A management position requires experience and a proven track record of some kind. We already know that our village president appointed a fire chief with no experience. As for his track record? It looks like he can’t even manage his own finances. With his home in the beginning stages of foreclosure for defaulting with an $80,000 SBA lien on top, what does the fire chief do? He goes on a Disney vacation. He will soon be renting a home in town like our one trustee who lost her home in foreclosure.
Firemen get to sleep in the fire station when they are on duty. Soon the fire chief will be living in the fire station.
Great pick there Larry! This dude can’t even manage his own finances and you have him managing the fire department. Maybe that is why he needed the high paying chief job so bad. Did you know about this Larry? Was this all part of the plan to get him back on his feet? I guess it didn’t work out the way you all planned.
Allowing the deputy chief to steal from the village with his specially crafted super secret overtime deal and now this. Free village money for all! Where do we sign up?
Thursday, December 19, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Rubber Stamp for Sale
When village code is changed it needs to be approved by the elected officials. A topic we know has come up is what we have been preaching for the past couple months. The deputy chief has been getting paid overtime and collecting compensatory time. A deputy chief is an exempt position which should not be entitled to comp time. Our published village code says the same thing, the deputy chief is not allowed to get overtime. Another closed door deal by the village people. This type of deal should have been approved by the village board but when you ask them, they have no recollection of making such a deal or approving the change of the village code. What is so special about this deputy chief that everyone lays out the red carpet wherever he steps?
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Mr. Wellington is Mad
To the angry commentator:
Yes we get you are mad that blog readers have put you on blast about your past. We almost want to ask Google to comply with the court order identifying comment IP addresses they received but we don't want you to cause those who witnessed your actions to have to testify. We are told that they are more than willing to come forward. Google has rejected the order and will continue to do so until they find that this blog has violated any laws or use policies.
We may not know exactly what was voted on or why but what we do know is that we don't want someone who has foreclosed on a home and doesn't own a home in our village making any kind of financial decisions on our behalf. We don't know much about you Mr. Wellington. You don't know much about us either although you think you do. We do know that like the deputy chief, you too have burned many people in your cop career, so many that we have an inbox full of stories from people who don't even work for our village. We also know that you don't live in our village to care about what we care about. We do have a job and unlike you, we sometimes work the first shift. We hide behind a blog because we live here and we don't want to be another target for Larry Powell who has a history of targeting residents who violate his rules even when they don't. We barked and we bit, bit so hard that you take time out of your day to write to us and spend money on lawyers to find a way to silence the truth.
Moral of the story: Don't do things you aren't supposed to when at work. Be honest and don't always look out just for only you. People may begin to like you again.
FunnyView
Yes we get you are mad that blog readers have put you on blast about your past. We almost want to ask Google to comply with the court order identifying comment IP addresses they received but we don't want you to cause those who witnessed your actions to have to testify. We are told that they are more than willing to come forward. Google has rejected the order and will continue to do so until they find that this blog has violated any laws or use policies.
We may not know exactly what was voted on or why but what we do know is that we don't want someone who has foreclosed on a home and doesn't own a home in our village making any kind of financial decisions on our behalf. We don't know much about you Mr. Wellington. You don't know much about us either although you think you do. We do know that like the deputy chief, you too have burned many people in your cop career, so many that we have an inbox full of stories from people who don't even work for our village. We also know that you don't live in our village to care about what we care about. We do have a job and unlike you, we sometimes work the first shift. We hide behind a blog because we live here and we don't want to be another target for Larry Powell who has a history of targeting residents who violate his rules even when they don't. We barked and we bit, bit so hard that you take time out of your day to write to us and spend money on lawyers to find a way to silence the truth.
Moral of the story: Don't do things you aren't supposed to when at work. Be honest and don't always look out just for only you. People may begin to like you again.
FunnyView
Friday, December 6, 2019
Taxes for You, Not for Me!
The right thing to do would be to exclude yourself from a vote that will raise taxes when you don’t even pay taxes. But one of the members on our village board could care less if you pay higher taxes. She voted YES on a tax hike that wouldn’t affect her since she doesn’t even own property within our village. In fact, she lost her job and foreclosed on her home. Even after we made mention of the non-tax paying member of the village board, she went ahead and voted in favor of a tax hike for all of us. A tax hike needed to pay for the over-inflated salary paid to the unqualified fire chief and the deputy chief that this village does not need. With the addition of Federal Express to the tax revenue stream, we should not need any additional taxes. Maybe Larry should call Bedford Park and ask them how to run a village.
We need to hold those town hall meetings that we use to have under Grenvich. But Larry won’t do it because he can’t answer questions under pressure.
We need to hold those town hall meetings that we use to have under Grenvich. But Larry won’t do it because he can’t answer questions under pressure.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Days of Our Lives
While Chicago has their own drama series with the stuper-intendent losing his job over a hot date, Forest View doesn’t fall short of hot date drama either. We hear that there is video in someone‘s possession of a former dispatcher getting up close and personal with Forest View’s deputy chief while at the cop station. This dispatcher was known for collecting what cops call belt keepers which hold their utility belts in place one they reached home plate. The dispatcher would visit the Forest View police department after her shift in a nearby town. That dispatcher was later hired by the deputy chief to work part-time in the Forest View cop station. After a work related disagreement, she abruptly quit but was heard commenting that the deputy chief was an asshole.
Wonder if he ran out of belt keepers.
Wonder if he ran out of belt keepers.
Forest View is Hiring!
Hey Eddie, you fit right in here in Forest View! Where our board allows the police chief and his appointee to lie all the time! Put in an application, NO BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED! Just ask for Salvador Gomez Rodriguez when you apply. Be sure to use Salvador’s friends as references so your application makes the "people we know" cut.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Another Chance...
To confront the Village Board.
Trustee starts with the word "trust". Trust doesn’t come with a refill. Once it’s gone, you probably won’t get it back.
Some members of our board have betrayed our trust and they feel no shame. From the former village president finding his way to a high paying job he and his group cleared the way for, to the police department leadership that fabricates lie after lie. Larry Powell has refused to answer questions and will continue to do so knowing he can’t face the truth without embarrassment. It is time that we demand change. Larry Powell and his cronies should step down and Larry can take his loyal ladies with him on the way out. One of them doesn’t even pay taxes in our village but sits on our board making decisions on what WE pay taxes on???
The stonewalling may continue tonight. But we shall see if Kirchgatterer finds her lost integrity and starts doing her job for the people instead of her own personal interests.
The same questions remain, and the Powell clan is still silent.
From the comments:
It is rumored that the firehouse was empty for a shift or two? We do know that there have been many times the fire department was unable to serve the citizens of this village due to manpower shortages or the new ambulance being out of service. But a completely empty fire house??? Add that to the list.
Village board room at Village Hall!
Tuesday November 26th, 2019 7PM
Home and 46th Street
Trustee starts with the word "trust". Trust doesn’t come with a refill. Once it’s gone, you probably won’t get it back.
Some members of our board have betrayed our trust and they feel no shame. From the former village president finding his way to a high paying job he and his group cleared the way for, to the police department leadership that fabricates lie after lie. Larry Powell has refused to answer questions and will continue to do so knowing he can’t face the truth without embarrassment. It is time that we demand change. Larry Powell and his cronies should step down and Larry can take his loyal ladies with him on the way out. One of them doesn’t even pay taxes in our village but sits on our board making decisions on what WE pay taxes on???
The stonewalling may continue tonight. But we shall see if Kirchgatterer finds her lost integrity and starts doing her job for the people instead of her own personal interests.
The same questions remain, and the Powell clan is still silent.
From the comments:
It is rumored that the firehouse was empty for a shift or two? We do know that there have been many times the fire department was unable to serve the citizens of this village due to manpower shortages or the new ambulance being out of service. But a completely empty fire house??? Add that to the list.
Village board room at Village Hall!
Tuesday November 26th, 2019 7PM
Home and 46th Street
Forest View Security LLC
Usually when you call the cops you expect them to come running to help you. Our sources in Stickney have tipped us off to another story about the cop who fears his own shadow. A call came into the Forest View cop station by a citizen reporting that there was a person who may have an arrest warrant present at a local Forest View bar. It’s about a 30 second drive from the Forest View cop station to the bar. Instead of going to the bar to investigate, someone at the cop station called the Stickney cops and asked them to investigate. What?
Stickney cops arrived at the Forest View bar to look for the bad guy. One Forest View cop entered the bar with a Stickney cop and investigated the call. The Forest View village employee that dresses up as a cop that had arrived at the exact same time parked in his favorite Dunkin Donuts lot next door. The Stickney cop and the one brave Forest View cop completed their investigation and even took time to chat with the caller for a few before exiting the bar. Like always, the Forest View village employee that dresses up as a cop is walking over from the Dunkin Donuts parking lot when everything was already over. It's okay, he may have needed to go do his pre-call ritual of going to the bathroom until the scene was secure.
Someone should start paying us out on our bets because we will bet our entire years worth of a salary that no one will investigate the cowardly actions of this cop. Salvador doesn't like disciplining his friend and it was once noticed by Gary Wiseman. Wiseman reminded Salvador Rodriguez that discipline should be the same for all cops. Since Salvador Rodriguez likes looking for clues on the cop station's security cameras, maybe he should check them and see how long it took for the cops to respond after they got the call. Video time stamps and those popular blotter logs that people take pictures of should also have times recorded. Salvador should be able to calculate the minutes it took to arrive at the bar from the cop station. How is it that this person got away with the Forest View cops only being 30 seconds away? A little birdie told us the cops made a pit stop before arriving at the bar. We're a little curious as to who's idea it was to call another village and ask them to do the job of the Forest View cops.
We pay this clown to serve as a cop, instead another village is called to do his job. Forest View's very own observe and report security officer.
The Village of Stickney can send the invoice for their cop services to:
Village of Forest View
C/O Salvador Gomez Rodriguez
7000 46th Street
Forest View IL 60402
Larry should demand some answers on why this cop is still employed with the village. Oh Larry, we know that "people change" but you can't teach bravery.
Stickney cops arrived at the Forest View bar to look for the bad guy. One Forest View cop entered the bar with a Stickney cop and investigated the call. The Forest View village employee that dresses up as a cop that had arrived at the exact same time parked in his favorite Dunkin Donuts lot next door. The Stickney cop and the one brave Forest View cop completed their investigation and even took time to chat with the caller for a few before exiting the bar. Like always, the Forest View village employee that dresses up as a cop is walking over from the Dunkin Donuts parking lot when everything was already over. It's okay, he may have needed to go do his pre-call ritual of going to the bathroom until the scene was secure.
