Applications Due Monday

Mark the date! Applications for Commander are due in 08 March. All interested parties...

Oh...wait a minute. They just filled the open spots for some reason. Just like last time.

Could the process be any more crooked? Or obvious?

Check out the BreakingNews.com story:

• Hispanic church leaders, seizing on the recent departure of a police commander to highlight the few Latinos at the top of the department, are stepping up pressure on Supt. Jody Weis to deal with the long-standing problem.

  The sudden retirement of Grand Central District Commander Robert Lopez has upset religious leaders and resurrected criticisms that the department has an abysmal record of promoting Hispanics to the department's highest levels.

  Members of the clergy announced plans to protest at City Hall next week and call for Weis' resignation because of the failure to diversify the department.

"sudden retirement"? He got busted down at an Honors Funeral in one of the more classless moves lately. He may have been part of organizing this march next week. This is a blatantly obvious and blatantly political move, no question about it. Who said Chicago couldn't teach J-Fed some new tricks?