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As promised, retired Cook County Judge Julia Nowicki spoke to the board of county commissioners yesterday about her most recent hiring report. Nowicki, who was appointed to oversee hiring practices as part of the patronage settlement with the county, told the board that she had "information about current illegal patronage," and that she is still receiving dozens of allegations of illegal patronage hiring. She also discussed the need to hire more staff for the county's HR department, saying that the lack of adequate staff has negatively impacted the county's ability to police itself.
"We don't have any money. We are broke," Todd Stroger said. "Government always runs on a short leash. Somebody has to figure out how we're going to get more money and where it's going to come from. There are a lot of things we won't do." He also denied that patronage was going on. "There's no systematic system that's trying to hire people illegally," he said. Bill Beavers chimed in as well, telling Nowicki that “you came here for a purpose— to talk about patronage— and not run the county,” adding “nobody elected you to do nothing.”
County spokeswoman Ibis Antongiorgi said that the county has a committee that is working on hiring an HR chief, a problem Nowicki noted in her letter to the board.
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It's too bad the recall election bill will never pass. It'd be nice to recall this jag and kick his ass to the curb.
There's no systematic system that doing things illegally illegal. You people are just being sensationalistically senationalistic.
"nobody elected you to do nothing.”
Nice
"There's no systematic system that's trying to hire people illegally,"
“nobody elected you to do nothing.”
Yes. It's quite reassuring to see that our elected officials have such a firm grasp on the English language.
It's too bad the recall election bill will never pass. It'd be nice to recall this jag and kick his ass to the curb.
The bill in question affects only elected officials at the state level and this jag would be unaffected either way.
Pathetic. I imagine the county gang and Monique Davis (and others) all hanging out together someplace. These people are so arrogant and drunk with the power they hold that they ignore basic civics, not to mention common sense. I'm almost thankful Stroger didn't say "We IS broke", which speaks volumes about the expectations we have for these idiots.
And that new HR chief? Todd Stroger's dog walker...
While I agree that Stroger is an idiot, I think we all need to take a collective deep breath about grammar errors. It is easy to misspeak when you don't have to luxury of the delete key as we do. People sometimes when put on the spot get nervous.
See: Miss Teen South Carolina. Sure that was insane and incoherent, but she was on The Today Show the following day and was pretty articulate. I think Mario Lopez made her nervous. Hey-O!!
"We don't have any money. We are broke," Todd Stroger said.
What about that fucking tax hike you fucking moron? Holy fuckstick, Todd is an idiot.
These two arrogant pricks are too busy filling their own coffers to even allow for any nervousness...
Todd,
In difficult financial times small sacrafices are neccasary perhaps you could get by with just 2-3 friends on the payroll as PR persons, maybe you dont need 4 spokespersons, perhaps the county in difficult times should only be forced to employee 50% of your extended family. I know these seem unthinkable but just give it a thought or ask John Daley/Bill Beavers who do all you thinking for you to let you know what to deciede. Toddy its time for some LAYOFFS.
the Toddler and Mr. Eager Beavers both sharp masters of sharp rhetoric and wit, however, mildly retarded in their ability to manage and run a county.
yes, Toddler, the county is broke. those tax hikes did nothing considering you just dumped the cash right back into your coffers. but like this county, i too am broke. so you and your crew can eat bunch of dicks ... cos the next time you ask for cash, i'm just gonna say ... "dude, i'm broke. i need money."