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by **tgk** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 12:17 pm

dump this fucker in lake michigan

by **kirito** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:57 pm

bahahaha

should be seen as proof he has no idea how this city works

by **tgk** » Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:43 pm

hmmm people seem to be taking this ice storm coming in tonight seriously. might need to duck out a lil early tonight to beat it.

by **tgk** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:03 am

lol wbez asking what fictional realm the candidates would like to rule over

props to preckwinkle for picking some semi-obscure fantasy series as her answer.

by **kirito** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 10:18 am

is paul vallas senile

by **kirito** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:29 pm

by **razzle** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 5:49 pm

Man i know its chicago politics but why the fuck are there so many mayoral candidates

by **viachicago** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:51 pm

Who wouldn't want to manage this city

by **draw** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:04 pm

My landlord is dragging his feet on fixing my heat. How much can I "reasonably withhold from rent"

by **viachicago** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:05 pm

draw wrote:My landlord is dragging his feet on fixing my heat. How much can I "reasonably withhold from rent"

Have you called 311. document everything, your landlord is legally required to keep your unit a certain temp in winter months. theyre opening themselves up to massive legal liability and the city will even come in and fix the issue themselves and then charge the landlord for the work plus penalties.

by **draw** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:24 pm

It's only been 3 days at this point and they keep saying they're sending someone and then no one shows up. My concern is that if I get the city involved they're just going to drag their feet and fuck me over on other things until I move out.

by **viachicago** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:25 pm

dude seriously call them tonight. its gonna be 10 degrees tomorrow, thats shits unacceptable. you can stay anonymous. you are being far too generous by saying "only 3 days"...thats 3 days more than what they legally are obligated to provide you. city government may suck in some regards but this is why they exist and why you pay taxes to them, so that your rights are enforced.

by **tgk** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:35 pm

you have lots of legal protections, the chicago metropolitan tenants organization will be immensely helpful here, i used to volunteer on their hotline and most of our calls were about this exact kind of situation. if you've got proper documentation and timeframe you can stay in a hotel or buy some space heaters and are legally allowed to deduct that from your next month's rent (if my memory from like 8 years ago holds up).

go here

https://www.tenants-rights.org/heat-other-essential-services-faq/

by **viachicago** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 7:52 pm

im telling you, do not wait until tomorrow to call, do it tonight. youve given them more than the benefit of the doubt

by **xxx-xxx-xxxx** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:35 pm

razzle wrote:Man i know its chicago politics but why the fuck are there so many mayoral candidates

not that im a thompson fan but kozlar was such a lil weiner during the last aldermanic election here in bridgeport.
I can't believe i'm seeing his face again in these mayoral panels

by **death is my amigo** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 8:57 pm

jerry joyce's answer seems like the only truly wrong one

by **tgk** » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:03 pm

Well vallas apparently thinks Britain in ww2 is a fictional realm

by **scarsdalevibe** » Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:18 am

hey i'm gonna be in Chicago all weekend

i'm setting up a sound art thing at the Lincoln Park conservatory on Sunday

would be cool to meet some folks if anyone's interested

by **tgk** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:42 pm

im watching this mayoral forum and i swear to god the burke shit has absolutely posioned the entire election. preckwinkle and mendoza are flailing because they aren't willing to come clean and say "i was buddy buddy with burke because that's how you get along in chicago politics and it sucks and i want to change it" so they come off as, at best, disingenuous. now the sun times endorses lightfoot? who saw that coming? shit is completely out of control there is no consensus here no one knows what the fuck is happening we keep waiting for more bombshells like burke and solis to wreck a campaign before we cast a vote.

by **razzle** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:26 pm

Does anyone have two extra tickets to gang of four at space? I used to have luck getting tickets to sold out shows on FB events pages but most postings seem like scams nowadays

by **camping** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:50 pm

i need a bedroom or a roommate soon. hmu if you have any leads!

by **tgk** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 11:09 pm

holy shit it's a total fucking skating rink out there.

by **Brevity** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:00 am

Yeah, it took me like twenty dang minutes to scrape the ice off my car. Honestly just happy I didn't slip

by **snuggle** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:08 am

I’m not even going to work. My wife’s car swerved into oncoming traffic but she’s ok. It’s a mess and a lot of the schools don’t want to cancel because they’ve already used enough snow days.

by **wuk** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:56 am

Our election will be a runoff between the top two candidates right? Hate that I cant remember how this works and I've been here like 16 years.

Have no idea who to support. Kozlar was the only person that said "yes" to the question on this WBEZ quiz about trying to solve the pension crisis, even if it means screwing current and future city workers. I mean that's our biggest problem from a budget standpoint right? But he has no chance and boarder xxx-xxx-xxxx says he is a weiner and I believe him.

by **galactagogue** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:01 am

if you guys are on the south side ever, i would try to find a copy of the South Side Weekly, they've been putting a lot of energy into profiling candidates as thoroughly and objectively as possible.

also

this thread/account is good. i thiiink this guy works or helps out at city bureau? I know the City Bureau folks like him.

by **tgk** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:38 am

wuk wrote:Our election will be a runoff between the top two candidates right? Hate that I cant remember how this works and I've been here like 16 years.

Have no idea who to support. Kozlar was the only person that said "yes" to the question on this WBEZ quiz about trying to solve the pension crisis, even if it means screwing current and future city workers. I mean that's our biggest problem from a budget standpoint right? But he has no chance and boarder xxx-xxx-xxxx says he is a weiner and I believe him.

runoff unless one candidate gets over 50% of the vote (fun fact, rahms re-election was the first time we've actually had a runoff)

I am not deciding who to vote for until the day of the election, too much shit keeps coming out to make an informed decision. extremely disappointed with this crop of candidates, not a true progressive leader in the bunch.

by **goldsoundz** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:51 am

lightfoot or enyia i guess? and neither has an actual chance. what a nightmare. might just leave the mayoral ballot blank on the general and vote against daley or mccarthy in the runoff if it comes to that

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