Hotel Stickup
- Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place Saturday morning inside Chicago’s Congress Plaza Hotel.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., two male suspects followed one of the victims to his hotel room in the 500 block of South Michigan Avenue and forced their way inside, according to Chicago police.
Three men, each 20-years old, and two women, age 19 and 23, were robbed at gunpoint, according to investigators. The suspects stole the victims’ cell phones, wallets, purses and cash.
The two suspects then fled the room and the victims alerted hotel security who encountered the suspects in the lobby, according to police. After a brief chase, the two suspects escaped through the front entrance of the hotel.
Amazingly, no descriptions in the NBC story, but this can't be good for the tourist trade.
Labels: crime
posted by SCC at 12:35 AM
118 Comments:
"...this can't be good for the tourist trade." -- SCC
Daley II lost control of the central business district -- yet every new outrage is presented to us as a prospective event, i.e., "If the tourists ever find out about this, they're going to stop coming."
A. Natasha McShane
B. Descending spiral
Hahaha, please keep up the good work you fine members of the "community", stay fetal CPD it might take 800 murders and people not visiting chicago before the idiot liberals and the even dumber people of the aclu to get that making crime legal is a bad idea, also funny how on the Tribune web site shows the idiot protesters at the wrong building, then the next article is about 10 people getting shot and another person murdered, also the next few days are going to be freezing so let's see how many people get shot since the idiot liberals are blaming the weather for the huge upswing in shootings
"not just any hotel..."
So what farther-north Mag Mile joint was it where the elderly oncologist here for a convention got knifed up in the lobby by some "can't lay a hand on him" mindless street wanderer?
Rahm remembers. He said, roughly, "It wasn't a street crime. It happened in a men's room."
This sort of bold armed robbery is frequently the trademark of the Pennsylvania Amish. Did they escape in a carriage pulled by a horse.
As ghetto store owners learn to defend themselves (Good for them) and we continue the fetal strategy the thugs will look for easy profitable pickin's elsewhere.
So be aware wherever you go even in "safe neighborhoods".
They are coming.
Now that I actually read, it's worse.
"Victims" "Three men, each 20-years old, and two women, age 19 and 23..."
Place been slippin since '64, huh?
maybe this was a dope deal that got robbed
Hey tourist and tax paying citizens file all criminal compliants with the downtown ACLU office. Those pathetic libtards are the reason for the high crime rate and the coming killing fields.
I'm sure they enjoyed the all to common experience of being robbed. When things like this happen they say look to the good side and it could have been worse. So they should be happy that they weren't brutally raped, including the males and that they all weren't killed. Especially this cities homicide rate.
Now that they survived they only have to worry about their credit being ruined and their identity be stolen. Hopefully they had the app to save all their phone data, or they might never see the lovely pictures they had and or some phone numbers are lost forever.
They sure had a wonderful experience in the city that works for the connected.
I work in the self motivated business of entrapenauer Of making money working on the street. Business has been good for me and my associates since the police have stopped violating our rights and harassing us while we , eh em "work";) anyways. Thank you ACLU for making it way easier to do our thing in Chiraq. By the way Rahm and and Anita must go.
Lets ask ACLU if they have any information
Pssssst, the report said they were black. Sssssssshhhhhhh...
The vics described both robbers as "Scandinavians". However, two witnesses identified them as either "Amish" or "Mormons". A third witness described the duo as deeply-tanned "Canadians".
Male suspects...... very descriptive.
Something sounds funky.
Come to Chicago!
You will have a story to tell, if you survive!
No description is liberal speak for black. Gutless liberals are afraid of their "white privilege" and ridden with white guilt. Normal people are grounded in reality and can describe things factually. Imagine that.
No description? Well, we can't have it appear that a certain race commits crimes, now can we? Imagine if you listed the race and the evil police were to look for someone of the same race to stop and investigate! That would be RACIST!
What a fucked up communist world this has become. Stay fetal.
As for a description. Three guesses,first two don't count.
congress hotel is run like CHA low income housing building guests run through the building going in and out of the hotel rooms committing crimes then run out of the building when the POLICE show up....buyer beware....
Question: So as a citizen, we can't count on the police to protect r right's,
just the protestor's? So if u want 2 go in store, and "they" got it blocked,
fuck r right's? One of these days its going 2 get pretty ugly around here!
Something fishy here.....
Abc gave the descriptions...dare I say-The usual! It's pretty racist when they don't give the deacriptions because they're just assuming everyone knows who done it!!!
