Bonuses? Or Outright Theft?
So yesterday's screen shot of those $300K salaries for four aldermanic assistants?
Turns out all four work for a single aldercreature:
- Those
4-$300K+ salaries belong to staffers in Ald. Nicholas 'Tricky Nicky
Sposato's 38th Ward Office. The staffers are: Maurita Gavin, Katherine
Blonski, Vanessa Aviles, and Kathryn Balaskovits.
Is this the deal Sposato worked out with Mayor CTU for a yes vote to his budget? Does the deal also include naming CFD union official Joseph Sinorski as Tricky Nicky's aldermanic successor instead of Mayor CTU appointing Sposato's successor?
According to a 12/20/21 FOIA Request with the Chicago City Clerk's office, these $300K+ staffers were making the following at that time:
Maurita Gavin - $79,452.00 (Staff Assistant to the Alderman)
Katherine Blonski - $62,928.00 (Assistant to the Alderman)
Vanessa Aviles - $20.00/hr (Aldermanic Aide)
Kathryn Balaskovits - $58,116.00 (Staff Assistant to the Alderman)
And someone else says that these are - essentially - bonuses?
- Those salaries are called a “bump up” If the Alderman has extra money at the end of the year they can increase the salaries of their staff. Those salaries are then reset in January. The Alderman is not a criminal just a shitty Alderman, he should’ve spent the money on fixing potholes and other needs of the ward.
Um, government doesn't get to (or isn't suppose to) give out bonuses. That's taxpayer money that, if not spent in the service of taxpayers, ought to be refunded or returned to the general fund. How do you get to give out "bump ups" amounting to over $200K or more? And sell your vote to Conehead for a $150 million tax hike on everyone?
Unless this is some "pro-rated" crap and lord only knows how many more potholes could have been fixed up north if the money was spent properly.
Labels: money questions, un-fucking-believable
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
95 Comments:
I'm sad Mauritia's husband was a good guy.
I contributed.
I'm sad.
I moved out of the 38th Ward 15 years ago.
It has been slowly turning into a rat-hole.
The only decent "normal" place to live in Shit-cago is in the 41st Ward.
SOON, that will be totally destroyed like everyplace else.
Make sure you walk your dog with your full size 9mm.
Chicago is so corrupt that the pols have the nerve to go to the taxpayers, whether property owners, businesses or reg ppl trying to get by, to squeeze more money out of everyone’s pockets with BS reasoning for the increases and then turn around and line their own pockets. And these assholes get re-elected countless times. Stories like the OP boggles the mind. The real sad part is that these pols purposely made a law to legalize theft.
I see Retired SGT Nanida Cleveland on that list.
She made MERIT sergeant and went to STRAIGHT DAYS in 015.
I thought to myself at the time she must have some major clout.
She was totally useless as a police officer of course.
NOW, she is making over $262,000 @ year as a DO NOTHING "Assistant to the alderman". An ALDERMAN? Who only makes around $140,000? WTF!!
NOTHING changes with this SCUM-bag corrupt city.
This makes hot Rod Blagoyabich look like a boy scout.
President Trump arrest them please.
Potholes, such as the quarter mile stretch of NorthThatcher Road between 4200 North to Montrose Ave. That Chicago street has been the dumping site for construction debris for decades.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/chicago-needs-a-new-mayor-and-its-time-for-a-republican
Stay tuned as a FOIA Request was filed with the city to see how these 4 female staffers in Tricky Nicky's office were given boosts in pay for just doing their jobs.
Sposato is like several CPS principals as they all like to play giveaway with taxpayers' momey.
Don't forget Sposato's scam with 'Food for the Troops.'
City FOIA Request:
Timecard and salary history for the following 38th Ward employees: Maurita Gavin, Katherine Blonski, Vanessa Aviles, and Kathryn Balaskovits from December 27, 2023 through December 27, 2024. Please include all payouts for unused sick and vacation days, back pay, and bonuses. Additionally, include letters of resignation for the aforementioned employees along with any from Ald. Nicholas Sposato and Sposato's salary history since he became an alderman in 2011 until the present day.
A hose puller fvcking the constituent’s I did not see that cumin’.
Budget would get passed regardless, it is good that Nick took the money. He has my vote.
Or they could have put the money towards the City pension funds. You know, pensions for the cops & firemen who actually WORK for a living.
Totally unreal! The people in his area need to vote him out!
I've been saying for years to yank those $1million/aldercritter slushfunds. It's $50 MILLION overall - purely for graft and currying favor. We could get rid of 25 Aldercritters and still be overstaffed by those rancid corrupt fucks.
I'd wish for the Feds to come in with a microscope and start crawling around to clean things up, but the FBI needs a good housecleaning too...
Vote em out? How about tar and feathering? Is that still a thing?
He should resign.
How many potholes were not filled?
Streets and curbs should have been replaced?
Where is the SAO to look into this sale of a vote or was that secured by an endorsement? Surely the Mayor’s office knew about this.
Resign now! What a way to end your career.