Someone should start paying us out on our bets because we will bet our entire years worth of a salary that no one will investigate the cowardly actions of this cop. Salvador doesn't like disciplining his friend and it was once noticed by Gary Wiseman. Wiseman reminded Salvador Rodriguez that discipline should be the same for all cops. Since Salvador Rodriguez likes looking for clues on the cop station's security cameras, maybe he should check them and see how long it took for the cops to respond after they got the call. Video time stamps and those popular blotter logs that people take pictures of should also have times recorded. Salvador should be able to calculate the minutes it took to arrive at the bar from the cop station. How is it that this person got away with the Forest View cops only being 30 seconds away? A little birdie told us the cops made a pit stop before arriving at the bar. We're a little curious as to who's idea it was to call another village and ask them to do the job of the Forest View cops.
We pay this clown to serve as a cop, instead another village is called to do his job. Forest View's very own observe and report security officer.
The Village of Stickney can send the invoice for their cop services to:
Village of Forest View
C/O Salvador Gomez Rodriguez
7000 46th Street
Forest View IL 60402
Larry should demand some answers on why this cop is still employed with the village. Oh Larry, we know that "people change" but you can't teach bravery.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Connecting the Dots
Following that lengthy conversation with the former village president the other day, we put on our detective caps to see how out of all people we ended up with the parking monitor Larry Powell as our village president.
After being elected, Former Village President Thomas Heller resigned his position with the Village of Stickney and took his post as Village President in Forest View. What Thomas really wanted was to be the Forest View Fire Chief but he didn’t know how to make that happen since he can’t really appoint himself. In the end, Heller found a way. We thought it was a friendship between Heller and Powell but we have learned that this was not likely.
So how did he do it? A big clue that was right under our nose and we missed it. If Thomas Heller were to step down, a new village president would need to be appointed by the village board. After Heller did step down, the board was all in favor of appointing Brigitte Kirchgatterer aka “Bee” aka “the Bookiest Book Lady”. In the eleventh hour Kirchgatterer backed out and suddenly supported Larry Powell to be appointed.
Warning – Larry Powell Disclaimer: Speculation
Why would Kirchgatterer do that? One possibility is if she takes the position of Village President in Forest View, she may need to resign as secretary of the Forest View Park District due to a… wait for it… conflict of interest. Kirchgatterer is raking in $9K a year as a secretary for the park district and the Village President in Forest View makes less.
Okay not so bad right? Well as we looked further, we saw the dots shining bright in our eyes and we went on a connecting spree.
The Forest View Park District website lists the following people on the board of commissioners:
Damn confusing! We doodled it out:
A kindergartner can put this puzzle together. Thomas Heller loses his primary employment and must act fast. A plan was needed to put Heller in the highly paid Fire Chief spot. The only way he could do it was by removing the current qualified Fire Chief, stepping down and having a person on the village board he is most connected to take over as village president. We may need to send another FOIA for phone records.
The money probably wasn’t right for Kirchgatterer so now what? Enter the Larry Powell. Larry always wanted to be the village president and here was his big opportunity! The board goes on to appoint Larry Powell as Village president with Kirchgatterer bowing out at the last minute. Larry wasn’t really a fan of Thomas Heller and with that high-level executive management job with Metra, we would think Larry would have done his due diligence and cleaned up the mess Thomas Heller left behind. Instead Larry unethically goes along with the program and appoints the unqualified Heller to the Fire Chief position without question. Larry falls short on votes to make this happen. Larry then goes out of his way to make sure Heller is appointed and remains as Fire Chief by appointing a neighbor who would vote how Larry wanted him to vote. Why would Larry do such a thing??? Larry later refused to remove the unqualified police chief and his sidekick even after all the turmoil that has turned up and may lead to legal liabilities. We wonder if this is how he makes decisions at his Metra management position.
The eleventh hour's turn of events would explain Kirchgatterer’s behavior at board meetings. Brushing off other trustees who want to get real answers from Larry's newly inherited cronies. Disgusting to say the least. Larry must have given Kirchgatterer what she and Thomas asked for, so she sides with Larry continuously. Given her noticed behavior, Kirchgatterer has failed to carry out her duties as a trustee with objectivity and integrity. Kirchgatterer is not new to controversy. There were some reports filed with the Forest View Cops by Chad McDade and Kirchgatterer’s former customers looking for their bikes, money or bike parts after the sudden closing of the motorcycle repair shop.
It is overwhelmingly obvious that some deals were made behind closed doors and we wouldn’t be surprised if the FBI pays Forest View a visit in the near future.
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After being elected, Former Village President Thomas Heller resigned his position with the Village of Stickney and took his post as Village President in Forest View. What Thomas really wanted was to be the Forest View Fire Chief but he didn’t know how to make that happen since he can’t really appoint himself. In the end, Heller found a way. We thought it was a friendship between Heller and Powell but we have learned that this was not likely.
So how did he do it? A big clue that was right under our nose and we missed it. If Thomas Heller were to step down, a new village president would need to be appointed by the village board. After Heller did step down, the board was all in favor of appointing Brigitte Kirchgatterer aka “Bee” aka “the Bookiest Book Lady”. In the eleventh hour Kirchgatterer backed out and suddenly supported Larry Powell to be appointed.
Warning – Larry Powell Disclaimer: Speculation
Why would Kirchgatterer do that? One possibility is if she takes the position of Village President in Forest View, she may need to resign as secretary of the Forest View Park District due to a… wait for it… conflict of interest. Kirchgatterer is raking in $9K a year as a secretary for the park district and the Village President in Forest View makes less.
Okay not so bad right? Well as we looked further, we saw the dots shining bright in our eyes and we went on a connecting spree.
The Forest View Park District website lists the following people on the board of commissioners:
- Chad McDade
- Nadine Heller
- Heidi Garza
- Irma Navarez
- John Herman
Damn confusing! We doodled it out:
A kindergartner can put this puzzle together. Thomas Heller loses his primary employment and must act fast. A plan was needed to put Heller in the highly paid Fire Chief spot. The only way he could do it was by removing the current qualified Fire Chief, stepping down and having a person on the village board he is most connected to take over as village president. We may need to send another FOIA for phone records.
The money probably wasn’t right for Kirchgatterer so now what? Enter the Larry Powell. Larry always wanted to be the village president and here was his big opportunity! The board goes on to appoint Larry Powell as Village president with Kirchgatterer bowing out at the last minute. Larry wasn’t really a fan of Thomas Heller and with that high-level executive management job with Metra, we would think Larry would have done his due diligence and cleaned up the mess Thomas Heller left behind. Instead Larry unethically goes along with the program and appoints the unqualified Heller to the Fire Chief position without question. Larry falls short on votes to make this happen. Larry then goes out of his way to make sure Heller is appointed and remains as Fire Chief by appointing a neighbor who would vote how Larry wanted him to vote. Why would Larry do such a thing??? Larry later refused to remove the unqualified police chief and his sidekick even after all the turmoil that has turned up and may lead to legal liabilities. We wonder if this is how he makes decisions at his Metra management position.
The eleventh hour's turn of events would explain Kirchgatterer’s behavior at board meetings. Brushing off other trustees who want to get real answers from Larry's newly inherited cronies. Disgusting to say the least. Larry must have given Kirchgatterer what she and Thomas asked for, so she sides with Larry continuously. Given her noticed behavior, Kirchgatterer has failed to carry out her duties as a trustee with objectivity and integrity. Kirchgatterer is not new to controversy. There were some reports filed with the Forest View Cops by Chad McDade and Kirchgatterer’s former customers looking for their bikes, money or bike parts after the sudden closing of the motorcycle repair shop.
It is overwhelmingly obvious that some deals were made behind closed doors and we wouldn’t be surprised if the FBI pays Forest View a visit in the near future.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Everybody Wants to be Somebody
With Larry Powell scared out of his wits and putting up the stonewall, we ventured off on our own to find out what these elected officials are afraid of. It can’t just be the corruption happening with the police department. This must be deeper. We didn’t want to blow our cover so we took out our secure satellite phone, climbed on the roof and made a call to the former village president to ask for an interview. Holy cow he actually answered! We explained who we were but not who we were, and he gladly confirmed our “fabricated” stories:
Powell always wanted to be president:
In 2001 Larry Powell ran against the village president and lost, not by a few votes… HE REALLY LOST! Powell then became what Gary Wiseman calls “bitter” and didn’t really care to show up and carry out his duties as a trustee. Heads-up Mark! We may need to send a new FOIA request for attendance records.
Heller always wanted to be a fire chief:
Years ago, the village of Forest View transitioned from having a Director of Public Safety to separate top level management for each public safety division. Seeing an opportunity, Thomas Heller while already being an elected trustee asked to be appointed to the Fire Chief position, but he was passed over. The village president evaluated the situation and chose the most qualified individual for the job. Deputy Fire Chief Larry Moran, a Doctor of Education with a Masters in Public Safety Administration and undergraduate degrees in Fire Science was the obvious choice.
After losing his 2015 re-election campaign for trustee, Thomas Heller saw the opportunity to get back in the seat he lost. A village trustee had stepped down after relocating outside of the village limits leaving an empty seat on the board. This prompted Heller to request a reappointment to that empty trustee seat but again was denied. The village president refused to put someone on the board that just lost a reelection, a move which would have been unethical. Heller still wanted to be involved in some way, so the village president was nice enough to appoint Heller to Building Commissioner. Heller allegedly had experience with inspections in Stickney as an $18/hr fire captain. Ya get what ya pay for….
Why Not?
In 2016, the village president announced that he would not be seeking reelection. Thomas Heller saw yet another opportunity to move on up the chain. The retiring village president advised Thomas Heller not to run because it would have possibly caused a conflict of interest with his employment with the Village of Stickney. Heller ran anyway. Since Heller was unopposed, it was an easy win for him. And that’s where the nightmare all began. Heller began making moves and brought his friends and their friends to positions within the village. We learned that when Barb Trainor was removed in mid 2018, she was immediately replaced without a search for a new candidate. The position was filled with a person connected to Heller’s wife and another village trustee. Next, instead of conducting a search for a viable, educated and experienced police chief candidate, Heller appointed his Stickney buddy Gary Wiseman whom he was already considering even before he was officially elected. Sounds innocent enough but when you can’t answer if your choice for police chief has a degree, you should stop the babbling and rethink what you are about to do.
