Thursday, May 15, 2008
News / Clout City On the clock
Posted by Mick Dumke on Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Richard M. Daley showed us again Wednesday that he's not just skilled at leading a big city. He's also great at time management.
Here's what he told reporters about why he didn't allow any debate on the repeal of the foie gras ban:
“We’ve [already] had so much debate on this—it’s gone on forever. And everybody knew how they were going to vote.”
That’s right: the mayor is so efficient that he can not only cut off debate when he senses we're about to talk ourselves silly—he can also take care of that time-consuming voting thing way in advance.
Next meeting, he might want to find a way to get the City Council to stop wasting so much time passing legislation.
And just in case he does consider making a few changes, he should reexamine how our $100,000-a-year aldermen spent their four hours at the council meeting Wednesday, just to see if he can discover any more places to streamline:
2 hours, 17 minutes: Introduction and passage of various resolutions praising high school honor students, recently passed city icons, and valiant crime fighters, accompanied by eloquent aldermanic speeches.
1 minute: Mayoral oration on how the media never wants to cover anything about all the good things good people do in Chicago every day.
45 minutes: Reports on recent activity by City Council committees as aldermen drift in and out of the council chambers, chat, read, and accept instruction from mayoral lobbyists.
0.5 minutes: Mayoral quashing of proposed resolution condemning the possibility of an invasion of Iran, on the grounds that it could make things complicated for Barack Obama.
30 minutes: Introduction of new appointments and proposed ordinances by the mayor’s office, most of them sent to various committees for "consideration."
7 minutes: Introduction of proposed ordinances by aldermen, most of them sent to various committees for "consideration."
0.5 minutes: Invitation to finance committee chairman Ed Burke to announce the date of the next full council meeting.
1 minute: Acceptance of invitation; announcement that the next full council meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, at 10:00 AM in City Council chambers.
8 minutes: Legislative sleight of hand by aldermen Tom Tunney and Richard Mell that results in abrupt introduction to the entire council of repeal of foie gras ban.
1 minute: Rendering of expert opinion on parliamentary procedure by alderman Burke confirming that alderman Joe Moore, the chief sponsor of the ban, has no legal right to defer a vote on the matter.
0.5 minutes: Mayoral demand that assistant city clerk call for a vote.
0.25 minutes: Brief pause in roll call vote prompted by shouting from alderman Moore [advance to 1:15 in the film clip] about the lack of opportunity to engage in a floor debate.
0.25 minutes: Mayoral demand that assistant city clerk continue the vote.
3 minutes: Continuation of roll call voting while alderman Moore protests in the background.
1 minute: Mayoral gloating over the 37-6 vote in favor of repealing the ban, mayoral mocking of “alderman Joe Foie Gras Moore.”
0.5 minutes: Pronouncement/curse by alderman Moore that others will someday be rolled over by the mayor in the same manner.
0.25 minutes: Adjournment of the meeting.
0.25 minutes: Satisfied mayoral pounding of the gavel.
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If people here on this blog,and in Chicago think our local corruption will not be an issue in the presidential race, their dreaming. I wish Barack never endorsed that turd- Daley.
Daley's nephew in law and $120,000 a year ghost payroller Brian McGinnis. Wife of Brian, Judge Sheila McGinnis was arrested,for driving drunk.in broadview.
I think Obama is going to question his allegiance to Daley. Obama offered to help me get the city to enforce codes and ordinances as a tenant. The city has been in full throttle sabotage mode. Just remember that the city council removed the section that they help tenants in the wikipedia job description entry after I sent it to the city council and alderman's office. And the city council is not above the law. We have codes and ordinances. Does the the council understand urban planning and can foretell the consequences of not following codes and ordinances and not depriving rights and services the residents? And what about community groups? The alderman and ward committeman are elected by the public. The ward committeeman position is unpaid. Why would a community group have a say in your barrio development? Where are they getting their budgets? Now getting back to Obama questioning his endorsing Daley, the lack of city response to the apartment congressional inquiries is not good advertisement for the city and Daley. I know Daley's honest gifted brother is on Obama's Presidentia campaign and maybe my inquiries prove that the city is not responding but a city lie or a city non response only reflects city corruption. Who runs the city again?
Tyrone Kenner put a huge roll of tar paper down the throat of Laura Foxgrover like she was a foie graus duck.
City capers can't be stopped. If you don't want city capers, you have to move out of Illinois.
I wish coconate would cease his cowardly attack, against people whom live in the 11th and 19th wards. Brian McGinnis and wife are stellar individuals. So Mr Coconate or open book,whatever you call yourself, STOP. You got your money ,so move on.
I don't lift a finger to attack any 11th or 19th warder. The people who set me up to hurt my family and me, hurt themselves. Brian McGinnis used to sleep all day at Madison and Green in the 80's, than became a Supervisor under Mayor Daley.As a Daley superviser ,he started hurting allot of workers who used to allow him to go to school on City Time. Brian isn't any different than the rest of the Daley clan, they forget who made them! Jan Pestka, Brian Murphy,Rob O'Connor,Ralph Ferro, Eloy Ortiz, John Zander, Mark Fary(he now works at Capital Morgage on archer)Tim Degnan, Jimmy Stroden, Brian McMahon, Mike Terranova,Bobby McDarrah,Richie Guidice, John Luporini, and I can name many more, all forgot who made them. The Union City Worker! I will not stop until I make all of them pay for what they did to my family!
On the Judge Sheila Kilroe McGinnis subject. Her family(Daleys cousin,The Kilroes) were always respected by everyone. It's her husband Brian McGinnis who screwed with allot of people. he is a stone jag-off!
And for drivel like this Lil Mick Dumbke draws a salary from the Reader ? I hope he collects his paycheck with a mask on.
"I hope he collects his paycheck with a mask on." Something you would know all about, no doubt.
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