See the results here:
http://www.chicagofop.org/Updates/2008/attachments/2008_election_results.pdf
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
GET THOSE BALLOTS IN THE MAIL!
Remember to check your brand spanking NEW plastic FOP book cover. See who you can VOTE OUT OF OFFICE!
My impromptu poll of voters states that they have voted for NO platform and hodge podged the vote, splitting it up.
Heard alot of retirees voted and will have substantial representation on the board.
Also heard patrol basically voted for guys in districts.
Should be interesting!
My impromptu poll of voters states that they have voted for NO platform and hodge podged the vote, splitting it up.
Heard alot of retirees voted and will have substantial representation on the board.
Also heard patrol basically voted for guys in districts.
Should be interesting!
Friday, March 7, 2008
VOTE IN F.O.P. ELECTION!
In the '02 election, there were 11,209 ballots cast total. (Nolan team Voted Out)
(City Wide Voted In)
In the '05 election, there were 8,822 ballots cast total. (City Wide Re-elected)
(Avg CWT 55% vs IOU 45%)
As of TUESDAY-04-MARCH 5,240 ballot envelopes returned to the P.O. Box.
FOP provided a postage paid envelope for the ballot return and the USPS keeps a count to bill the FOP.
STEP UP AND VOTE OFFICERS!!! WE SAY "NO" TO INCUMBANTS!
VOTE FOR ANYONE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH "THE CITY WIDE TEAM"!
(City Wide Voted In)
In the '05 election, there were 8,822 ballots cast total. (City Wide Re-elected)
(Avg CWT 55% vs IOU 45%)
As of TUESDAY-04-MARCH 5,240 ballot envelopes returned to the P.O. Box.
FOP provided a postage paid envelope for the ballot return and the USPS keeps a count to bill the FOP.
STEP UP AND VOTE OFFICERS!!! WE SAY "NO" TO INCUMBANTS!
VOTE FOR ANYONE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH "THE CITY WIDE TEAM"!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
This is great!!!
I love Mark Donahue, doin the irish jig. Is this a victory dance?
Don't know yet. Vote against incumbant "City Wide team"!!!!
LINK BELOW: cut and paste, scroll all the way to the end!
http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/PEzvH0qzdcpKT8Wkf9OVPYzk
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't know yet. Vote against incumbant "City Wide team"!!!!
LINK BELOW: cut and paste, scroll all the way to the end!
http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/PEzvH0qzdcpKT8Wkf9OVPYzk
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
BALLOTS ARE IN THE MAIL
VOTE FOR ANYONE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE "CITY WIDE TEAM"! "CITY WIDE" MEMBERS LISTED BELOW
Mark Donahue (Pres.)
Frank DiMaria (2nd VP)
John Capparelli (Treasurer)
Tim Fallon (Financial secretary)
Bill Burns (Sgt at arms)
Ken Watt (Sgt at arms)
Tom Skelley (trustee)
Mike Voight (trustee)
Daniel Trevino (trustee)
Ed King Jr (trustee)
Robert Rutherford (trustee)
Rich Aguilar (trustee)
Mike Garza (trustee)
Anna Hanley (trustee)
Kevin graham (trustee)
Pat Duckhorn (trustee)
Joe Butney (trustee)
Jim Bailey (trustee)
F.O.P. salaries
President Mark Donahue: $182,000.00 plus a FOP car.
Bill Dougherty $134,00.00
Frank Dimaria $132,00.00
Greg Bella $132,00.00
Tim Fallon $134,000.00
John Capparelli $130,000.00
Sid Davis $132,000.00
TOTAL $1,108,000.00 APPROX. DO ABOVE OFFICERS DESERVE THIS COMPENSATION???
Mark Donahue (Pres.)
Frank DiMaria (2nd VP)
John Capparelli (Treasurer)
Tim Fallon (Financial secretary)
Bill Burns (Sgt at arms)
Ken Watt (Sgt at arms)
Tom Skelley (trustee)
Mike Voight (trustee)
Daniel Trevino (trustee)
Ed King Jr (trustee)
Robert Rutherford (trustee)
Rich Aguilar (trustee)
Mike Garza (trustee)
Anna Hanley (trustee)
Kevin graham (trustee)
Pat Duckhorn (trustee)
Joe Butney (trustee)
Jim Bailey (trustee)
F.O.P. salaries
President Mark Donahue: $182,000.00 plus a FOP car.
Bill Dougherty $134,00.00
Frank Dimaria $132,00.00
Greg Bella $132,00.00
Tim Fallon $134,000.00
John Capparelli $130,000.00
Sid Davis $132,000.00
TOTAL $1,108,000.00 APPROX. DO ABOVE OFFICERS DESERVE THIS COMPENSATION???