As you can see Thomas, your choices created a domino effect. Your bad choice made another bad choice and you and your friends ended up on display for the world to see.
Powell always wanted to be president:
In 2001 Larry Powell ran against the village president and lost, not by a few votes… HE REALLY LOST! Powell then became what Gary Wiseman calls “bitter” and didn’t really care to show up and carry out his duties as a trustee. Heads-up Mark! We may need to send a new FOIA request for attendance records.
Heller always wanted to be a fire chief:
Years ago, the village of Forest View transitioned from having a Director of Public Safety to separate top level management for each public safety division. Seeing an opportunity, Thomas Heller while already being an elected trustee asked to be appointed to the Fire Chief position, but he was passed over. The village president evaluated the situation and chose the most qualified individual for the job. Deputy Fire Chief Larry Moran, a Doctor of Education with a Masters in Public Safety Administration and undergraduate degrees in Fire Science was the obvious choice.
After losing his 2015 re-election campaign for trustee, Thomas Heller saw the opportunity to get back in the seat he lost. A village trustee had stepped down after relocating outside of the village limits leaving an empty seat on the board. This prompted Heller to request a reappointment to that empty trustee seat but again was denied. The village president refused to put someone on the board that just lost a reelection, a move which would have been unethical. Heller still wanted to be involved in some way, so the village president was nice enough to appoint Heller to Building Commissioner. Heller allegedly had experience with inspections in Stickney as an $18/hr fire captain. Ya get what ya pay for….
Why Not?
In 2016, the village president announced that he would not be seeking reelection. Thomas Heller saw yet another opportunity to move on up the chain. The retiring village president advised Thomas Heller not to run because it would have possibly caused a conflict of interest with his employment with the Village of Stickney. Heller ran anyway. Since Heller was unopposed, it was an easy win for him. And that’s where the nightmare all began. Heller began making moves and brought his friends and their friends to positions within the village. We learned that when Barb Trainor was removed in mid 2018, she was immediately replaced without a search for a new candidate. The position was filled with a person connected to Heller’s wife and another village trustee. Next, instead of conducting a search for a viable, educated and experienced police chief candidate, Heller appointed his Stickney buddy Gary Wiseman whom he was already considering even before he was officially elected. Sounds innocent enough but when you can’t answer if your choice for police chief has a degree, you should stop the babbling and rethink what you are about to do.
As you can see Thomas, your choices created a domino effect. Your bad choice made another bad choice and you and your friends ended up on display for the world to see.
Monday, November 18, 2019
Truth in Numbers - UPDATED
While Larry keeps telling us that all the information on this blog are lies, we give you real numbers that he can’t deny. We have posted many truths on this blog which has piqued the interest of many residents. The grand total for last week was five thousand hits to the bog. Our inbox is full of emails daily with questions and comments of disgust. It appears that many of our residents had no clue the accidental village president was Larry Powell. They question how it was legal or ethical for Thomas Heller to just clear the way for himself to a high dollar paying village job. It is our opinion that Heller isn’t qualified and many of the firefighters we talked to who currently employed by the village feel the same way.
The village wants us to go away. They probably have their legal team looking for a way to shut us down. The first amendment is a tricky one when all we do is spew out the truth. Oh Larry, we're just getting warmed up.
After taking a few shots at the village administrator Mark, the FOIA request one of our sources had sent to the village was responded to. Thank you Mark! Better late than never.
The data requested shows a direct correlation between Salvador Rodriguez being appointed deputy chief and the exodus either by terminations or resignations of cops who served the village for years:
Update from the comments (verified):
The village wants us to go away. They probably have their legal team looking for a way to shut us down. The first amendment is a tricky one when all we do is spew out the truth. Oh Larry, we're just getting warmed up.
After taking a few shots at the village administrator Mark, the FOIA request one of our sources had sent to the village was responded to. Thank you Mark! Better late than never.
The data requested shows a direct correlation between Salvador Rodriguez being appointed deputy chief and the exodus either by terminations or resignations of cops who served the village for years:
You actually forgot a few: Jim Kostro (9 years), John Denis (1 day), Shook from Cicero (No show)Then you have the hiring of cops who were either not qualified or saw through the bullshit and left. Two of these dudes didn’t even show up after being appointed. All vetted by Salvador Rodriguez:
Seven of these cops didn’t even make it past field training. We are told that at least one of them was the friend of the Chief’s wife who had never worked a real cop job before. A complete waste of village taxpayer dollars. A few of these cops were hired prior to Salvador’s promotion but Salvador was the only one doing the hiring since Deputy Chief Perez was shutout of all decision making. It was the Gary and Sal show and if you didn't like it, you were guided to the exit. Speaking of exit, someone should hold talk to some of those old timers that left or got fired. We will again bet our paycheck that the stories they tell will be different from the stories told by Salvador when he faced the board.
A complete pattern of lies and failure but people change right Larry?
A complete pattern of lies and failure but people change right Larry?
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Political Favors Part 3
Background investigation? Who needs one when you have a buddy to vouch for you?
While the village is busy chasing their own tail searching for their internal “leak”, we were busy taking advantage of the external information resources available to us.
Kudos to the folks over at Merrionette Park that actually abides by the law unlike the Village of Forest View’s municipal administrator.
Merrionette Park provided further proof of a Forest View cop being hired without a background investigation. We are sure that Merrionette Park didn’t fabricate this, or did they?
>>>>FOIA RESPONSE LETTER<<<<<
We can hear the explanation now:
You could almost have a kid in that time frame.
We are told that the female cop in question is a very nice person and a great cop and coworker. This is not an attack at her character. This is an attack on the lack of accountability for the actions of the second in command who likes to hold his peasants accountable for not reading or responding to emails in a “timely manner”. People get fired for that in Forest view.
It’s okay, Larry and hiscronies buddies will just look the other way.
It’s all fabricated.
While the village is busy chasing their own tail searching for their internal “leak”, we were busy taking advantage of the external information resources available to us.
Kudos to the folks over at Merrionette Park that actually abides by the law unlike the Village of Forest View’s municipal administrator.
Merrionette Park provided further proof of a Forest View cop being hired without a background investigation. We are sure that Merrionette Park didn’t fabricate this, or did they?
>>>>FOIA RESPONSE LETTER<<<<<
We can hear the explanation now:
“These individuals were already police officers in other towns so there wasn’t a need for a full background investigation”.What they really mean to say is:
“These police officers are buddies of my buddies, so don’t worry about a background”Or:
“I didn’t have time to get them done”
December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August
You could almost have a kid in that time frame.
We are told that the female cop in question is a very nice person and a great cop and coworker. This is not an attack at her character. This is an attack on the lack of accountability for the actions of the second in command who likes to hold his peasants accountable for not reading or responding to emails in a “timely manner”. People get fired for that in Forest view.
It’s okay, Larry and his
It’s all fabricated.
Stonewalled!
A BIG thank you to all of the residents that attended the meeting last night. You have now witnessed firsthand the Forest View Stonewall. First they warn you that no one will ask or answer any questions about the content of this First Amendment Protected blog. Then an executive session behind closed doors with an unusually extra long delay. That delay was intended to make us lose patience and leave. Some of us did but we understand people have jobs and obligations. The Village needs time to fabricate their responses to the issues brought up by this blog and its readers. This blog is not based on fiction or speculation. No one likes to be caught off-guard and be exposed but sometimes that is what it takes to show their real colors. The problems at the cop department are nothing new to the accidental village president. Larry Powell along with his trustee friends have known this for months but chosen to ignore them. With some of the village board being gullible and in Powell’s brunch club, it is often hard to open their eyes to the truth.
You can’t fabricate the FACTS!
We welcome an investigation! The problem is the accidental village president and his cronies won’t give it to you. This shouldn't be a problem if they have nothing to hide.
- Can’t fabricate a story about permits not being issued in a timely manner.
- Can't fabricate a story of a Village President that WASN’T elected by the residents.
- Can't fabricate a story of a Village President that WAS elected by the residents suddenly is now a fire chief.
- Can’t fabricate FOIA responses from real villages about background investigations that didn't happen.
- Can’t fabricate a story about an exempt non-union deputy chief getting paid overtime when he isn’t entitled to it.
You can’t fabricate the FACTS!
We welcome an investigation! The problem is the accidental village president and his cronies won’t give it to you. This shouldn't be a problem if they have nothing to hide.
The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals.That right was stripped from us last night. We encourage all our residents to keep in the fight and attend the next board meeting with us on November 26th, 2019. This blog will live on.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Countdown - UPDATED
Today is the day! Time to ask our elected officials to explain themselves.
Thomas Heller Lawrence C. Powell and company.
Village board room at Village Hall!
Tuesday November 12th, 2019 7PM
Home and 46th Street
- Why did the village appoint a chief of police with a questionable record?
- Why are village vehicles used as school buses?
- How did Lawrence C. Powell end up as our Village President?
- How did the former Village President Thomas Heller end up as our fire chief?
- Why does the village manager not return calls to our residents?
- Why does the village manager ignore FOIA requests?
- Why does the phone number on the village website ring the cops?
- Who is Barb Trainor and why is her email plastered all over the county website?
- What happened to the public works director they hired?
- Why did the cop department hire all these cops without a background investigation?
- Why do we have two police chiefs for a department of 8?
- Why did the cops cover-up a DUI arrest for a Cicero cop's family member?
- Why was nothing done about the racial profiling towards Hispanics?
- Why was nothing done about the racial discrimination of a black cop?
- Why is the deputy chief allowed to steal from the village and get paid overtime?
- Why is the deputy chief still employed with the village after all the lies?
Village board room at Village Hall!
Tuesday November 12th, 2019 7PM
Home and 46th Street
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Collateral Damage
Last evening during a planned social function we learned that a Forest View dispatcher was fired on Thursday by Salvador and Gary. A letter was sent to Larry Powell to inform him about the termination and that it was for policy violations. This kind of happening is not usually newsworthy but we then learned the circumstances behind the episode. During Salvador’s internal investigation on how this blog gets it’s information, he was sifting through hours of security video looking for his big break in the case. Salvador came across a video of the dispatcher in question snapping a photo of a blotter log. We asked why she would do something like that and after it was explained it made all the sense in the world.
