Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Rumors of Downsizing

Some of Groot's proposed "cuts" to balance the budget and achieve her dreams of a police force of under 8,500:

  • Layoff 150 civilian data entry employees :
    Remove 200 vacant civilian positions from the Budget;
    Remove 1000+ vacant police positions (875 police officers, 75 Sgt’s & 50 Lt’s);
    2-3 unpaid furlough days for all exempts depending on rank.

If you don't think this is real.....

  • Anonymous said...Grout sent the word out to all Aldercreatures to STFU about CPD coverage or else. Cowards are obeying the Dwarf not a peep from any

Anyone hear an aldercreature bitching lately about District manpower? 

No? Ask yourself, "Why not?" 

Then go back and read this post again.

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123 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.k., so if this city government is not working for we the people... who then ?

10/20/2020 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Only 14 sergeants in the 017th District.

2 shootings in 017 last week and not a sergeant to be found.
No DSS/Desk sergeant working there in MONTHS.

The 1 lieutenant they had was running his ass off around the station trying to appease the fucking socialist alderman who was calling and demanding information.

And YES... It's only going to get worse.

10/20/2020 12:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Well seeing as she’s so gung ho about the consent decree , eliminating those Sgt and LT positions would be a clear violation of that. The never were outlined in that document and the city already stamped their agreement to meet this in front of the attorneys. So that would be a curious move.

10/20/2020 12:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The aldermen are p$&sies

10/20/2020 12:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Someone please explain. What ca groot threaten Alderjagoffs with? Arent the creatures elected and not appointed? Separation of powers?

10/20/2020 12:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But plenty of exempt promotions to go around

10/20/2020 12:28:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hope it is all true. Groot has zero chance of getting re-elected.

10/20/2020 12:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shame on you SPOSATO,GARDINER,and NAPOLITANO letting this incompetent Mayor silence you and endanger your family,friends,and neighbors.Hope your 50 pieces of silver is worth it.Embarrassments!Sleep well cowards.We will protect ourselves.

10/20/2020 12:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about removing the most useless of all positions, captains/XO. That would save millions right there. Each makes about $150,000 a year times approx 30 captains equals $4,500,000. The most useless rank on the department. Commanders don’t want to give them us because they do all the admin work freeing them up to do, pretty much nothing. You don’t need both. Either get rid of commanders or XO.

10/20/2020 12:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Remove 1000+ vacant police positions (875 police officers, 75 Sgt’s & 50 Lt’s);"

Has no effect on the budget since the positions are VACANT!

10/20/2020 12:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Slash the numbers and the death toll goes above 1000

10/20/2020 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Interesting on page 73 of consent decree it discusses hiring and promotions so curious how she is going to violate the order

10/20/2020 12:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aldercreatures are supposed elected by the voters to represent the will of the people. But In Chicago they represent the will of the Democratic Party which is now a progressive socialist entity. If you challenge the Groot she can pull out that card, and she has a few of them to use.

10/20/2020 12:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is she really that stupid to realize she’ll be committing political suicide? How long do you think the tax paying, law abiding citizens will put up with this? She might try, but I think she’s going to have a problem getting it done. There’s probably plenty of fat she can cut but will have to leave the troops alone.

And everybody she fires without a golden parachute will be her enemy.

10/20/2020 12:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No Aldercreature is going to step up. She doesn't have a friend or supported in the council or anywhere else. They all want to see her crash & burn. She can't run again, and she knows it. Can anyone point to any accomplishment in her term?

All that's left for her is a scorched earth policy. Blame everyone else for her failures and destroy them. Let the citizens suffer & die for being disloyal. Let the city burn and crumble. Germany 1945.

10/20/2020 01:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She won’t have to worry about getting it down that low all she has to do is keep up the bullshit about “fuk the police” and keep tying our hands.
And just settle the contract soon and alot of coppers will retire.

10/20/2020 01:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank god her brilliance isn’t being wasted at some college or university. Instead it’s being used here in Chicago to guide us. We are truly blessed to have this pos as our mayor.

10/20/2020 01:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

City aldermen should be cut in half... EVERYONE knows it. She probably threatened to have it done. County government should be a 1/3 of what it is. Again EVERYONE Knows it.

10/20/2020 01:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

AND HOW BOUT LAYING OFF ALL TRAFFIC AIDES FIRST , ALL Traffic OPS Superintendents which I Hear are way to many In that Dept , Instead of Pointing most layoff towards Police Officers , There are so many Clout Jobs that can be cut At OEMC it isn't Funny , But I hear No Cuts at all to OEMC , which is well known as a Clout Dept Dumping Ground . WHO THE HELL NEEDS TRAFFIC AIDES with No Ball Games , Concerts , Shows Or Anything going on at all anymore .

