Posted on 12/16/2015 4:39:54 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
CHICAGO (CBS) — An emotional Mayor Rahm Emanuel lashed out today at the developer who allegedly performed illegal renovation work that led to the death of firefighter Daniel Capuano and we’re learning more about that businessman’s activities in the 10th Ward, reports CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley.
“You don’t think they don’t make people like Dan Capuano anymore,†Emanuel said.
Mayor Emanuel’s heartfelt tribute, after visiting the wife and three children of the fallen, 42-year-old Chicago firefighter, but Emanuel blasted the businessman renovating the South Chicago warehouse where Capuano died.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...
“According to Sadlowski Garza, the warehouse was being converted to a grocery store by businessman Jantil Patel, who was making other investments in the ward.”
A third world owner brings third world indifference to safety laws and a firefighter dies. This is my surprised face.
Dead Fish trying to act like he is concerned about anything other than himself.
This is the side of Rahm that you see only when constituents are calling for him to resign.
“at the developer who allegedly performed illegal renovation work...”
What Rahm won’t tell you, but everyone who lives in Chicago knows, is that everybody who can get away with it does illegal renovation work in Chicago, because the permit system is just another corrupt tool used to extort money from the citizens.
Unless the job is so big that inspectors are sure to notice, everyone tries to just cover up the windows and get the job done quickly and quietly. Otherwise, you have to go through a convoluted permit process (especially for businesses) that generally requires to you hire a “connected” permit “facilitator”. These are guys who are private contractors that “know a guy downtown”. You pay them extra to get your permit, and they can guarantee you’ll get it by bribing the right city officials for you, through some arrangement designed to evade the feds’ notice.
You see, you can’t just bribe the guy in the permit office directly anymore, but they still want their bribes, or you will probably get rejected. So they have developed an extra layer of bureaucracy to protect the broken system instead of fixing it. That’s the Chicago way!
3rd world hell hole with 1st world taxes
Not a convincing performance.
LOOK! A SQUIRREL!
Yeah, that act just does not work for him.
It’s another “Look at this shiny thing” moment.
If rats can't fix the 'hood how are they going to fix Islam?
Making one of those in your garage is non-trivial.
AWWWWW.... He does have a heart
yup, industrial size shiny thing
“the permit system is just another corrupt tool used to extort money from the citizens.”
This is not restricted to Chicago.
Most cities have a shake down when it comes to remodeling and permits.
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