Believe in Steve is what his web site said
Patrick Doolin paraded with a Steve Johnsen sign over his head
The Forest Park Review said that Steve Johnsen is their choice
He's the smartest man in Forest Park and needs people to hear his voice
He stood outside of Ed's Way soliciting votes
Shoving his agenda down everone's throats
Election day came and judgement time was here
We watched the results while sipping our beer
Out of eleven candidates Steve Johnsen placed eight
Seeing him lose that race was surely great
Steve's final vote tally was 973
If he got 21 more votes he would have beat the high school teen
In the end we're certain that Steve Johnsen's ego was killed
We'll call Steve and Patrick up when our gutters are filled!!!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Is it race baiting or bad journalism?
Is it race or bad behavior? Is a piece that the powers that be at the Forest Park Review (Oak Park Resident Dan Haley) should have given back to Bobby Scoop Skolnik (per zabasearch.com Oak Park or Willowbrook Resident) and told him to resubmit when completed. We think the spin doctors are in full swing with this one. The spin? The police are picking on us because…
Where did Scoopy go wrong? He interviewed the bar owners and bar patrons. A good start in our opinion. One assumes that the bar owner whose establishment is up for sale (see http://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/Forest-Park-Bar-and-Grill-7247-Roosevelt-Rd/515023/) is likely the one who contacted the media. "I've never seen so much police" is a quote by a grammatically disabled patron who also states, "I don't understand it." Another patron is quoted as saying "It's terrible, it's horrible, it's ridiculous." If you do nothing wrong then who cares how many police officers are outside. What is so terrible? Is it terrible that police are patrolling an area in response to neighbor complaints? It sure sounds like the people interviewed, including the owner, just don't like the police or have some type of fear of the police yet Bobby never asks why the people are so concerned with squad cars being in the area. All that could be deduced, "The customers of Tonik are convinced that the police are watching them just because they are black." That is about as meaningful as us stating that aliens in conjunction with federal authorities and the Fox Broadcasting Co have been signaling us for years because we like Converse All Stars so we wear aluminum foil hats. Not factual, but our opinion and the foil does prevent the signal barrages for the record.
Scoop also interviews the police chief and mayor, making for a good balance so far and what we expect every reporter would do when tasked with writing this story about the plight of the Tonik customer. These two state that the reason for an upswing in police cars in the area is neighbor complaints. Not just one complaint, but a number of them on a regular basis from what we interpret. Hats off to these two public servants. Seems like they are doing their jobs. Sounds to us like maybe in Oak Park and Willowbrook when you and your neighbors ever complain about regular disorderly late night behavior week after week after week after week to the police and the town, Mr. Skolnik, you prefer that there is no response, especially if the violators are non whites and instantly claim to be picked on because of skin tone.
The article states that the reporters were in the bar two Saturdays in a row. Another good move, but now we start to call bullshit Bobby. How come you did not go on a Friday night? How about a Thursday night? Sunday? Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Are there other nights of the week that might attract a crowd a little different than the "mature and mellow" people that "seemed to be at least 25 years old and many were clearly older than 30?" Is Saturday night the only night police cars are around there? What attracted the Scoopinator to Saturday night like a moth to a candle and kept him away other nights of the week? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Do you smell it? Yes that's dookie. We see the picture being painted now and the picture is not complete.
Now, what else is missing? Ah yes. The neighbors. Bobby Skolnik from Oak Park or Willowbrook neglected to talk to the neighbors. The people complaining, Scoop. The source of the increased presence of police per the Village is the complaining neighbor! Don’t you think the story would gain real validity if you talked to them? Ohhhhhhhhh no, Scoopy Pie dare not do that because then it might be more difficult to make the mayor and police chief look like the bad, bad men that the Forest Park Review wants to portray them to be and might not make Scoop's new found bar buddies look good if he found that the neighbors really complained. This might also show that yes, there is some "bad behavior" down here.
Here's another thought to make for a newspaper article that preaches the truth. Talk to the neighboring bars. There are three bars there in all, you mentioned them in your rag tag piece of literature. What do drinkers at the other two bars think of the police hanging around and the behavior observed at Tonik? Nope. Bob dare not unlock that door because he may uncover more of the truth and not tip the scales the way in which he and the Forest Park Review wishes.
We have more, but a final improvement to this article might be for Mr. Skolnik to actually write what he saw the police doing to the customers that was so terrible, horrible and ridiculous other than drive about or park. The article does not say that the police harassed customers in any way shape or form. The only thing cited was a police presence and arrests made on days that Bob Skolnik was not at the bar. Couldn't do that either, though.