10/20/2020 02:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hotels, Malls Fail to Pay $500M in Cook County Taxes

https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2020/10/13/struggling-hotels-malls-owe-cook-county-millions-in-back-taxes/

10/20/2020 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Get your CDLs future truck drivers!

10/20/2020 02:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

STFU or else...what?
She’ll strip their wards of cops?

10/20/2020 02:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, Gardiner in 45 is bragging about an increase of under 10 each for 016 and 017.

Meanwhile new public housing warehouses are announced daily for his ward.

10/20/2020 03:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But . . . How does this affect the consent degree?

10/20/2020 04:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You left out the massive property tax hike that’s coming.

10/20/2020 05:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I spoke with our Finance Department yesterday, the civilian I spoke with said that they are working on the budget and they will no longer be a part of CPD, but rather just the City of Chicago. Sounds like a CPD “budget cut”, at least on paper.

10/20/2020 05:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Except you can't meet the consent decree numbers by cutting supervisor numbers. At least not without severely cutting the number of POs... like by several thousand more. She's all threats and lies and stupid ideas. Then it all blows up in her face.

10/20/2020 05:30:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sposato, O'Shea, Reboyras Thompson and Hopkins will definitely keep their mouths shut.

10/20/2020 05:36:00 AM  
Blogger Prairiepolice said...

Chicago has now gone 30 days with out having a homicide free day. 800 is a sure bet now.

10/20/2020 06:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I can't understand why the Aldermen just don't gang up on her and put her in her place.

10/20/2020 06:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

gun up

10/20/2020 06:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

From my history on this job.....

I remember the city not paying the gasoline bills......

Not paying the butcher for baloney in lock up......

Not paying for bread for lock up......

But the best was not buying copy paper! It may seem small right!
Well try to transfer any arrest to the county?
Try to process any juvenile in court syste?

You know it’s bad when the watch secretary uses the old watch sheets over again using the back of the sheets?
Been there and seen all of this!

Now we have PPE, that city was to pay for!
Get ready for no gas at the pumps!



10/20/2020 06:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She said she wasn't going to fill 475 vacancies yesterday, so no more overtime?

10/20/2020 06:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Heard 22 unpaid days for exempts and Directors

10/20/2020 06:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was there last week, bring your
Own mask!!

10/20/2020 06:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All these issues with budgets and they hire back the most prolific use of force violator on the department, Jimmy Sanchez. Not only did they hire him back they will probably have to assign him a Captain because he has no Police powers and will be in an operational unit not in charge of Mops and Brooms. Before the layoff one Sworn Police officer they have to cut all civilians..

10/20/2020 06:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eliminating sgts positions means that the consent decree supervisory standards can never be met. Eliminating 1000 police officer positions after one of the bloodiest years in decades here approaching 2016's disaster. Frogpuss has gone buck wild crazy like a red eyed hog. You can feel the hatred and contempt oozing out of her pores.

10/20/2020 06:51:00 AM  
Blogger The Keesing Bandit said...

They shouldn't be called Aldermen, they should be called Gurlymen.

Now, kees me you fool!!!!

10/20/2020 07:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

woo hoo, unlimited overtime......

going to get me a cat lack

10/20/2020 07:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So , Groot wants the consent decree training up to date , but is violating the consent decree by not have the mandated amount of supervisors ? That truly is the Groot way.

10/20/2020 07:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
AND HOW BOUT LAYING OFF ALL TRAFFIC AIDES FIRST , ALL Traffic OPS Superintendents which I Hear are way to many In that Dept , Instead of Pointing most layoff towards Police Officers , There are so many Clout Jobs that can be cut At OEMC it isn't Funny , But I hear No Cuts at all to OEMC , which is well known as a Clout Dept Dumping Ground . WHO THE HELL NEEDS TRAFFIC AIDES with No Ball Games , Concerts , Shows Or Anything going on at all anymore .

10/20/2020 02:06:00 AM

these goofs call themselves public safety now....

see how important that sounds????

10/20/2020 07:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey groot, why not charge 3 bucks more a gallon for gas??

nobody in their right mind is buying in chicago.

all of the elected idiots need to see we need a total overhaul of how we tax our citizens, and i emphasize the word citizens.

10/20/2020 07:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Along the no money line: see the following about uber insane Seattle. Wonder if the greedy groot and her minions will actually follow this dumb trend? Not taking any bets. She’s an idiot drinking from the cup of evil. Why is she protecting cpd? What lurks behind the curtain a really good scandal perhaps? City needs to be exorcised of her demons and ilk. Keep voting demonrats in and continue crushing your souls.

https://youtu.be/nDft-3jW8N4

10/20/2020 07:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

All she needs to do is look at what happened to Rahm when he came in and cut 2000 spots from the budget. He had to explain everyday why crime was going up and then he had to dump units so he could lie to the public and say he is putting 1000 more officers on the beat. Which was a blatant lie each time he said it, but our commie media sources in Chicago cow towed for him. Groot do yourself a favor and look at recent history, not history from 150 years ago.

