My name is Cindy Pettis, i have been an employee at Fantus Clinic Medical Records department for the past 21 years, this year has not been a good a year for me.  i'm leaving my message here because i don't know what else to do. Back in January of this year for whatever reason I was moved from Stroger Hospital budget to downtown's budget and my pay schedule was changed I adopted to that, and then for whatever reason they stopped taking the money out of my check for my life insurance and it has not been fixed as of this date.  And now I've been told that after working my two weeks I won't get my check this week because they have now fixed the problem with which budget I am on.  No one seems to care how this is affecting me, I have worked my hours and I deserve to get my check but payroll (Joyce Lewis) who has been no help at all is just saying you'll get paid next week for your two weeks. What happens to this week I am pretty sure that I will not get the money for this week because they will start from next week calculating my time, this is unfair and I need someone to listen to me, I worked and I deserve to get paid.

The city of Chicago pays those fees and settlements, not Cook County Government, right?

The City pays for fees to private lawyers and settlements. Cook County pays the State's Attorneys and special prosecutors.

In the Wrice case, the special prosecutor has been delaying the process that the Supreme Court mandated. The longer the delay, then perhaps the more the City will end up paying Stanley Wrice.

I am not sure why the city and state still support Jon Burge. But I think there should be some hearings to discuss it.

I bought a twelve year old used motorcycle in early April and just now 8 months later received the tax notice for $175.  This is three times what I would have paid in Cook County sales tax if I had bought it from a retailer.  This is a ridiculously unfair money grab by this county because it should be based on the value of the item and not treat a $100k luxury car the same as a $400 used scooter.  Even the state's tax has a fairer scale to it's tax.

I just can't believe this comes up 8 months after i bought the bike.

 to add to the above I would also fine parents that let the minors out the house after hours. the cost goes up with each acurance. 50.00,100.00,150.00 and so on. if parent can pay jail time for them too. so what about work camps. do we have any programs like that. manditory work camps or programs, these can work for a number of ills in the county. public aid work or dont get your check, can pay a fine work it off thu some sort of labor needed in the city. instead of jail time make something the county can profit from. at one time the licence plates were made. so what else is needed. to cut county cost but make somone pay for it with time and work.

 just to add again. why do they throw out the shoes that the minors use why can they be reused. or given to salvation army or something instead of the dump. this does not make sense to me. there are toow many atl, dc4 and  here at the dentention center. is that a way that they can hide folks that should be leaving when the buget is over for these positions. trim the fat there. also all employee that were not there before five years ago can be looked at and see if their roles are necessary. during these years they thore up everything to make it seem that thnings were not in order. why? also unnecessary fireing of employees that now have a suit to.they should never have been laid off now you have cost the county more money. there are employees here now with red shirts on that have won their case but instead of putting them back to work in the postion that should be in they are doing grung work. filing papers and so on.

A very very complex issue in that a LOT more women I know from teaching Frosh comp classes carry pistols in their purses and in their glove compartments, especially minority women. Why? They kive in daily fear ot rape and battery. Most sidearms are bought illegally; they  often have to be because many people have been incarcerated  or have criminal records. Instead of worrying about private sales and levying a toothless $1,000 fine that no one will pay, anyway, I think you need to be realistic and propose that everybody who wants to legally own a handgun or shotgun be allowed to if they bring it in to a police station for registration, a test firing that would give each weapon a 'fingerprint' and, additionally, have to pay for a license that would include lessons in usage, storage and safety. If  the county or city charged for this service, it would not be unreasonableto add a service tax to a license fee and education costs. It's also a good way to utilize psychological testing for self-defense wannabes, too! All those people with a record for, say, narcotics use, petty theft, etc. deserve a chance to defend themselves and are, so to speak, tax-paying consumers whose money you need.