The Olympics
It was just announced that they'll be in Chicago. Word is that there are other countries vying for the Olympics, and that it will be in Chicago if the Committee decides on the U.S.
Here's to having the 2016 Olympics in Djibouti. We dread the thought of how that summer would be for us and the police department and, to a certain extent, the fire department.
Updates as time and new information permit.
Labels: Damn Damn Damn
posted by CPDDispatch @ 12:00 PM
22 Comments:
Damn is right! Let's all pray the 'other' country wins this vote!
God help us if we get it.
Chicago is only bidding for the 2016 games... we did not get them... however, I believe that we are one of the strongest contenders for the 2016 games... Rio is the other strong contender if I am not mistaken... go Chicago... I hope we get them.
I'm glad I won't be around if we get them.
Early retirement, here I come!!!
Great no benefits and the olympics.
If language bank thinks it's bad finding a polish interpeter. Just wait til the league of nations pops in for a visit.
interpreter
What a joke Not only is the city NOT prepared for something of this magnitude, emergency speaking but this entire process will be viewed, 50 years from now, as the biggest fleece in chicago history. Please, does anyone REALLY believe the taxpayers will get away with ONLY footing a $500 million bill for this? Heck, that was just the cost of Millenium Park! The sad thing is that at least a quarter of the Olympic budget from here on out will be to grease the Daley machines palms and keep his cronies well heeled.
To plan accordingly, the city plans on importing grids of Olympic STIR THE SOUL-ADE KOOLAID for all civil service personnel, Flat beds of Advil migraine, Monster Lo-Carb drinks, and over 10000 different interpreters!
I hope I have enough seniority by then to pick a furlough segment during that time
Think summer back-logs are bad now just wait. 19p covers it all.
Chicago police play on football force
April 16, 2007
By Kim Janssen Staff writer
Puffing on a cigarette through the bars of his face-mask, a burly patrolman looked on as teammates shivered and traded jokes about typical Chicago football weather.
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Members of the Chicago Police Department's Enforcers football team practice at St. Ignatius College Prep on April 7.
(Matt Marton/Daily Southtown)
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A lanky beat cop with a hooded sweatshirt stuffed between his pads and his jersey chased a coach's young son this way and that before wrapping him up at the 15-yard line and tackling with mock ferocity.
"Grrr!" he shouted as he impersonated Brian Urlacher ripping the ball from the boy's hands.
Huddled in the shadow of the Sears Tower as they goofed off before a recent practice at St. Ignatius College Prep, the Enforcers looked more like high school kids than cops, more like cops than athletes.
But at a time when the Chicago Police Department is reeling from a series of brutality scandals, its year-old football team is a genuine feel-good story.
The Bears they may not be, but the Enforcers hope they have a chance to go one better than their counterparts and win a national championship in Miami this year, their first season in the National Public Safety Football League.
More importantly, they are building morale and giving Chicago residents alienated from their police department and professional sports something to relate to, says Shaun Gayle, a captain on the Super Bowl-champion 1985 Bears who is helping coach the Enforcers secondary this year.
"It's a great atmosphere here -- like college football the way college used to be," he said.
"I think some people are getting a little bit fed up with the way pro sports are going, and the department has had some difficult times recently, but this is something positive for the public to come along and connect with."
"You can't compare the jobs football players and police do, but the camaraderie (officers) have means they are used to pulling in the same direction and it's easier to focus."
Gayle says the level of play surprised him when he became involved with the Enforcers earlier this year, and -- speaking before Saturday's nailbiting season opener against an experienced Los Angeles firefighter team -- he predicted Chicago is good enough to go 4-0, beating cop squads from New York, Philadelphia and Orange County, Calif., and giving it a shot at a championship game.
Sadly, though the Enforcers held the Los Angeles Heat scoreless in the first half and made three trips into the red zone themselves, they lost 6-0, making it unlikely their championship dreams will be realized this year.
"The skill levels are -- mixed," 29-year-old defensive tackle Brendan Gill said, laughing, as he surveyed his teammates.
With his grizzly ginger beard and imposing 6-foot-3-inch frame, Gill -- a tactical officer in the downtown Central District who lives on the Southwest Side -- looks more like a football player than most on the team.
"What is definitely there is the desire -- all of these guys are paying $500 each to play," he said. "It's about having a good time, but we're definitely good enough to do it."