10/20/2020 07:21:00 AM  
Blogger grunt archangel said...

NO need to down size am leaving next year

10/20/2020 07:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

But yet again I Chicago public schools zero cuts! How much other taxpayers money is being back door to the politicians there’s no other excuse they get millions in campaign contributions which is just tax money that is re-purposed to them! And she is still having Halloween a complete week of nonsense what about the children are you moron! I guess the virus isn’t that bad because she knows the children can be infected or does she not care about the children she’s such a liar the mayor.

10/20/2020 07:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about the alderman give up a weeks pay

How about the mayor give up a year of her pay.
She says she loves her city

Put up or shut up

10/20/2020 07:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When is part 2 of the Sgt test happening?

10/20/2020 07:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So they will cut 200 civilian jobs from HQ, then not replace anyone else who retires, since they are hurting for money they will probably also offer civilians a nice buy out to get them to retire early. The work doesn’t automatically get done itself! Sworn officers will get detailed in for 90 days to do the work, the details will get extended, the. Next thing you know they will be assigned units like 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 133, 134, and 127 and spend their whole career at HQ. I know, it’s happened to me, been here since 1999!

In about 5 years when there is a new mayor, they will be asking how did so many sworn end up in HQ working jobs that should be civilianized? And all the new exempts at the time will scratch their heads and say I dunno boss it’s always been that way.

We’ll all be ordered back on the street like we’re going to magically solve crimes as part of the missing link!

Nothing changes.

10/20/2020 07:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cut pay of exempts. Taxpayer be notified these political appointments are making on average 160,000 a year and drawing a pension of 130,000 a year for the rest of their lives. Guess who is paying for it!

10/20/2020 08:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O’shea, sposato, and Thompson are Lori ass kissers who would sell out their wards for a chance to smell loris farts. They are total blm supporters.

10/20/2020 08:05:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What about these Safe Passage people STILL standing on the corners doing nothing and getting payed??? The kids aren’t in school!!! R u kidding me!!

10/20/2020 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guarantee vacant positions will be cut. It will appease the defund the police movement. Deputy chiefs are being cut largely as well. Here's that kicker though...the newly developed PSA has a deputy director position approved for 2021 in every unit....where do you think some of those deputy chiefs will end...and why do need a deputy director of finance when there's 2 directors of finance...PSA is turning into the top heavy dumping ground.

10/20/2020 08:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

SHE don’t care what the illegal consent decree says.....SHE don’t care
what her money people tell her.....SHE will do what SHE wants, when SHE wants...
And, like 9 1/2-SHE holds the aldermanic power over their $1MIL plus extra stipend

The next three weeks will determine the fate of this budgetary dilemma......
If Biden wins, the Dems will protect their blue states and provide monetary
cover unlike we have ever seen before.....At YOUR EXPENSE via nation wide tax
changes.......and it sure won’t be the rich paying......
If Trump wins, the city implodes......the violence continues, the fleeing the state continues,
the virus continues, the lockdowns/bankruptcies/shuttering of businesses will continue....
Quite a quandary the Dems have gotten us into, eh?

Prepare your families and friends for a few weeks of utter chaos.......
A Hurricane is coming......no matter which way this goes......
And I pray to St Michael that I am wrong.......

10/20/2020 08:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10/20/2020 12:32:00 AM

Napolitano keeping his mouth shut surprises me. Gardiner has married into the progressive agenda. And, Sposato is totally under the thumb of “Fair Tax” Martwick. Groot doesn’t have to apply any muscle to Gardiner and Sposato. Napolitano however both surprises and disappoints me.

10/20/2020 08:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Governor FATSO,Mayor GROOT,and Doctor Greasy ARWADY along with the West Side Witch Doctor EZIKE in COVIDIOT full court press mode now.Back to daily SCAMDEMIC press conferences attended by the herd of media sheep.Begin the daily threatening of citizens and small businesses.Good citizens of Illinois,when are you going to stop taking it from this band of democratic criminals and revolt?When will an audit be demanded on these falsified COVID numbers?Who are these supposed now 88,000 people a day being tested?Why did the Daily Herald stop printing the ages and underlying physical conditions of reported COVID Deaths?Why was the COVID field hospital at McCormack Place torn down after 1 and a half weeks?Where are all of these COVID Test Kits coming from since the Government stop sending them?Who is profiting from these 88,000 Kits a day?Is it possible that the Governor is getting fatter and Doctor ARWADY is getting greasier?So many questions but I think we know many of the answers.