The Congress has been a downtown shithole for many, many years now and I would bet dollars to donuts that the "females" weren't actually "ladies". Lets just say duct tape and condoms are hot sellers in the area.
Turning white liberals into conservatives everyday, unless. The offenders were white, it could happen. Maybe.
The witnesses looked into the souls of the offenders and saw artists and musicians. That's the description we have to go on. Since the mayor begged us to,that's all I see on corners now.
Mmm, I wonder why no descriptions of the offenders. But when your instincts kick in and you walk out of the elevator when they get on you're a racist.
Sounds like a bad dope deal!
Chicago is becoming just like Somalia. Killings, highjackings and much, much, more..
OT ~ Then there was this: HA!
PROTESTERS BLOCK ACCESS TO POLICE CREDIT UNION
"...Protesters succeeded in closing the credit union for regular business, but they had done so because they believed they were "shutting down a privately owned bank that the FOP is housed in," Pagan said during the protest. The union, however, is housed in a building across the street."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-youth-project-protest-20160116-story.html
They are all now saying "Come to Chicago, we need your money".
I wonder what they look like......
Scratch that hotel off of the list. Scratch any downtown, Chicago hotel off of the list. Might as well scratch Chicago off of the list of places to visit. Too dangerous. You guys notice traffic in the suburbs is way down? Chicago is in trouble.
So IPRA has complete control over police involved shootings now? They got a 5 day training seminar. No more Detectives?
Hotel security probably didn't know how to de-escalate the situation otherwise the armed robbers wouldn't have been afraid and ran away.
Male whites probably Amish, German, Irish, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Polish or some other ethnic background whose grandparents or parents came to this country and worked their whole lives to better themselves and their families. Yep that's who the offenders are.
Thanks rahm.
Can't be good for the drug and prostitution trades.
The city continues to deteriorate with more and more of the decay spreading out and infecting the once decent areas. Every time you turn around people are getting shot, robbed, carjacked.. yet the pathetic excuse for local news reporting goes out of the way to either barely report on it, or when they do, fail to give the details. Except..EXCEPT when one of their own gets taken by crime. Yes,so very sad about the young woman with ABC who was murdered while on vaca in Belize while doing yoga, but does the story really merit so much of our time when we have so much crime and death happening minute by minute in our own backyard? What the hell is going on with these clowns? Do they just not care that normal people do not trust them and laugh at them?
It doesn't matter, I am sure both the offenders and victims voted for Obama! This was just a redistribution of wealth among family members. Let the Good Times Roll! Baby"G"
Probably one of those we met them and they was delivering some "stuff" for us and they just took our stuff. But it's ok because they aren't privileged like us so 19p
Well there was no reasonable suspicion to stop them as they walked down the street with pants down and underwear showing looking like thugs as they walked into the hotel , sooo I blame this on the ACLU and hotel security
They also conviently left out that one of the offenders dropped his hand gun while running through the lobby. Gun recovered by security.
This is a weird story. I wonder if we're getting all the details. How were they able to follow the guests up to their room without raising suspicion? Am I missing or forgetting something here?
Regardless, I'm a former resident of Chicago and the Chicago Suburbs who nows lives over 1,000 miles away, thankfully. This past Christmas was the first Christmas that I didn't come back to Chicago for a visit. The hotels are ridiculously expensive....and it's just not worth the safety risk anymore. Stories like this confirm my feelings. Besides, why would I want to spend my hard earned money to contribute to the cesspool of SHITcago's economy?
Wait, I am checking the mason jar on the front porch and it says, #1's............let me know if you want the Powerball numbers from last week!
Welcome to chiraq. Be thankful you weren't murdered. Stay fetal my friends !!!
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago.
as a male I am insulted that the media put the gender of the suspects out there ... now everybody is giving me dirty looks. Do they think I did it? HMMMM.....
I just read there was another shooting on the "Deadwood 500". Kind of reminds me of Mad Max Fury Road.
As this city continues to decay, with the rot spreading to even the once decent and safer areas. With people getting shot, robbed and carjacked left and right, the clowns that bring us the local news continue to embarrass themselves and insult anyone with even a smidgen of sense. Yes, it's very sad that one of their own was a victim of crime while on vacation in Belize doing yoga. Just horrible. I'm sure she was a decent person. Kind of amusing though that they haven't described the murderer as just someone on their way to turning their life around, or getting ready to go to college or something. They always seem to tilt things in favor of the bad guy, except when the bad guy takes one of them! But why do they feel that this story merits mention non-stop while they go out of their to not report on all the crime happening here or leave out details when they do report on it. I wonder if they even realize how little they are respected or trusted now days?
