Chicagoist: Will Someone Please Do Something!?

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:27:07 -0600

"Most of Devine's underlings do not prosecute crimes. They are (1) non-lawyers and (2) lawyers who do not practice criminal law." This statement is flat-out wrong on both counts #17. First, there are about 1400 employees (after the 144 who were recently laid off) with about 800-850 of them being lawyers. The rest are support staff and investigators. The investigators are unionized and have a contract. The support staff recently unionized (primarily because they have not received COLAs either) and are presently negotiating their contract. Second, approximately 85, or TEN percent, of the lawyers work in the Civil Bureau defending the County. There are also approximately 50 lawyers who prosecute child support cases in civil proceedings against dead-beat parents. The rest practice criminal law. Stop making things up.

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:52:02 -0600

It's funny that Devine and the media keep referring to every affected employee of the State's Attorney's Office as "prosecutors." This is spin. Most of Devine's underlings do not prosecute crimes. They are (1) non-lawyers and (2) lawyers who do not practice criminal law.

Spook

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:38:42 -0600

Hey "Guest" why don't you learn to read critically first, I give no passes( to white or black) especially on stupidity

guest

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:38:41 -0600

And this is why Chicago will never get past its race issues, people like Spook who refuse to look objectively at what people in power are doing solely because they're black. Sure, Daley's evil and all the northside aldermen are evil and Claypool and Peraica are evil. Fine. That doesn't make Stroger any less evil. Chicago's black population needs to show it can be a reasonable as anybody else, that it can clean up its own house, and that it doesn't operate under any special rules. Todd Stroger is the most corrupt, most inept politician I have ever seen, anywhere. Don't give him a pass simply because of his skin color.

Spook

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:45:30 -0600

Kevin: I plead the 5th,( smile) but on the real, seems like alot of people are perpetuating the JTDC, like a thousand chuches both Black, Latino and white, and politicans including Jesse Jackson, Daley,etc- by their silence on the issue. Honestly I'm not beefing against your honest critique on these issues, I'm just wondering how much different it would be systematically under Clayfool or Tony Paranah? Seems like we are just interested in placing a nice light pink and blue blanket over these issues( like the Chicago Public Schools, and CHA) so we can go back to sleep in the safety of mostly nortside neighborhoods

Kevin Robinson

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:04:42 -0600

Oh. but that's right, I'm suppose to ignore the stench of human righs abuse... and by ignoring the stench of human rights abuse, Spook, you are referring to the cesspool of hopelessness in the Juvenile Detention Center? The same horrible JTDC that John Stroger helped create, and Todd Stroger has perpetuated, in spite of the fact that they are condemning an entire generation of young black men to crime, poverty, and a lifetime of bad choices? Just looking for some clarification on your position here.

been hecht

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:36:31 -0600

thank you very much to the morons who 'wrote in' claypool on the general election ballots. IT DIDN'T COUNT! YOU THREW YOUR VOTES AWAY!

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:00:22 -0600

the only reason Peraica lost is due to the fact that simple minded fools fell for the old line that republicans are evil no matter what and at every political level. While it looks like many people in the editorials crossed the line and voted for Peraica, I know of many others who couldn't stand the fact they'd vote republican. It really is a shame. On the flip side I had no trouble as a republican switching to vote for Claypool because I saw the big picture. It's a shame others weren't able to do the same. I really hope after the latest upcoming tax increases people finally get off their schnide and start a little voter revolution. As Claypool said "It's your tax dollars" don't let them squander it.

Spook

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:54:54 -0600

sorry. No sympathy for those prosecutors who pulled this stunt on behalf of their boss Dick (Torturer Enabler) Devine and got away with it. Maybe these same prosecutors should first prosecute Mr. "To Cover up is Dick Devine", first for rail roading innocent Black folks onto death row for the best part of their lives after being brutally tortured first by Jon Burge. And the hits never stop as Devine then had the crass racist tumidity to defend Burge in a civil suit brought because of Burge torturing innocent men, Yea, I voted for Stroger and still say he was the best of the bunch. Oh. but that's right, I'm suppose to ignore the stench of human righs abuse to beat up on Stroger

AP

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:51:45 -0600

I'm a staunch democrat and voted for Peraica. The nepotism of installing the Toddler and long history of Stroger cronyism turned me off.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:11:36 -0600

I'm with #4 and #6, a lifelong Democrat who voted for Peraica because I'm not a blind idiot. I knew what this would be ... anyone with half a brain would have known. Unfortunately, the majority of Cook County can't claim half a brain between them, so this is what we get. And yeah, we'll get it again ... and again ... and again.

Wes Sabi

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:47:46 -0600

This is what we get for voting for a man who suffered a debilitating stroke a week before the election. In fact, where is John Stroger now and what is his prognosis? I haven't heard anything about him since his meathead son won. For the record I voted for Forrest Claypool in the primary and wrote him in on my election ballot. I can't believe that there is a law on the books that prevented Claypool from getting the nomination, but I guess it was so if you lost, you couldn't have your competition "removed" and get the nomination.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:27:32 -0600

Not entirely, 1:45/2:07. I am a lifelong Dem who voted for Peraica, because I knew Stroger was a tool from the start. First time I ever voted for a Republican. Fat lot of good it did.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:07:45 -0600

I knew plenty of so-called progressives who fell for the abortion propaganda, or who someone though Tony Peraica would come after gays. These are college educated people with good jobs, too--not some leftist dolts finishing their 12th year in grad school. A few more years? Uh, yeah. Try a few more decades, at least.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:57:37 -0600

I'll have you know, Guest #3, that as a progressive, I voted for Peracia.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:45:20 -0600

When were progressives and reformers begging people to vote for Tony Peraica? I seem to recall all the progressing running around like chicken little screaming that he was going to ban abortion from Cook County! Who cares if he was qualified for the job... he was a REPUBLICAN! THEREFORE HE MUST BE EVIL! We as the voters are getting what we deserve on this one.

fishunderice

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:33:21 -0600

Endure only "several more years..." Unfortunately, it will be more than several. This BS has been ongoing for decades and really shows no signs of slowing down. All we hear about every election is how the board and local politics need reform, yet you've got all these idiots who keep putting the exact same people in power. Now we've got this true whack job for a county president, put there by the very people he is going to hurt the most- yet they are the ones who will vote him right back there next election if they are told to.

guest

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:38:43 -0600

I had a gutt feeling they would have to raise taxes.