Friday, February 15, 2008
New Supterintendant makes big changes!
We live in interesting times. Police Dept. changes, City Politics, and a National election for President.
Very interesting times!
I would love to have been a fly on the wall down at headquarters for the last couple of weeks.
I guess it's wait and see what happens next. I noticed today alot of happy smiling faces at work after the changes were made. Mostly lotsa laughing and chuckling now that old patronage bosses are starting to be moved out.
We can only wonder who is next for the chopping block or for promotion?
Honestly officers, does it really affect us? The rank and file. The bottom of the barrel in patrol division, the front line that defends the basic principles of law and human decency in an EVIL society where respect for life has diminished enormously. I say NO, it does not affect our basic job function: Serve and Protect. Wear your uniform proudly, do what you have always done, fight evil, catch a bad guy, help someone. Keep up the good, honest work Patrol division. We do make a difference!
Very interesting times!
I would love to have been a fly on the wall down at headquarters for the last couple of weeks.
I guess it's wait and see what happens next. I noticed today alot of happy smiling faces at work after the changes were made. Mostly lotsa laughing and chuckling now that old patronage bosses are starting to be moved out.
We can only wonder who is next for the chopping block or for promotion?
Honestly officers, does it really affect us? The rank and file. The bottom of the barrel in patrol division, the front line that defends the basic principles of law and human decency in an EVIL society where respect for life has diminished enormously. I say NO, it does not affect our basic job function: Serve and Protect. Wear your uniform proudly, do what you have always done, fight evil, catch a bad guy, help someone. Keep up the good, honest work Patrol division. We do make a difference!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
"The City Wide Team" web site
The "City Wide Team", F.O.P. incumbents has put up their own personal web site, see the link CLICK ON THE PURPLE LETTERS "THE CITY WIDE TEAM" WEB SITE ABOVE. The F.O.P. Web Site seemed to suit them fine for the last 2 administrations. Why put up a new one? Check out what they are taking credit for. See if you think they REALLY deserve credit for their accomplishments.
May `02
Pledges to run the Lodge like a business and established written policies and procedures.
REALITY: Pledged, not done! A business throws out members that are a threat to them? A business excludes retiree's that don't pay their dues? Business' get sued by past employee's and members of the business?
GREAT JOB!!! RUN LODGE LIKE A BUSINESS!!!
October `02
Lodge Representatives begin attending all Pension Board Meetings
REALITY: They STOP attending ROLL CALLS to keep membership involved!
January `03
Improved web site to include Disability and Retiree pages
REALITY: BIG DEAL, It's a web site!
April `03
Lodge forces City to submit bids for contracting of Dead Body removal
REALITY: 3 SEPERATE F.O.P. ADMINISTRATIONS WORKED ON THIS, IT FINALLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION.
July `04
H.R. 218 signed into law by President Bush who personally thanked us for our efforts.
REALITY: CHICAGO LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR NATIONAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER 10 YEARS!
December `04
City enforces need for signed affidavit when citizens complain on the Police
REALITY: LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR CITY ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW!
February `05
Lodge 7 is first to acquire new contract over all 42 City Unions.
REALITY: LODGE INABILITY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FORCES THEM INTO FIRST ARBITRATION SO THEY CAN SAY THEY WERE FIRST. ARBITRATION AWARD CAME DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF LAST ELECTION AND SWAYED THE MEMBERSHIP TO AGAIN VOTE FOR A UNION THAT CAN'T NEGOTIATE AND LEAVES IMPORTANT DECISIONS LIKE OUR CONTRACT TO AN ARBITRATOR.
ARBITRATION AND NOT NEGOTIATION WILL BE THE FUTURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO!
These are some of the REALITIES of the "City Wide Teams" leadership.
F.O.P. and "The City Wide Team" SHOULD not take credit for doing their job!!!
1. Filing Grievances to protect officers rights
2. Standing up for our contractual rights
3. Taking credit for an arbitrator deciding what he must, when he must
4. National legislation F.O.P. #7 had very little input in.
5. Establishing committee's made up of "City wide team" members
6. Improving a WEB site
7. Enforcement of State Laws
Here are more REALITIES:
1. "City Wide team" visits districts during election year, ONLY!
2. F.O.P. gets sued by employee and members, pays out in excess of $500 K
With members lawsuit still pending conclusion.
3. F.O.P. expels members who ran against them in last election.
4. F.O.P. expels retiree's who forgot to pay $20.00 dues. So retiree's can't vote.
5. F.O.P. routinely ignore Roberts Rules of Order at general meetings.
6. F.O.P. refuses to follow it's own Rules & Reg's, Constitution, By-laws and past
practice when formal charges are placed by members in good standing against
President Mark Donahue.
7. F.O.P. administration is out of touch with it's membership as evidenced by the
fact that under 100 members are eligible to run in the up-coming election!
