Another $50 to the Chaplains
- The Galewood townhome where a packed party was held over the weekend is owned by a Chicago Fire Department commander who also is among several firefighters being investigated over an unrelated online video.
That video, made as part of the “Don’t Rush Challenge,” might have violated city policy, fire department spokesman Larry Langford said. Nine female firefighters are in the video; one, identified as “Commander Matthews,” is CFD Cmdr. Christine Matthews, according to Langford.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) confirmed Matthews also owns the townhome in the 2000 block of North Narragansett where the party was held.
You're welcome Fran - again.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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Why am I not surprised that Chicago not only employs idiots like this but puts them in supervisory positions on top of it? "Commander" Matthews should be on the outside looking in.
A major slap in the face for Chicago's 1st responders who lost their battles to Covid 19.
But this is Chicago. The offender city employees will be promoted soon.
Isn't there something in our contracts that says you can't act like a horses ass in public? Maybe special people get a pass on that one. What's the sense in being an idiot, if you can't act like one?
What are the chances she's a lawsuit promotee who never saw a fire that wasn't on a grill??
Doesn't CFD have its own Internal Affairs? Why is Chicago IG investigating? But in typical corrupt Chicago, a slap on the wrist will be given, 1 or 2 day suspension at the most. The connected can get away with anything and the minions at the bottom get terminated and prosecuted. Just look at the HQ child molester clouted sergeant who plead guilty in court to touching a boy in Michigan and still worked in call back for 5 years after and even further broke a guys legs in a drunken bar fight while assigned to 311 for his prior arrest. Five years later and they let him happily 'retire' after scandal after scandal. Clout & Juice can get away with anything in this corrupt town it will never change
Well after hearing about the events she’s had over the recent week or 2, it sounds like she’s about due for a promotion by Chicago standards.
Speaking of deserved promotions, isn’t 011-Spencer about due for a bump also?
#EarnedNotGiven
Why would they turn it over to the inspector general? They have an internal affairs? The only reason is to hide this and not make her or her people accountable. Different rules for different "Folks" I guess.
Must be hard for a lap poodle like Fran to stay 6 ft. away City Hall dwellers.
Nothing to see here. No outrage from murder mayor Groot.
And nothing will happen to them watch and see another fake investigation it’s the racial metric airplay again. If the races were reversed you would see immediate action, but since they resemble the elected mayor and the rest of the team nothing will happen. Golly geewhiz mayor fight you put out that strict bullshit video about staying at home but as usual the people that you say, Our misrepresented and you spent millions and millions of dollars to put a team together to go out there and talk to them and then this happens by city employees yeah great job Mary again and again your failure your absolute disregard for a quality shows every day.
Since the media refuses to acknowledge this disgraceful ‘Don’t Rush Challenge’ video, can someone post the link. It’s important for the public to see their tax dollars at work and how the standards of every profession have been mocked.
Nothing will happen. Because she will pull the race card, AGAIN cause that’s all they got.
Hard to believe this many dumb fucks would huddle together knowing Covid is a racist animal..
This story keeps getting better and better.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
Does she own a home in Homewood, Illinois?
Does she claim 2- Real Estate Exemptions?
Is She violating City Residency Policy?
Channel 7 or Channel 2 should Investigate this Matter
Promoted and living outside the City of Chicago. Another Merit Promotion?
Please let the Chicago area Views Know
You have to admire this asshat Lashawn Ford, for spinning this into a racial issue to cover for the kid who threw the party. I get it, kids do dumb stuff. Just admit you screwed up and move on. Don’t cobble together mumbo jumbo about not knowing..not thinking it was serious...
I worry about getting shot like my friends I’m honoring. You live on the fringe of Galewood in a still decent part of the city. If you think this has anything to do with Austin drama, it’s only because you go into the killing fields or bring your “guests” from there with their baggage.
Suck it up buttercup, you are a 26 year old man who lives glove in hand with social media. You knew what you were doing. Apologize to your mother and move along.
Did you see the puff piece in the Trib about the idiot (is that racist?) that threw the party?
Claims he had no idea all this virus stuff was going around because there is a disconnect between young "community" members and the media!
Interview is with LaShawn Ford. Why is he running interference for the family?
She is a minority female fire Commander that is a protected employee just like our CPD lts.involved in exam scam. Nothing will happen to her but what is she doing with a vacant Townhome, is this her city address? Maybe like many firefighters she lives int the burbs, but the inspector general is such a goof he will not do a thing. This is fat boy Chris Talliferros' 29th ward and he will go to bat for her.
Conduct Unbecoming
But...but...theTribune today is telling us that it’s a societal problem. Two years ago, the party’s host had 2 of his neighborhood chums murdered and he has problems coping. Blacks not coping = White man problem. The solution you ask? Acceptance, forgiveness and more money thrown down the sewer.
God forbid that you "didn't like" or post a positive comment about the video on her FB page... She came back to the house and told numerous
People that they were racist "y'all should be wearing hoods.. Not uniforms "
You can't make this shit up.
They are lying about the son getting ahold of the keys and saying it was NOT AirBNB as well.
Some broad even put out fliers for this “Komsomol AirBNB party”. Linked below is a detailed story..,
Makes you wonder if the obvious question “If CPD Cmdr. Christine Matthews is renting out her house, where is she really living? Is she violating Chicago residency requirements somewhere else?”
https://thetriibe.com/2020/04/a-west-side-house-party-exposes-the-disconnect-between-young-black-residents-chicago-officials-and-the-news-during-covid-19-pandemic/#
She laid up yesterday morning. Why am I not surprised?