The criminal element is coming to areas of the city which most citizens deem "safe".
The police are on the ropes and the bad guys know it. They now have a license to do whatever the fuck they want. If we now stop someone we must have 100% reasonable articulable suspicion. Oh make it 1000%. Since our reports will now be reviewed by lawyers and lawyers are masters at the art of semantics. They can twist, turn, swivel, zig zag and convolute any set of words and paragraphs into a civil rights violation.
Just a quick question; is there a no gun sticker on the door of the congress? I don't know, but if there is, this story has to fake because those no gun businesses keep us all safer.
OT:
German Cop Breaks Ranks: We Are BANNED From Detaining Migrants
http://bit.ly/1mUCxQN
Bernd revealed “95 percent of refugees are single men”.
The officer told the paper the public do not get an accurate idea of what is really happening in the migrant crime wave, because events are mis-reported by police to prevent outrage. He said: “should an asylum seeker cut another’s throat. In the report we would state it was grievous bodily harm rather than attempted murder. It looks better in the statistics”.
Most remarkable in the report of Bernd of conditions on the frontier were the crippling orders he was under duty to follow, even if they made his job near impossible: “If a refugee wants to escape our control, we can’t even detain him. This is dictated from above. To do so would be physical violence”.
Hmm, sound familiar? This is what happens whenever and wherever Leftists are allowed to have power
From a citizen troll: Thanks to years of reading this blog you cops have made me a more sketpical troll too. The number and ages of the victims seems odd. This is the crowd we see at the Stay Inn on 22nd street in Lombard. No, I suspect they may are more than your typical Omaha business man. And they sure as shit were not tourists, I would bet ten bucks on that. I smell hooking, dealing or both between the ages of our young guests of this fair city and so called vicitms. The time is right too, they were all coming home from work the hours before 8:30am. Whats up with that? And you will get shit from Cheryl Burton reporting in a black leather dress. Another reason I come here too. Cheryl out, keesing banit in. Looking forward to seeing if I am right about the robbery and keesing bandit.
Odd that they got up to the rooms. Security there does check their guests at the elevators.
Get an RD#
Write the report
Advise warrant
Smile and
Advise victims to "use caution".
Any questions to be referred to the ACLU.
Stay safe Stay fetal Go home Enjoy life
The two suspects were Amish Americans. They robbed the victims at gun point and then security chased them through the hotel, into the lobby and the two suspects ran out. A horse and a buggy carriage was waiting for them and the two Amish suspects quickly got on and whipped their horses into northwestern Indiana. The Amish community is tight lipped and chances are no one is going to rat them out. They have a no snitch culture.In other news, members of the African American clergy are asking Americans of all colors to engage in a meaningful dialogue about race.
I'm not Fetal...I am Retired On Duty...
Old Retired Guy Here Again.....! The Sad Truth Is,This Is A Terrible Incident. It Will Effect All Of Us. Once Citizens, No Longer Feel Safe To Travel Through The Downtown, and Lakefront Areas, The City Is In Danger. Yes, I know, You All Plan To Retire Elsewhere, and Go On To Lead Wonderful and Exciting Lives. I Wish You Well, and Hope It All Works Out, Just As You Have Planned. Truth Is, Were All Attached To This City. We Depend On This City's Economy To Support Our Pension, and Health Care Benefits. Let's Hope The City Lives and Grows !
Must be terrible luck to happen to be robbed by these guys. I mean what are the chances they would pick your high-end hotel, your room, which they get in easily...
unless, of course, you invited them there to do some commerce.
Maybe it was theft of services, HOE, HOE, HOE
Wasn't this the same hotel that someone got robbed in the men's room at while taking a leak?
Maybe it was the one-armed man looking to score some Provasic.
Stopped reading MSM some time ago. It's much more informative to get the "real" deal on blogs, etc. I thank you SCC {+retired) for this site. I advise both my own, and my families travels to Chitown by this. We support all LE and always have! You are our shield against anarchy. Thank you all! Please be safe!!
Chicago was once a global industrial giant providing middle class opportunities and non-governmental sustenance to so many bungalow belt families. Manufacturing is now a thing of the past as industrial infrastructure was cannibalized by the pound for ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals shopping cart scrappers and leveled for the 10-cent a used brick industry never to return.