Is it race baiting or bad journalism? Our vote. Both.
Where did Scoopy go wrong? He interviewed the bar owners and bar patrons. A good start in our opinion. One assumes that the bar owner whose establishment is up for sale (see http://www.bizbuysell.com/Business-Opportunity/Forest-Park-Bar-and-Grill-7247-Roosevelt-Rd/515023/) is likely the one who contacted the media. "I've never seen so much police" is a quote by a grammatically disabled patron who also states, "I don't understand it." Another patron is quoted as saying "It's terrible, it's horrible, it's ridiculous." If you do nothing wrong then who cares how many police officers are outside. What is so terrible? Is it terrible that police are patrolling an area in response to neighbor complaints? It sure sounds like the people interviewed, including the owner, just don't like the police or have some type of fear of the police yet Bobby never asks why the people are so concerned with squad cars being in the area. All that could be deduced, "The customers of Tonik are convinced that the police are watching them just because they are black." That is about as meaningful as us stating that aliens in conjunction with federal authorities and the Fox Broadcasting Co have been signaling us for years because we like Converse All Stars so we wear aluminum foil hats. Not factual, but our opinion and the foil does prevent the signal barrages for the record.
Scoop also interviews the police chief and mayor, making for a good balance so far and what we expect every reporter would do when tasked with writing this story about the plight of the Tonik customer. These two state that the reason for an upswing in police cars in the area is neighbor complaints. Not just one complaint, but a number of them on a regular basis from what we interpret. Hats off to these two public servants. Seems like they are doing their jobs. Sounds to us like maybe in Oak Park and Willowbrook when you and your neighbors ever complain about regular disorderly late night behavior week after week after week after week to the police and the town, Mr. Skolnik, you prefer that there is no response, especially if the violators are non whites and instantly claim to be picked on because of skin tone.
The article states that the reporters were in the bar two Saturdays in a row. Another good move, but now we start to call bullshit Bobby. How come you did not go on a Friday night? How about a Thursday night? Sunday? Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Are there other nights of the week that might attract a crowd a little different than the "mature and mellow" people that "seemed to be at least 25 years old and many were clearly older than 30?" Is Saturday night the only night police cars are around there? What attracted the Scoopinator to Saturday night like a moth to a candle and kept him away other nights of the week? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Do you smell it? Yes that's dookie. We see the picture being painted now and the picture is not complete.
Now, what else is missing? Ah yes. The neighbors. Bobby Skolnik from Oak Park or Willowbrook neglected to talk to the neighbors. The people complaining, Scoop. The source of the increased presence of police per the Village is the complaining neighbor! Don’t you think the story would gain real validity if you talked to them? Ohhhhhhhhh no, Scoopy Pie dare not do that because then it might be more difficult to make the mayor and police chief look like the bad, bad men that the Forest Park Review wants to portray them to be and might not make Scoop's new found bar buddies look good if he found that the neighbors really complained. This might also show that yes, there is some "bad behavior" down here.
Here's another thought to make for a newspaper article that preaches the truth. Talk to the neighboring bars. There are three bars there in all, you mentioned them in your rag tag piece of literature. What do drinkers at the other two bars think of the police hanging around and the behavior observed at Tonik? Nope. Bob dare not unlock that door because he may uncover more of the truth and not tip the scales the way in which he and the Forest Park Review wishes.
We have more, but a final improvement to this article might be for Mr. Skolnik to actually write what he saw the police doing to the customers that was so terrible, horrible and ridiculous other than drive about or park. The article does not say that the police harassed customers in any way shape or form. The only thing cited was a police presence and arrests made on days that Bob Skolnik was not at the bar. Couldn't do that either, though.
Is it race baiting or bad journalism? Our vote. Both.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
The Results Are In
It is well over a week since the latest election and several months since our last message. The Forest Park Forum Review Probe had a closed door meeting regarding this act of democracy and our writer's block. We are sad that there are no more Carl Nyberg Forest Park video pieces on YouTube. We were going to go on about the lobster buoys and other fine decorative pieces one could purchase whilst shopping at PaddyDesign.com, but decided instead to say, "ha ha fucking ha" to Patrick "Gomez Adams" Doolin. You lost again PaddyCakes. Seventh place in an eight candidate race with 10.98% of the vote. 378 votes from last place where you belong, 2,552 votes from first place where you will never be and 1,099 votes from the fourth place spot which would win you a trustee seat. Cough cough cough. Back to painting those lobster buoys and making statements like "Chicago Irish" with them in the breakfast nook Gutter Boy. By the way when is the next show? The last one listed is December 1st 2007 and we were really hoping to get our mitts on some Pumpkin Push In's before the October rush. With that odd tic that you have is it difficult to hold the paint brush steady? Just wondering.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Happy Holidays
Three of our favorite men, one dance floor...