10/20/2020 08:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
But plenty of exempt promotions to go around

10/20/2020 12:28:00 AM

That’s by design son. One of her goals is to drain the pension and a quick way to do that is to inflate the number of gold braid pensions.

10/20/2020 08:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No hiring officers + retirements = less number of officers = less need for span of control = less Sergeants and Lieutenants needed

10/20/2020 08:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
I hope it is all true. Groot has zero chance of getting re-elected.

10/20/2020 12:30:00 AM

Better think again...Everyone in the black neighborhoods think Taxey, JB and the mayor doing a good job under the circumstances oh and States Attny. Protect your family, check the money box and get out of town as soon as you're retirement eligible.

10/20/2020 09:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O’Shea is a tool

10/20/2020 09:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m not a versed in city budgets as Larri LightLoafer, or Paul Vallas for that matter but my CPS arithmetic is good’nuff to figure this one iota of waste...
Office of the Mayor, page 64 of the 2020 City Budget

Total Full-time Equivalent Positions and Amounts
In 2019 The Rahm years: 86 employees with a budget of $9,308,863 116
In 2020 The LightFührer year: 116 employees with $13,088,996 to spend

Break it down:
• EXECUTIVE, 9 Full Time Employees cost $1,347,318 (Emphasis on Full Time Employee)
• POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION, 49 FTE’s cost $5,699,861
• PRESS OFFICE, Coordinates the exchange of information between the administration, the media, and the public.
15 FTE’s Cost $1,363,744
• INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Connects Chicago with cities around the world to promote mutually beneficial activities that will enhance the City's global position.
2 FTE’s Cost $243,200
• OPERATIONS 29 Sets directives for operations and deliverables to City departments.
29 FTE’s Cost $3,528,203

Total: $13,088,996 (turnover $753,266) that’s $3,780,133 more with 30 additional employees than Rahm had and spent.

AND REMEMBER - CITY HALL HAS BEEN CLOSED
C-L-O-S-E-D SINCE MARCH.

10/20/2020 09:42:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our mayor is crazy and she really looks crazy.

We made a political cartoon that just "Notices" that our mayor looks like a combination of Don King and Beatlejuice.

https://artoffarstar88.wordpress.com/2020/08/10/refund-the-police/

JR
Left Behind in Chicago

10/20/2020 09:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Time to replace every Alderman except for the few that have challenged this Little napoleons. Let’s get some new blood . Run on the platform to reduce Alderman to 17 , after their term of four years .
Only 17 that will remain are the ones with fresh ideas to save Chicago from bankruptcy and high crime .

10/20/2020 09:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If Lightfoot would eliminate 100 exempts , city could save money .
Assign Lt. As District ,Unit Commanders .
Give Sergeants more responsibility , eliminate Captains and above .
Create a corporal rank to supervise FTO’s District Sectors and Detective Units .
Corporal could replace sergeant rank , sergeant replace Lt . Rank , allowing CPD to get rid of Captain ,Inspector and 90% of exempt commande staff.

10/20/2020 09:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Sposato, O'Shea, Reboyras Thompson and Hopkins will definitely keep their mouths shut.

10/20/2020 05:36:00 AM

O'Shea comes across as a big police supporter, but will definitely play the good soldier & not cross Lari

10/20/2020 09:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Remember.... We own 50% of how we are treated.

10/20/2020 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why are we paying people to keep citizens off the beaches now that the weather is cold and gloomy? The life guards are probably still being paid too.

10/20/2020 09:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Trump donates his entire salary back to the government in order to help the country.

$94MIL in property tax hikes?

Lighthead should do the same.

That would be some "shared sacrifice"!

10/20/2020 10:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is O'shea from Mt.Greenwood cooking at a pancake breakfest this weekend? keep voting for this tool....

10/20/2020 10:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

$56 on a $250,000 valued house hardly is a " massive property tax hike". Overall, property taxes in the city are pretty low, as is garbage collection, water and sewer. As compared to the rest of Cook County, that is. Wait until the new " progressive tax" is enacted. This change allows any home rule city to impose their own income tax. Can you see Chicago passes a 1% income tax on people who work ( but not always live) in the city? I can.

10/20/2020 10:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
"Remove 1000+ vacant police positions (875 police officers, 75 Sgt’s & 50 Lt’s);"

Has no effect on the budget since the positions are VACANT!

10/20/2020 12:38:00 AM

Well, that is not accurate. These vacant positions will not have to be funded to next year. But, they were funded for this year and the money allocated for these positions. What happened to the money?

10/20/2020 10:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Get your CDLs future truck drivers!