The Forest View cop department is still running on antiquated pen and paper databases. There is no computerized database of calls that come into the cop station. A blotter log is created on a computerized spreadsheet then printed and stored for historical purposes. This makes stuff difficult when someone needs to search for information about something in those logs that happened in the past. The cops and dispatchers can’t just go to a computer and search, they have to go grab a stack of printed sheets of paper and go page by page to locate what they are looking for. Cops, dispatchers and even Salvador have taken pictures of schedules, computer screens, logs or cop reports. We are told that this is common practice in Forest View. Maybe Salvador should check his text message history and look at the times he requested reports or log information from his Coke Bottle assistant or any other dispatcher and cop. We are assured that Salvador’s own cell phones are full of the same kind of photos the fired dispatcher snapped. Not only of cop blotters or cop reports but of private citizen's driver's licenses and insurance cards. That would make for a lot of policy violations for everyone if a policy that says "no cell phone photos allowed" even exists.
The fired dispatcher worked in the Forest View cop station about 3 or 4 times a month so why would she be the target of the leaky faucet investigation? As bad as we want to feel for her, she should have seen this coming. We are told she sleeps with Salvador’s enemy, the cop that Salvador fired back in August. Salvador despises the guy and probably wants to bang his girlfriend, but she probably wouldn’t give it up. On the other hand, Salvador can’t figure out how the information is leaving the cop station, so she was the first to go. Gotta have something to show the Larry and Mark club that Salvador is taking action to stop the bleeding! Common sense says the dispatcher should have started looking for a new job the day they fired her lover. She was collateral damage and automatically guilty by association. Can't really feel sorry for her there.
Needle in a hay stack.
We have been following the happenings at the cop department for a long time. Many friends have been made throughout the years that are connected to the Forest View cop department directly and indirectly. We have also made anonymous friends who email us content, rumors and many many pictures from fake looking email accounts. Then there's Mr. Coke Bottles, he hears it, he goes home and kills a bottle of vodka and then everyone hears it by night fall. Everyone seems to know that loud mouth. We haven't seen things in our inbox that look like blotter logs or cop reports. We are told that nothing on those blotters would be of any value to this blog. We know what Salvador is looking for, unfortunately it will take him a year or two of sifting through video surveillance to find it. The images emailed to us anonymously look to have been taken quite some time ago by people Salvador probably burned and may no longer work there. They could have been taken and passed around by someone who didn't like Salvador back then but now is his best friend. Many people had access to that office Salvador sits in now. See, that office was a “watch commander” office before Salvador kicked everyone out and changed the locks. It was open all day, and all night. It could really be anyone that steps foot in that office, even those Salvador break's bread with. Salvador's very own Judas. Salvador will keep looking for heads to chop but this blog has gone from information leaks to whistle-blower status. The head he chops next may be the one that takes Gary, Salvador and the village to the bank. If the first amendment doesn't get them, the whistle-blower act will.
We won’t keep calling the information sent to our inbox a leak. A leaker only distributes information for personal gain. Gee, where did we hear about a leak before? Oh yes, the chipmunk who made copies of cop reports and went to show politically influential people who weren’t cops in hopes that they would choose him for the Deputy Chief position since he knew how to write a sentence (for the record, this is a run-on sentence). It was illegal and a violation of policy but he didn’t get fired. No one even slapped his hand. They blew the whole thing off. Salvador fires a dispatcher for doing something Salvador and everyone else in that cop department does on a daily basis but turns the other way to the blatant violation of law and privacy committed by Alvin. They should check Alvin’s locker, the manila folder may still be there with all the reports he was parading around with. We are told that Gary Wiseman knew that this happened. As a matter of fact, Gary was a witness to Alvin's actions but Gary sat on his hands, monitored the park and did nothing.
The Forest View cop department is still running on antiquated pen and paper databases. There is no computerized database of calls that come into the cop station. A blotter log is created on a computerized spreadsheet then printed and stored for historical purposes. This makes stuff difficult when someone needs to search for information about something in those logs that happened in the past. The cops and dispatchers can’t just go to a computer and search, they have to go grab a stack of printed sheets of paper and go page by page to locate what they are looking for. Cops, dispatchers and even Salvador have taken pictures of schedules, computer screens, logs or cop reports. We are told that this is common practice in Forest View. Maybe Salvador should check his text message history and look at the times he requested reports or log information from his Coke Bottle assistant or any other dispatcher and cop. We are assured that Salvador’s own cell phones are full of the same kind of photos the fired dispatcher snapped. Not only of cop blotters or cop reports but of private citizen's driver's licenses and insurance cards. That would make for a lot of policy violations for everyone if a policy that says "no cell phone photos allowed" even exists.
The fired dispatcher worked in the Forest View cop station about 3 or 4 times a month so why would she be the target of the leaky faucet investigation? As bad as we want to feel for her, she should have seen this coming. We are told she sleeps with Salvador’s enemy, the cop that Salvador fired back in August. Salvador despises the guy and probably wants to bang his girlfriend, but she probably wouldn’t give it up. On the other hand, Salvador can’t figure out how the information is leaving the cop station, so she was the first to go. Gotta have something to show the Larry and Mark club that Salvador is taking action to stop the bleeding! Common sense says the dispatcher should have started looking for a new job the day they fired her lover. She was collateral damage and automatically guilty by association. Can't really feel sorry for her there.
Needle in a hay stack.
We have been following the happenings at the cop department for a long time. Many friends have been made throughout the years that are connected to the Forest View cop department directly and indirectly. We have also made anonymous friends who email us content, rumors and many many pictures from fake looking email accounts. Then there's Mr. Coke Bottles, he hears it, he goes home and kills a bottle of vodka and then everyone hears it by night fall. Everyone seems to know that loud mouth. We haven't seen things in our inbox that look like blotter logs or cop reports. We are told that nothing on those blotters would be of any value to this blog. We know what Salvador is looking for, unfortunately it will take him a year or two of sifting through video surveillance to find it. The images emailed to us anonymously look to have been taken quite some time ago by people Salvador probably burned and may no longer work there. They could have been taken and passed around by someone who didn't like Salvador back then but now is his best friend. Many people had access to that office Salvador sits in now. See, that office was a “watch commander” office before Salvador kicked everyone out and changed the locks. It was open all day, and all night. It could really be anyone that steps foot in that office, even those Salvador break's bread with. Salvador's very own Judas. Salvador will keep looking for heads to chop but this blog has gone from information leaks to whistle-blower status. The head he chops next may be the one that takes Gary, Salvador and the village to the bank. If the first amendment doesn't get them, the whistle-blower act will.
We won’t keep calling the information sent to our inbox a leak. A leaker only distributes information for personal gain. Gee, where did we hear about a leak before? Oh yes, the chipmunk who made copies of cop reports and went to show politically influential people who weren’t cops in hopes that they would choose him for the Deputy Chief position since he knew how to write a sentence (for the record, this is a run-on sentence). It was illegal and a violation of policy but he didn’t get fired. No one even slapped his hand. They blew the whole thing off. Salvador fires a dispatcher for doing something Salvador and everyone else in that cop department does on a daily basis but turns the other way to the blatant violation of law and privacy committed by Alvin. They should check Alvin’s locker, the manila folder may still be there with all the reports he was parading around with. We are told that Gary Wiseman knew that this happened. As a matter of fact, Gary was a witness to Alvin's actions but Gary sat on his hands, monitored the park and did nothing.
Accountability. Google it.
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Stellar Performance
On our way home yesterday, we happened to see the Grand Opening of the Shell gas station over on 46th and Harlem. What was the very first thing we saw? A tall red-faced enraged chief cop guy running around like a headless chicken yelling at drivers. The traffic was horrendous.
Poorly planned event but what else would you expect from the Forest View leadership? What did they think would happen when the gas station was going to sell cheap gas? We are willing to bet that they were warned beforehand but no one is paying attention. Everyone is too preoccupied with blog damage control to worry about what is really important like cop work, special events planning and crowd control.
We did see two of our favorite cops, the new male full-time kid and the former REAL deputy chief Perez out there taking care of business. They did an outstanding job assisting with traffic control considering they had no help due to their boss' poor planning. Kudos to you two for a job well done!
There is a lot of yelling and typing going on in Salvador’s office and there will be until the next board meeting on Tuesday. Have tocreate gather evidence to discredit the blog asap! Unfortunately for Salvador, all of the entries made on this blog are derived from true events. Some of the stories may sound childish and silly, but they are very real. The comments are even more real. With all his bridges burnt and other villages not willing to assist him in his cover-ups, he must do it all on his own now.
Happy searching pal!
Poorly planned event but what else would you expect from the Forest View leadership? What did they think would happen when the gas station was going to sell cheap gas? We are willing to bet that they were warned beforehand but no one is paying attention. Everyone is too preoccupied with blog damage control to worry about what is really important like cop work, special events planning and crowd control.
We did see two of our favorite cops, the new male full-time kid and the former REAL deputy chief Perez out there taking care of business. They did an outstanding job assisting with traffic control considering they had no help due to their boss' poor planning. Kudos to you two for a job well done!
There is a lot of yelling and typing going on in Salvador’s office and there will be until the next board meeting on Tuesday. Have to
Happy searching pal!
Powellville: Home of The Heller Cronies
The Forest View Police Department, a breeding ground for “bad bosses” starting with the current “Nit Wit” Chief and his Deputy Chief known as “Imbesal”
What makes a “Bad Boss” ???
What makes a “Bad Boss” ???
- A person who needs to justify his “Do Nothing” job by causing havoc and disorder throughout the working environment.
- A political appointee who actually believes he made it on his own.
- A person who constantly gives negative reinforcement by always threatening discipline.
- A person who constantly needs to harass the troops because of his own insecurity.
- A person who is a total idiot who happened to slip through the cracks and even he can’t believe he got the job.
- A person who sends his personnel a poster of what a “Bad Employee” is, thinking that it’s going to improve everything and make him look intelligent.
- A person who thinks he’s a born leader but is really a miserable failure.
- A person who thinks he solves problems but in reality is the cause of all problems.
- A person who we would all be better off without.
At what point do we say enough is enough? Don't think for a moment that the cops are the only municipal department with problems.
Forest View has:
Forest View has:
- A useless village manager who makes more than a doctor but can't return resident's calls let alone process a simple permit.