Our elected officials touted the new vibrant futuristic economy, one of retail and of hospitality service industries. Michigan Avenue had its share of wildings, drive through burglaries, anarchist protest blocking entrances to businesses while bullying shoppers and occasional shootings. Sales took a dive and everyday Americans did not feel safe in the third largest city on its most affluent business strip.
Next is tourism. Even with wall to wall police in tourist areas, the predatory criminal element infiltrates those places which tourists feel the safest and have an expectation of a crime free experience. Let see in our one party progressive city, manufacturing has been destroyed and soon tourism and the retail industries will follow. If tourism falters and retail takes a dive say bye, bye to the economic health and employment opportunities in this city.
Think how many decades people with good hearts fought for the right of people to walk into a hotel without raising an eyebrow. They never imagined those people would be victimizing others. When you think about it, things seldom turn out the way we dream they will, and this dream has turned into a nightmare.
I'm surprised that hotel security "confronting" them didn't stop them in their tracks - doesn't confronting usually work?
Home invasion I think it would be SCC watch that one on the Dect exam
I can't wait to move out of this damn State when I retire. I was born here, I was raised here, I raised my family here, and I've spent 33 years as a cop here. I never thought I'd say this but retirement can't come soon enough. The democraps have ruined Illinois.
The Congress was Teddy Roosevelt's favorite hotel to stay at when he was in Chicago while visiting. Old Teddy would shit his worsted wool trousers if he could see what this city has become!
The Congress is a Priceline/Hotwire dump.
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago.
1/17/2016 10:58:00 AM
Look to the efforts of those whom traveled your path before you were even born and save yourself a ton of angst. As proven from past efforts, the city holds all the cards and is in a rock solid position. Many others have tried and there was no loophole or wiggle room waiting to be miraculously found. Residency is not going away until the city allows it to go away and that, most likely, will never, ever happen or, at least, not in your lifetime.
As far as your question, "Can we lift the resident(sic) requirement(?)", we, as in you, me and the many others in the employ of the city of Chicago, can't do shit, except make the best out of a bad situation or get hired by another governmental entity that does not require you to live in the city of Chicago.
As long as you are a city of Chicago employee, you are trussed in the residency straight-jacket and it is a straight-jacket that even Harry Houdini would be unable to defeat. Hit Wikipedia if you are unfamiliar with Harry Houdini.
Still say something funky up...Uptown funk you up.
This one stinks.
Dope deal gone bad. Not the true story. No crime.
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago."
There is no residency requirement. Dirty little secret. I live in Niles. City tried to get me on that and they failed. Judge said the city can't tell you where you can live. Stop whining and challenge the dept once in awhile. You may be surprised at the results.
So the protesters block the credit union cause we bank there. What's next a uniform store, Dunkin' Donuts or the Admiral?
OT--Retired to a sunny clime about a year ago. Was fooling around on computer trying to see if I could listen to my old zone. Website bounced around districts, and I was SHOCKED at how many ONE MAN cars there were out there.
What is wrong with you people? Don't think you're doing your bosses any favors by going out alone. Get a clue. You're entitled to ride 2 man on aft/mids...don't f***cking go out there alone!!!! WTF!
Stay smart, stay safe, and NEVER ride alone if you can help it, especially in this anti-police climate!
Miss all my brothers/sisters in blue. Be careful.
OT ~ Then there was this: HA!
PROTESTERS BLOCK ACCESS TO POLICE CREDIT UNION
"...Protesters succeeded in closing the credit union for regular business, but they had done so because they believed they were "shutting down a privately owned bank that the FOP is housed in," Pagan said during the protest. The union, however, is housed in a building across the street."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-youth-project-protest-20160116-story.html
1/17/2016 08:27:00 AM
They're too stupid to read the signs hanging on each building?
Keep on voting for the democrats especially preckwinkle, Kim foxx, Kwane Raoul. Patricia Van pelt, ex-con Burnett, Jason Ervin and the entire black and progressive caucus. They relate to the criminals not the victim. They grew up following the gangs and can't change what's in their DNA. Kim foxx is a typical Cabrini gang girl who will be letting all the bad his out because of past and present racial profiling. Don't forget about her relationship with Chicago votes and Joanna , the commie Klonsky, and CTU rabble rousers. She also is buddies with the ahole Lamond Reccord.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The criminal element is coming to areas of the city which most citizens deem "safe".
The police are on the ropes and the bad guys know it. They now have a license to do whatever the fuck they want. If we now stop someone we must have 100% reasonable articulable suspicion. Oh make it 1000%. Since our reports will now be reviewed by lawyers and lawyers are masters at the art of semantics. They can twist, turn, swivel, zig zag and convolute any set of words and paragraphs into a civil rights violation.
