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These knuckleheads are playing the game of 'too little, too late'. We know about the ones in the city council who are part of these daley kickback schemes, the reasons for their 'yes' votes are obvious, but what reasons can those not directly involved in these schemes have? Besides being gutless wonders?

"Alderman Tom Allen formally proposed an ordinance today that would require a 30-day waiting period between the time the sale of a public asset is proposed to the City Council and the time it’s called for a vote. ... At least 42 aldermen have signed on to Allen’s proposal already." The aldermen don't need an ordinance, they need spines. They already have the tool they need to take as much time as they want: it's called a motion to table. If 42 aldermen support this stupid ordinance then it seems like they should be able to manage sustaining a motion to table once in a while. Is the Council trying to legislate terms on how the Mayor ram-rods things through the Council? Who's City is this, anyway? The aldermen are in the driver's seat, they always have been, they're just too incompetent to act like it.

"Alderman Tom Allen formally proposed an ordinance today that would require a 30-day waiting period between the time the sale of a public asset is proposed to the City Council and the time it’s called for a vote." So, why just sales of City assets? You mean, if the Mayor wants to ram-rod thru a multi-tens of millions of dollar taxpayer subsidy to an LLC that hasn't formed yet and has no disclosures, on say 2 days notice, the aldermen are cool with that? Or if Daley wants to pass a multi-hundreds of millions bond sale, claiming as always time is of the essence, they're down with that?

"Allen said today that aldermen need the weight of city ordinance to slow down some of the administration’s financial plans. “This will give a cue to the administration that they need to change the way they present these ...I listen to the public I represent,” Ya know what else will send a cue, Tom? Stand up! Table everything you and your constituents are not completely comfortable with. Take your time. Get it right. What's the hurry? Golly gosh, meet more than once a month if you have to. Don't you know how to deal with a school yard bully? I don't think you can legislate Richard M. Daley into acting democratic. I don't think you can legislate him into respecting you.

"Allen didn’t deny that he’d like to have his parking meter vote over." Start building the case for breach. Make the parking meter deal the new model for City Council oversight of City contractors. Itemize every broken meter and every bad ticket issued. You know how to make the other party in a contract beg you to be let out.

Actually, Hugh, they'll do nothing to, in any way, interfere with the schemes which they are all, directly or indirectly, profiting from, either in real money or political capitol. As in 'between politicians' political capitol. All this latest bullshit is their likely to be successful attempts to, once again, feed the 'voters' the pablum that the toothless voters are yammering for. Give the voters anything that requires chewing and they're fucked, because they've yet to cut their baby teeth, let alone adult canines. Not to sound totally apathetic, but, it really is hopeless, what with most of the south and west side residents voting according to what they're told will be 'in their best interests', (those interests being to continue to suck at the taxpayers' tit), and the taxpayers being third and fourth generations removed from having personal experience of anything close to a working democracy, totally indoctrinated into submitting to 'da Chicago Way', there may be 50,000 citizens, total, in this city that have even one brain cell left that works. Maybe. And most of them are either cops or firemen. That's really where there might be some reason to hope, the hatred and contempt with which the cops and firemen hold daley and his criminal cohorts in. In the end, it won't be the typically ball-less 'intellectuals' who'll boot daley and his band of merry thieves out of office, it'll be the cops and firemen who, because they deal with the essence of reality every day, can't be fooled by any of the bullshit, mumbo jumbo, hibbity jibbity crap that the rest of this city's citizens swallow daily, like so many blow job whores. As always, it's the cops and firemen who'll save us from our own stupidities. And, as always, it will be in spite of our ignorant actions and substantially devoid of any appreciation on our parts.

Dear Reader, Hugh needs his own blog. His shit here is tiring. Please, remove his bullshit, mumbo jumbo, hibbity jibbity crap before we all throw up. He has no facts. Just conjuncture.

The Mayor is at the hospital with Maggie all day and the Alderwhimps grow a couple...

Hugh is just laying it out. Why are so disturbed with the disclosure of evil corrrupt officials?