- A blind incompetent village president who was installed in exchange for a favor to a personal friend.
- An unqualified fire chief who pushed his old fire chief out so he can take his place after losing his job. And now he does nothing all day and can't keep the firehouse fully staffed. Why pay all that money and still have to call other towns to take our fire or ambulance calls?
- An unqualified police chief with a long history of abusing the public, doors and water coolers.
- An unqualified deputy police chief who has backstabbed his own "guys" and has repeatedly lied to Larry Powell and his board.
We are done drinking the Kool-Aid. Powell needs to get the fuck out of that chair. We need to get our village back.
A message to the woke individual that notified the village residents:
Our sincerest thank you to you sir or ma'am. We were wondering why this blog suddenly spiked in visits the past two nights. Then we checked the mail.
Thursday, November 7, 2019
A Card Laid is a Card Played
As we are already aware of how the Forest View Deputy Chief of police, Salvador Rodriguez, advanced to his significant role, it is not practical to cover it. Referred to by his subordinates as “Lecture-me Sal” and certain other names that must not be repeated here to avoid a Facebook ban again, all thanks to Mr. Coke Glasses. It is best to demote him ourselves while sticking to his covert name, “Salvador,” after discovering what we know now.
The story begins amid a firing scandal, when Salvador and Gary Wiseman presented themselves in front of the accidental village president Larry Powell and trustees during a recent special village board meeting. This distinctive meeting was called upon to address when a recently fired cop dropped a dime tattling Salvador’s carefree employee write-ups and Gary Wiseman’s checkered employment past. During the meeting, both were questioned whether the pre-employment hiring process was equal for prospective applicants seeking employment in Forest View. Their answer was a resounding, “Yes.” A pre-employment process is undertaken, including an intensive background investigation. Ironically, Gary was appointed by the former village president Tom Heller without undergoing one of these pre-employment background inquiries himself. Does this sound familiar?
Let us dive into what these pre-employment background investigations entail. They involve a drug test, medical exam, a criminal history check, and similarly to other jobs, employment history checks as well. During these stages, an investigator would contact your past employers seeking more detail regarding whether you showed up to work on weekends or gleefully celebrated snow days off. See but Salvador admittedly never had time to do reference checks. Not even on village license applicants.
When Salvador was appointed as deputy chief, he began clearing his own tracks. Once he succeeded in getting rid of the previous Deputy Chief, he pushed all the part-time cops who had been with Forest View for several years out of the department. Then he embarked on hiring unqualified cops, and this quickly backfired. The FOIA request our sources sent to back that statement was completely ignored by the Village of Forest View. Someone tell the village administrator Mark Marcolara that ignoring FOIA requests is illegal.
Friends of Salvador
While running out of options, he called all his friends and generously offered them jobs. His rabbit-hole moment was when he skipped the most essential part of the pre-employment hiring process, which was the “thorough background investigation.” Another person with firsthand knowledge about this discrepancy took it upon themselves to expose what Salvador had engaged in.
Several friends hired by Salvador came from the village of Stickney, along with a few former cops from the village of Lyons. One of them also happens to be the current Fire Chief of Riverside, Illinois. It is merely a formality when a village seeking information regarding an applicant obtains a release form signed by the applicant. Those release forms are usually securely filed away, in case the applicant someday returns to accuse their current or previous employer of disclosing unauthorized information about them. The villages were unable to supply evidence of any communication about conducted background investigations or signed release forms sent from the village of Forest View, for any of those individuals. At least one of these cops may have not even had a job application on file when he was already working.
Stickney: 3 Cops
Riverside: 1 Cop
Lyons: 2 Cops
Geezzz! Looks like Mr. Sheahan's rectal area is still throbbing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s recent visit to Lyons. She-ahan, "Mystery Man" is sexist. Anonymous women can push your buttons too.
The new female cop:
One of the most recent additions to the Forest View cop department’s full-time personnel was a female cop, who was initially hired on a part-time basis around January 2019. This female cop completed 40 hours of field training in March 2019, as reported by the Field Training Boss (we will circle around to this point). Furthermore, in August 2019, Salvador rushed to place this female cop on a full-time roster after terminating another cop who was not part of his crew.
It was later uncovered that Salvador scurried to conduct a background check on the female cop after she was already seven months into her new employment. It became blatantly obvious that this female cop was hired without undergoing any official background investigations, that are required by village code:
6-2-2: HIRING STANDARDS:
cop detective or investigator provided a report to the chiefs, resembling the kind that is provided when genuine background investigations are carried out. Are part-time Forest View cops taking on the additional responsibilities of detectives now? Was he working as a Willow Springs investigator or Forest View detective when looking at those personnel files? The Village of Willow Springs had NO evidence of a background check nor could they provide evidence of a waiver on file for the female cop:
Since the female cop was hired back in January 2019, there was absolutely no valid reason for Salvador to conduct a background investigation in August. If Salvador would have conducted the background check as required back in January, there would have been record of her release form and communication requesting permission to review her file in Willow Springs. If this is a new procedure, then it wasn't done for the new cop that transitioned from part-time to full-time just months before the female cop. Well that cop was cut from a different cloth so his background investigation was done before he was hired part-time. Come on, who are we kidding here.
So Salvador hires a bunch of his friends and their friends and skips the backgrounds because he knows them or his friends know them. Why is Salvador conducting background checks on people he knows? Can we say conflict of interest? A practice that is detrimental to the integrity of the background investigation process.
Of course, Salvador lied to the board…… again.
Salvador’s privileged friends are held to a different standard than the other cops. The Forest View citizen harassment quotas don't apply to them. We were also advised that all of Salvador’s friends only went through 40 hours of field training which is inline with the training policy of part-time cops. Unfortunately, this shed light on a lot of unfairness since another cop who had been with Forest View for two years was forced to undergo four weeks of field training when he was transitioned from part-time to full-time. The new female cop? Apparently 40 hours of training in March was more than enough for a part-time certified cop. What was the primary difference between the two? The latter was not a lucky member of Sal’s unique pool of applicants.
And who is acting as a watchdog to monitor all these unfair practices? Believe it or not, that is what Gary is supposedly doing. Hide the garbage cans and the water cooler! Without a doubt, it is now critical for the board to launch an immediate investigation into this matter before these chiefs fraudulently manufacture more illegitimate documents to cover their behinds. They need to look at references on job applications, background investigation reports and training records to connect the dots.
It goes without saying that the cops hired are of good moral character. It is very unfortunate that Salvador Rodriguez put them in the position they are in.
See Salvador, our credible sources have friends everywhere. People you talk to talk to our people. Those people talk when they see shady shit from a person who back-stabbed everyone in his path to that Deputy Chief throne. What a FOIA didn’t fetch our sources, casual conversations did. Conversations with people that didn't want to get dragged into your “Funny View” mess. You may want to start getting that resignation letter ready.
You have betrayed the public trust and the residents of Forest View.
The story begins amid a firing scandal, when Salvador and Gary Wiseman presented themselves in front of the accidental village president Larry Powell and trustees during a recent special village board meeting. This distinctive meeting was called upon to address when a recently fired cop dropped a dime tattling Salvador’s carefree employee write-ups and Gary Wiseman’s checkered employment past. During the meeting, both were questioned whether the pre-employment hiring process was equal for prospective applicants seeking employment in Forest View. Their answer was a resounding, “Yes.” A pre-employment process is undertaken, including an intensive background investigation. Ironically, Gary was appointed by the former village president Tom Heller without undergoing one of these pre-employment background inquiries himself. Does this sound familiar?
Let us dive into what these pre-employment background investigations entail. They involve a drug test, medical exam, a criminal history check, and similarly to other jobs, employment history checks as well. During these stages, an investigator would contact your past employers seeking more detail regarding whether you showed up to work on weekends or gleefully celebrated snow days off. See but Salvador admittedly never had time to do reference checks. Not even on village license applicants.
When Salvador was appointed as deputy chief, he began clearing his own tracks. Once he succeeded in getting rid of the previous Deputy Chief, he pushed all the part-time cops who had been with Forest View for several years out of the department. Then he embarked on hiring unqualified cops, and this quickly backfired. The FOIA request our sources sent to back that statement was completely ignored by the Village of Forest View. Someone tell the village administrator Mark Marcolara that ignoring FOIA requests is illegal.
Friends of Salvador
While running out of options, he called all his friends and generously offered them jobs. His rabbit-hole moment was when he skipped the most essential part of the pre-employment hiring process, which was the “thorough background investigation.” Another person with firsthand knowledge about this discrepancy took it upon themselves to expose what Salvador had engaged in.
Several friends hired by Salvador came from the village of Stickney, along with a few former cops from the village of Lyons. One of them also happens to be the current Fire Chief of Riverside, Illinois. It is merely a formality when a village seeking information regarding an applicant obtains a release form signed by the applicant. Those release forms are usually securely filed away, in case the applicant someday returns to accuse their current or previous employer of disclosing unauthorized information about them. The villages were unable to supply evidence of any communication about conducted background investigations or signed release forms sent from the village of Forest View, for any of those individuals. At least one of these cops may have not even had a job application on file when he was already working.
Stickney: 3 Cops
Riverside: 1 Cop
Lyons: 2 Cops
Geezzz! Looks like Mr. Sheahan's rectal area is still throbbing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s recent visit to Lyons. She-ahan, "Mystery Man" is sexist. Anonymous women can push your buttons too.
The new female cop:
One of the most recent additions to the Forest View cop department’s full-time personnel was a female cop, who was initially hired on a part-time basis around January 2019. This female cop completed 40 hours of field training in March 2019, as reported by the Field Training Boss (we will circle around to this point). Furthermore, in August 2019, Salvador rushed to place this female cop on a full-time roster after terminating another cop who was not part of his crew.
It was later uncovered that Salvador scurried to conduct a background check on the female cop after she was already seven months into her new employment. It became blatantly obvious that this female cop was hired without undergoing any official background investigations, that are required by village code:
6-2-2: HIRING STANDARDS:
- (A) Education And Experience: Any person appointed as a part-time police officer in the Village must possess a diploma from an accredited high school or a GED;
- (B) Minimum Age: Any person appointed as a part-time police officer in the Village must be twenty one (21) years of age or older at time of application; and
- (C) Other Requirements: Any person appointed as a part-time police officer in the Village must:Possess a valid Class D Illinois driver's license;
be a United States citizen;Have no felony convictions or disqualifying criminal histories;Have 20/100 vision correctable to 20/20;Be able to pass a background investigation and any other examinations the Village may require;
Some people close to people over at Merrionette Park gave us an exclusive that back in August 2019, Salvador was looking for some information on the female cop who used to work there. Merrionette Park then requested that infamous release form everybody is looking for.