1/17/2016 11:52:00 AM
Yup...
As concisely and painstakingly a Chicago Policeman can articulate
his justification on an ISR, an ACLU shyster can deconstruct it and
turn it into an instrument of civil rights litigation against the officer...
Keep your job.
Keep your freedom.
Keep what you worked for.
Keep your family intact.
Rahm gave up CPD to the ACLU & the Feds
to derail the hard and pointy questions about
suppression of the McDonald video so as not
to rile up the Catered-To Constituency when he
was facing the fight of his political life for a second
term in office...
Too many wealthy influence buyers dropped
a whole lotta loot during his first term and demanding
a return on their "investment."
The blm "mob" rebels without pause are mere
bought and paid for distractors.
Buncha paid pigeons squawkin', peckin' and struttin'
around turning food into shit...
And it's the Police who are the problem?
GTFOH.
what's next......the tourist areas are undermanned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't Come To Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They only opened the door because they thought it was their college counselors.
Simple show up do nothing and go home safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago.
1/17/2016 10:58:00 AM
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Yeah, well, ask him how much he pays in property tax. It might make you want to stay in Crook Co., believe it or not.
This might change in the near future, though, since Crook taxes are about to go up and up. Still, for now, Crook has relatively low taxes compared to some of the collar counties where the property taxes are out of control.
If anything good can come from the Justice Dept, I hope they expose and erradiate all the horrible leadership we have in the Dept. Break up the club of entitled clout babies who get promoted based on clout. Probably the worst leadership of any Police Dept in the nation. It's no surprise we are eating a shit sandwich. There are some very intelligent people on this job, most are pushing a beat car for someone who is as dumb as a box of rocks. One more thing, pure comedy from certain guys who have always been a dog and coward who are using the current climate as the reason they don't work. To the guys that worked that are slowing down....understandable. To the ones that were always useless...you ain't fooling anyone.
Was that hotel a GUN FREE ZONE?
For the safety of the guests.
It has been known in the past that hotel security comes in with their clipboard and (maybe they are retired or ODPOs) and act real official. They list everything, names addresses, property lost and the out of town victim thinks they have made an official police report. They get back to Podunk Iowa or wherever and file their insurance claim and find out that no such report exists with the Chicago Police Department.
The name of the hotel doesn't get in the news with a robbery and Rahm gets to say "Crime is down."
Want to drive Rahm and Pfleiger absolutely NUTS.
Go to some of these Ghetto stores with some Airsoft pistols and protective gear and stage mock robbery/firearms drills. Coach them on how to score hits and to survive a gunfight .
Rahm and Pfleigher will be absolutely foaming at the mouth.
Trouble is that as we kill off robbers who hit the stores in the Ghetto they will hit in areas on the North and Northwest sides and also people on the streets.
Stay Safe. Be careful where ever you go and with anyone you meet.
OT. I'd love to see BLM try and shut down the monthly Union meeting Tuesday at noon. Come on give it a try .
She says is on point. Interesting that our media goes out of the way to explain that the suspect is a Guatemalan who plies his trade by crossing the open border into Belize. The immigrant crime problem in the USA is seldom discussed by the media, let alone the offender's race. Let's see if Chuck Gowdie is mugged - Ch. 7 will then mention racial descriptions.
The same problem has occurred with the German media modifying reports of Arab immigrants assaulting & robbing females in Cologne during New Years Eve celebrations. How does any society maintain order if the media refuses to provide all the facts?
At least in Chicago we have SCC.
Did they steal Dean's prosthetic leg
My take on this is that someone who was already a guest in that room set this whole 'robbery' in motion.
It's not like it hasn't happened before. Why THIS victim? Of all the people staying in the hotel? With the
security in the lobby, clearly the offenders gave off the impression that they were with the victim when he
entered, otherwise security would have challenged them. Something stinks to high heaven with this one.
"Go to some of these Ghetto stores with some Airsoft pistols and protective gear and stage mock robbery/firearms drills. Coach them on how to score hits and to survive a gunfight.
"Trouble is that as we kill off robbers who hit the stores in the Ghetto they will hit in areas on the North and Northwest sides and also people on the streets."
1/17/2016 11:06:00 PM
South/West sides know the hard lesson already. Run the drills on N/NW sides as response to the continuing spread from the jets Daley kicked over as a going-away present to us all.
