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
Monday, November 25, 2019
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.
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