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Everyday is Halloween in Forest Park...
On the left we have Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois posing for a photo which he later posted on his facebook.com page. One the right we have Disco Stu of The Simpsons fame (Disco Stu is a trademark of The Simpsons and the Disco Stu image copywrited by The Simpsons). Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois we, again, had you wrong. You are not trying to be a reincarnated, 1960's, we can change the world guy after all. We thought maybe you were trying to be a stereotypical, Green Party, hippie scum hell bent on sticking it to the man. Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois we figured that you were a non-conformist who conformed with with those who refuse to conform. Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois you are the biggest The Simpsons fan in the world and live every day as Disco Stu don't you? No? Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois why can't we ever get this right? Signed ForestParkForumReviewProbe's Mother.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wish he made more
"Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois." "Under the Bush administration…" These are about the only words we heard come out of Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois' mouth in this, the final of the four videos in YouTube.com's Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois series. Watching Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois speak in this video put us into an odd trance. You would think he was trying to mind meld in some way with us to get us running to the polls to vote democratic in the upcoming election after plastering Obama bumper stickers all over every inch of the rear of our hybrid cars, but that was not it. Maybe it was the across the table from Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois camera angle that made us actually believe we were in the Nybergian lair breaking bread and sharing alfalfa sprouts in the dinning area of Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois, which caused us a peculiar anxiety, but it was not that. Maybe we thought we were watching Let's Make a Deal with the great Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois playing the part of Monte Hall and were deciding if we should choose what is behind door number one on the left or door number two on the right. Nope, this was not it not it. Wait, this is one of those Halloween type video clips we get in our email from friends this time of year where all of a sudden a monster pops unexpectedly on screen and screams shaking us out of our Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois spell. This never happened. We just stared. Then we found that it appears at times that Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois is missing his left eye in this one which would explain to us his need to leave the armed services, but discovered that it was just bad lighting. Finally it dawned on us. Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois gets product placement money. Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois, you are a crafty one. Why didn't we think of this? We thought you just got money from relatives, or possibly government social programs, or from Patrick Doolin realtor advertisements on your blog, or doing odd jobs here and there, but Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois you have outdone yourself and put us in our place. Getting the Morton Salt Company to pay you to place their product in your video is beyond genius Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois. We were wrong, again. We pondered until it dawned on us.
Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois is the Robert Conrad of the new millennium. That is it!!! Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois is daring us to knock that Morton Salt off of his shoulder. Carl Nyberg, Forest Park, Illinois dares you!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tow The Line
On September 29th someone posted a comment under the section Did I Hear Something regarding a thread started on the home of the agoraphobic, www.forestparkforums.com. The thread is titled BOYCOTT H&R TOWING by frequent poster Repoman. We were not going to look at the tirade but our curiosity got the best of us. First, let us share what Repoman, aka Anthony J. Lazzara, wrote on Forest Park Forums on the evening of September 26, 2008. This is taken directly from the Forest Park Forums.
Man oh man where do we begin? The obvious place is thanking the voters in the Village of Forest Park for not electing The Repoman as one of their commissioners. Tony J. Lazzara did not get the whipping that Carl Nyberg and Jerry Webster received but he was number six in a field of eight with 1,006 or 10.77% of the 9,345 votes cast per www.voteinfo.net and thankfully lost.
Now let us expose what we find odd about this Repoman diatribe. Per The Repoman, who knows "a lot of towing outfits," "Every Tow company I (The Repoman) can think of requires their drivers to wear some sort of uniform." The Repoman goes on to describe the khaki shorts and bright colored polo shirt worn by the tow truck driver calling this unprofessional. Hey! Repoman! Who are you kidding here? He is a tow truck driver you rube! These are people who tow cars and you want them in some standardized dress wear? When we think of tow truck driver we think an unshaven hick with a grease stained baseball cap, a tee shirt, a mullet, ripped soiled blue jeans and boots. In cold weather they may be wearing a satin jacket with the tow company information silk screened on the back which we guess is a "uniform." The shorts and polo shirt you describe is actually nicer then what we see most tow guys wearing, though we are not in the inner sanctum of the towing industry like you represent yourself as being. What is the Repoman's uniform when he is tooling around town in the Repomobile?