...but if you want any credibility, regain control of the downtown streets and store entrances and parks and transportation and the very Police Credit Union first.
That place is a dump, just read trip advisor for some good laughs. FYI, seen a victim/offender disembowled there in the hallway and the beautiful carpet coloring made it near impossible to see blood staining. If the sheets/towels used at the scene weren't white, one might have thought it happened somewhere else. But hey, I hear they offer a police discount.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago."
There is no residency requirement. Dirty little secret. I live in Niles. City tried to get me on that and they failed. Judge said the city can't tell you where you can live. Stop whining and challenge the dept once in awhile. You may be surprised at the results.
1/17/2016 06:02:00 PM
Yeah. Uh-huh, sure.
Provide your case number.
"The same problem has occurred with the German media modifying reports of Arab immigrants assaulting & robbing females in Cologne during New Years Eve celebrations."
1/17/2016 11:26:00 PM
The police chief of Cologne is g-o-n-e over that one -- and every day we get stories like this -- sometimes five and six at a time.
'It's practically impossible to integrate Muslims into Western Europe,' says Czech president as he blames Islamic culture for Cologne sex attacks
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403603/It-s-impossible-integrate-Muslim-community-Western-Europe-says-president-Czech-Republic.html
Keep reading. Look for videos of the action. Every country in Europe that has admitted "refugees" is having this problem. Gun sales in restrictive Austria up 350%, can't find a shotgun anywhere, no pepper spray left on the shelves. Germany-Sweden-Denmark-Finland, all the same.
As long as you are a city of Chicago employee, you are trussed in the residency straight-jacket and it is a straight-jacket that even Harry Houdini would be unable to defeat. Hit Wikipedia if you are unfamiliar with Harry Houdini.
1/17/2016 04:34:00 PM
Hit Wikipedia? The source of ever-changing 'facts'?
No, thanks.
I'll stick to books.
Meanwhile, you should hit a dictionary.
Harry's jacket was a strait jacket.
(If you don't believe me, 'hit' Wiki.)
"If tourism falters and retail takes a dive say bye, bye to the economic health and employment opportunities in this city."
1/17/2016 03:04:00 PM
Not "Might happen some day." IS happening NOW; has been pushed along since about 1964. Go drive Milwaukee Ave. N. of Belmont and look at all the empty stores; that didn't happen overnight.
"Chicago was once a global industrial giant providing middle class opportunities and non-governmental sustenance to so many bungalow belt families. Manufacturing is now a thing of the past as industrial infrastructure was cannibalized by the pound for ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals shopping cart scrappers and leveled for the 10-cent a used brick industry never to return."
1/17/2016 03:04:00 PM
Precisely. VERY well put.
Probably 90% of the businesses in my 1959 Illinois Manufacturers' Directory are gone -- as you say, "never to return."
Dogparks and skateribbons and 606trails and Ferriswheels don't make up for the guts that have been torn right out of this place.
Congress Hotel is a borderline shithole.
There is no residency requirement. Dirty little secret. I live in Niles. City tried to get me on that and they failed. Judge said the city can't tell you where you can live. Stop whining and challenge the dept once in awhile. You may be surprised at the results.
You are full of bull, I happen to know 2 people who tried what you say you are doing, and they both got fired. So stop the bs stories.
Born and breed here in the once great city for 66 years. Retired four years ago and for the first time being a life long resident of Chicago, I got the "Willies" knowing the entire city is unsafe from crime. Last week I started carrying 2 pistols like when I was a dick otj. No more ankle holster, one in the pocket and one inside the belt. Try and rob me, I will put a clip in their asses.
You otj patrol guys are warriors to deal everyday with hate and shit thrown at you all.
God' angels cannot ward off these evil sociopaths rat mutt thugs.
You guys and girls are in my prayers, I am amazed half of you people are not on the medical everyday. Solo cars on 1st and 3 rd watch ? That is totally like driving in hell. Be safe all.
Thanks L.B.J, you made today what it is nearly 50 years ago.
Off topic. I recently visited my buddy who lives in the burbs. He has a large lot and a huge house when he told me how much he paid I was shocked. I payed more and have less and surround by city workers. Can we lift the resident requirement. i want land and a big house no such luck in Chicago."
There is no residency requirement. Dirty little secret. I live in Niles. City tried to get me on that and they failed. Judge said the city can't tell you where you can live. Stop whining and challenge the dept once in awhile. You may be surprised at the results.
