk, will be exempt from any and all fees in relation to this section.
Charges will be reviewed every two years and increases tied to the consumer price index.
She actually blamed the previous administration (Rahm). Just like any incoming FOP president blames the past.
I agree with all of the previous posters! This place is so fucked. The DemocRATS look at the problem like a crack addict.
Use TIF money
Only welcome people who are going to contribute
Cut the number of Aldermen
Get rid of gold braid pension, get pension pad at service rank like CFD
Cut schools if there aren’t as many kids going
No free shit, aka roofs, refrigerators, air conditioning and other BS. Yes they do give that out
No free super at any school or meals when school is not in session
School budget is so inflated that it’s over half of our property tax
Start selling all the city owned lots / land
Sell any city owned building that isn’t used
Stop leasing city space in other renters property
Recycle city paper and metals
Look at assets not being used and consider selling or repurpose to another agency
Consider changing adjacent towns or villages for police or fire services
Sell more water to other villages, with pay up front before getting any water
Stop any new building project for 4 years and relook at it when finance are better
Taxing the shit out of any group of people will only convince them to move. Lower taxes to rebuild the population. Do they really want to run the business out.
I don’t believe any of these ideas are going to be implemented. So, I will make plans to move from the only place I know. To bad this was a nice place before the Democrati Party became the DemocRATS! The party no longer stands for the same values. You can’t keep waisting or spending money you don’t have. Most people are beginning to feel the pain of being broke from their government.
She just wanted to be on tv in prime time like the President .
So is the Midget plans on making "tough" decisions and makes cuts I guess we have a teachers strike looming....Fuck you Sharkey!!!
"...She offered to 'reach across the aisle'..."
Is she reaching out to normal people?
She could have saved $ if she didn’t spend &250k redecorating her office.
The budget is $9 Billion. The shortfall is $838 Million.
Simple solution: 10% across the board budget cuts. No property tax increase will be necessary. None.
Yes, this will mean some layoffs but CPD (among others) is so top-heavy with useless, do-nothing command staff that this should in no way impair operational effectiveness.
Remember also that Taxwinkle claimed the sky would fall if she was forced to repeal the soda pop tax. Well, she did. Anybody notice any difference, other than the tax is no longer there? Not me.
Are the TIF funds counted in that $800M deficit? Doubt it.
Make all the hoodrats on the south and west sides pay for their own schooling, breakfast & lunch for a change! At least half, if not more of all north side parents send their kids to private / parochial schools and still have to pay into CPS! I don't even have kids!!!
"No free shit, aka roofs, refrigerators, air conditioning and other BS. Yes they do give that out …" Very true! I had a coworker that lives on the south side fill out a city "hardship" form. The city provides free home maintenance if an owner "qualifies." Now, first of all, they own a home! That should exclude them right there! It's like when I used to take the brown line past Cabrini and see all the cars parked in the lots! Whaaa?!
How is the city going to meet it's pension obligations if there are no taxpayers left?
Anonymous said...
My take on weed is legalizing it will create a whole new customer base for the corner boys. State weed will be expensive but the street weed a lot less. People will go where they can get the best deal. Unless you make the penalties for selling weed so harsh the gangs will be rolling in the dough.
8/30/2019 07:25:00 PM
studies in the states that have legalized recreational weed have shown that consumers only use 25% of the legal weed, the rest from street dealers. Cheaper, no taxes. And, the states that have legal weed export most of what is grown there ( not a legal export by any means).
So we need revenue but lets cut penalties for parking and other violations "for the communities who are disproportionately affected and least able to pay"...Really? Why are they "disproportionately affected"...perhaps because the disproportionately disregard the law? No!!! Has to be racism.
Also going to right the wrongs of the "War on Drugs"...also known as enforcing drug laws. Must build a robust cannabis that is very inclusively of black and brown people who were "disproportionately affected" by the war on drugs. Was this because they were disproportionately involved in drugs? No...must be racism.
There must also be public and private investment in...rattle off a list of shit hole neighborhoods. Well there is public investment and that money is largely disappears at a rate rarely seen outside a banana republic. Private investment is called gentrification which the community calls racist....
Finally threats if we don't "pay our fair share"....more property taxes...sales taxes and so on. HA!!! Good luck..you will only expedite the transition of Chicago into Detroit. Regardless I will be long gone....
Chicago's budget is fucked up cause of years and years of mismanagement and corruption in government and taxpayer's suffer!
My take on weed is legalizing it will create a whole new customer base for the corner boys. State weed will be expensive but the street weed a lot less. People will go where they can get the best deal. Unless you make the penalties for selling weed so harsh the gangs will be rolling in the dough.
8/30/2019 07:25:00 PM
studies in the states that have legalized recreational weed have shown that consumers only use 25% of the legal weed, the rest from street dealers. Cheaper, no taxes. And, the states that have legal weed export most of what is grown there ( not a legal export by any means).
8/31/2019 11:06:00 AM
If you haven’t used it till now, why change and use it now. From old school
, booze and women, it doesn’t get any better
Ok smart guy also included will be a fat billionaire who like Rauner should take no pay. No strike clause for teachers because “what about the children “ if 10% Asshat then 80% when I retire at 25years. Hire more sgt Because the minute the contracts are settled goodby SGT and Lt and Capt hey lets open the books see where that TIF money is really paying. Yes the Groot is the liberal Trump without the tweets.
You guys are right.
Asian carp Lonnie Lightweight doesn't want to overtax the rich ( even though she approves the graduated state income tax)
She wants to cater to the west and south sides with lower taxes and free shit.
Which leaves the middle class fucked. Shew!!
Most Teachers in Chicago are overpaid baby sitters .
Lori , make them pay 9.5% of salary into pension with No Pay raise for 4 years , Do not extend school year , if they strike , hire some new blood , right out of college for $40,000 a year , they will be better teachers .
Require all teachers that walk out (it's their right to strike ) to pass the Basic Skills Test required by all new teachers and provide proof of residency before they can return as teachers . Many will not strike , many are incompetent and live in suburbs .
7:55 PM is right on the money
should consider a run for office in 2023 .
https://lemonwire.com/2019/09/01/police-officer-job-in-multiple-locations-department-of-veterans-affairs-23/
I see Groot all over the suburbs on garbage cans , they don’t respect her either .
I never expected Lori to care about White communities, including now mostly integrated Galewood. The casino is a pipe dream, similar to Gary's casinos.
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