VOTE OUT "THE CITY WIDE TEAM"!!! ELECT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES!
May `02
Pledges to run the Lodge like a business and established written policies and procedures.
REALITY: Pledged, not done! A business throws out members that are a threat to them? A business excludes retiree's that don't pay their dues? Business' get sued by past employee's and members of the business?
GREAT JOB!!! RUN LODGE LIKE A BUSINESS!!!
October `02
Lodge Representatives begin attending all Pension Board Meetings
REALITY: They STOP attending ROLL CALLS to keep membership involved!
January `03
Improved web site to include Disability and Retiree pages
REALITY: BIG DEAL, It's a web site!
April `03
Lodge forces City to submit bids for contracting of Dead Body removal
REALITY: 3 SEPERATE F.O.P. ADMINISTRATIONS WORKED ON THIS, IT FINALLY CAME TO A CONCLUSION.
July `04
H.R. 218 signed into law by President Bush who personally thanked us for our efforts.
REALITY: CHICAGO LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR NATIONAL LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR OVER 10 YEARS!
December `04
City enforces need for signed affidavit when citizens complain on the Police
REALITY: LODGE TAKES CREDIT FOR CITY ENFORCEMENT OF STATE LAW!
February `05
Lodge 7 is first to acquire new contract over all 42 City Unions.
REALITY: LODGE INABILITY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT FORCES THEM INTO FIRST ARBITRATION SO THEY CAN SAY THEY WERE FIRST. ARBITRATION AWARD CAME DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF LAST ELECTION AND SWAYED THE MEMBERSHIP TO AGAIN VOTE FOR A UNION THAT CAN'T NEGOTIATE AND LEAVES IMPORTANT DECISIONS LIKE OUR CONTRACT TO AN ARBITRATOR.
ARBITRATION AND NOT NEGOTIATION WILL BE THE FUTURE YOU HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO!
These are some of the REALITIES of the "City Wide Teams" leadership.
F.O.P. and "The City Wide Team" SHOULD not take credit for doing their job!!!
1. Filing Grievances to protect officers rights
2. Standing up for our contractual rights
3. Taking credit for an arbitrator deciding what he must, when he must
4. National legislation F.O.P. #7 had very little input in.
5. Establishing committee's made up of "City wide team" members
6. Improving a WEB site
7. Enforcement of State Laws
Here are more REALITIES:
1. "City Wide team" visits districts during election year, ONLY!
2. F.O.P. gets sued by employee and members, pays out in excess of $500 K
With members lawsuit still pending conclusion.
3. F.O.P. expels members who ran against them in last election.
4. F.O.P. expels retiree's who forgot to pay $20.00 dues. So retiree's can't vote.
5. F.O.P. routinely ignore Roberts Rules of Order at general meetings.
6. F.O.P. refuses to follow it's own Rules & Reg's, Constitution, By-laws and past
practice when formal charges are placed by members in good standing against
President Mark Donahue.
7. F.O.P. administration is out of touch with it's membership as evidenced by the
fact that under 100 members are eligible to run in the up-coming election!
VOTE OUT "THE CITY WIDE TEAM"!!! ELECT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Police Pension Funds in trouble everywhere.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-evpensionfeb06,1,598017.story
This linked article above just goes to show how bad pension funds are here in Illinois and across the nation. What has our F.O.P. done except forgive 23 million in debt owed to our pension fund by the city. NOTHING!!! EXCEPT ELECT STEVE ROBBINS F.O.P. CANDIDATE TO THE PENSION BOARD TO REPRESENT F.O.P. ISSUES, NOT PATROLMENS!
This linked article above just goes to show how bad pension funds are here in Illinois and across the nation. What has our F.O.P. done except forgive 23 million in debt owed to our pension fund by the city. NOTHING!!! EXCEPT ELECT STEVE ROBBINS F.O.P. CANDIDATE TO THE PENSION BOARD TO REPRESENT F.O.P. ISSUES, NOT PATROLMENS!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Hearing for Pending Charges against President Donahue
We have heard that a hearing was scheduled for 31 January 2008, first at 0900 hrs., and then, rescheduled for 1300 hrs., to hear the pending charges against President Donahue - which relate to the fact that he drove the F.O.P. into spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a case that should never have even happened. This case is a matter of public record and you can get as much information on this case, as you want. The court docket number is: 05-CV-7179 or 05-C7179, in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
But, why, was this trial panel scheduled in violation of the Constitution of the F.O.P. Lodge No. 7 and the Grand Lodge? The Constitution specifies that NO LESS than 30 days shall pass between the presentation of the charges and the trial panel hearing. Why no less than 30 days, you ask? So that everyone has an opportunity to prepare properly. There is NO provision for a waiving of the 30 day provision by either party. There is a provision for requests for reasonable continuances. Is it true that charges have been brought against the members of the trial panel - Secretary Davis & 3rd Vice President Bella -who are participating in this "train wreck"?.
