Comments on: Here’s Your Hat, Jeff, What’s Your Hurry? http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PublicWatchdog http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-3035 PublicWatchdog Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:03 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-3035 anonymous on 03.06.08 9:56 pm: What's going on is (a) the previous Council, at the behest of then-Ald. Don Crampton, came up with a lamebrained early retirement incentive program; and (b) Mayor Frimark is using that as the carrot to get the senior management to get out. That way, even if Frimark doesn't get re-elected, he will still have City Hall packed with "his" people for years to come. anonymous on 03.06.08 9:56 pm:

What’s going on is (a) the previous Council, at the behest of then-Ald. Don Crampton, came up with a lamebrained early retirement incentive program; and (b) Mayor Frimark is using that as the carrot to get the senior management to get out.

That way, even if Frimark doesn’t get re-elected, he will still have City Hall packed with “his” people for years to come.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-3025 anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:56:30 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-3025 Isn't the real question here, "How much has the early retirement/separation agreements cost the taxpayers?' And why was it offered to every department head. In the private sector, these type of programs are targeted, so that experienced personnel do not leave in droves. In Park Ridge, just about every experienced department head has left and the experienced police chief is forced out. This total regime change causes one to pause. What is going on? Isn’t the real question here, “How much has the early retirement/separation agreements cost the taxpayers?’ And why was it offered to every department head. In the private sector, these type of programs are targeted, so that experienced personnel do not leave in droves.
In Park Ridge, just about every experienced department head has left and the experienced police chief is forced out. This total regime change causes one to pause. What is going on?

]]> By: publicwatchdog http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2999 publicwatchdog Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:16:36 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2999 Anonymous 03.01.08 1:47 pm: If what you claim were true, then the buy-out/bribe being paid to Chief Caudill to "retire" truly is the travesty we suspect it to be - and our city officials are irresponsible for paying it. We also have seen no evidence that real crime is going up in Park Ridge, much less that Chief Caudill's management is responsible for it. Once again, if that were true, then Caudill's bribed "retirement" becomes even more repugnant. Finally, to the extent we understand that Mayor Frimark is heavily involved in engineering Caudill's bribed "retirement" and will be heavily involved in the selection of the new chief, we have serious reservations about any result from that endeavor. Anonymous 03.01.08 1:47 pm:

If what you claim were true, then the buy-out/bribe being paid to Chief Caudill to “retire” truly is the travesty we suspect it to be – and our city officials are irresponsible for paying it.

We also have seen no evidence that real crime is going up in Park Ridge, much less that Chief Caudill’s management is responsible for it. Once again, if that were true, then Caudill’s bribed “retirement” becomes even more repugnant.

Finally, to the extent we understand that Mayor Frimark is heavily involved in engineering Caudill’s bribed “retirement” and will be heavily involved in the selection of the new chief, we have serious reservations about any result from that endeavor.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2998 Anonymous Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:47:15 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2998 I believe that there may be some allegations under investigation that directly implicate Caudill. As to the others, for years under his "leadership" many police officers in this town treated people in PR with complete disrespect,including our kids. Sitting in their cars calling their girlfriends during work hours or pulling over people for minor or fictious violations instead of patrolling our streets for real problems (while crime goes up including armed robberies). If we can get a good police chief, the department can be finally be cleaned up. I believe that there may be some allegations under investigation that directly implicate Caudill. As to the others, for years under his “leadership” many police officers in this town treated people in PR with complete disrespect,including our kids. Sitting in their cars calling their girlfriends during work hours or pulling over people for minor or fictious violations instead of patrolling our streets for real problems (while crime goes up including armed robberies). If we can get a good police chief, the department can be finally be cleaned up.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2983 anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:12:16 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2983 Such a deal...Caudill gets paid off to "retire" because there's no good reason to fire him but somebody (I wonder who?) wants to get rid of him. Then we get to pay Caudill not to work, and somebody else to do his job. That's just great. Such a deal…Caudill gets paid off to “retire” because there’s no good reason to fire him but somebody (I wonder who?) wants to get rid of him. Then we get to pay Caudill not to work, and somebody else to do his job. That’s just great.

]]> By: Sunshine http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2981 Sunshine Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:37:30 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2981 I am more upset and angry about how this has happened than I expected to be. It doesn't make sense from any reasonable position, until you consider it in the light of Frimark's continuing power grabs and kingdom building. I am more upset and angry about how this has happened than I expected to be. It doesn’t make sense from any reasonable position, until you consider it in the light of Frimark’s continuing power grabs and kingdom building.

]]> By: Steve Macko http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2980 Steve Macko Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:19:53 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2980 This whole thing is very troublesome. Caudill may not have been the greatest thing since sliced bread but who is? We have watched as Frimark has systematically pillaged the taxpayers of this town while telling us how with a straight face how much better we will be. I guess we should not expect more from him. This however crosses an entirely new frontier for him. It’s one thing to steal from the taxpayers. It’s whole other thing to place the public safety and welfare in jeopardy. This whole thing is very troublesome. Caudill may not have been the greatest thing since sliced bread but who is? We have watched as Frimark has systematically pillaged the taxpayers of this town while telling us how with a straight face how much better we will be. I guess we should not expect more from him.

This however crosses an entirely new frontier for him. It’s one thing to steal from the taxpayers. It’s whole other thing to place the public safety and welfare in jeopardy.

]]> By: hoover http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2978 hoover Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:30:23 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2978 When I read your article I was almost feeling sorry for Caudill, but from what the Journal is reporting (per Anonymous) I'm starting to think that Caudill and Schuenke (and Frimark?) worked out a really sweet deal for good old chiefee. When I read your article I was almost feeling sorry for Caudill, but from what the Journal is reporting (per Anonymous) I’m starting to think that Caudill and Schuenke (and Frimark?) worked out a really sweet deal for good old chiefee.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2977 anonymous Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:25:59 +0000 http://www.publicwatchdog.org/archives/2008/02/27/here%e2%80%99s-your-hat-jeff-what%e2%80%99s-your-hurry/#comment-2977 You guys are right about this Caudill deal being kinky. Today's Journal is reporting that Caudill will get a 4% "merit increase" and another 4% (total: 8%, or an additional $10,000) added to his $129,000 salary, and then six months (almost $70,000) of severance pay! Won't that extra $10,000 of salary increase jack up his pension? Guess we get to keep paying (through higher pension payments) for a guy who either should have been fired for cause or should still be on the job. Sounds like yet another sweetheart deal from the Frimark administration. You guys are right about this Caudill deal being kinky. Today’s Journal is reporting that Caudill will get a 4% “merit increase” and another 4% (total: 8%, or an additional $10,000) added to his $129,000 salary, and then six months (almost $70,000) of severance pay!

Won’t that extra $10,000 of salary increase jack up his pension? Guess we get to keep paying (through higher pension payments) for a guy who either should have been fired for cause or should still be on the job. Sounds like yet another sweetheart deal from the Frimark administration.

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