10/20/2020 02:23:00 AM

Enjoy it while you can, check out Autonomous Trucks on youtube.com then bow down to the overlords

10/20/2020 10:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

"Remove 1000+ vacant police positions (875 police officers, 75 Sgt’s & 50 Lt’s);"

Has no effect on the budget since the positions are VACANT!

10/20/2020 12:38:00 AM

A budget is a plan of spending that will hopefully be matched with revenue. If you cut your budget by eliminating positions you cut your need for revenue (at least on paper) and then claim to have a "balanced" budget which is the goal of the process.

10/20/2020 11:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Mayors threat is losing the million dollar plus slush funds they all get to use to pay off their families for the no show jobs. Money talks and bitching walks. That simple.

10/20/2020 11:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The recent post about L.A. leading the way and then this. This ain't nothing new. The Lil' Creature started this shit a long time ago when she consolidated staffing at HQ in OPSA with civilians to put coppers back in the districts.

The Creature laid this out a long time ago and pushed for civilian hires to take over positions filled by the sworn. it's already happened, is happening now and will continue to happen. don't be surprised if you see a push to make commanders of districts a civilian management position. This is the new wave in law enforcement. What's worse? these civilian positions are being filled by some people that are criminals and let go from the department.

Brownie and Groot have already made sworn officers into what the suburbs have in community service officers that are cheap civilian jobs.

One question to ponder: how in the fuck can her detail stand to be around her?? it's no different than working for a jagoff who constantly bad mouths someone in your family and tells you they should be replaced but you stay there kissing her ass all day because you don't want to do the job you signed up for.

Groot don't care if she gets reelected. she's not doing this because she gives a fuck about the city, its residents or employees. I hate to say it but was it so bad with Daley? I'll tell you one thing...old man Daley is spinning in his grave right now. I can only imagine what the conversation would be like between them two. Beetlegroot staring up at Old Man Daley as he pounds his fist on the desk.

One more thing and I'm just throwing this out there...can you imagine Eric Cooter as interim superintendent if Brownie gets the axe? you think we're fucked now? In the eyes of the powers that be (the ones running the machine) Cooter would be perfect...he's dumb, does what he's told, doesn't have a opinion and is afraid of his own shadow.

10/20/2020 11:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Most white woman in Chicago are left pandering apologists pushing for fewer cops and social justice BLM policies. They'll take your $$ at their fundraisers, smile at you from the sidelines while you coach their kids, and lie to your face that they support you.
Trump said 'pussy' so they hate him and vote for commies disguised as democrats.
Meanwhile Chicago Machine politics give us Groot, Prickwinkle, Dart, Pritzker and weak kneed alderrats like Flounder O'Shea.

Guess what, one of their stars got caught jerking off during a zoom meeting yesterday.
Why do you think teachers don't want your kids being able to see them during e-learning?
Cuz they're all home Toobin while collecting full pay.

Fuck this city, state and your backstabbing SJW neighbors.

10/20/2020 11:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What can she possibly do to alder creatures? She doesn't elect them.

10/20/2020 11:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Keep the heat up, the Mayor from multiple sources blew all the gaskets of gaskets with Friday’s agreement of only 5 of 155 issues. Surprisingly she went berserk on the ridiculous demands of these so called “Social Activists” and began M-Fing them the worst to her inner circle. We are Inbreeds to her and they are “Hucksters and Shysters” just looking for a handout. Is she loyal to anybody?

10/20/2020 12:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


Some of Groot's proposed "cuts" to balance the budget and achieve her dreams of a police force of under 8,500:

Layoff 150 civilian data entry employees :
Remove 200 vacant civilian positions from the Budget;


These won’t be a problem. The bosses will just take 350 po’s out of patrol and the streets as replacements

10/20/2020 12:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

These likely layoffs at CPD are only the start and this will go on for several years regardless whether Biden or Trump is elected. Any Covid relief money going to the big cities with likely not be able to be used to support pensions or pay for normal services. The cuts will end up hitting CPS too without question and there will be layoffs. One poster mentioned significant property tax increases, that is without question going to happen especially since buildings housing offices and stores in downtown are losing value. Even after Lightfoot is gone from office this situation will remain and not just in Chicago, most major cities will lose population over the next few years. The future is not so bright for Chicago.


10/20/2020 01:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why do the Aldermen care about what a one term mayor says?

10/20/2020 01:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

there is still a bunch of on line jobs available with the city....

why is that website still acting like the city is not broke??

10/20/2020 01:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O'Shit talks big about backing the blue, but he is a chicken shit. Always has been, always will be.

10/20/2020 01:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

She can't strip the 13th, 19th and 45th wards of cops because that is where we all live. So go ahead troll. Strip 'em. We will leave your hoodrats to eat each other alive while we sit on our front lawns in Mount Greenwood, Sauganash and the Ridge locked, loaded and protecting our own. Fuck you Groot!