Tell that to an officer who was fired in our district a few years back for living out of the city. Tell us your name and address and prove your point to us and go public. Lets see what happens. You're full of it.
I retired a few years ago and moved out of state. Not far away but far enough. I paid just over 200K for a three bedroom,2 bath home with two fireplaces and an office on an acre of land. My taxes (3,500) are the same as what I paid in Chicago for a small three bedroom home on a typical sized city lot. I receive no water or sewer bill,no city sticker or "wheel tax" nonsense, my energy bill averages around 170 a month for both gas and electric and I have yet to see anyone walking around with their trousers around their ankles or hear any loud rap "music". I never hear any gun shots except when I go out to my back yard for a little target practice. I may move however because I have my eye on a home with FIVE acres of land and the taxes are just a little higher than what I pay now.
I really didn't want to retire as I loved the job and most of the guys. Still do. But the democrats have absolutely ruined Chicago. I never thought I would say this but I can now see Chicago becoming another Detroit. When you have a political system that caters to the underclass and the criminal element, when the newsmedia along with the mayor paint the Police Department as being corrupt,brutal and out of control, when you allow thugs to block the entrance to stores or other businesses by telling the Police to stand down all for political gain you are starting and accelerating the downfall of that city and that is exactly what is happening in Chicago. I really do wish and hope I'm wrong. But I don't think so.
See you at St. Judes.
How about we start doing police reports like the media does their reporting? I actually wrote an email to Carol Marin from NBC/Sun Times asking why they don't mention race except when it comes to cops as the shooters and the "victims of police" being black and much to my surprise I got a response back. She essentially said they only mention race when they feel there is relevance of race to a story. Meaning something basically motivated by race.
I appreciated the fact that she (or someone on her staff) took the time to reply to little old me. But I still laugh. What is the point on putting out a news story especially if you are titling it "Police need your help in apprehending...." then you don't give an accurate description. What is the point? I mean it is what it is at the end of the day. If the offender(s) are black then so be it. They made their bed so to speak. Why not let them (and their race) lie in it. If blacks are so worried about giving themselves a bad image collectively then don't commit crimes. Then it doesn't matter what the media says. I am not saying to draw unnecessary attention to the fact that the perp is black but if you are giving a description to apprehend someone then give it.
I used to laugh when I was in Englewood. Coppers would give out the description of an offender they were chasing and sometimes neglect to give out the race. I'd often ask over the air who they were chasing (race) and a supervisor told me I needed to stop doing that, LOL. Silly me for asking. I guess it was implied.
Yeah, well, ask him how much he pays in property tax. It might make you want to stay in Crook Co., believe it or not.
This might change in the near future, though, since Crook taxes are about to go up and up. Still, for now, Crook has relatively low taxes compared to some of the collar counties where the property taxes are out of control.
1/17/2016 09:28:00 PM
Cook County suburbs have high property taxes ( 7-10 thousand) plus you pay for garbage collection and high water and sewer ( 150 a month). But, Will and DuPage are even higher in taxes and fees with most of it going to the schools. The teachers and police and fire are paid way more out here then in Chicago. It is not unheard of to hear about firefighters making 150 grand a year with overtime.
There is no residency requirement. Dirty little secret. I live in Niles. City tried to get me on that and they failed. Judge said the city can't tell you where you can live. Stop whining and challenge the dept once in awhile. You may be surprised at the results.
1/17/2016 06:02:00 PM
Unless things have changed, the city can tell you where you can live, but they can't tell your family where they can live. I was in IAD before I retired and I saw these cases go by the wayside. As long as the employee maintains a residence in the city and on his/her working days sleeps in the city, he can go to the burbs on his off time and live with his family. The sticky point is it gets expensive to maintain two residences and you don't see your family a few days a week. I was hoping that these rules would be again challenged in court.
What happen to the "right to peacefully assemble in protest" as long as it "does not impede / infringe upon the benefits and rights of others; prevent entrance to and from establishments then aren't they engaging in "Mob Action" ?..... oh wait, because they are democratic voters makes it ok
Our credit union is not the place d it once was. They are not that accommodating to us members. I heard that they merged with the CTA credit union. Can anyone verify that. Also my son has his condo financed thru the credit union a d he tried to re fi and they refused to do because there are too many foreclosures in his zip code. No Bull. They just don't want to lose the money. Bad business.
Based on the reviews of the hotel I read on Yelp, that hotel could probably use a makeover.
Anonymous said...
