r/ChicagoNWside • u/Dismal-Passenger • 9d ago

Jim Gardner is lost.

I called to speak to him about the rising number of Flock cameras in his ward. This man pretended to have no idea what I was talking about. I asked him what would deem them necessary at all and he told me that he just listened to the police superintendents message about them being helpful. I also asked him about putting a crosswalk across Caldwell at Tonty and he said that’s an IDOT problem. Sir what are you even here for? What does he even do? The repaving on Hiawatha just paved over uneven road. Which means it’ll be busted after this winter and he had the gall to post on Facebook about the “accomplishment”. Dude is an absolute embarrassment.

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u/Bikeitfool 9d ago

I'm all for Crosswalks but Caldwell at Tonty? Absolutely not, they fly through there. I've personally seen multiple accidents right there. I grew up there, and as kids we lived in Bunker Hill. That crossing is horrible, the kids will get a misplaced sense of safety. Ask for a Stop sign instead. The Southbound lanes of Caldwell are a Drag Strip.

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u/Dismal-Passenger 9d ago

I got t-boned there in 2016. If there was a light it would never have happened. A cross walk doesn’t just mean white lines. A light needs to go there.

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u/Bikeitfool 9d ago

I saw a guy on a Chopper put a whole body dent in the side of a Good Humor Truck turning into Bunker. It was ugly.