Quick (Insert female cop’s name here)! I know you are off but please take some time to sign a release form and send me a picture of it! We certainly hope she was compensated for that time cleaning up your dog-shit.
Salvador then sought help from another friend, who is a part-time Forest View cop also employed by the female cop’s former department in Willow Springs. That part-time cop was alleged to have conducted a background investigation with the Willow Springs cops on the female cop in the early days of August 2019. Then the part-time Quick (Insert female cop’s name here)! I know you are off but please take some time to sign a release form and send me a picture of it! We certainly hope she was compensated for that time cleaning up your dog-shit.
Since the female cop was hired back in January 2019, there was absolutely no valid reason for Salvador to conduct a background investigation in August. If Salvador would have conducted the background check as required back in January, there would have been record of her release form and communication requesting permission to review her file in Willow Springs. If this is a new procedure, then it wasn't done for the new cop that transitioned from part-time to full-time just months before the female cop. Well that cop was cut from a different cloth so his background investigation was done before he was hired part-time. Come on, who are we kidding here.
So Salvador hires a bunch of his friends and their friends and skips the backgrounds because he knows them or his friends know them. Why is Salvador conducting background checks on people he knows? Can we say conflict of interest? A practice that is detrimental to the integrity of the background investigation process.
Of course, Salvador lied to the board…… again.
Salvador’s privileged friends are held to a different standard than the other cops. The Forest View citizen harassment quotas don't apply to them. We were also advised that all of Salvador’s friends only went through 40 hours of field training which is inline with the training policy of part-time cops. Unfortunately, this shed light on a lot of unfairness since another cop who had been with Forest View for two years was forced to undergo four weeks of field training when he was transitioned from part-time to full-time. The new female cop? Apparently 40 hours of training in March was more than enough for a part-time certified cop. What was the primary difference between the two? The latter was not a lucky member of Sal’s unique pool of applicants.
And who is acting as a watchdog to monitor all these unfair practices? Believe it or not, that is what Gary is supposedly doing. Hide the garbage cans and the water cooler! Without a doubt, it is now critical for the board to launch an immediate investigation into this matter before these chiefs fraudulently manufacture more illegitimate documents to cover their behinds. They need to look at references on job applications, background investigation reports and training records to connect the dots.
It goes without saying that the cops hired are of good moral character. It is very unfortunate that Salvador Rodriguez put them in the position they are in.
See Salvador, our credible sources have friends everywhere. People you talk to talk to our people. Those people talk when they see shady shit from a person who back-stabbed everyone in his path to that Deputy Chief throne. What a FOIA didn’t fetch our sources, casual conversations did. Conversations with people that didn't want to get dragged into your “Funny View” mess. You may want to start getting that resignation letter ready.
You have betrayed the public trust and the residents of Forest View.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
It Takes Two to Tango
What’s in a title? A little more money and some added responsibility for some but for others a big ego and power trip. The Deputy Chief title was created in Forest View in lieu of promoting someone to Lieutenant. A certain crybaby sergeant wanted the deputy chief title so bad that rules were broken in trying to win the spot. Armed with a stack of handpicked cop department reports the crybaby sergeant hit the campaign trail and visited village trustees and with countless others not associated with the cop department. Those cop department reports were written by another sergeant who was seriously being considered for the deputy chief post. Reports that should have never been disseminated with anyone outside the cop department. These actions constituted a clear violation of privacy for those parties involved and listed within the cop department reports. What was the point of all of this you ask? Crybaby sergeant became a grammar expert and pointed out any grammar mistakes made on the confidential reports. Crybaby sergeant’s plan backfired and was passed for the position (shhh…we don’t think crybaby sergeant was even being considered). Crybaby sergeant pouted and abruptly resigned, stepping back down to regular cop rank, that’ll show them! Crybaby sergeant still has a job after a clear violation of department policy and the public’s trust.
A new village president and police chief later, the cop department is notified that the deputy chief is to be on the afternoon shift. It was no secret that the new chief was not too friendly with the deputy chief so the less he saw of him the happier the new chief would be. The chief’s unfriendliness with Forest View cops dates back to his days in Stickney. Forest View cops would drive by calls near the Stickney border and offer assistance. The Stickney sergeant would wave off all help from Forest View sometimes nicely and others with some profanity and anger. If the nice Forest View cops were garbage cans or water coolers, they would have probably been kicked a few times. With the incumbent deputy chief on afternoons, the freshly minted sergeant was on the day shift hanging out in the office next door to the papa chief. The bro-mance was rekindled and that’s when things in “Funny View” took a turn for the worst. All the Forest View cops started to notice the spark in the eyes when those two were in the same room together. The pair began to line up their ducks and made moves without consulting the deputy chief. When you know, you know. And the deputy chief was well aware of the process taking place to move him aside. With all the tension and no other option left, the deputy chief resigned therefore opening the door for the new leader in training who was known for his long lectures on how to be the police.
A leader leads by example and backs his troops 110%. When the new chief was appointed, he was heard saying he had to take care of his “guys” first. Instead of responding like a leader to problems within the cop department, he responds with an immature remark which just solidifies the culture he brings to the table:
A new village president and police chief later, the cop department is notified that the deputy chief is to be on the afternoon shift. It was no secret that the new chief was not too friendly with the deputy chief so the less he saw of him the happier the new chief would be. The chief’s unfriendliness with Forest View cops dates back to his days in Stickney. Forest View cops would drive by calls near the Stickney border and offer assistance. The Stickney sergeant would wave off all help from Forest View sometimes nicely and others with some profanity and anger. If the nice Forest View cops were garbage cans or water coolers, they would have probably been kicked a few times. With the incumbent deputy chief on afternoons, the freshly minted sergeant was on the day shift hanging out in the office next door to the papa chief. The bro-mance was rekindled and that’s when things in “Funny View” took a turn for the worst. All the Forest View cops started to notice the spark in the eyes when those two were in the same room together. The pair began to line up their ducks and made moves without consulting the deputy chief. When you know, you know. And the deputy chief was well aware of the process taking place to move him aside. With all the tension and no other option left, the deputy chief resigned therefore opening the door for the new leader in training who was known for his long lectures on how to be the police.
A leader leads by example and backs his troops 110%. When the new chief was appointed, he was heard saying he had to take care of his “guys” first. Instead of responding like a leader to problems within the cop department, he responds with an immature remark which just solidifies the culture he brings to the table:
Oh those pesky unattended computers screens. Looks like they need to send additional persons to that Forest View remedial field training. Here's a free lesson:
- Chapter 3.6 - Things you don't write in official email
Never write stupid things in email communications that you won't want others to discover. If within 10 feet from the person you wish to share stupid things with, yell, call or knock on the wall to call them over. Say the stupid things in person and spare yourself the embarrassment of being bitten by the wandering eyes armed with a cellphone camera.
Monday, October 28, 2019
The Accidental Step Father
From the comments:
This is not the first time we hear this. One of his many step children recently stepped in shit and pulled the “my dad is the police chief” card. See, usually this is a natural thing to do if you are young, dumb, connected and your popps really is the police chief. But this is an adult stepchild who lives in a different town and frankly being connected to chief “dad” held no weight at that moment. We haven’t forgotten that the house where that particular step [adult] lives in had a history with the cops for gang activity. I wonder if step chief knows that.
Another one of his step children admitted being instructed by the new dad to tell the cops that “dad” was the chief. Sorry, but Maury lied to y’all. You look nothing like the Chief. This is not cool considering that when this took place the chief dad and new wife had met, got engaged and married in less time than it takes us to drop a deuce.
A word to the WISEman: Lay down the law Gary. You should take your name out your stepkid adult’s mouths.
“His new step kids are quick to drop his name... "do you know who my dad is?"
This is not the first time we hear this. One of his many step children recently stepped in shit and pulled the “my dad is the police chief” card. See, usually this is a natural thing to do if you are young, dumb, connected and your popps really is the police chief. But this is an adult step
Another one of his step children admitted being instructed by the new dad to tell the cops that “dad” was the chief. Sorry, but Maury lied to y’all. You look nothing like the Chief. This is not cool considering that when this took place the chief dad and new wife had met, got engaged and married in less time than it takes us to drop a deuce.
A word to the WISEman: Lay down the law Gary. You should take your name out your step
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Poop on Company Time
Reader submissions:
Our inbox was filled with images of all kinds this morning. Forest View cops sleeping, watching World Star videos, standing around Dunkin Donuts and other items we will not post to save the embarrassment to those cops who do work hard. We did choose a couple that are very fitting right now. We can't verify the authenticity of the pictures but they look very very real. With all this changing of culture talk we found it a bit disconcerting that the pappa chief is still referring to Forest View as Funny View even in his company email. So much for working hard to change the culture of the cop department:
Pooping is a natural body function but trading emails with cartoons?
These are some old images that someone has been hanging onto for a day like this. Unattended computer screens can reveal some things we don't want others to see, whoops! If this is what we pay these people to do all day, we want a refund.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Changing a Culture
In order to change a deteriorated culture, you must start by aligning your culture with what drives the department’s success. The chief is absolutely and positively right, the individuals who speak out on this medium don’t reflect the values of the Forest View police department, they expose them. Freedom of speech is a great tool for those who want to expose the inconsistencies in accountability and mismanagement of a public service body. The cop department’s idea of changing a culture is replacing all of those who aren’t in the circle of cronies.
All the reasons the chief referred to Forest View as Funny View during his days in Stickney are still relevant today. We weren’t going to air all the laundry but fuck it. Our sources over the last year have given us enough stories to write a book. The deputy chief should have just resigned when it was a thought on his mind a few months ago.
Forest View has a cop that is afraid of his own shadow. Any cop, not just in Forest View but even in surrounding villages will concur that he is a safety problem but overlooked by the top cop brass. The stories are numerous and well known to the Chiefs. The stalling techniques like the bathroom breaks as soon as he is sent to a do anything that involves cop work. Some way or another he gets what he asks for like special arrangements when he is out of comp time but still allowed to take a day off. Predictably calls in sick attached to benefit days or regular days off work. If it’s Sunday, you can guarantee he will be feeling ill.
