This morning Joe Moore allegedly chased an alleged purse snatcher, who tried to allegedly take a senior citizens handbag in front of the Heartland Cafe.
Channel 7 reports Joe knew it wasn't the guys purse, because it didn't match his shoes. It's alleged Joe chased the alleged purse thief down the alley, but the slow footed Alderman, with admitted bad knees, couldn't catch the alleged crook, who Joe claimed was really, really, really fast. This alleged snatcher jumped a wooden fence and dropped the purse for the Alderman to easily retrieve.
BLOGNOTES: Personally, I believe the whole thing was a set-up and the alleged witnesses are really actors hired by Michael James. Even for Joe, this whole re-enactment for the news is over the top.
UPDATED: A full North-side Blog Network investigation is now underway. We at the Bloggers Network will re-examine the wild claims told to ABC and compare it with the facts we uncover. Mannis at the Rogers Park Bench has begun the task of finding inconsistencies to this tall tale.
20 comments:
Craig - It stinks, alright. Too many inconsistencies and contradictions. See my report at
http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2007/05/joe-moores-cheap-stunt.html
I linked you up already. That'll help your Technicy rating.
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Wow Craig, this one must have really killed you. The best part of the story was when the lady said to my father, "I'm glad you got re-elected Joe Moore!" That one belongs on the first round of mailers for election 2011!
Come on Nathan, you can't believe your Pops really did this?
I saw your father tonight. Let's forget the fact he can't run 30 yards with-out bending over to catch his breathe, those shoes he was wearing weren't even scuffed or worn. Anyone who wears those type of shoes knows, if you run in them, they get scuffed up quickly. His shoes looked like they came out of the box.
Besides, those two actors looked like they rehearsed those corny one-liners for weeks.
I say we redo this so called purse snatching step-by-step. Let's see how far your father can actually run before keeling over. Like I said, I'm guessing 30 yards. If he actually makes 50 yards- I bet he'll be puking on those shoes.
I witnessed the end of the chase from my balcony overlooking the alley. I was inside when I heard a voice in the alley scream, "DROP THAT!" The voice turned out to be that of Joe Moore.
I saw one of the perpetrators scaling a wooden fence, and a minute later, another man emerged with the purse and handed it to the woman.
In her conversation with Joe and Sam which I heard, the victim claimed her purse was stolen at Estes and Glenwood, two blocks from Heartland. The other man was chasing the gang of three thieves with the woman trailing behind when they got to the Heartland. This is where Joe picked up the chase and ran nearly two blocks into my alley.
Tom, all of the questions you pose on your entry have easy answers if you have any imagination: The woman could have been yelling something as she ran past the Heartland, Joe could have walked outside after finishing his breakfast, etc. Only you, Craig, and your wanna-be investigative reporter blogger friends would immediately jump to the most cynical conclusion possible without knowing the facts.
As a side note, the "hellhole" is impossible to read due to the hellish design. Make your font smaller.
THANK YOU! I haven't laughed so hard in a week. The tears just streamed down my face. This is the best. Really, one just can't make this s#!&$ up! Love the video. Saturday Night Live skits haven't been this good in years.
Amen, Aaron.
Honestly, the first thing that came to my mind when I heard about this story today was that Craig is going to spin this into a JM hoax. Sadly, here we are. Chase and it's a hoax; stand idly and he doesn't care about his constituents. It's a sorry state of affairs when the neighborhood sentinel will predictably take this low-brow approach.
Craig, this blog has many worthwhile moments, but your constant spew of vitriol against Joe Moore ultimately undermines any real sense of credibility that fair-minded people will give to it. Making fun of a man's physical condition behind his back? Nice, Craig.
Though content should almost always be at the heart of any debate, Aaron is right: I've never seen a blog that consistently has such an eyesore for a layout. This can't be your intent.
Brian Gilmore
-1500 block of Lunt
PS: That said, the "I'm glad you got re-elected" line was pretty ridiculous.
Aaron said....> "I saw one of the perpetrators scaling a wooden fence"
Sounds like you got a good discription of the one of the perps.
What time did this happen?
How many perpertrators did you see?
What did they look like?
How tall were they?
What race?
Weight?
What were they wearing?
About how old?
Any special markings, facial hair, etc...
What was the exact address of this wooden fence in question?
What is the address of where you live?
Did you help fill out a police report?
If we've got multiple purse snatchers, preying on senior citizens, it's your duty to help us find out who they are. Not just give a vague description in the comments section without a first and last name plus a address and contact.
Thanks in advance.
ps. And to 1500 West Lunt Brian Gilmore. I did tell this to Joe's face. Maybe the cowards who sign up here under assumed names will do the same here, Like Brain did. Thanks Brian.
Oh, and as for the style of the blog, if you don't like the lay-out design - stop reading is all I can say. I'm not changing the format.
I witnessed the chase, too.
Joe's shoes were not scuffed because THEY WERE NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND! Joe was NOT running, he was FLYING! He has secret powers!
Joe is a HERO!
He caught up to the crook and the used MIND CONTROL to COMMAND him to DROP THE PURSE!
It was AMAZING!
I bet those mental powers came in handy in April. What deal did he make and with whom for those super powers? If he could flesh out his superpowers so he can be in all precincts at once, he could be alderman FOREVER!
Save the alderman, save the ward!
Kind of makes you wonder who called the television stations about this?
Don Gordon would have caught him. He's a runner, a fitness freak you know. Bananas are also good for bad knees.
Craig, I only saw the guy for two seconds climbing a parking lot fence behind the newest condo on Ashland between Morse and Lunt. As I said, the info I got was overheard in a conversation between four other people (including Joe Moore) all of whom saw the thieves for much longer than two seconds.
So, no, I wasn't involved in the police report, as I had nothing to add.
Aaron
ycf, the neighbor who gave the line about aldermen running from the law called the news.
I thought the DNC didn't approve of the news media indulging in "info-tainment". At least, that's what Howard Dean said last night on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report".
(I guess the disapproval only applies to info-tainment on Fox.)
Could a cameo appearance for Moore on "Reno 911" be far behind?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, "Run Joe run! See Joe Run!"
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