Showing posts with label Avy Meyers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avy Meyers. Show all posts

Plan Nine From The 50th Ward

One of my favorite drinking games involves Avy Meyers, clown prince of local public access (amateur) television political shows. He plays talk show host from his dining room, in his musty house in West Ridge (a.k.a. West Rogers Park). He wears a yarmulke. This is crucial to the drinking game, mind you. I have nothing against yarmulkes or Jews, so calm down already. My father's family was entirely Jewish and I am proud of the heritage. I've worn a yarmulke at funerals and weddings out of respect, but since I am religiously Jewish myself I don't usually wear one. My point is simply this: Meyers is chronically distracted by his shifting yarmulke, frequently flinging his limp-wristed hand up to stop it from falling off his head. The drink game is simple enough: Every time Avy Meyers catches or adjusts his unpinned yarmulke you down a shot of whatever is at hand. If you follow the politics of Chicago's 50th Ward, you'll get the graphic at left. If you don't live there, or if you don't follow the politics there, please excuse this post - unless you're interested in how Chicago's Vice Mayor uses a local fool named Avy Meyers as a propaganda mouthpiece. Click images to enlarge The parody graphic, left, is based on the 2007 50th Ward Run-Off Election show. Stone was in a tight race with Naisy Dolar. Meyers did a special live show just to help his buddy Berny get re-elected (and he was so excited to be live!) on CAN TV, a public cable access station in Chicago. The show is produced by S I Hersh Productions and posts to YouTube under "sonnyhtv." You could spend a month laughing your way through the cliche-bad episodes archived there. There is also a poorly designed web site for their North Town News Magazine. Meyers describes himself as an "objective journalist." In fact, he is not objective, and the show began with a voice over from a show staffer saying "Good luck Bernie!" So much for the objectivity. It's all downhill from there as it turns into a shameless lovefest for Alderman Stone. Meyers dedicated a huge portion of the show figuratively felating Stone in a shameful display of unobjective suckup behavior. It was his usual performance as regards Berny Stone, and is one of the reasons that respected sources such as the Chicago Reader has called Meyers a "racist. [and] pimp for corrupt Machine politicians." This is television that is so bad that it's accidentally good, in the same way that one of the worst movies ever, Plan Nine From Outer Space, is so entertaining. If you find disasters fascinating, you'll be mesmerized by any of Meyers's shows. One of the worst/best is the self-indulgent episode, "Marty Levinson, The Ultimate Barber." It defies description. You just have to see it. (If Avy Meyers is hoping for a break a la the goof in Wayne's World, he needs a reality check. It ain't gonna happen.) What will Avy do after Berny Stone, in his 80's, is no longer alderman of the 50th? Will Avy ever vacuum the gold shag carpeting in his dining room/video studio again after Berny walks on it for the last time? (Has Avy ever vacuumed that carpet?) Why does that carpet smell of mildew? We hope Avy continues after Berny Stone, uhm, leaves office. Which he will, of course, everybody does eventually. Perhaps Avy Meyers will find new love with one of his other objects of fascination, such as Joe Moore, Todd Stroger or Larry Suffredin. RELATED: avy meyers in Chicago IL : outside.in How to Wear a Yarmulke - eHow WikiAnswers - How does the yarmulke stay on the head

Alderman Stone's Parking Meter Pomposity

50th Ward Alderman Berny Stone, long known as an elitist, said that it's nobody's business how much research he personally put into the infamous parking meter deal. Stone also dissed Chicago's Inspector General David Hoffman's report, which called the deal seriously flawed. "He can't even do his own job," Stone said in an amazing video from WTTW. (Click image to see the video.) Angela Caputo wrote this for Progress Illinois: After the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization's (IVI-IPO) filed a lawsuit yesterday against the city of Chicago challenging the legality of the 75-year parking meter lease, WTTW's Chicago Tonight convened a panel to talk about this latest development. In a curious selection, Ald. Berny Stone (50th Ward) was tapped to defend the $1.15 billion deal. He squared off against the Reader's Mick Dumke, whose ongoing investigative reporting on the meter lease (alongside Ben Joravsky) has made him an expert on the intricacies of agreement. Full Article... We don't know yet if Avy Meyers will cover this story, but if he does you can be sure he'll softball Stone. Meyers, who has an annoying cable show in Stone's West Ridge neighborhood, has long been a mouthpiece and apologist for the 50th Ward alderman. Related: - Mick Dumke vs. Bernard Stone - Inspector General: We Got Ripped Off on Meter Deal - Chicagoist

