Shortshanks Ailing
Although nominally better than what followed after, the primary driver of Chicago's decline is getting up there in years:
Former Mayor Richard M. Daley, the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history, was hospitalized earlier this month after suffering what his brother described Tuesday as a third stroke.
Bill Daley said his older brother, who turns 84 on Friday, is “fine now.” He returned home after a few days in the hospital and is now undergoing rehab.
The younger Daley described the former mayor’s episode as a full-blown stroke, but a comparatively minor one compared to the serious stroke that Daley suffered in 2014.
That was the stroke that put an end to a lot of talk of subpoenaing the former mayor as to all sorts of shady City Hall dealings, escaping the discovery (and consequences) of numerous bad decisions forced through the political process....consequences that have been visited on his compatriots as of late.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
68 Comments:
let me know when the a-hole is gone for good
That fat old fuck ain’t long for this world now. If not this year then next. I and my family won’t be sad to see Lucifer welcoming him through the gates into Hell.
Things were better back then under Daley but the meter deal has to go now
It’s ironic, people talk shit about Rahm Lori and BJ- and they deserve it.
But Daley planted the seeds which grew into most of the problems we face as a city.
Wait just for clarification Daley is a stroke or had a stroke? I'll sit down & wait for my answer. Thank you
Lil Richie..aka..Mayor Mumbles....nothing but corruption and slime in that family tree....
The city started going downhill with Daley. That is just kept raising taxes, adding fees, stopping paying into the pensions, rigging hiring, rigging promotions and selling off city assets. He is lucky to not have gone to prison.
Mayor mumbles from da sout side of che caggo
Although he's always been a stroke, God bless him.
Not only did RMD inherit the kingdom from RJD but he also inherited his bad vascular system.
All I can think of is the 300 million a year in lost revenue because Ahole sold the skyward and parking meters.
The stroke had a stroke....
The first stroke was only after he was observed at the restaurant bar he was hanging out at with his then girlfriend the doctor? And was about to be dragged in for depositions? But of course the fix was in when they found a judge to say he was too ill to testify? So no court interviews!
Only a week after that he had a Miracle and was back at the same restaurant bar, with the same doctor girlfriend……..how is that relationship going? Did she find out what a piece of $hit little Richie was?
Wait till you see him over in Michigan for the summer…..throwing the great 4th of July parties!
wonder why the news never showed daley the moment the Olympic committee kicked Chicago out of the 1st round picks,, would have liked to see the stroke he had then
All of those shady dealings which costed taxpayers big time is whats causing the strokes.
May he rot in hell!
Council should strip him of his protection detail, as well as the other two former mayors. They're not kings. Nobody cares about them. Chicago is a forlorn 2nd-class city; they never were the Queen of England.
A stroke having a stroke.
Now, kees me you fool!!!!
You have a big beautiful park for all that money. Now that Illinois will vote for free camping for "homeless" it'll be chock full soon.
The meters under the union was a disaster of epic proportion.
Thank the unions for the sale. It was all a grift to feed their pockets.
He cried on the Airplane ride home.
..that WAS FUCKING FUNNY!!
Sounds like the city could save some money doing some carpooling to the hospital ER for Conehead and short shanks. Give them some frequent flyer miles for ridesharing.
How clever of you to say that. Now who’s the stroke?
maybe he ,shortshanks, wasn't mentally fit to sell skyway and parking meters. let's find a loophole to get out of those sales.
Has anyone seen Richie’s son lately. Pension could use some of that money he stole.
He was a federal informant. Thats why everybody around him went down and he didn’t know nuthin.
Hopefully the "Peeing on his grave" celebration is on the horizon.
I for one will miss what he has done for law and order and prosecuting criminals.
sincerely:
R. Vanecko
You’re a stroke
mumbles spoke at the academy graduation 30 years ago, waving his finger
and screeching "we will destroy you, your family & send you to jail"
"welcome to the CPD"
No mumbling that day
"costed". Must be a CPS grad...
OT, Rest in Piss: https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2026/04/17/arthur-loevy-attorney-who-worked-police-misconduct-and-wrongful-conviction-cases-with-his-son-dies-at-87?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=042226%20Morning%20Edition&utm_content=042226%20Morning%20Edition+CID_3810b00c64afb12dfd4e0328ed225f06&utm_source=cst_campaign_monitor&utm_term=Remembering%20Arthur%20Loevy&tpcc=cst_cm
F RMD
I see a long line of people doing the tippy toe dance waiting to pee on his grave
Here, another story - The Atlantic soft-pedals it down to "people just wanting a free ride," vandals messing up maps, etc. but still unavoidably chronicles a big problem. Big difference between blue/red media, no? Previous Daily Wire story I posted here hits you with some facts.
