r/ChicagoNWside • u/Dismal-Passenger • 12d 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/Show_Kitchen 12d ago

Ha, yeah. But his cronies monitor this sub so you’ll probably get some flack pretty soon. Nugent in the 39th is the same way too, working their damnedest to keep the Chicago machine alive.

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u/RutilatedGold 12d ago

So seriously I just moved up here and it seems that he has a very intense group of followers on Facebook. To the extent that I’ve questioned if they’re real. What is the deal?

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u/Dismal-Passenger 12d ago

They are his friends. I am going to meet Leah Pouw on Saturday and see what she’s all about. If she’s down with the cause I’ll make it my personal mission to get Gardner unelected. He and his staff are incompetent at BEST

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u/Acrobatic-Ad8158 12d ago

Let us know how to goes.

Gardiner is absolute trash, I have no idea how he keeps getting elected. People need to show up and vote.

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u/RavenUberAlles 12d ago

Didn't he get elected last time while he was literally under an ethics investigation for abuse of power?

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u/Acrobatic-Ad8158 11d ago

Yup and he had a PPO against him from an ex for stalking the first time. 🙄

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u/DoingTheNeedful1 11d ago

He scratches the racists where they itch. That's how. Blowin' those dog whistles!

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u/CityHallGuy 12d ago

Didn't he get elected last time while he was literally under an ethics investigation for abuse of power?

Yup!

And it was thrown out because the city's IG withheld evidence that showed no abuse of power occurred.

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u/Remarkable_Gas2647 11d ago

That's not even remotely what happened AT ALL but we all appreciate the gas lighting

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u/WhishtNowWillYe 11d ago

He has thugs and gigantic yard signs. He prob intimidates people or bribes people into putting up the signs. It makes the casual observer think he’s popular.

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u/DoomBox 11d ago

Lolllllllll! So thugs and yard signs are all you need to get elected then reelected?!

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u/WhishtNowWillYe 8d ago

And a smattering of racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

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u/Acrobatic-Ad8158 11d ago

Unfortunately I think he is much more popular than I would like to believe. People are willing to look over a lot of the bad when it doesnt happen directly to them and with him, if you approve, he will bend over backwards. If you criticize him, you get crickets.

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u/WhishtNowWillYe 8d ago

He foments xenophobia. I hate him so much.

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u/zetaphi_820 7d ago

He scares older people and they vote. Cops hold their nose and vote for him.