Friday, August 01, 2014

That's a Win

  • Six board members of a Southeast Side youth baseball league resigned Wednesday night amid growing criticism of their decision to let a convicted cop killer coach in the league.

    The resignations of the Hegewisch Babe Ruth league board members were announced after they met behind closed doors with Ald. John Pope, 10th, and relatives of Chicago police Officer John Mathews, who was beaten to death while off-duty in 1988.
Aldercreature Pope was all over this, and he's still all over it:
  • Pope said the Hegewisch Little League youth baseball organization has agreed to take over the Babe Ruth organization for now. Pope said he was told that, under the Babe Ruth league’s bylaws, the community’s leader is responsible for appointing a new board.

    Pope said he would assume that responsibility, and planned to review league bylaws and discuss the situation with attorneys and the league’s national supervising body before proceeding.
This entire process was sorely in need of oversight. And it took the son of a murdered Officer to provoke some changes in the way business was done.

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22 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe Ald. Pope should resign too. Might as well start with a totally clean slate. Lose the Machine tool too!

8/01/2014 12:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pope hasn't done anything in Hegewisch for 16 years. Now come election time, he rescues the Babe Ruth League. He such a loser. Kiss my ass Pope this is you're final year. Three strikes you're out scumbag.

8/01/2014 01:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i was allowed in to parts of this behind the scenes action. was surprised the past board resisted like it did. lost respect for some decent people on the board. one person m-4 has always seemed like a coke head piece of s$$t and just solidified himself in the (i wouldnt piss on him if he was on fire) category. alderman pope stepped up on this not wanting any more news around town. it was alot of debating with pieces of sh$t to get the right outcome. final board hold outs can f off. one thing is we never forget! talkcrap on hegewisch all u want but we dont want murderers in our town, many neighborhoods should take a lesson here.

8/01/2014 01:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ald. Pope stepped up because the board would not step down like they should have from the start!! This was not a political move, it's Pope doing his job like he always done. That's the problem today, no one appreciates anything. Good job all the way around. The support for the Mathew's family was awesome.

8/01/2014 07:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Now on to those parole board members! Wtf really? 11 years for murdering a police officer?? Are they family/ friends of the accused? Were they bribed? How is this possible? Let's start digging

8/01/2014 08:02:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I just love when Board members resign. :) Now if we could get half the Alderperps to do so...

8/01/2014 09:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We feel the same in Andersonville but the beast is everywhere. So sad!

8/01/2014 09:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ald pope resign also you pos clown, to the killer hope you meet your match soon and burn in hell if you did this down south this would be a non issue you would of met old sparky of been in max security prison no parole. Now old thief George Ryan is going state to state to try to abolish the death penalty after his fund raisers took payoffs for drivers licenses allowing a truck driver to smash in and kill 6 Willis children, insanity theft corruption stealing from first responders pension fund yes "we are illinois"

8/01/2014 09:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pope. He is friends with Chavez. Pope. He knew of Chavez history and did nothing while he worked at Babe Ruth all that time. Pope. Had nothing to do with removing Chavez. Pope only got involved at the end because it became a big story with the news and to show his face and get his name publicized to give the illusion that this was all him. Savior of Babe Ruth. All because of his election year. Hope people are smart enough to know the truth and see him for what he truly is. The Matthews family deserve all the credit.

8/01/2014 11:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love how the board president, Scott Jamrock, is whining about the board being bullied into resigning. DUDE GET OVER IT! Your friend is a complete and total douchebag and you overlooked it. He's a cop killer! The fact that you're friends with him says a lot about you as a person. So you don't have your piddly ass position anymore. Three kids grew up without a father and a woman lost her husband. Others lost a son, brother, and friend. Get the fuck over yourselves and while you are at it, how about some situational awareness. The world doesn't revolve around YOU!

8/01/2014 11:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to hear the family of the fallen officer received a tiny bit of closure.

8/01/2014 12:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great turnout for family, like a previous poster, I have lost a lot of respect for people I thought were better than that. Some have family that are the police and some implicitly involved are police. They have been exposed for what they are. I also applaud, several family members of police, officers and detectives who fought the good fight. Also, thanks to the Commander and his guys from area south. Came out and stayed for the whole fiasco. I hope some people never wear their police memorial garb again, u don't deserve too.

8/01/2014 01:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hah, Aldercreature Pope taking credit for something he had nothing to do with. Cameras show up and here comes the politician

8/01/2014 02:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

isn't that guy the same aldermen on the southside in kahoots with the stolen car ring junk yard scandal???

8/01/2014 02:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Could not make it to the South side however my gratitude to those that could and did, make a difference.
The 'brotherhood.'

8/01/2014 04:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If I can ever get over my anger these POS are all back out on the street so soon I'll feel good about this.

God bless all who supported this family.

8/01/2014 05:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pope you flipping douchebag. Always late to the party and first at the food line. You're a useless piece of dog excrement. You're getting voted out this year. You're done. Wait take credit for the Babe Ruth agreement? Wait put on you're pancake #7 and get ready for the camera's. Wait until the election. You're old news you pompous ass. Hurry up Pope the cameras are coming, take credit for more things you didn't lift a finger to get involved in.

8/01/2014 06:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Pope when the dirt comes out on you, better run and hide by you're pal Dean Chavez ' s crib.

8/01/2014 06:37:00 PM  
Blogger I Voted For Obama said...

About time.

8/01/2014 06:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Not Barney Fife said...

Hah, Aldercreature Pope taking credit for something he had nothing to do with. Cameras show up and here comes the politician

8/01/2014 02:09:00 PM
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Hey - I am surprised Pat Quinn didn't show up. Talk about pandering to the camera over a tragedy.

This was definitely a Pat Quinn moment. He could have been there talking about his Assault Rifle ban and how it would clear things up. (Mr. Out-of-Touch)

8/02/2014 04:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Pope still has Thomas Sadzak aka TJ, Al Sanchez, and others working for him. You just have to visit his office to see TJ sitting around smiling. TJ was supposed to be on the city do not hire list after exposing himself and threatening a woman at streets and san.

Hes also been using his cronies to have community support events for Adelman's chop shop. They have been trying to get people to support the company saying the son was just a poor rich kid who didn't know any better. Over 200 cars were found on the lot? How many were actually chopped up? How dumb do you think we are aldercritter Pope?

8/02/2014 12:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have been told there still has not been a new board instilled into this league. John Pope is dragging his feet on the issue to let the league fail so he can point fingers and say I told you so.
He is also not upset this scum was coaching since he graduated grammar school with him and played babe ruth with him, he is upset at the people that did not just keep quiet about it. He was in favor of him coaching all these years and himself knew since day 1.

8/10/2014 04:00:00 PM  

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