Now we move onto the debris. Yes, the law says that the tow driver needs carry a broom on his truck and to pick up debris that is in the roadway. Take a gander at the Illinois Vehicle Code 625 ILCS 5/12-606 and read the law for yourself and see how Mr. Repoman misinterprets (Illinois Tow Truck Statute). You do not see anything there about picking up debris on the parkway or sidewalk in the law do you? The driver could have gone above and beyond what is mandated by law cleaning the parkway and sidewalk but is not obligated to. Given the lack of light due to overhang from trees on this corner the polo shirted tow man may not have been able to efficiently do so or see. Reading on it appears that the neighbor raked the debris into the roadway yet the Repoman is mad at a tow company for the debris in the street. The Repoman expresses concern for the safety issues due to the "glass everywhere" yet does not mention that the man so caring about these safety issues did anything to clean up to help protect the vast amounts of dogs being walked here. By the writing you expect to see large shards of glass lying about the street and jetting out of the ground ready to cut and slice every passerby but when you look at the photos he posted you see two of a kid holding a rear view mirror, one of a damaged tree and two of the street and parkway. Do you see glass everywhere? The Repoman might be stretching the truth a little bit here to promote his anti H and R cause.
Anthony "the Repoman" Lazzara is mad that his child brought home a rear view left behind in the crash and had it on display in his room. We would be mad if our children brought home discarded car parts and made them part of the décor in their bedrooms too. We understand the anger here but the Repoman is mad at a tow company because his boy picked a harmless item off of the ground and brought it home. A stick looks more dangerous than that mirror the Repoman pictures. Maybe a trip to the mall will keep Junior from picking up and playing with street trash. The Lazzara's need to set that boy straight.
Campbell's Towing get's the Repoman's seal of approval. Can someone please describe the Campbell's uniform to us when they see one of the drivers.
Anthony Lazzara aka the Repoman we know you are defending the honor of you BFF Fred the Administrator Broeker in a smear campaign against H and R towing yet you show what a complete meathead you are in your post. A sensible man would not be mad at the towing company. A person with an iota of common sense would be mad at the person driving the car. The person you describe as a "drunk idiot." The person who was going "god knows how fast" and "spins out and totals the vette" should be the focus of your anger. This person was obviously so impaired they were unable to keep their car on the road. Talk about a safety issue. What if the "drunk idiot" crashed into your house and hurt you or a family member? What if the "drunk idiot" smashed into your car as you got home from work or were driving home from work and maimed you? What if that "drunk idiot" t-boned a car driven by your wife while your son was in the back seat? What if that "drunk idiot" hit one of the people who "walk their dogs around here all day and night?" What if that "drunk idiot" hit your son while he was crossing the street? Don't focus on the "drunk idiot," you keep worrying about the broken safety glass Tony "the Repoman" Lazzara.
Coincidence or Karma?
Last night after I got home from work some drunk idiot in a red Corvette going god knows how fast spins out and totals the vette when he hit my neighbor's tree. This was about 1:AM but it was loud enough to wake up several of the neighbors. The driver tried to hide by running into the back yard and hid in the basement window well but someone saw him and the responding officers were able to nab him.
H&R was called out to recover the vehicle. Now some people might think I'm nit picking but I feel that this company is run by a bunch of unprofessional, disrespectful, thugs. I know a lot of towing outfits and deal with them daily in my profession. H&R has no respect for our local Ordinances, the residents that live around their shop or the average customer(by choice or not). Every Tow company I can think of requires their drivers to wear some sort of uniform and the better ones even wear reflective clothing so passing motorists can see them.
As every time I have seen him, the driver last night (one of the owners) shows up wearing khaki shorts and a bright colored polo shirt (pink or orange or something similar). OK might not be a big deal to some but to me it shows a lack of professionalism especially for being contracted by our Village. I heard that's what he wore to court yesterday too. Guess he never had that talk from mommy or daddy about appropriate attire. Or maybe he just doesn't care. No biggy, just another reason I don't like them.
Here's the more important reason for my beef today. After Mr. H&R very poorly winches the Corvette onto the flatbed causing more damage to the front end with the winch cable and scraping the hell out of the back end as he dragged it across the ground instead of wedging the flatbed under the front end first he very distinctly looks down at the tremendous amount of glass and debris all around the street, parkway, and sidewalk, shrugs his shoulders and walks away.
Now for all of you boys and girls who don't know it, every tow truck in the state of Illinois is required to carry a broom, shovel, garbage can, oil dry and some other items and as a village contracted accident scene tow company they have no excuse leaving any debris behind. Ever!