Let’s not forget the cop who loved to play hide and go seek with the police chief. That floor mat fighting cop knows all the good hiding spots around town besides the cemetery. A certified expert on extending vacations. Starts his day with a scan of the work schedule to calculate which days other shifts will be low on manpower so he can call in with an upset stomach. Another obvious pattern of benefit time abuse. The deputy chief would come to the rescue to make sure that cop wasn’t inconvenienced with having to work a few extra hours that poor baby.
It must be nice to be able to pick and choose your days off like the deputy chief. We still don’t understand how he is not considered manpower but fills in as manpower. Does he collect overtime as an exempt employee? Does he accrue comp time? Is that comp time calculated at time and a half? All things we want to know for the next board meeting.
The deputy chief himself was no angel. A previous chief walked in on the deputy chief sleeping while the other cop was serenading him with his guitar in the station. Years later, the mariachi player was caught sleeping by a trustee and he was promoted to detective.
Some part-time cops have juice too. There was the body work incident where a part-time cop attempted to cover up crashing a cop car. Then the same cop damages another cop car and blames the deputy chief. Continued stopping all those poor Mexicans while the top brass looked away. He got to keep his job if he brought in arrests, no matter the cost. A newcomer cop wrote some tickets on some wrong tickets and got promoted to full time. The unconnected cops get fired for writing some things on wrong things. We can keep going but we have a fondness for the other cops from the neighboring towns that work in Forest View now.
The chief may be proud of where the cop department stands but that is just the deputy chief’s illusion. The department members who worked hard to make the illusion possible don’t really work. When was the last time the cop who is afraid of his own shadow arrested anyone? If he isn’t in the Dunkin Donut’s lot, he’s in the station or parading in Stickney. The people you trust have turned their backs on you just as you have turned your backs on them. Keep working hard on that culture the Forest View way.
Anti-Transparency
The Village of Forest View has an obligation to share information with residents to make informed decisions and hold officials accountable for the conduct of the people’s business. Our village does all in its power to keep the dealings under wraps just like the switch-a-roo with the village president seat.
A few weeks ago we wanted to contact a trustee or two and ask for more info on the village president turned fire chief and the neighbor who filled in as a trustee in exchange for his hand forced vote. We Googled the village website but it only has an address and a phone number. We called the phone number and the cop department answers? We asked for the trustee’s names and email addresses, the person who answered the phone didn’t have that information. Back to Google we go. We visited the Cook County Clerk’s website for elected officials and punched in our address and we were able to find our elected officials and some contact information. Not what you would expect though:
Every trustee has the email address for Barb Trainor. We again called the village [cop department] and asked to speak to Barb and we were told she didn’t work there anymore. All this work just to contact a trustee. Something smells. Why are emails directed to a former employee’s address? This is no accident, even the newly elected trustee has the same barbtrainor@forestview-il.org address in his record. This smells of anti-transparency. Does the village manager Mark Macorrola monitor and filter the trustee emails?
Why is the cop department answering the phone for the village employees being paid bag loads of money to be there for us? Why aren’t the village board meeting agendas or minutes posted on the website? This is 2019, I shouldn’t have to walk to the village hall to read an agenda or see what decisions were made on the people's behalf. The village has enough money to pay an administrator a six figure salary and provide a part time six figure police chief personal transportation but not enough to update a website to make it easier for us residents to be informed. Oh, but the newsletter.
A few weeks ago we wanted to contact a trustee or two and ask for more info on the village president turned fire chief and the neighbor who filled in as a trustee in exchange for his hand forced vote. We Googled the village website but it only has an address and a phone number. We called the phone number and the cop department answers? We asked for the trustee’s names and email addresses, the person who answered the phone didn’t have that information. Back to Google we go. We visited the Cook County Clerk’s website for elected officials and punched in our address and we were able to find our elected officials and some contact information. Not what you would expect though:
Why is the cop department answering the phone for the village employees being paid bag loads of money to be there for us? Why aren’t the village board meeting agendas or minutes posted on the website? This is 2019, I shouldn’t have to walk to the village hall to read an agenda or see what decisions were made on the people's behalf. The village has enough money to pay an administrator a six figure salary and provide a part time six figure police chief personal transportation but not enough to update a website to make it easier for us residents to be informed. Oh, but the newsletter.
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Bad Deputy Chief, Good Pappa Chief, Happy Accidental Village President
We attended an ice cream social a couple towns over and ran into a fellow Forest View resident. The small talk touched on topics including the cop department and what has become a repetitive story; new faces and parking tickets. The resident complained about the accidental village president not being ticketed for blocking the sidewalk after getting a few for the same thing. A neighbor of this resident had recently received a ticket and went to the cop station to see if they can get it forgiven. The Forest View deputy chief angrily said no but then the pappa chief came out and feverishly kissed ass forgiving the ticket. We have heard this same story over and over and over so if you are a resident and get a ticket go see the pappa chief because the deputy chief doesn’t like residents. That is one way to get some stats for the accidental village president and make residents like you: order cops to write the residents tickets and then have the deputy chief say no when they ask for forgiveness, then come to the rescue and forgive them. We will be checking to see if the accidental village president gets any tickets for parking on the sidewalk.
Thursday, October 17, 2019
New Police Chief?
Rumors are flying over at the cop station that GW is on his way out. What does that dude do anyway other than sleep in his chair? Who will our new top chief queef be? There are undisclosed reports that the depurdy queef Imbesal has already ordered his new uniform accessories.
Monday, October 14, 2019
Overtime Due
Word around town is that cops must check their email 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The Forest View depurdy chief queef done gone as far as firing a part time cop over an email he didn't check while on his personal time off. Sounds like y'all need to contact a lawyer and claim all that overtime for checking your email when off work. Send us some money for the tip!
Friday, October 11, 2019
Cop Fights with....
an office chair. The office chair kicked the cop really hard and took him down. In the end, the chair won and the Forest View cop is now on paid vacation. The chair has been charged with beating up a cop and is expected to appear in court on Friday. The Forest View cop is expected to make a full recovery and return to work, that is until he fights with another chair or floor mat for some additional time off.
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
New Cops in Town
We made some calls and got the four one one on the new cops. The female cop was already on the village payroll. When the depurdy and his papa fired the other cop, they pulled a fast one on the village board. It has been reported that the depurdy chief called all the cops and demanded they show up to the village board meeting where the new female cop was to be approved for hire and sworn in by the village board on the same day. The depurdy also presented an award to the other new cop just for showing up to a call so he had to be present at the meeting. Things didn't go as planned and the board was split on hiring the female cop. Trustees claimed that they didn't know who she was or where she came from. The new female cop was on the payroll but didn't actually work a lot. We are willing to bet our hourly salary on that the female cop is one of the depurdy chief queef's friend of a friend.
Monday, October 7, 2019
Blind Leading the Blind
We were recently stopped by a new female cop we have never seen in our town before. It was late and we had a few adult drinks but there was a DD behind the wheel. Another new cop pulled up and approached the party. Curiously we asked about the newness and turns out that the entire village was being protected by two new freshly minted cops still on super secret probation. When we asked about these two new faces, we were told that they aren't done with training yet. Who is running the ship over there on 46th and Home?
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Skeletons Unearthed
When you apply for a job, your prospective employer would normally do one of those background checks where you pee in the cup and get your head and references checked. Forest View doesn't do those for everyone. The public works guy slipped through the cracks and now it looks like the police chief Gary Wiseman slipped through some cracks himself. A concerned neighbor shared a file that was obtained through a FOIA request that was sent to the Stickney cops. We sure in hell would never be able to get a job with a work history like the one in these documents. From a lost gun found in the back seat of a cop car by a prisoner to the annual suspensions for many different violations.
Good reading material for your toilet time: CLICK HERE FOIA documents
In the wake of the firing and hiring scandal, accidental village president Larry Powell continues to support this chief even after he was given the information by village trustees. It is time for the accidental village president to step down.
Good reading material for your toilet time: CLICK HERE FOIA documents
In the wake of the firing and hiring scandal, accidental village president Larry Powell continues to support this chief even after he was given the information by village trustees. It is time for the accidental village president to step down.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Nice Cop Cars
When you see a cop car, you would think they are well fitted with the best technology available. Forest View cop cars have been without cameras since they were purchased. Someone should call Mark Masorolla or whatever his name is at the village office and ask him if there is any money for the cameras in the budget.
This is why he will say no:
- They pay two huge salaries for the depurdy chief queef and his pappa chief only getting the work of one in return
- The Village spent money on sending the depurdy chief queef to school to learn how to be a depurdy chief queef
- The Village is paying hourly wages for training of newly hired cops that don't stay
No cameras to protect our cops from false complaints. No cameras to catch the deputado chief queef's impersonator while he is m-effing a poor citizen. No cameras to help cops do DUI arrests. Instead they have to rely on the troopers from the state to come and help and borrow their cameras.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Fired Cop Manifesto
The Forest View cop that was fired back earlier this month wrote a couple of letters to our village trustees. We got our hands on a copy and there is some really interesting revelations in there that we felt we must share with our fellow Forest View residents. Makes us wonder about the selection process for the deputy chief and chief jobs.
This one was pretty messed up:
Respect My Authoritah
"Then there was XXXX. A former part-time police officer who ended up resigning after continuing to be singled out by upper management. At one point XXXX was the only African American officer on our roster. During that time XXXX was the ONLY officer both full-time and part-time not allowed to operate the newer SUV patrol vehicles. They may claim performance issues but XXXXX produced more than half of the department and he mostly worked the midnight shift where there was less opportunity to make traffic stops. On a few occasions, the midnight sergeant allowed XXXX to use an SUV, it was noticed by upper management and communicated (via email) that he should remain prohibited from using an SUV."
Can we say lawsuit?
You Stupid Boy!
"Recently a report was placed in my mailbox that had the words “YA HE’S SO fucking SMART” (see exhibit F). This report was for a call I handled but was not written by me. It appears that the person who wrote that offensive statement was triggered by the misspelling in narrative. I am no handwriting expert, but what I do know is that the writing does not belong to any of the current sergeants or the deputy chief. This is just another example of the harassment from upper management that I had to endure. But I stayed the course."
