Delinquent What Now?
We just assume they're all following Conehead's lead in not paying bills:
Workers for the city of Chicago and its sister agencies owe more than $18 million in unpaid parking tickets, utility bills and other fees as Mayor Brandon Johnson has a nearly $1 billion budget gap looming next year.
Among the deadbeat city workers are a tree-trimmer with about $13,000 in old parking tickets; a building inspector for the public health department with more than $20,000 in administrative hearing fees; and a police detective with more than $23,000 in outstanding water bills.
Most of the scofflaws on public payrolls don’t work directly for City Hall. About $16.5 million of the worker debt is owed by employees of sister agencies like the Chicago Transit Authority, where roughly one in four workers is carrying an outstanding debt — by far the highest rate of any of the agencies.
And as always, the CPD has a prominent place in the Slum Times story:
The police department employs the most city workers and has accrued the most city worker debt. Police employees were behind on more than $655,000 in payments, including $328,000 in delinquent water bills and $250,000 in parking tickets. More than 650 officers, detectives and other workers were late to pay — about 6% of the department.
An officer making a $110,178 yearly salary was behind on $27,159 in administrative hearing debt. Another, making $106,482, owed more than $7,000 in unpaid parking tickets. There’s also a detective with $23,054 in unpaid water bills, $1,210 in parking tickets and $1,746 in administrative hearing costs.
CPD also seems to be the only agency that suspends and garnishes wages to pay outstanding debts owed to the City. At least the only one we ever heard about.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
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OT But great job from assman009 "escorting bonded gangbanger" outside and through the alley to the front to retrieve his stuff. Gangbanger gets jumped by other gangbangers in alley while assman009 runs for away. Great job, all the cook county experience really paying off. stay at trailer park this isnt the job for you.
Start paying before you get caught up and lose a day or two.
Retired guy here..please someone explain how anyone from CPD is even on this list. I remember my partner being accused of a delinquent water bill (which ended up being a similar name not his) and they were ready to SPAR him and worse.
Wait a second here, hold the phone or should I say hold the walkie talkie in the pole...
According to an Illinois Policy report on March 31, 2023, Mayor CTU owes the city $4000, including for parking tickets.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/brandon-johnson-owes-over-4k-to-chicago-including-tickets-from-2014/
Has he paid this or is he on a payment plan?
And, what about the 12 speed and red light camera tickets his security detail accrues driving him to the beauty salon and his next photo op? Does the Mayor still owe the $1640 on these tickets as reported by IP on February 23, 2024?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnsons-motorcade-racks-up-moving-violations/
How much does Conehead owe?
Conehead only paid his fines because he had to, too become mayor. State law!!
Otherwise this jackass would have never paid.
Is docking a pay check too much work?
The state does to
A former Superintendent had to pay his large water bill before being announced.
CFD does also.
23000 in unpaid water bills. WTF guy?!
It’s all good! Back a few years ago IAD had to go after a detective that was up to make Sergeant for not paying the water bills? He/She went on payment program and all was good? That was until the same Sergeant was on list to make Lieutenant! And we went through the whole payment program again…..
Then comes the exempt rank promotion to commander and the same lieutenant still had not paid off the water bill? After calling this lieutenant in to see the Deputy Chief all was good! Until they wanted to move the commander up to Deputy Chief of some goofy unit and we all had to do the same song and dance for this same joker not paying the water bills.
This was a fun walk down memory lane? It reminded me of this same Deputy Chief calling in some officers under his command and ordering them to pay delinquent bills? And when they did not take the order they all were targets and filed hostile work conditions about this Chief? I don’t think the water bill ever got paid? Where is Barz now?
They have to suspend the exempt ranks to make this real!
Paying your bills be races ain’t gotta pay no stinking bills
1 in 4 is carrying debt in CTA. I what the demographics are ..
So glad I’m quitting soon. COPA, fake gold braid inspectors, and inane regulations have made my decision really easy. Pepsi is paying me more and no more of this idiocy.
Did the Scum-Times include the civilians working for CPD? I noticed no mention of them I'll bet they would find even bigger debts owed by them
How many slum times employees owe the city money?
A breath tech is certified by the state. They collect state debts and any back child support, state wide, before you are certified. They turn you in to the department.
Happy for you, brother/sister!