10/20/2020 01:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nonymous said...
Shame on you SPOSATO,GARDINER,and NAPOLITANO letting this incompetent Mayor silence you and endanger your family,friends,and neighbors.Hope your 50 pieces of silver is worth it.Embarrassments!Sleep well cowards.We will protect ourselves.

Add O’Shea to that list. What a joke he is. Entire ward of police or fire. God that guy is a joke. They need to cut the alderman into 1 per police district. No reason 2-3 wouldn’t be surprised 4 alderman split police districts.

10/20/2020 01:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

well consent decree, i,m only sgt on a daily basis plus the tact team, its impossible never even see half the watch.

10/20/2020 02:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alderman O'Shea won't say s**t and Groot could do as she pleases. The Alderman are so afraid of her she can steamroll them into anything. We basically have a dictator who is planning on selling off assets like Midway as soon as the year starts. She is probably the worst mayor in the country.

10/20/2020 02:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rumors are all true and according to the mayor the concent decree as it pertains to spending money won’t happen. She does no care

10/20/2020 02:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O'shea ran to Wisconsin for week.

10/20/2020 02:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hate to say it....we need 5 guys of fire truck? Cutting cfd to 3 guys and close houses at night seems logical
Burbs doing 2 and 3 guys which is they are much more busy.

10/20/2020 02:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why not just cut alderman salaries and get rid of the 2.5 million a year they all get and do not have to account for? What's 2.5 million times 50.

10/20/2020 02:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NYPD employs around 55,000 people, including 36,000 uniformed officers
and the Second City would have how many?
Is that person nuts? I won't hold wait for an answer.

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, she'll show the budget. Here's that:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-considering-tax-hikes-to-plug-1-2b-budget-hole-report

Meanwhile, have more giveaways, let your downtown go to Hell, bask in being a Sanctuary City.

Mayor: you are running out of tax paying people to pay for dead-beat folks! Sorry!

NOT ILLINOIS. NOT LAW.

10/20/2020 03:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.k., so if this city government is not working for we the people... who then ?

10/20/2020 12:06:00 AM


I dunno, grifters like Boeing? Longshanks gave them a sweetheart deal almost 20 years ago that meant a company who made many billions in profit year after year basically never paid any Cook County property taxes for parking their global HQ here (in the old Morton Salt office tower at Randolph & the river). Daley II & George Ryan cobbled together $52 million in tax credits(!) to snatch Boeing from Seattle, and the company's paid us fuck-all since. City Hall alone had given Boeing more than $25 million in real estate tax subsidies by 2018. Despite Boeing never hitting the "500 new Chicago-based job" they had promised to generate with the move.

This from a company that made $1.73 trillion in profit from 2007-2019.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/BA/boeing/gross-profit


So, yeah, think about that next time your Property Tax Bill arrives.
"Only peasants pay taxes"

10/20/2020 04:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The mayor + city council = a large dog park where butt sniffing rules the day. Another large property tax will send people running from the city.high crime and less police are a joke too.The middle class will be extinct under democrat rule... we are the working Poor paying for the non working.. Taxing gas will send people to dupage/other side of airport. I hate socialism.

10/20/2020 04:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

So tell me...what is Groot going to do if the Aldercreatures start a mock? Strip them? Send them to 311?

10/20/2020 05:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
All these issues with budgets and they hire back the most prolific use of force violator on the department, Jimmy Sanchez. Not only did they hire him back they will probably have to assign him a Captain because he has no Police powers and will be in an operational unit not in charge of Mops and Brooms. Before the layoff one Sworn Police officer they have to cut all civilians..

10/20/2020 06:47:00 AM

After being served an EEO beef that final week of employment, don't know if he will be hired back. If you retire under investigation, only the Supt can grant you your credentials. Hopefully Brownie has some common sense abs denies him.

10/20/2020 06:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

https://babylonbee.com/img/articles/article-7219-art5f8a0c08ac2f2.jpg

10/20/2020 06:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

TRAFFIC AIDES CALLING THEMSELVES PUBLIC SAFETY NOW , LMAO , LMAO , They call them a PUBLIC NUISANCE that's what they really are , They are the first Ones that should Go , No Doubt about it , There is ABSOLUTELY no need for them at all right now anyway, IF Grout doesn't lay off all there 18 Stupidintendents and ALL Traffic Aides , You know this is all ONLY Directed towards CPD By GROUT , Total hatred and being Prejudice

10/20/2020 06:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I’m done with Napolitano. He’s backing this Madigan hack Dabro and now he’s silent about this. Something is up!

