What the Hell is This Crap?

Sneed is drinking the bong water again. We barely know where to begin destroying this crappy article:

• Follow the leader? The Chicago Police Department's rank-and-file have been waiting to see if the city's $310,000-a-year top cop, Jody Weis, follows them in taking unpaid furlough days.

Um, what unpaid furlough days for the rank-and-file? The only people taking unpaid furlough days are the Exempt members. And the only reason they are taking unpaid days is because Daley threatened them with losing their gold stars, gold braid pensions, free company cars and other perks if they didn't go along with his program of pleading poorhouse before the Olympics.

• Sneed has the answer.

Sneed has shit - read on:

• Yep. Weis intends to take a pay cut for all 12 furlough days this year and . . . 24 in total, per the newly negotiated police contract.

Again, what contract Sneed? We have no contract. Your own paper reported that Daley is going to force the arbitration issue just three days ago. Are you blind?

• • • Quoth Weis: "I believe in leading from the front. I would never ask those that I serve to do more than me."

Leading from the front until he sees the opportunity to stab you in the back. And we do more than J-Fed every freaking day. We've spent years doing more than you ever did - except for the backstabbing part - remember Agent Robert Wright?

• • • Background: Weis, who's seen as an outsider because of his FBI background, has been unpopular with the rank and file. He suffered a symbolic blow in March when the Fraternal Order of Police issued a "no confidence" vote against him -- citing everything from low manpower and vehicle shortages to low morale. Nearly 200 officers in the 11,000-plus union voted.

And once again, Sneed neglects to mention that those 200 officers were Unit Representatives that represented about 5,000 to 6,500 actual officers. Our own poll in March had over 3,000 votes, running 2,900 against J-Fed. It wasn't a "symbolic" blow - it was a devastating body shot.

• • • Backshot: Weis, who has a contract, is not a union member -- and could have fought the furlough cut. But he chose not to. Bravo.

  There ya go.

There ya go? J-Fed probably got a bunch of static and was told by the mayor he better be on-board with the "furlough" plan if he even wants to have a sniff at the "Head of Olympic Security" gig should the Games land here. And here's a news flash for Sneed - J-Fed, at $330,000 per year, can easily afford to take 12 unpaid days off, even 24 days off. Most of us can't.

We have a hard time deciding if Sneed is being played by Jackie Heard to manipulate public opinion further against the police or if she's just that damn stupid.

We also know that should the FOP even try to come to the membership with an "unpaid" furlough day proposal, the membership would (rightfully) dissolve the FOP by the close of business that day.

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