Gill, who played for Mount Carmel High School and was a three-year starter at Division II college St. Ambrose, is -- along with defensive end and former Western Illinois starter Jemal King and Benedictine University alum and center John Curry -- one of the more experienced players on the team.
"The day job is much scarier," he said.
Not everyone agrees.
Linebacker Courtney Johnson, 38, never played football until last year and works nights in the relatively sleepy Morgan Park District.
A big, hairy cop running at him full tilt is "much worse" than anything he'll see on a normal shift, he said, adding it's unlikely he'll ever need to wear his blue football helmet on patrol.
"The teachers went on strike when I was in high school, so we never had a football team," Johnson said. "But there are advantages to being older: I listen better and take instruction better."
Defensive end Vince Burch, who claims to be 49 but looks like he eats his Wheaties, has 11 years more life experience than Johnson but also never played football until last year.
"I'm doing it for all the baby boomers," he said, admitting, "The game's a little bit faster than it looks on TV."
The Enforcers went 2-1 last season but were not eligible for NPSFL play.
As well as the loss to the Heat, this year's championship charge could be hampered by the poor ranking the league has given Chicago in its inaugural season, coach Tim Kusinski said.
The Heat agreed to meet the Enforcers in between, in Las Vegas, on Saturday, but long term, the Enforcers hope other Midwestern teams will be formed, reducing the need for costly trips to the coasts.
Home support in a crunch home opener should come at Hanson Stadium on the West Side on Saturday, when the Enforcers take on the New York Police Department Finest, a team with 32 years of history.
Soldier Field will host a game against the Philadelphia Blue Flame on May 6, and the regular season will end with a game against the Orange County Lawmen in Santa Ana, Calif., on May 19.
Ticket sales from all of the games will be used to support charity.
Gayle, who has experienced the highest heights of the professional game, says, at the very least, the Enforcers will "put on a good show" for fans who buy $10 tickets.
"And it'll be the safest place to be in Chicago when they play," he said.
Kim Janssen may be reached at
kjanssen@dailysouthtown.com
or (708) 633-5998.
The olympics will be great for chicago. As usual the same group of my co-workers have to bitch and complain cause they might actually have to sit down and do some work. If you dont want this job LEAVE and go do something else
oh shut up !
Great in what way ? What's the mayor going to do with the 1000 townhouses he builds for the atheletes after they leave? He will declare bankruptcy, have the goverment bail the city out, and turn them all back into projects. It's alot easier than seeing the southeast side thrive as a viable community.
19 April, 2007 00:12
Ahhhh!! We see the prototype for the NEW STIR THE SOUL-ADE 2016 Olympics has emerged and taken effect! It seems you're quite numb and not thinking clearly. Now we could dispense this to the rest of OEM. It's our way of thanking YOU for all you do!
P.s. We at Kraft say go screw yourself for giving your co-workers grief over the job they do. OH YEAH
To 00:12
Most of the objections i am hearing re the olympics are centered around the graft, corruption, and extortion that so often are involved in public works projects. From the razing of an airport in the dead of night to millenium park, from scandal after scandal to TIF districts there is just no accountability here. The city taxpayers are fleeced again and again The bull victories, a few summers at oemc, and the DNC has showed me that, when warranted, everyone here CAN work. The real issue is why the mayor cant put the Olympic bid to referendum and let the citizens decide
How many of you who object to the olympics even live near washington park, you scared that too much money will be spent finally making upgrades to the southeast side where there really needed.But you are doing what you do best bitch whine and complain. You're all pathetic
hey 0907
the olympics are not about washington park. They involve the ENTIRE city and the ENTIRE city will be on the hook for the bill when daley and his cronies suck the public money out to line their pockets.
we don't want the olympics because:
* we will end up paying for it
* the ghetto will move out of washington park over to our side
(further south)
The dispatchers on Zone 4, 1st Watch are respected and appreciated by the NON-crybaby pretend poleece lazy dog-ass do nothings on the watch.
Just because we don't say it doesn't mean it's not in our hearts and minds.
Thanks for keeping it real and being the best.
Sincerely,
-1st Watch somebody on Zone 4.
Hey, folks:
I'm an area blogger, but one of the things I write about is the possibility of Chicago 2016 actually happening.
If you Google "Chicago 2016," my site, DanielHonigman.com, is actually the 4th or 5th site to come up. I'm always posting the latest news on that and on other Chicago subjects. I welcome you to check it out.
Once again, it's DanielHonigman.com. I look forward to interacting with some of you!
-Daniel
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