10/20/2020 07:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Downsize the exempt ranks ! Way too many unqualified & over promoted individuals wearing a gold star !!!

10/20/2020 07:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Alderman O'Shea won't say s**t and Groot could do as she pleases. The Alderman are so afraid of her she can steamroll them into anything. We basically have a dictator who is planning on selling off assets like Midway as soon as the year starts. She is probably the worst mayor in the country.

10/20/2020 02:13:00 PM

As a PO who lives in Mt Greenwood I am so ashamed of my alderman O'Shea. He has sold us out before and only cares about liberal Beverly and Morgan park.

10/20/2020 07:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Alderman O'Shea is in Wisconsin enjoying his summer home. He is worthless and could give a crap about coppers and fireman who live on his block and in the ward. He smiles when he sees you but he will stab you in the back as quick as he can. Such a fraud

Add O’Shea to that list. What a joke he is. Entire ward of police or fire. God that guy is a joke. They need to cut the alderman into 1 per police district. No reason 2-3 wouldn’t be surprised 4 alderman split police districts.

10/20/2020 08:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Chicago is the next Detroit, get the hell out while you can.

10/20/2020 08:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody who has taken a Probability and Statistics Class knows that the daily COVID numbers provided by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago since this alleged Pandemic began are falsified and are termed a Statistical Impossibility.The straight lines upward and downward in their pretty colored graphs with all the variables involved are a telling indicator that the results are unreliable and falsified.Can someone put the Governor on a diet and then hose down Dr GREASY ARWADY.

10/20/2020 09:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You'd think someone in a journalism suit would start looking for the money connection. If it were me, I'd look at campaign donations first. They're the easiest to launder. Then properties, tuition breaks for kids or spouse. Then I'd start asking to see the "Mayor's" calendar. Luckily I'm not a journalist.

10/20/2020 10:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody who has taken a Probability and Statistics Class knows that the daily COVID numbers provided by the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago since this alleged Pandemic began are falsified and are termed a Statistical Impossibility.The straight lines upward and downward in their pretty colored graphs with all the variables involved are a telling indicator that the results are unreliable and falsified.Can someone put the Governor on a diet and then hose down Dr GREASY ARWADY.

Thanks for the clarification on these numbers. Now I can justify my skepticism of these numbers. Great

10/20/2020 10:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Governor FATSO,Mayor GROOT,and Doctor Greasy ARWADY along with the West Side Witch Doctor EZIKE in COVIDIOT full court press mode now.Back to daily SCAMDEMIC press conferences attended by the herd of media sheep.Begin the daily threatening of citizens and small businesses.Good citizens of Illinois,when are you going to stop taking it from this band of democratic criminals and revolt?When will an audit be demanded on these falsified COVID numbers?Who are these supposed now 88,000 people a day being tested?Why did the Daily Herald stop printing the ages and underlying physical conditions of reported COVID Deaths?Why was the COVID field hospital at McCormack Place torn down after 1 and a half weeks?Where are all of these COVID Test Kits coming from since the Government stop sending them?Who is profiting from these 88,000 Kits a day?Is it possible that the Governor is getting fatter and Doctor ARWADY is getting greasier?So many questions but I think we know many of the answers.

I would love to have these answers to the questions above. If Trump wins, everyone should march on City Hall and burn our masks. I noticed the Daily Herald cutting out the co-morbidity rate and I would really start to question the death rates soon. JB wants a nice round number, probably 11,000 to throw out and blame on Trumpp

10/20/2020 10:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Matt O’shea wants to keep his nice Lucrative gig at O’Hare. Ever since Lightfoot appointee him to that post he hasn’t said a peep about police coverage or police issues at all. Matt O’shea has turned into a whore for Lightfoot. Yet all the Beverly and Mt Greenwood people will continue to vote for him because he was their bust out bartender growing up pouring them lemonvoks on sundays. He was great when he started them he got himself chin deep in the swamp. Time for someone else who wasn’t a bartender to run against him and not that whacko Ann.

10/20/2020 10:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hate to say it....we need 5 guys of fire truck? Cutting cfd to 3 guys and close houses at night seems logical
Burbs doing 2 and 3 guys which is they are much more busy.

10/20/2020 02:41:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I get whatcha saying, but really there is a shortage of ambulances and each fire apparatus is required to have atleast 1 EMT/FF which can respond quicker than an ambo and assess and start basic lifesaving actions until an ambulance arrives.

10/21/2020 01:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

10/20/2020 05:36:00 AM

O'Shea comes across as a big police supporter, but will definitely play the good soldier & not cross Lari

10/20/2020 09:53:00 AM

O’Shea only comes across as a police supporter when the mayor isn’t around. He also tried to get on the department a half dozen times and couldn’t pass the test. Not even the Sheahans—his wife’s side of the family— were able to pull any weight.