Remember these are the same CityWide Team members who were so very, very quick to pronounce Past President Nolan and others affiliated with him as being arrogant!!! We submit to you that maybe two terms is more than adequate for our F.O.P. officers!!!! These people do not deserve to remain in office!
But, why, was this trial panel scheduled in violation of the Constitution of the F.O.P. Lodge No. 7 and the Grand Lodge? The Constitution specifies that NO LESS than 30 days shall pass between the presentation of the charges and the trial panel hearing. Why no less than 30 days, you ask? So that everyone has an opportunity to prepare properly. There is NO provision for a waiving of the 30 day provision by either party. There is a provision for requests for reasonable continuances. Is it true that charges have been brought against the members of the trial panel - Secretary Davis & 3rd Vice President Bella -who are participating in this "train wreck"?.
Remember these are the same CityWide Team members who were so very, very quick to pronounce Past President Nolan and others affiliated with him as being arrogant!!! We submit to you that maybe two terms is more than adequate for our F.O.P. officers!!!! These people do not deserve to remain in office!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
An article submitted for your consideration.
Is it true that the F.O.P. and President Donahue are in the mess that they are now faced with because they relied on the LEGAL advice of one of the trustees who just happened to be a SERGEANT & who apparently went to law school!?! Shouldn't that be reason enough to sit up and take notice of why we don't want to have SERGEANTS sitting on our Board of Directors?
Didn't that trustee fight the amendment to the F.O.P. Constitution which would have brought an end to the practice of SERGEANTS remaining in any office of the F.O.P. after their promotion? Could it have been that this SERGEANT/Legal Eagle was so inept that he couldn't make his attorney stuff into any part time job and that he had to continue to receive the monthly stipend from the F.O.P.?
This SERGEANT/Legal Eagle may have cost YOUR Lodge hundreds of thousands of dollars with his stupid advice. We won't even talk about the F.O.P. officers that went along with this stupid advice and who have now potentially caused our Lodge the loss of hundred of thousands of dollars!
Isn't that the same SERGEANT/Legal Eagle/Trustee who LED the charge to expel two members of the Lodge who had dared to speak out against the F.O.P. leadership in the 2005 election? No wonder only 69 candidates filed to run in this election. Why would you want to take the chance of being expelled and then have to fight for fair share benefits???
ON THE LAST SENTENCE ABOUT FAIR SHARE BENEFITS, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE EXPELLED OFFICERS STILL ARE REQUIRED TO PAY HALF THEIR DUES AND ARE SUPPOSEDLY COVERED BY F.O.P. LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. BUT, ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD A CR # AND REQUESTED COUNSEL FROM THE F.O.P. AND WAS DENIED COUNSEL! GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST F.O.P. WITH THE EEOC, LABOR BOARD AND ANOTHER POTENTIAL LAWSUIT FOR NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY REPRESENT ALL MEMBERS! THANKS F.O.P.
Didn't that trustee fight the amendment to the F.O.P. Constitution which would have brought an end to the practice of SERGEANTS remaining in any office of the F.O.P. after their promotion? Could it have been that this SERGEANT/Legal Eagle was so inept that he couldn't make his attorney stuff into any part time job and that he had to continue to receive the monthly stipend from the F.O.P.?
This SERGEANT/Legal Eagle may have cost YOUR Lodge hundreds of thousands of dollars with his stupid advice. We won't even talk about the F.O.P. officers that went along with this stupid advice and who have now potentially caused our Lodge the loss of hundred of thousands of dollars!
Isn't that the same SERGEANT/Legal Eagle/Trustee who LED the charge to expel two members of the Lodge who had dared to speak out against the F.O.P. leadership in the 2005 election? No wonder only 69 candidates filed to run in this election. Why would you want to take the chance of being expelled and then have to fight for fair share benefits???
ON THE LAST SENTENCE ABOUT FAIR SHARE BENEFITS, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE EXPELLED OFFICERS STILL ARE REQUIRED TO PAY HALF THEIR DUES AND ARE SUPPOSEDLY COVERED BY F.O.P. LEGAL DEFENSE FUND. BUT, ONE OF THE OFFICERS HAD A CR # AND REQUESTED COUNSEL FROM THE F.O.P. AND WAS DENIED COUNSEL! GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST F.O.P. WITH THE EEOC, LABOR BOARD AND ANOTHER POTENTIAL LAWSUIT FOR NOT LIVING UP TO THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO FAIRLY AND IMPARTIALLY REPRESENT ALL MEMBERS! THANKS F.O.P.