Precedence Of Motions. RULE 21. When a question is under debate, the following motions shall be in order and shall have precedence over each other in order, as listed: 1. to adjourn to a day certain; 2. to adjourn; 3. to take a recess; 4. to lay on the table; 5. the previous question; 6. to refer; 7. to amend; 8. to defer or postpone to a time certain; and 9. to defer or postpone (without reference to time). Numbers 2,4 and 5 shall be decided without debate. http://www.chicityclerk.com/citycouncil/rulesoforder/RulesofOrder2007_2011.pdf

Please...Please ...leave maggie Daley alone. She is a class act and doesn't deserve the animals on this board to attack her in her hour of need. I may dislike her husband, but I would never wish bad health on anyone, especially her. Now , you can attack me ...Oreo, 11th man and McDonough.

No one was attacking Maggie - just pointing out that while the Mayor isn't around, the aldermen get a bit more ballsy. No need to demonize people unjustly.

Let me tell you something numb nuts(McDonough). Why don't you come out of the closet when you attack people. You are a real low life for attacking Maggie Daley when she is sick. I don't like you , but your mother is a classy woman and I would want nothing to happen to Mrs. McDonough. to stay with the blog: Alderman Allen and the rest are starting to understand what I meant in 2005-07. Ask questions, allot of questions .

YO, I wasn't talking about you.

Does This creep attack women infer things about their morals yo. Does this playa knock those that can't fight back? Yo, Yo, go shorty, it's tardy time! I support Allen, he is a great family man. I love Mayor Daley, he is my friend. He is a straight up playa.

We need you and your honesty. People are making up lies here. Why would anyone care about Maggie? What has she done except take lots of trips and make lots of money? Are you people silly? Daley family charges for everything! Jesse Jackson Lewis is the same.

Sorry Frank, but all that allen and the rest of the council knuckleheads have learned is to give the appearance that they are asking questions, because, as you know all too well, just asking questions, even relevant and on point questions, doesn't mean shit, if the answers don't mean shit and/or if nothing is done concerning the answers that do mean more than shit. And we know, for a fact, that nothing will be done, as long as the same assholes are in control of our city, county and state governments, said governments which make laws, make policy, impose and interpret those laws, impose and implement those policies and, as a rule, steal, waste and mismanage everything they touch with their greedy, dishonest and corrupted little paws. There are so many things that those in power could do, to create real jobs for the unemployed, rather than keep the unemployed, unemployed, and, thus, beholden to the crumbs doled out to them, crumbs provided by the working, taxpaying public, and distributed to the unemployed and chronically unemployable, by the very crooks who refuse to do anything to increase employment opportunities and/or training opportunities for said unemployed/underemployed. There are so many things that those in power could do to efficiently expend the taxpayers dollars, for the sole purpose of benefiting said taxpayers, without skimming the lion's share off the top and making themselves and their associates in crime filthy rich. There are so many things that those in power could be doing, rather than what they have been doing, are doing and will continue to do. If, of course, those in power were honest, honorable human beings. And as for Maggie Daley, she's part and parcel of the daley crime family, and far from 'a classy lady'. If you'd ever worked the mayor's security detail, you'd know. And cancer is the least of her sicknesses.

http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=JW6TDaotL_o No-one wants anyone to get cancer. Quite the act you faker. Some things happen for the best. This is again a phony story leaked to the press again. Some people are too stupid to understand.

http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=O2NVwQYdtuQ&feature=related

He's back at work today. He is busting the nuts the alderjerks tried to sprout and is dictating back to all of them about what will and will not happen. My original comment was not negative toward Maggie. But let's consider who she is married to and she doesn't seem as if she is being held hostage.

What is the name of that well connected Funeral home in Bridgeport? Lucky's? No the one in the 11th Ward?

She knows nothing about those trips and vacations around the world. When was the last time slick skull took a vacation? What a silly silly goose!

Easy, Frank. You made a blanket statement, I made a blanket response. As for Re: Yo. Um. What?

I have breast cancer, too. All types of people get cancer, including corrupt public figures. Maggie Daley has enjoyed "pay" and "gifts" from supporters for years. I know what she's doing is wrong, so why doesn't Maggie? "Nonprofit groups paid for Daley family’s extensive foreign airfare since 2006" http://tinyurl.com/cm7lch