Juvenile Detention Center Director Earl Dunlap faced harsh words from County Commissioners yesterday on everything from his communication with the board to the way he dresses.
Dunlap says Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is severely understaffed, and that because the hiring process is complex and overly bureaucratic, he needs more money to spend on overtime for current employees and for a private security firm to fill in the gaps. Tony Peraica was none too pleased with Dunlap's tactics, though. According to the ChiTown Daily News, he told Dunlap, "I have not seen you in this room since the budget talks so it's been a few month...I resent reading about these problems in the newspaper when all you need to do is pick up the phone and give us a call."
And then there's Bill Beavers. From the Sun-Times:
...County Commissioner William Beavers delivered a public dressing-down to [Dunlap], mockingly asking..."Do you own a suit?" while lecturing Dunlap that "your appearance commands respect" and that he's "supposed to be a role model."Dunlap, wearing a white polo shirt tucked into Dockers pants, chimed back, "I command respect by the way I conduct myself," adding that "the last person I need to be judged by is you."
Way to focus on the issues, Commissioner Beavers! He also said he's had "some real, real serious problems" with Dunlap, who was talking to the commissioners about his budget.
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Yeah, that's the entire problem with the Audy Home, the director needs to wear $3000 bespoke suits all the time!
What an inexpensive way to solve the joints problems!
No need to hire qualified staff to help the unwanted & abandoned kids.
No need to send them to school!
No need to try to keep young criminals out of further trouble so they won't end up in prison for decades!
Just buy the director a bunch of expensive suits!
One for each day of the week!
Only $21,000 a year!
WOW! What a saving for the taxpayers!
burn! sounds like the commissioners have valid concerns but making fun of somebody's clothes is the ultimate dis to a middle-aged man.
That's a lot of exclamation points there Scooter; an aweful lot of excitement over not much at all.
I don't see why this is:
a.) newsworthy
b.) debatable
Many jobs require a certain form of attire. He can get a suit for $150 at any number of places. Not a great suit, but whatever. Throw in $50 for a shirt and tie. Get three suits and five shirt/tie combinations. Buy them over the course of four months. Voila, for less than $200 a month, you've got a work wardrobe that will last you a few years. Replenish one suit and two shirt/tie combos per year.
Not too hard, kids.
The point is the suit doesn't do the job. Dunlap may look like a slob, but he gets his job done, unlike Beavers.
Yok, the point is that the hog with the biggest nuts is again playing a game of distraction because he just doesn't give a shit about anyone or anything but himself.
I get the point, Chuck. But it's a poorly made point. I can both get my job done and dress appropriately for the position. It's just not that hard.
Ok, matilda, but how is this not a distraction from the serious issue listed in the second paragraph? We seem to be participating in Beavers' own charade.
"...hog with the biggest nuts...."
Nicely done Matilda. And, yes, Yok, Beavers is using the media as is "soapbox", of sorts, and is generally making an ass out of himself, per the usual.
I tend to agree with Peraica -- Dunlap grows a pair and faces the commissioners or he submits to the process. Unfortunately, this is more about politics than the actual job itself.
Yok: touche, sir.