Evidently, not 35th Street:
- Welcome to Chicago politics Mr. Superintendent, and you thought you were running this department. There was some truth to some of the rumors pertaining to the exempt movements that were supposed to happen on Friday. The deputy chief of Area 4 was going to Area 1 and the deputy chief of Area 1 was being demoted to Lieutenant. But the Superintendent forgot one thing, this isn’t New Jersey this is Chicago and in Chicago he isn’t as powerful as he thinks he is. Funny he really thought he was running this department. How quick one learns that it’s not the Superintendent but the politicians that are in charged, why do you think things are so screwed up.
So for those of you who don’t know what happened, it seems that someone (politicians) didn’t like the idea of demoting a black deputy chief in a predominantly black area and replacing him with a white deputy chief therefore the whole thing was put on hold.
Not surprising to long time Chicago watchers. Plus, if he has to keep Ernie and Tony around, you know he isn't the one making decisions. And when coppers see that, survival mode kicks in and everything else falls by the wayside.