Later this afternoon I found out that my neighbor had to rake up the debris and left a pile of broken glass in the street that still hasn't been picked up. Here's the part that really pissed me off. My 11 year old came home from school and started telling me about the cool broken car mirror he found on the way to school this morning among alot of broken glass. He even had it on his shelf in his bedroom. Good thing he didn't cut himself on any glass.
My neighbor did a good job but there is still glass everywhere. It's a shame people walk their dogs around here all day and night, I hope no little kids or animals are hurt by the negligence of H&R Towing.
Campbell's Towing is who I would recommend to everyone around here. They are quick, professional and reasonably priced.
Man oh man where do we begin? The obvious place is thanking the voters in the Village of Forest Park for not electing The Repoman as one of their commissioners. Tony J. Lazzara did not get the whipping that Carl Nyberg and Jerry Webster received but he was number six in a field of eight with 1,006 or 10.77% of the 9,345 votes cast per www.voteinfo.net and thankfully lost.
Now let us expose what we find odd about this Repoman diatribe. Per The Repoman, who knows "a lot of towing outfits," "Every Tow company I (The Repoman) can think of requires their drivers to wear some sort of uniform." The Repoman goes on to describe the khaki shorts and bright colored polo shirt worn by the tow truck driver calling this unprofessional. Hey! Repoman! Who are you kidding here? He is a tow truck driver you rube! These are people who tow cars and you want them in some standardized dress wear? When we think of tow truck driver we think an unshaven hick with a grease stained baseball cap, a tee shirt, a mullet, ripped soiled blue jeans and boots. In cold weather they may be wearing a satin jacket with the tow company information silk screened on the back which we guess is a "uniform." The shorts and polo shirt you describe is actually nicer then what we see most tow guys wearing, though we are not in the inner sanctum of the towing industry like you represent yourself as being. What is the Repoman's uniform when he is tooling around town in the Repomobile?
Now we move onto the debris. Yes, the law says that the tow driver needs carry a broom on his truck and to pick up debris that is in the roadway. Take a gander at the Illinois Vehicle Code 625 ILCS 5/12-606 and read the law for yourself and see how Mr. Repoman misinterprets (Illinois Tow Truck Statute). You do not see anything there about picking up debris on the parkway or sidewalk in the law do you? The driver could have gone above and beyond what is mandated by law cleaning the parkway and sidewalk but is not obligated to. Given the lack of light due to overhang from trees on this corner the polo shirted tow man may not have been able to efficiently do so or see. Reading on it appears that the neighbor raked the debris into the roadway yet the Repoman is mad at a tow company for the debris in the street. The Repoman expresses concern for the safety issues due to the "glass everywhere" yet does not mention that the man so caring about these safety issues did anything to clean up to help protect the vast amounts of dogs being walked here. By the writing you expect to see large shards of glass lying about the street and jetting out of the ground ready to cut and slice every passerby but when you look at the photos he posted you see two of a kid holding a rear view mirror, one of a damaged tree and two of the street and parkway. Do you see glass everywhere? The Repoman might be stretching the truth a little bit here to promote his anti H and R cause.
Anthony "the Repoman" Lazzara is mad that his child brought home a rear view left behind in the crash and had it on display in his room. We would be mad if our children brought home discarded car parts and made them part of the décor in their bedrooms too. We understand the anger here but the Repoman is mad at a tow company because his boy picked a harmless item off of the ground and brought it home. A stick looks more dangerous than that mirror the Repoman pictures. Maybe a trip to the mall will keep Junior from picking up and playing with street trash. The Lazzara's need to set that boy straight.
Campbell's Towing get's the Repoman's seal of approval. Can someone please describe the Campbell's uniform to us when they see one of the drivers.
Anthony Lazzara aka the Repoman we know you are defending the honor of you BFF Fred the Administrator Broeker in a smear campaign against H and R towing yet you show what a complete meathead you are in your post. A sensible man would not be mad at the towing company. A person with an iota of common sense would be mad at the person driving the car. The person you describe as a "drunk idiot." The person who was going "god knows how fast" and "spins out and totals the vette" should be the focus of your anger. This person was obviously so impaired they were unable to keep their car on the road. Talk about a safety issue. What if the "drunk idiot" crashed into your house and hurt you or a family member? What if the "drunk idiot" smashed into your car as you got home from work or were driving home from work and maimed you? What if that "drunk idiot" t-boned a car driven by your wife while your son was in the back seat? What if that "drunk idiot" hit one of the people who "walk their dogs around here all day and night?" What if that "drunk idiot" hit your son while he was crossing the street? Don't focus on the "drunk idiot," you keep worrying about the broken safety glass Tony "the Repoman" Lazzara.
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