Our credit union is not the place d it once was. They are not that accommodating to us members. I heard that they merged with the CTA credit union. Can anyone verify that. Also my son has his condo financed thru the credit union a d he tried to re fi and they refused to do because there are too many foreclosures in his zip code. No Bull. They just don't want to lose the money. Bad business.
1/18/2016 11:02:00 AM
Your last line "they just don't want to lose the money, bad business?" What kind of goofy line is this? the money they "lend" is our money,and personally I don't want them to lose my money either asswipe!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Our credit union is not the place d it once was. They are not that accommodating to us members. I heard that they merged with the CTA credit union. Can anyone verify that. Also my son has his condo financed thru the credit union a d he tried to re fi and they refused to do because there are too many foreclosures in his zip code. No Bull. They just don't want to lose the money. Bad business.
1/18/2016 11:02:00 AM
CPFCU bought the failing CTA credit union.
Your son needs to take his business to another financial entity.
btw, There's nothing wrong with the CPFCU doing business responsibly. That's how a business stays in business.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
So the protesters block the credit union cause we bank there. What's next a uniform store, Dunkin' Donuts or the Admiral?
1/17/2016 06:16:00 PM
Not the Admiral!!!!!!!!!!!
For fuck's sake, noooooooooo.......
Unless things have changed, the city can tell you where you can live, but they can't tell your family where they can live. I was in IAD before I retired and I saw these cases go by the wayside. As long as the employee maintains a residence in the city and on his/her working days sleeps in the city, he can go to the burbs on his off time and live with his family. The sticky point is it gets expensive to maintain two residences and you don't see your family a few days a week. I was hoping that these rules would be again challenged in court.
1/18/2016 09:39:00 AM
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If you live near your district, simply going to your city house, changing out of your uniform before going to your 2nd home and doing the same routine in the morning fills the bill as well.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Our credit union is not the place d it once was. They are not that accommodating to us members. I heard that they merged with the CTA credit union. Can anyone verify that. Also my son has his condo financed thru the credit union a d he tried to re fi and they refused to do because there are too many foreclosures in his zip code. No Bull. They just don't want to lose the money. Bad business.
1/18/2016 11:02:00 AM
This post tops them all for today! Let us understand your mad because the credit union does not want to lose money? See a doctor maybe one to many drops on the head, do you want to lose money?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Unless things have changed, the city can tell you where you can live, but they can't tell your family where they can live. I was in IAD before I retired and I saw these cases go by the wayside. As long as the employee maintains a residence in the city and on his/her working days sleeps in the city, he can go to the burbs on his off time and live with his family. The sticky point is it gets expensive to maintain two residences and you don't see your family a few days a week. I was hoping that these rules would be again challenged in court.
1/18/2016 09:39:00 AM
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If you live near your district, simply going to your city house, changing out of your uniform before going to your 2nd home and doing the same routine in the morning fills the bill as well.
1/18/2016 04:41:00 PM
UNTRUE, second poster. It's where you lay your head.
Many a guy has been followed from the place he changes clothes out to the place he really lives. It takes a little more effort than that.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Unless things have changed, the city can tell you where you can live, but they can't tell your family where they can live. I was in IAD before I retired and I saw these cases go by the wayside. As long as the employee maintains a residence in the city and on his/her working days sleeps in the city, he can go to the burbs on his off time and live with his family. The sticky point is it gets expensive to maintain two residences and you don't see your family a few days a week. I was hoping that these rules would be again challenged in court.
1/18/2016 09:39:00 AM
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If you live near your district, simply going to your city house, changing out of your uniform before going to your 2nd home and doing the same routine in the morning fills the bill as well.
1/18/2016 04:41:00 PM
UNTRUE, second poster. It's where you lay your head.
Many a guy has been followed from the place he changes clothes out to the place he really lives. It takes a little more effort than that.
1/19/2016 12:34:00 AM
Storing a wedding dress in a box in the basement is considered residency for some.
Hey Rahm, I'm thinking of visiting Chicago.....is it as safe as you say???
Inspectors are out in force writing everybody up for every little thing. Then wanna come into roll call talking about were not the enemy. Fuck the ISR's,Fuck making arrests, fuck parkers, fuck anovs. Curfews, bus checks, and volunteering for every paper job, hospital run or traffic crash is gonna be my last 5 years of this job. It's bad enough that were taking a beating in the press, plus adding all this other bullshit now you wanna send your wanna be Captains out to hammer us for nonsense. Way to go Juan that's gonna help morale and get officers to be proactive again. I hope shootings hit 300 by the end of January.
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