I take it you do not care to investigate the matter for yourself with people who make, interpret, and enforce Illinois Vehicle Code like I did, but instead stew in self-righteousness and jealousy.
I hope the rest of the citizenry is preserved from false outrage based on ignorance, and that, when they are confronted with it they change their mind. Feel free to enjoy your false outrage, little pigeon. As for me, when a motorcade speeds past or runs a red light, I will be satisfied that an official got where he needed to go without holding me up in traffic. So far that hasn’t happened, but I did get to stir up a real crank about it in you! LOL.
Oh. And while you’re referencing biblical texts, how about including that little tidbit about rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar’s? Or “Honor your father and your mother?” That would be too inconvenient, wouldn’t it, since all people are equal in every way in your “right mind”, and thus children equal to their fathers and mothers in authority, and you an equal authority to the Mayor of Chicago.
The legislature makes the laws. According to what you told me, you did not contact them.
The courts interpret the laws. From what you tell me, you did not contact them either, but contacted what you initially called "the Illinois Vehicle Code people", who you claimed then presented some unidentified form of query to "the Illinois State Police liaison".
Law enforcement agencies enforce the laws --- but you told me earlier you did not contact them, then you did, then you say you didn't, now you again say you did.
My problem with all of this is not "self righteousness and jealousy".
I'm not jealous of liars and the corrupt.
The problem I am having with you is your own inconsistency, coupled with an illogical (and smug) stubborn obstinacy.
First you tried to argue "privilege". I told you to check the law.
The law is not complicated. What is lacking in the mayor of Chicago's instance(s) is valid "emergency" reason for speeding and running red lights.
You say;
which is concession that this bending of the law (to point of breaking) is not about responding to some emergency situation as is stipulated under the law, but is about a big city mayor or some other unnamed "official" getting to "where he needed to go".
All you had to do in finding some small point of agreement with myself, is to have agreed with what Rahm's office already has agreed with --- which is to not further abuse "traffic" or transit privileges afforded to them for response to actual emergencies, if I can go so far as to reasonably enough read that much, in-between-the-lines.
One line from the article: Monday night, Mayor Emanuel is responding to our report, instructing his bodyguards to stop speeding and running red lights.
This Rahm whom you'd be so submissively making way for, is so corrupt, right down to the tip of his triathlon-running ballerina toes, that even Rolling Stone has gone after him.
Why Rahm Emanuel Hates Democracy
You're surprised? Don't be. For that is how Rahm Emanuel rolls: underhandedly and opaquely, without consultation, obsessed with finding ways to expand his executive power.Yeah, that's how Rahm rolls. Everything is pay to play (but it's for the children!) with the kickbacks being spread around, and the big bucks finding their way into DNC campaigns. Rahm is famous for it.Consider the seemingly mundane matter of speed cameras. Rahm wants to make Chicago the world's capital for systems that automatically send motorists tickets that start a $100 for going five miles over the speed limit within an eighth of a mile of schools and parks. That covers 47 percent of the city's streets. Chicagoans balked, suspecting a revenue grab to help close Chicago's budget deficit of three-quarters of a billion dollars. The mayor said, no, it was all about safety: He claimed that traffic deaths had fallen by 60 percent near the city's already existing cameras that cite people for running red lights. The Chicago Tribune tried to verify the numbers – but City Hall claimed they were "confidential." They used publicly available source data instead, and found a 26 percent reduction in traffic deaths "that mirrored a broader accident trend in the city and around the nation." When confronted, a city bureaucrat "acknowledged the claimed reduction in fatalities was based only on an informal analysis of traffic statistics." "Study’ is a bit of a term of art," he dodged. "We had many meetings to discuss the best and most fair way to gauge the effectiveness," he told the Tribune, including a "judgment call" to count fatalities as far away as a quarter mile from red-light cameras. "He declined to say who was involved in the meetings," noted the paper. "Asked who he meant by 'we,' he said he meant 'the royal we.'"
Lovely. The kicker? The manager of Emanuel’s 2002 congressional campaign consults for the company that will supply the cameras, Redlex Traffic Systems of Australia. His name is Greg Goldner, and he currently runs For a Better Chicago, an Emanuel-aligned political action committee that raised nearly a million dollars in secret cash to funnel to Rahm-friendly candidates for alderman.He also runs something called the "Traffic Safety Commission," which is funded by … Redflex Traffic Systems. Emanuel refused to answer questions about the relationship. Instead, a spokesman replied, "As the mayor has said, this is about doing the right thing for our children and keeping them safe."
The contract with Redlex was canceled, once corruption of the sort as touched upon in the above came to light.
Meanwhile, check out all the stuff just at the Huffington Post alone regarding chicago-red-light-cameras
bearing in mind that red light camera contract "operators" frequently receive a cut of the proceeds (the fines imposed) which sets up slushy availability of big-time big-money campaign contributions.
More headlines (just from HuffPo, still)
Study By Local Professor Shows INCREASE In Traffic Accidents At Red Light Camera Intersections
Rahm Doubles, Triples Many Additional City Fines, Fees
Red Light Camera Vendor Admits 'Likely' Bribery In City Program
This is is all just tip-of-the-iceberg in regards to red-light traffic light cameras ALONE.
Then there is Emanuel’s $55 million subsidy for a new hotel near Chicago’s convention center. An investment company that owns a major stake in the construction firm gave Emanuel’s campaign $31,500.
Another article mentioning the various public funds, that are going to developers (not mentioning the campaign contribution kick-backs -- not restricted to just Rahm either, but breathed over by that little prick, one can be sure). Will the "progressives" finally figure out that the corruption of the Democrats (particularly under Rahm's hands) are the very stuff and worse, of what the electorate has been told is the "way" of Republicans? They research it and write about it, it's all right under their nose -- but they insist of voting it back into office to steal from everyone all over again, and guys like Rahm can stay in power...
And you want to wave at the little bastard when he drives by?
GET Yor' mind RIGHT, Fester. Or get the hell out of Free Republic, maybe all the way out of my country while you are at it.
I hear Malta (more than 90% "Catholic") will sell a person a passport (and citizenship) for about half-million Euros (or a bit more in $$$ investments there) and a year in-country.
I wouldn't mind visiting the place, myself. But if you see me there, do not say hello. I can stand [Roman] Catholics (if I have to?) but I can't stand dumbasses who think we should all be groveling to the likes of Rahm Emanuel.