Which has to make you wonder: HOW DUMB IS MATT O’SHEA THAT HE COULDN’T MAKE IT INTO THE ACADEMY???

10/21/2020 01:48:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

NAPOLITANO,s silence does not surprise me.Remember that he quit being the POLICE to go and be a Fireman.He is not 1 of us and is more in line with SPOSATO.Whatever happened to his big gesture about manning northwest side districts back in April?Answer,he never followed through with any of it.

10/21/2020 02:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They need to Put it OUT!!. During Historical increases in violent crime she is DEFUNDING THE POLICE. even though she has come out and stated such. NEVER LET A CRISIS GO TO WASTE. Budget crisis= Defund police.

10/21/2020 06:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Plenty of Money to Hire back Jimmy Sanchez and give him a Captain or another Lieutenant. From a $165k spot to a $300k spot. Excellent money management Lori.. Maybe just maybe our budget issues lie with those making decisions. Are not political influence in the Department a no no.? Especially in Hiring and promotional issues. Maybe the IG should look into it.

10/21/2020 07:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

hate to say it....we need 5 guys of fire truck? Cutting cfd to 3 guys and close houses at night seems logical
Burbs doing 2 and 3 guys which is they are much more busy.

10/20/2020 02:41:00 PM

No, you actually need 5-6. 2-3 is dangerously undermanned. Division of labor on the fireground requires multiple people there quickly to accomplish all of the necessary tasks concurrently.

10/21/2020 09:46:00 AM  
Anonymous RETIRED said...

hate to say it....we need 5 guys of fire truck? Cutting cfd to 3 guys and close houses at night seems logical
Burbs doing 2 and 3 guys which is they are much more busy.

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No, you actually need 5-6. 2-3 is dangerously undermanned.
Division of labor on the fireground requires multiple people there quickly to accomplish all of the necessary tasks concurrently.

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Fire Fighters have an entirely different mindset than coppers.

They do 3 months of fire suppression at the Quinn. (academy)

It's all about SPEED.
Getting your bunker gear on in under a minute.
Speed in getting out the door and hitting the fire as fast as possible.

Coppers especially with time on the job TAKE THEIR TIME.

3 people shot?
You'll see the beat guys take that extra sip of coffee and then WALK to the car.

FIRE?
LET IT BURN.

Smoke detectors cost less than $10.00.
Halfwits with IQs under 70 should be out of the fuckin' house.

WAIT til' extra units come to assist you and STAY SAFE !!!
Go home alive in the morning !
Perhaps the fire department can take some lessons from the police.

10/21/2020 05:47:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

recall years back Jane Byrne had a beef with the 19th ward and refused to have cops patrol the St, Pats parade and a certain Dist, Comm, in o22 went along with it, coppers that had kids in the parade on Western and were day off took it upon themselves to direct traffic watch over the kids,break up fights etc all on their own uncompensated time,this did not go over well with Jane and pissed off her play Dist Comm, anyine recall this??

10/21/2020 06:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FDNY has 4 fireman per truck. Why can't Chicago Fire?

10/21/2020 08:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To all the non Fire comments:
Burbs show up with 3 on the rig, but the 2 guys on the ambo coming in are also FFs and get in on the attack, they are not single role PMs dedicated to EMS only.
We dont comment on how many cars are needed when shots are fired at CPD or 10-1 takes place. IMHO its never enough
Dont add your ignorant 2 cents on how many we need on the fireground, after 20 years, its usually never enough.

10/22/2020 12:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

12:47am...you're comparing the number of firemen needed per truck to extinguish a fire to how many squad cars arrive to assist another officer who has been potentially shot at or actively fighting an assailant??? Get a life!

10/22/2020 06:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

FDNY does NOT have 4 firefighters per apparatus, either. Try 5,6 and 7, depending on the neighborhood.

10/22/2020 04:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


It’s a disappoint that NW side Alderman are backing Madigan’s liberal Darbro over Brad Stephens. A deal was made with Madigan to give us this POS Darbro. Fuck their constituents, make a deal with the devil and give us this idiot..

10/22/2020 05:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Eliminate all exempt , Captains save over $25,000,000 a year and nothing will change .
CPD might actually run better .

10/23/2020 05:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Captains with a little overtime make as much as a deputy chief. we could lose all these stupid EX-O positions. Its not used as intended. It is supposed to be to groom the heir apparent so he or she understands the role. EX-o for a deputy chief needs to have some time in grade not a new cmdr. In 2021 exempts are expected to take between 15-22 unpaid days. now Deputy chiefs are making Captains pay and it counts as bad time that has to be made up.

10/26/2020 02:19:00 PM  

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