San Francisco Solved Metro Vandalism With One Neat Trick
The age of the fare-gate society is here.
Vandals have done some senseless stuff on Bay Area Rapid Transit. They have removed the fire extinguishers from the station walls and sprayed them all over the place, for example. But what particularly vexed Alicia Trost, the chief communications officer for the train system that connects San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, was their destruction of map display cases at stations across the system: “You could not see the maps for years.”
Now you can. In August, BART completed the installation of new fare gates at station entrances and exits: Six-foot-tall saloon-style doors, made of plexiglass with metal frames, have replaced the waist-high barriers of the 1970s that were easy to duck or jump. The new gates have compelled more riders to pay their fare—revenue is projected to rise by $10 million a year. They have also led to an enormous drop in vandalism. Workers spent nearly 1,000 fewer hours cleaning up after unruly passengers in the six months following the gates’ installation, compared with the six months before. Crime [unspecified] on BART fell by 41 percent last year.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/fare-gate-society-bart/686868/
Let the animals loose, then design for lowest common denominator. Everything covered with Plexiglas, no place for old people to sit down for a minute on their way home from the store with heavy groceries because there'll be a shopping-cart bum laying there...
...and that's what IL Jackass Party wants with the latest "Bums With Rights Everywhere" bill...
Maybe new subpoenas arrived ?
Including his Ass Hole son, Patrick!!
Is, always was.
Hate to disagree but we're a 3rd world city. And about to solidify it and the whole state with HB1429. Save to flee.
fuck the stuttering prick!
The Daley Family scourge and Democrats in general continue to drive this city into bankruptcy, corruption, division, chaos and criminality. The media whores provide support, cover and are complicit with destroying the city. The best that one can say about Democrats/Media is they can sure put lipstick on this city Pig.
The sooner that prick dies the sooner the taxpayers start saving money
Three fucking pensions AND a security detail.
It appeared to me, from not Chicago, that the Chicago of the Daley machine era was well run.
Utterly corrupt, but well run.
Now the crazies are in control and the city looks it.
The answer is Yes
Put a parking meter on his tombstone.
Long live Chalkie
he stole alot of money just like the movie "casino" alot of skimming going on
Anyone give a shit? anyone? 3 orange whips!
Could he be trying to avoid testifying again in some case. Asshole belongs behind bars.
Picture a horse's ass. The same for the Kenyen.
and the answer is - yes.
the pensions were funded when daley stopped paying in to them
Mumbling was an act. It was just his way to get out of answering questions and to avoid accountability. And it worked. He may sound dumb but he was smarter than the average politician. Don't think I'm endorsing him, definitely not forgiving him. But as a manipulator and politician things got done.
This city will probably keep his security detail in tact at the cemetery.
I’d take Daley’s Chicago over what we have had the last several years.
Major Little Big Man will Rot in Hell
I heard a story that Daley once asked. "What's the minimum I can get away with paying into the pensions?"
You mean the money that was given away legally by the pension board— Hello Lt Maloney- sell out suck ass- just like Eugene Roy!!!
Arent MOB bosses always protected....
Mayor Shortshanks, Mayor Mumbles, whatever. At least he had an IQ above room temperature, unlike the asshat currently in charge now.
Fuck him!
Good idea!
I worked for the city under king rootin tootin Daley . Yes the city was much better,he cared about the financial engines like the loop and airports. But his imperial ass did start the downfall we experience now. Just from memory the municipal pension fund was about 96% funded in 1997. Then he started his pension holidays bullshit for pet projects like soldier field, navy pier and his trees and flower pots that cost a million per block plus constant maintenance. After 911 the money went short and again during the recession with the city's pay ya later crap. Now the 5 pensions all hover around 20% and they act like that's normal and they really don't give a shit. If my union pension falls below 90% we make big changes to get it back up, a union president would go to jail ignoring his pension fund like the scoundrels that run this city. Gawd I hate these people.
This city has been corrupt since its inception in 1837. Read your history before you post something dumb again
Will TQ still get Sgts pay and a take home car if Richie dies?
The vaneckos suck
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