Your constituents got screwed over.
sposato really disappointed me but he played ball with the mayor for whatever reason. the real problem is still the mayor and all the lefty progressive democRAT retards that voted for him. you say America deserves what Trump will do because he was elected? Shitcago is getting what it deserves for electing this clown. GFYs
It would appear to be the belly of the beast of alderman insiders.
How many of these creatures are hidden in plain site in every ward??
The power of the ward boss
Non CPD. Live in his area. Called the office after the vote and the receptionist was so rude. Told me if I don't like it, I should run. Told her that I pay for her salary etc. What a sell out to his ward and fellow NW side alders/population.
The possibilities are endless.
He was more likeable as a firefighter.
Now he's just another one of them!
Slick Nick can have some more printed no biggie just sayin dawg
Every fucking politician is a crook. Term limits across the board is needed asap
An Xmas bonus that is 4-5 times more than the annual salary. Can I apply for that job.
in order to show how much he cares about his ward residents sposato will now send his goffers out to see if anyone needs a new garbage can
This is criminal behavior
I agree...there are so many fucking potholes around that are NOT being filled...when is the last time you seen a truck around filling these holes??? Lets send off a letter for Trump to investigate where our money is going.
bonuses = income. Just ask the IRS they'll tell you.
Everybody in Oz knows you are not supposed to look behind the curtain.!! Chiraq is basically Oz with a population of 2.7 million sado-masochists.
Get bank statements on all. Look for cash withdrawals. Bust the alderman. This is a clear graft issue.
Gotta keep the Communist Party Comrades happy , with Taxpayer Dollars, even though they do nothing positive for the Taxpayers, except the spewing of rhetoric and racial divisions, which benefit them .
There’s a reason Chicago is considered to be the most corrupt city in the country. The new generation of thieves make Burke and Madigan look like amateurs
Outright theft, what a bunch of A Hole’s
Remember everyone, Alderman Nick Sposato is supposed to be "pro police".
He and all the other alderman and politicians who claim to be
" pro police" are actually pro "my own bank account".
A CFD member replacing another CFD member on the city council isn't a bad thing, despite how he gets there. Taking the moral high road in this corrupt city is for chumps.
That said does anybody really believe BLM Brandon will be allowed by the "progressive caucus" to appoint a white man to any position of prominence in this city?
Fkn scumbag. He even shut off the comments on his aldermanic Facebook account. He's a dirty sob just like patrick Daley Thomson and matthew oshea. At least thompson got convicted
Did you ever think that maybe they were really good assistants.
Depeche Mode: Everything Counts.
The handshake seals the contract
From the contract, there's no turning back
The turning point of a career
In Korea being insincere
The holiday was fun-packed
The contract still intact
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all
(It's a competitive world)
(Everything counts in large amounts)
yea,,,ok alder sposato,,,, thanks for your input
"Not a criminal" yeah right. This money is a bribe plain and simple. How much of this is getting kicked back to the alderman? How easily these people sell out the public. Hundreds of thousands for the lackeys in exchange for hundreds of millions taken from the tax payers. Just another day in Chicago.
Does this old hose dragger wear his old fire fighting boots when he needs to hit a political lick as well as cash in at the end of the year?
You Democrats voters are all a bunch of hoes that like getting fucked by corrupt, incompetent mother fuckers you vote into office ! You’re all slaves on the Democratic plantation ! Total fucking sheep !
What ward?
Perhaps you can list the outstanding achievements that they accomplished to make them worth that kind of money.
You are kidding?
My real estate taxes better not go up!!!! If there is extra money in the general fund, give it back to the taxpayers!!!! This is some real BS
Any politician will see you out and or throw you under the bus in a heart beat.
How the fuck is this not headline news??
41st is now a shithole as well.
This is an easy indictment. Follow the money!
And a lot of Police voted for this clown. He will likely get reelected. I've come to realize that Chicago likes their politicians dirty...You get what you vote for Chicago.
Amen. The poster boy for terms limits is Madigan
Corruption on display
Actually slick, if Burnett who was bought off with a newly created 400000 stipend, and Sposato got extra money to dole out to his aides, who's to say no other Alder got some hidden perk we don't know about yet in order to vote yes?
She makes a good point
O ' Shea is to dumb to be convicted. What a mope.
When stuff gets dumped it gets picked up within a day or two of someone calling. And I hope they never pave that section. I live over there. In the morning drivers come ripping through the neighborhood trying to avoid the light at Irving and Cumberland. Pave that street and it will be a real zoo 5 days a week. And I am old enough to remember when that was a lover's lane.
Quincy Magoo Says:
The Commiecrats are stealing as much as possible before Trump gets in and cracks down.
check the hundreds of thousands of dollars the firemen union has given Mr. clean for his service
Yeah, because the feds are so reputable..
You just keep voting democrat...You Hear.
Can you dance ?
Vote democrat for more...
Maybe she's a good dancer....just saying.
Quite raggedy and greezy.
016 should be doing traffic control for all the news vans and reporters covering this in front of his office. Can anyone confirm?
They are more greedy.
Just count this as reparations...it's all good.
