Month: June 2009

The City of Chicago Department of Water Management sent a well connected crew from the Central District into the North District to take needed overtime from the North District Valve Truck Crew. These men also forgot to notify the Leak Desk of their actions which caused a major water outage in the North District. Thank God Patrick McDonough took a stop from his break to find these guys and restore service to all those customers on Milwaukee Avenue. When these men were asked what they were doing they refused to communicate with Mr. McDonough of the Department of Water Management. They must not want the names of Michael Burns and Pete “O.T.” Russo brought out as sneaking around taking other people’s overtime. I hope when an emergency arises and people are drinking filthy water in the future, the Central District can send something besides two mutes. I hope the Central Dispatch forwards my complaint to Commissioner Spatz. I also hope these guys get some barricades and safety cones; they almost got killed several times. The 11th Ward and the 19th Ward goons sure get their guys O.T. Story by Patrick McDonough. P.S. those private contractors sure appreciate all the help!

One of the more difficult jobs for the City of Chicago requires expertise, skill, and great customer relations, this position is the Investigator. The Investigator is front line for the Chicago Department of Water Management requiring years of experience and great customer service skills to do the job with integrity. The position needs to be filled with people that reflect the best Chicago has to offer. Chicago taxpayers demand honesty and clean drinking water. A couple of days ago, I went to the thirty five hundred block of north Nagle, the leak desk said it was an emergency. Upon arrival, our crew was told about this plumbing company’s connections with the City of Chicago and a certain Building Department employee. They said they never needed us except they could not get a hold of Pat Kenny at the 9th floor the night before. John Virgilio a foreman for Action Plumbing said, Pam Davis, the owner of Action Plumbing and license holder made repairs to the neighbor’s water service. I noticed the ditch was lower than five foot and had no shoring. I noticed the water service was in raw sewage. The building owner said the sewer was repaired three years ago and needed to be repaired again. The owner also said Fred Gibson was also on the site. (a Drain Inspector?) I guess you can tell by this picture the company has no business working in a Chicago street. No dump truck and a cheap backhoe. The Plumbing Company had no business doing work outside the scope of the permit, but this is Chicago and they have Pat Kenny on the 9th Floor of City Hall. If they had God and the Daley family they would also have free sewer repairs. It turned out the Chicago Water Department did the right thing and Water Quality shut down the job, the North District Department of Water Management responded to the job and installed a new tap and repaired the service. Some Investigators do not see it that way; they just smile, wink, and move on! I hope Chicago is ready for more of this; Daley is removing the front line to safe drinking water. The Water Department needs to pay Robert Vanecko and DV Urban Realty Partners rent and lots of it. I hope when you drink Chicago Water after the layoffs you trust these contractors from outside Chicago with your water, they are not drinking it, no $hit! And when the Chicago City Workers pull their pension to survive, they will reduce the pension liability, Daley is smart, but evil. Photo by Patrick McDonough

Mayor Daley and Alderman Mell have close friends with Christy Webber’s Landscaping. Show them this picture I took today as Mayor Daley prepares to fire and layoff hardworking City Workers. These two sleepy heads have a great boss, the Chicago Taxpayers. Please tell Christy the guys on Ashland were having a nice siesta also! Photo by Patrick McDonough