Someone in an earlier post mentioned that he was in Indianapolis working a side job for the Bears in violation of CPS policy.
23k? how many years is that?
Bingo he does not pay his bills just like the head of the public schools. Stacy Davis does not pay her bills she did, and property tax got quite refuses to send her children to the public schools because she knows how bad he indoctrination centers are none of them pay their bills lead by example.
What happened to the honor system.
I love it when the people go bankrupt so they can get the boot off of their car, then they bitch that they cant get a mortgage of decent loan rates.
Inspectors are not a gold braid. They are the rank of captain getting captain's pay as inspectors. Nice to see Pepsi is not getting the brightest bulb in the box.
Publish their namesake,addresses and place of employment
Now break it down based on race and gender....
Thought if you don't pay your water bill, they shut it off?
Thought if you don't pay your parking tickets, they boot your car?
Pony up losers.
I was once called into the watch commander’s office and “asked” about a single parking ticket I had yet to pay. I paid it the next day. This was before it could be paid online.
Who is keeping an eye on JCat and the FOP 7? There are a lot of happenings going on there that should really rouse one's suspicions, here are a few:
- He changed the bylaws so that he, and his board members who retired on the board, have paid insurance until they reach Medicaid. (JCat needed this as he retired before reaching 55)
- He won't show the expenditures or receipts of $ spent, claiming its nobody's business
- JCat is now the publisher of the monthly FOP magazine. How much $ is he paying himself for this position?
- He is now on the State FOP board. kind of ironic for a guy who said he would only be Lodge 7 president until we got a contract.
- Nearly every time he makes a Friday video, he's in some remote place. Who is paying for these trips? I'm sure he's flying economy and paying out of his own pocket (that's right, we can't see the receipts, so we'll never know!)
- He is backing his buddy Lonergan for Pension Board, his lacky DS is the treasurer of the Retired Police Assn, how many fingers does JCat intend on putting in the pie?
Last union president to act this way and take these sort of actions was Pallohusky, and we know where that all ended up. I'm telling you, something really wrong is going on here, and an investigation into the Lodge, its expenditures, and board members is long overdue!
It’s a cultural thing.
You all should be more sensitive and stop harassing these people.
It’s systemic and it ain’t their fault.
Am I surprised?
Nope!
Working for the bears during their road games
How is this even possible? Everyone in patrol gets sparred and it turns into time if you’re not in compliance in 7 days. It compounds from there, if you’re in patrol.
As much as I wonder how many are civilians, I also know officers driving $80k cars and on payment plans for their electric, gas and water bills. It’s not just this job, some people are entirely clueless as to what financial responsibility means. Remember when the Biden/Harris administration actually tried to penalize you for having a good credit score when it came to home loans. It’s a mentality that’s not just the middle class- it’s in all walks of life- appearance matters more than paying your bills.
Not the heroes. They are always excluded from the criticism and reports
I could be wrong but I think you the city would have to go thru the courts to do that. It’s not as simple as just taking the money you owe.
I suspect a good number are civilians which ST intentionally omits. I also would bet that some of those water bills are probably for rental property and under LLC names which makes it less straightforward.
Exactly!!!! Get a real job folks!!
What a circus, glad I am retired for 24 years! Guys and girls, just blame your self, you all allowed this shit to happen under your watch!
Come on people, how do you not have your water set to automatic payments.
Water should be free....just saying.
Oh come on. No excuse for this. It’s really simple; be an adult and pay your damn bills. True bust-out, even though the police.
Water bills are inflation adjusted and out of control. I fell behind and had to scramble to pay off. They using the water bills to fund the pensions. That’s how desperate the city is and it’s only going to get worse. The city will only want more and more and I’m sure I’m paying more so the underprivileged and oppressed can pay less. More commie redistribution of wealth.
Leaving the police department for work for Pepsi..You need your head examined
Water is free. Grab a bucket, go to the lake, take all you need and bring it home. If you want to be able to drink it or cook with it, bathe or shower in it, you may want to filter and boil it first. For me, I’d rather have it pumped in and sent thru the filtration process then delivered to my home via underground pipes which I find to be far more convienient. Probably safer too. The cost of getting rid of it after you’re done using it (sewage) is also included in your water bill, as is the cost of the blue can pick up.
Put a good team together. It’s time for change.
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