Good work, guys. Who is pushing this story? The two NWSide mouthpieces of the hedge fund guys responsible for Illinois tier-two pensions. Funny how history repeats itself; I remember Coppers being excited about the reforms these hedge fund guys were going to make in 2010-2011. If you are a copper hired after 2011, these are the same people who stuck it up, you keister. So, get out the lube and your pom poms we are all being played again by these same jagoffs.
No
You can apply but, if you're not the right ethnicity/orientation or you can't suck a golf ball through a length of garden hose, you don't have a chance.
Hey Matt o shea. Stick those pancake breakfasts up your ass. Playin pro police. Used to be a Conehead bartender on Western Ave. sorry ur sisters wedding called off a week before the ceremony. She was a nice gal.
A Republican mayor? In Chit-cago!?!?!? Surely you jest.
Warzone C hasn't had a Republican mayor since Big Bill Thompson left in 1932.
The catch is, these aren't 'bonuses'...that would be improper.
What he does is, in mid-December, he 'bumps up' their pay to $5.2mil/year.
They collect 2-3 weekly checks for $100k each and then, as required by law, their pay resets back down on 1 Jan. All perfectly legal and within the rules.
Thatcher Road,not in Chicago
Thatcher Road,not in Chicago
12/29/2024 04:10:41 PM
well,,, a few years ago dead body found on that road and cook county police said it's yours Chicago,,, and Chicago handled,,,, so looks like it's considered Chicago
It is only a thing in my fondest daydreams where the tar kettle is getting heated and the fowl feathers are being gathered. The list of potential local recipients is long, but my only dilemma is deciding the order of participation. Conefled is deserving, but shanks, 9.5 and Groot would still be listed ahead of him, however, an equal ranking to Conefled would be given to Stacy Davis Gates. Hey, it is my daydream, so I am the final authority.
From 4200-4400 it is THATCHER RD and it most certainly is Chicago. Look it up in your FOP book if you don’t believe it. There was a homicide there a few years ago and A5 handled it. The cemetery is Norridge. The street, the forest preserved, is Chicago. 1614’s beat.
I miss Mike Roykp!
it is Chicago (not called Thatcher) Chicago hydrants = Chicago street
Moe raises, Moe raises, Moe bonuses too, equals out to moe kickbacks to the comrades who authorized the raises. Moe, Moe, Moe !
Always wondered what they did with the left over money they had in their aldermanic budgets when they failed to apply it to projects to improve their wards. And now we know.
It’s definitely theft I guess he scored high on ethics training didn’t he!!
Winner winner chicken dinner! First thing I thought of - ye olde reach around.
Blocking the comments is likely not going to pass judicial muster...
https://www.publicceo.com/2024/03/when-can-a-government-official-limit-comments-or-block-users-on-social-media/
Well, they're adept at polishing knobs. Quite shiny after they're done.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-sets-rules-public-officials-block-social/story?id=108156407
Who else remembers the "Sposato Pension Law" that his lefty buddy Martwick got passed on Nicky's behalf? https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-state-law-giving-pension-boost-to-one-chicago-alderman/
To the one calling O’Shea dumb; it’s spelled “too” dumb. If you are insulting someone as being unintelligent, please use proper grammar and spelling dumbass..
Korea? 🙄
Mr. Clean is an ugly married man allegedly chasing married tail in the OEMC.
Chicago Contrarian posted a screenshot on 'X' of Sposato's Facebook page with the comments section closed down. Sposato can't take the heat for his 'YES' vote to Conehead's budget, giving away thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money to his staff, and taking in $27K to his campaign war chest from the CTU.
https://x.com/ChicagoContrar1/status/1873557611821543612?t=i-OjyZpUVFbstHhKNO9FWg&s=19
Not to get off topic guys BUT since we're talking about graft in general...HOW ABOUT THAT FIVE DOLLAR TAX HITTING YOUR PEOPLES GAS BILL EVERY MONTH? Supposed to "assist the poor". WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT? Five bucks on every gas bill IN THE STATE? MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING GRIFTED FROM HOMEOWNERS. As Henry Hill said in Goodfellas.." FUCK YOU..PAY ME..." NO ONE PUT THIS TO A VOTE. THIS WAS DICTATED BY YOUR POLITICIANS. A FIAT. AN EDICT. TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS WHAT IT REALLY IS. A VIOLATION OF YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
You would think someone like Sposato with his serious health issues would be concerned about his everlasting soul and his final judgement. But no!
Hear! Hear!
It has class action law suit written all over it, if someone can find an honest attorney in Illinois who is not afraid of being labeled a racist!
Oh, your real estate taxes are going up. Didnt the city just pass a budget with increases plus Chicago just had a reassment by the assessors. Your next tax bill will be 55% of your last years tax bill, but they will get you on the second installment which will show the reassment increase
This is ludicrous. How anyone can give credence to this falsehood is beyond
me. Please discern for yourself what is true AB’s false.
First, this would be all over the news. This is more $$than anyone in the city makes, including the mayor and aldermen. C’mon people question what you read.
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