""I did conduct a visual inspection of a couple of the other units in the building today. They were equipped with smoke detectors, hard-wired. So, I believe the fire department's finding of there being no smoke detectors in that apartment were preliminary," said Alderman Moore, sounding like a lawyer covering for his guilty client.
The Chicago Fire Department says there were NOT working smoke detectors in the unit.
Watching Alderman Moore being interviewed on the news just hours after the tragedy that killed six children on Marshfield - in a building of a political friend, was like watching President Bush after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans covering for the government's poor response.
Lie, lie, lie. Then lie some more. This is just another example why the man sitting in the 49th ward Alderman's seat has to go. He's out of touch with his community.
Didn't the Alderman know you need electricity to make these hard-wired smoke detector's work?
Jay Johnson, the owner of the "Death Trap on Marshfield" is a frequent Alderman Moore campaign contributor and has been notified of the tragedy. Mr. Johnson blames the Ramirez family for this tragedy on the news programs. Mr. Johnson also sits on Alderman Moore's rubber stamp - local 49th ward ward, "community" Zoning And Land Use Advisory Committee. (ZALUAC). He must have known the electricity was turned off to the 7706 North Marshfield #3 unit. ComEd is required to tell the property owner when they shut off power to a unit.
Plus, according to a source, the Ramirez family was stealing power by using a extention cord from the hallway to the apartment unit.
To say Alderman Moore didn't know Jay Johnson didn't take care of his properties - is to say Wayne Jones didn't get beaten to death in front of a Johnson property on Morse earlier this year.
The Alderman covered for Mr. Johnson then - and he's doing it again. This is a clear pattern of political cover-up. Cover up problems for your campaign contributors. Even when people die senselessly.
Campaign contributions over public safety must be Alderman Moore's motto?
Then there's this:
"Politics' didn't start this fire, but human indifference did," said Toni Duncan. She was interviewed by a WGN/Tribune reporter, who later called Toni back asking for clarification on why the Alderman would say, " not to listen to the nay-sayers, they are just politically motivated."
It's too bad these children weren't ducks or geese. Then Alderman Moore would have done something to save the children.
Donation Notes: The Ramirez family and friends have a fund set-up for today between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Howard Area Community Center at Jonquil and Paulina. Please avoid the Alderman's political fund set-up with one of his political action committee groups - RPCC. This fund is un-trustworthy, like the Alderman.
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Can we use official CAPS flyers to inform the residents in our beat that smoke detectors are availiable for free. Then later use our beat walk to deliver these detectors. Many buildings in our beat have smoke detectors that do not work and have the most childern in them.
The North Howard Neighbors Association is working with LaSalle Bank's Gateway Branch on Clark St. in establishing 'The Rameriz Family Fund'. We will notify everyone Tuesday A.M. of the details. Please spread the word to stay tuned!
If Joe Moore gets voted into office again then the people in the 49th ward have but themselves to blame. The fact that he is covering up the guilt of a political friend in the death of these CHILDREN is very sad as well as very wrong. It is time to vote him out! Let's not let this bullshit of joe's go on!
This really makes me sick. I was once on the fence regarding Moore, but now I've fallen off. Rogers Park suffers the most — aside from the gangs and drugs — from SLUMLORDS who seem to continue to have a stronghold in thie neighborhood. I went to school here in the early 1990's and returned a few years ago to shock that, despite some condo conversions, nothing has changed. The slumlords still retain refuge here and the Alderman, who I once thought was an okay guy, seems to appease them. This makes me want to leave this neighborhood that is truly "progressive" and does not merely pretend to behave like one. A progressive neighborhood and alderman/woman addresses where the core problems like: Slumlords. Rogers Park is infected with all of them. Their ability to shine here is the real tragedy of this stagnant neighborhood.
Thomas Westgard is right on target.
The nexus of politics, lobbyists, and political financiers seems to always sell the voters short.
We have very similar problems down here in the 46th ward, with Helen Shiller. Both Helen and Joe claim to be guardians of the disenfranchised or poor, but they aren't. They encourage and use them to maintain their personal status quo.
Toss both of them out come February.
Carlos, please try to appreciate it's not just this one sad event, OK? Please understand there is a long history to Ald. Moore's policies toward problem landlords in our community, a history that unfortunately includes many sad consequences up to & including other fatalities. Ald. Moore's policies includef appeasement of problem landlords, accepting campaign contributions from problem landlords, and acting as paid spokesperson for problem landlords. Judge people by their actions, right? Ald. Moore is in the thick of this because of his actions, not because some are politicizing anything. Saying Ald. Moore has nothing to do with this is just as unreasonable as saying he killed those kids.
I wish to join with everyone of you in expressing my sorrow for the loss of these young lives in this tragedy.
However, there will be an accounting for what took place, and responsibility needs to be assessed. Hugh is correct in noting the record of Ald. Moore and his office in being a de facto spokesman on behalf of "problem" landlords in Housing Court. There have been instances where Moore's campaign committee accepted donations from such "problem" landlords (or their management agencies) on the same date that Moore and/or his aides would speak in Housing Court on behalf of the aformentioned landlords. (You and the voters of the 49th Ward are free to draw whatever conclusions you wish.)
Time will only tell if these young victims are to Joe Moore what the Willis children turned out to be to George Ryan.
Mr. Sherman, I was thinking the same thing all weekend. I was told that Mr. Moore was on CNN at 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning and I also saw him on World News Tonight last evening...lots of coverage on this story.
Today in the Sun Times, there's an article about Daley blasting Johnson. There's this nugget in there:
"Officials of Commonwealth Edison have said they are prevented by law from sharing information about a customer’s account, so the utility could not alert the landlord about the power cutoff."
Is this a lie? Is ComEd mistaken? What is the law here?
If the smoke detector is hard-wired, wouldn't it be part of the building's account? Wouldn't the alarm go off when the electricity got shut off (somewhat like a smoke detector with a dying battery)? Maybe that is why it was removed (if it ever was there).
the fire dept found no evidence of a place where hard wired smoke detectors would be connected in that particular unit.
so either someone is mistaken or they were lying.
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