This coming from a guy that can't write a sentence better than a third grader. We have seen some of his grammar and have been told that his sexy secretary depurdy chief queef does all the typing for his pappa.
Patronage Hiring
"....the department has downgraded it's standards for hiring part-time police officers, selectively. Part-time police officers are used to supplement the department and fill in shifts to make sure there is always coverage. During a time where the department needed officers that could work and be ready to work rather quickly, the department hired an individual that did not hold a certification as a Law Enforcement Officer...... Apart from a liability issue, this is a misuse of the village's resources to provide a personal friend with the path to a certification."
There were two parts to this passage but we will spare you the boredom and summarize it. The village hired a couple of new cops, one a dispatcher who is being trained for months and another a Cook County co-worker of the police chief's better half. Rumors are that the dispatcher dude was offered a cop job if he helped out in the dispatch area. The Cook County guy, he was just lucky to be connected to the pappa cheif's wife. The two new cops come with no experience so they couldn't help cops on the street. The Cook County co-worker quit when he realized real cop work wasn't for him. Just more of my tax pennies gone to waste.
In our Ricky voice: OK Chief, you got some splainin' ta do! There is so much to read. Much more to come at the Salvador Wiseman cop department.
This one was pretty messed up:
Respect My Authoritah
"Then there was XXXX. A former part-time police officer who ended up resigning after continuing to be singled out by upper management. At one point XXXX was the only African American officer on our roster. During that time XXXX was the ONLY officer both full-time and part-time not allowed to operate the newer SUV patrol vehicles. They may claim performance issues but XXXXX produced more than half of the department and he mostly worked the midnight shift where there was less opportunity to make traffic stops. On a few occasions, the midnight sergeant allowed XXXX to use an SUV, it was noticed by upper management and communicated (via email) that he should remain prohibited from using an SUV."
Can we say lawsuit?
You Stupid Boy!
"Recently a report was placed in my mailbox that had the words “YA HE’S SO fucking SMART” (see exhibit F). This report was for a call I handled but was not written by me. It appears that the person who wrote that offensive statement was triggered by the misspelling in narrative. I am no handwriting expert, but what I do know is that the writing does not belong to any of the current sergeants or the deputy chief. This is just another example of the harassment from upper management that I had to endure. But I stayed the course."
This coming from a guy that can't write a sentence better than a third grader. We have seen some of his grammar and have been told that his sexy secretary depurdy chief queef does all the typing for his pappa.
Patronage Hiring
"....the department has downgraded it's standards for hiring part-time police officers, selectively. Part-time police officers are used to supplement the department and fill in shifts to make sure there is always coverage. During a time where the department needed officers that could work and be ready to work rather quickly, the department hired an individual that did not hold a certification as a Law Enforcement Officer...... Apart from a liability issue, this is a misuse of the village's resources to provide a personal friend with the path to a certification."
There were two parts to this passage but we will spare you the boredom and summarize it. The village hired a couple of new cops, one a dispatcher who is being trained for months and another a Cook County co-worker of the police chief's better half. Rumors are that the dispatcher dude was offered a cop job if he helped out in the dispatch area. The Cook County guy, he was just lucky to be connected to the pappa cheif's wife. The two new cops come with no experience so they couldn't help cops on the street. The Cook County co-worker quit when he realized real cop work wasn't for him. Just more of my tax pennies gone to waste.
In our Ricky voice: OK Chief, you got some splainin' ta do! There is so much to read. Much more to come at the Salvador Wiseman cop department.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Political Favors Part 2
Nothing like generating bogus paperwork only to use it against a cop who was well liked by his immediate supervisors and the residents. Details have emerged on the firing of the Forest View cop who arrested another cop's family member. The Forest View cop department's deputato chief queef Salvador Rodriguez put on an Oscar performance during a special session held this week by the Forest View village board. The deputado spoke for the top chief queef when they were questioned on the dismissal of the cop who arrested a town of Cicero's deputado chief queef's family member. The fired cop took his situation to the board only to be blocked by the accidental village president Larry Powell's refusal to remove the depudato chief queef and his papa. Village board trustees called for a formal investigation but Powell continued to support the deputato and his papa even though they lied to the board. The depurdy chief queef told the board that the fired cop was "unmanageable" however he provided no evidence other than the depurdy chief queef's love letters to the pappa chief. All of our sources have said the same stuff, the fired cop was not a problem to his superiors, the problem is the over promoted imbeSal.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Powell's Overnight Parking Ban
A trusted source informed us that village president Larry Powell has ordered Forest View cops to issue tickets to all overnight parking violators with no exceptions. We have gotten a few of these petty tickets on our block when temporarily parking on the street to quickly move our cars around in our driveway. We also got one for blocking the sidewalk but cops don't do anything to Powell's cars when they are blocking the sidewalk every day. And what about that car Powell had parked on our street with those green plates every night after 1am? We never saw a ticket on that cop car looking ford.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Forest View Cop Fired
A Forest View cop informed us of the latest move by the cop department. The story among the cops still left is that they fired this cop for doing his job. We have seen him many times the past few years. Many of our neighbors remember him as the cop that would come by to talk to our kids on the 4600 grove block and buy lemonade from the lemonade stand. Sources say that it all came about from an arrest the cop took part in where they arrested another cop's relative. There may be some juicy dirt and we are waiting to get it in our inbox.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
K9 or no K9?
The K9 unit has a new truck. They finally got rid of that clown car SUV. But wait! The K9 truck is driving around with no dog? We call that false flagging! Money well spent #fedex
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Forest View Cops are Hiring
The qualifications are you must be a Stickney cop, a connected fire chief or an inexperienced cop with two days out of training. The deputado chiefo is slowly forcing the long time part-time Forest View cops out to bring in his connected peeps. If you had beef with the deputado in the past, you might as well start looking for a new cop job.
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Man of Many Hats - Fire Cop
Something is cookin' in Riverside. Their fire chief is now a cop in Forest View. Why would a $149,000 a year fire chief come to work in Forest View as a part time cop? So what happens if a fire happens in Riverside and he is working in Forest View? A little double dippin' for the fire cop.
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Whoops!
Forest View is looking for a new public works director, again. The dude they just hired was quickly sent packing. The village board approved the hiring of James Patrick Ryan on Tuesday without checking his job history. After being officially hired Ryan was sent to the police station for a criminal background check which turned up zilch. A Forest View employee who dresses as a cop did a quick google search of the Ryan's name and went to his village contact to report what he found (read here). The accidental village president Larry Powell blamed the cops for not finding out about his work history before they hired him.
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Political Favors
On election day, residents take time out of their busy schedules to hit the polls and vote for their desired candidate. The village president race back in 2017 only had one choice, Thomas Heller. So how did Larry Powell become president if we didn't vote for him? Lets see if you can figure this out:
Appointments by the village president have to be approved by the village board. When Heller's appointment was up for vote, there weren't enough votes to get the approval for Heller to be appointed as interim fire chief. Not to worry! Powell fixed this by approaching some residents on our block and asking them if he can appoint them to the board to fill his vacant trustee seat. All they would have to do in exchange is vote the same way Powell votes. David Figueroa accepted that deal and was appointed by Powell. Figueroa voted as instructed by Powell and Thomas Heller was appointed interim fire chief for our village.
Figueroa lost his 2019 write-in campaign and the loss was certified by the Cook County Clerk's office on April 23rd, 2019. That would mean he is out, right? No, not in Forest View. Figueroa was still allowed to vote on matters before the board following the loss. This enabled Powell and his cronies to pass stuff on their agenda without a problem including making Thomas Heller's appointment as fire chief permanent. After all the business was handled with the outgoing Figueroa in the seat he lost, the new trustee was sworn in. The new trustee would have voted against many of the things up for decision. One of the major items was Thomas Heller who is believed to not be the right guy for the fire chief position. There was no village job posting or search for a qualified fire chief candidate, it was just handed to Heller no questions asked.
Accidental president Larry Powell using all the loopholes he can find to take care of his pal Heller. Heller always wanted to be fire Chief and Powell always wanted to be village president. A favor for a favor, the Forest View way.
- Thomas Heller loses his full time job outside of the village
- Larry Moran suddenly steps down as Fire Chief
- Thomas Heller suddenly steps down as village president
- Larry Powell is appointed as the new village president
- Larry Powell appoints Thomas Heller as interim Fire Chief
Appointments by the village president have to be approved by the village board. When Heller's appointment was up for vote, there weren't enough votes to get the approval for Heller to be appointed as interim fire chief. Not to worry! Powell fixed this by approaching some residents on our block and asking them if he can appoint them to the board to fill his vacant trustee seat. All they would have to do in exchange is vote the same way Powell votes. David Figueroa accepted that deal and was appointed by Powell. Figueroa voted as instructed by Powell and Thomas Heller was appointed interim fire chief for our village.
Figueroa lost his 2019 write-in campaign and the loss was certified by the Cook County Clerk's office on April 23rd, 2019. That would mean he is out, right? No, not in Forest View. Figueroa was still allowed to vote on matters before the board following the loss. This enabled Powell and his cronies to pass stuff on their agenda without a problem including making Thomas Heller's appointment as fire chief permanent. After all the business was handled with the outgoing Figueroa in the seat he lost, the new trustee was sworn in. The new trustee would have voted against many of the things up for decision. One of the major items was Thomas Heller who is believed to not be the right guy for the fire chief position. There was no village job posting or search for a qualified fire chief candidate, it was just handed to Heller no questions asked.
Accidental president Larry Powell using all the loopholes he can find to take care of his pal Heller. Heller always wanted to be fire Chief and Powell always wanted to be village president. A favor for a favor, the Forest View way.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Deputy Chief Impersonator?
A citizen called the Forest View cop hotline to report that a heavy set Hispanic cop that identified himself as the Forest View deputy chief said some really mean things when he was pulled over. The deputy chief impostor was really mad because the citizen was recording him with his cell phone. The citizen kept calling and calling and calling and... well no one wanted to talk about it, not even the police chief. The telephone that was used to take the calls was placed on administrative leave without pay pending the internal investigation by the deputado chief queef.
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Cops Showing Love
Valentine's day brings love and friendship. The Forest View cops are going to be giving lots more love with their new demand for citizen harassment by the depurdy chief queef and his pappa chief. Depurdy chief queef is requiring cops to come in with no less than three evidences of citizen harassment a day. Tickets for everyone that doesn't stop at the stop sign for at least three seconds!
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