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Judge Joan Lefkow handed 28 aldermen their asses today, denying their request to force the City to disclose the names of the police officers accused of brutality. Lefkow said that the case is currently being appealed (busy day at the 7th Circuit), but if the aldermen want to sue the City, they can.
Have you been wondering which 28 aldermen signed the petition? We sure have. We called Manny Flores's office and were told there was no list. We called Joe Moore's office, and the person who answered had no idea what we were talking about. We called Toni Preckwinkle's office, where again, the person who answered had no idea what we were talking about. We got the damn list from the aldermen's lawyers:
These are the aldermen
Toni Preckwinkle
Manuel Flores
Robert Fioretti
Pat Dowell
Leslie Hairston
Freddrenna Lyle
Sandi Jackson
Michelle Harris
Anthony Beale
Toni Foulkes
Joann Thompson
Latasha Thomas
Lona Lane
Willie Cochran
Howard Brookins, Jr
Ricardo Munoz
Sharon Denise Dixon
Billy Ocasio
Walter Burnett, Jr
Ed Smith
Scott Waguespack
Carrie Austin
Rey Colon
Emma Mitts
Brendan Reilly
Thomas M. Tunney
Helen Shiller
Joseph A. Moore
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So, you get through to one person who doesn't know, and from this you conclude... what? That therefore nobody knows anything? Where's the logic in that? How about, you didn't talk to the right person?
If you're going to be all clever, you have to actually be clever. Fake stupidity disguised as cleverness doesn't qualify.
I'm all for stopping police brutality, but I'm not sure how knowing the names of the offending police officers will help the aldermen? Wouldn't fixing OPS and putting a system in place to stop the abuse be a better plan?
Knowing the names of the police officers will do diddly squat, except possibly have them or their family members at risk for harm, and then we would have yet another lawsuit on our hands.
Yeah, Tom Westgard, there you go again kissing Joe Moore or Less' ass.
You think that maybe the person who answers the phone at Aldermaniac Moore's office would at least be able to refer the call to someone in the office that actually would know about this current and hot topic? I do. And so should anyone who calls.
This is just another example of the failure of having Moore or Less as a representative of the Rogers Park community.
Yes, I expect that the receptionist at Joe Moore's office should be able to refer the call on to someone who could answer the question. But read carefully what the Chicagoist said:
They don't say whether the person offered to refer them on, or whether they asked to be referred on. All they say is that the receptionist was clueless about a lawsuit downtown.
You should be happy about this, given that the usual complaint is that Joe's staff pays too much attention to non-ward issues. This is one of those non-ward issues, and the staff isn't paying attention. Now you act like it's the most important thing in the world to you. Which is it?
The common factor here is whining. If it's sunny, you complain that it's hot. If it's cool, you complain there's no sun. Wanky, wanky, wanky.
twestgard you seem to be the one whining and complaining. Did you not get any from Joe last night?
You're using the wrong terminology. The correct phrase starts with, "I'm rubber, and you're glue..."