The son's apology article in the Tribune is enough to make you puke. Basically society let him down and his homey's were "victim's" (slow on the draw) of gun violence (in 2018). So he decided to honor them with a party in 2020 during a pandemic (makes sense to the Trib). Also he didn't really know too much about the virus because he has been too worried about the gun violence (makes even more sense to the Trib). Pure, unadulterated bull shit! The article is deliberately slanted to protect his connected CFD Brass mother and to paint him as a victim. Pathetic and shameless reporting by Alice Yin.
Like this city would actually have the nerve to terminate 9 black females for appearing in an embarrassing ‘shot at work’ video clip. City Hall will quickly pull out some old ‘fire dept racism tape’ or something fresh like a white guy off duty recklessly driving while intoxicated in the suburbs. It’ll be explained away that these females are new millennial hires who don’t know better, but the fire dept is still racist.
It’s great to learn that one of the female ‘firefighters’ filmed her episode over at the Midway firehouse on 63rd street. They just buried a FF from that place who died from the CoronaVirus and here his coworker be filming inappropriate stuff where he worked. Stay classy, girls...
And so it begins......
Start an investigation.....
Meanwhile, after all that contact with all those people,
she is allowed to be out and about with the public and
those she supervises? What if she is infected? How many more will
she infect? Statistics are showing that our black population is
infected/infecting at a huge rate......with disastrous results.
Mini mayor oughta be having a reckoning with this “commander”.....
But will she?
I will say both Galewoods mom and son came forth and made a decent (media) apology and accepted the criticisms.
I had to look it up.
“Black women have been connecting through the “Don’t Rush Challenge,” proving that you can have sister time through a screen.”
So this makes HouseParty Video No.2 legitimate holiday?
Meaningless ANOV #3 coming or will there [their] be 10 - $1000 StayAtHome ANOV’s?
CFD will do their [there] internal investigation and sometime in 2022 reckoning will be stern as circumstantially allowable.
Unlike the Jugghead X-Files, at least acting stupidly was exposed.
Guess that’s gonna have to suffice for Acting Stupidly - in these challenging times.
Snarky Lari wants her fumblings to go away, won’t make any more examples of HouseParties once the 50th Ward Jewish wedding gets their due.
Too bad for the PO that’s ordered to write these ANOVs for private residential celebrations.
I’ll bet that the lawyers will likely have the final word.
Now the kid tries to say the house is in his name when talking to LaShawn Ford?
Fire her
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1468659569983279&id=100005177499590&_rdr
Ha see fire has an eddie Johnson that over promotes the ladies just like he did.
If you watch the video the kid says he’s going to be
A firefighter. You have to be kidding me.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1468659569983279&id=100005177499590&_rdr
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Why would they turn it over to the inspector general? They have an internal affairs? The only reason is to hide this and not make her or her people accountable. Different rules for different "Folks" I guess.
4/30/2020 04:43:00 AM
All the IG can do is investigate and make recommendations. Then the city and CFD does what they want
Yeah I love how they're saying it's the media's fault because black people don't know how to read newspaper stories about covid 19 hazards..huh? say what? Not that I'm defending the media... And She's a paramedic Commander which is just an inflated term for a supervisor journeyman grade paramedic; she's not a firefighter...but nevertheless this is not your father's Chicago fire department nor will it ever be again, tragically... Now the job is basically given away to any mouth breather Democrat.
Her 26 year old son told the Suntimes he wasn’t aware of the pandemic. The scumtimes didn’t ask him how it’s even remotely possible that the son of a CFD paramedic commander didn’t know about the pandemic. They didn’t challenge him about how it’s possible a 26 year old male didn’t know the NCAA Basketball tournament was cancelled, the NBA and NHL seasons had been suspended, the start of the MLB season was delayed indefinitely. Didn’t ask him how to explain why he didn’t realize that music concerts and festivals were cancelled, schools closed, bars and restaurants closed, barber shops were closed, movie theaters closed and every form of media from television news, print media and radio were focused on this pandemic for the last month and a half. They also could have inquired of him if he asked the dozen or so people at his party who were actually wearing masks why they were doing that.
Nice area.... back in the 60s-70s.
FYI she is NOT a Fire Commander. She holds a tested position that is based strictly off of a test score.
There is No Merit portions to that position. The correct term is Ambulance Commander. On an Ambo
there are 2 people. A FPM(paramedic) and a PIC(paramedic in charge) on 3 of the platoons. On the
other is a FPM and an Ambo Commander. It is just the person that is responsible for the equipment
and supplies of the Ambo. And ordering replacement for that one rig.
The Narragansett Townhouse is located in Ald. Gilbert Villegas' 36th Ward. 💃
Most of Galewood is located in Ald. Chris Taliaferro's 29th Ward. 🤓
I said it once & I’ll say it again. My money is on that she doesn’t even reside within the city of Chicago.
I had to look up what the Don’t Rush challenge was since I’m a middle-aged white lady who is covered in dog hair most days. Can I just say, “Are we as a species getting more & more vapid and superficial?” People really have nothing better to do with themselves? I used to put on make-up and do my hair and quietly vamp in front of my bedroom mirror when I was 16. Jeez, pick up a friggin book. Social media has destroyed our brains.
It’s no surprise at all that Christine Matthews would play the Race card to justify her arrogance, and stupidity! Chicago values as usual !
What about the comment she posted on the Local 2 union page about someone busting her out to Fran and the media. Oh and she goes on to call out the members of CFD by saying “Trade in your uniforms for white sheets.” This was sent to Fran as well and she refused to post it.
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