Rogers Park Has No "Chamber of Commerce"

Rogers Park has no "chamber of commerce?" DevCorp North, a dark and mysterious organization that fears sunlight, is erroneously referred to by Chi-Town Daily News as "DevCorp North (Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce),RP's 'chamber of commerce'," but that not accurate. Either Chi-Town DN misunderstood DevCorp's Courtney Owen, or Owen misrepresented DevCorp North to writer Tasneem Nomanbhai. Owen is listed as a "Commercial District Planner" on DevCorp's website. DevCorp North files as a 501(c)(3), "A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization." They do not file as a 501(c)6, which "is specifically reserved to Chamber of Commerce organizations, real estate boards, trade boards, and other types of business leagues. They are characterized by a common business interest, which the organization typically promotes." In other words, DevCorp North is NOT a "chamber of commerce." DevCorp works with local businesses, true. However, DevCorp North does not even refer to itself as a "Chamber of Commerce" for Rogers Park. (DevCorp was known as the "Howard/Paulina Development Corporation until Nov. 12, 1993.) One of DevCorp's main activities is making is more difficult for small businesses to operate in Rogers Park. DevCorp operative Rene Camargo, for example, bullies small merchants into putting up pretty awnings. Other than that, DevCorp has had little positive effect on the business community of Rogers Park. In fact, their offices on W. Howard Street are sandwiched into a blighted strip of a blighted street in a blighted neighborhood. There have been two entities in the recent past that called themselves "Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce," and both were involuntarily dissolved by the Illinois Secretary of State (see pictures here for details; click to enlarge). Local talk show wannabe Avy Meyers erroneously listed Elizabeth Vitell as the "Executive Director, Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce," but that's wrong. Ms. Vitell is actually the executive director of the Rogers Park Community Council (RPCC). The RPCC's mission statement says that it exists to "improve the quality of life in Rogers Park through social, civic, and educational initiatives that foster health and welfare, urban renewal and conservation, law enforcement and community organization." While those are worthy goals, they are not a "chamber of commerce," nor does RPCC describe itself as such. Meyers gave his 79 regular viewer the false impression that Rogers Park has a chamber of commerce. RELATED: IRC 501(c)(6) Organizations (pdf) Public Charity - Exemption Application Is DevCorp North Finished Under Gordon? (Emphasis on the comments there) 24/7 North of Howard Watchers: Rogers Park Garden Group Rogers Park Crime "Much Worse" than Edgewater, According to Ex-Edgewater Chamber of Commerce Director CNB RSS Feed

Avy Myers, Insane Clown Poseur

Local YouTuber and fashion template Avy Myers, a bigoted man who hates "colored people," challenges neighbors in the Rogers Park/West Ridge area to come on his video show. He then calls them liars. Then he apologizes for the rant. What a jerk. In his weird rant (below) he says, "I have no problems being criticized. I've been in the press most of my life, almost all of it, I get criticized a lot, I get ripped up a lot, but when I'm ripped up on what I really said and for things I really believe in one way or another, that's fair. Making up lies....shame on you." Yet, Myers is a guy who regularly sucks up to frequent local politicos and lets them lie openly on his shows. Myers himself is a serial liar. Who the hell does Avy Myers think he is? He's called me transsexual, a false accusation that he picked up from one of Joe Moore's dirty tricksters. Avy Myers has called News-Star editor Lorraine Swanson a "socialist," which is darkly funny because the rest of the Democrat Mafia around here call her a "right winger." Neither description is accurate. Myers needs to open a nice deli in the neighborhood and drop the pretense of being a television star. He ain't. Related: The Bench: Avy Meyers Is Crazy

Avy Meyers Foie Gras Cartoon

What does Avy Meyers, the biggest suckup to the Democrat Machine in all of Cook County, have to say about Joe Moore's foie gras meltdown?

Meyers has one of the most annoying, amateurish interview shows in history. It's a never ending parade of party hacks, and he tapes them in his musty home in Rogers Park.

Hell if I know, but we can imagine.

Click cartoon to enlarge it.

Avy Meyers Is Crazy

Okay, Avy Meyers, you're crazy. You're a crazy, annoying, egotistical lunatic with a big mouth. That big mouth of yours is no doubt very convenient for chugging entire pitchers of Joe Moore Kool-Aid. Your video show is a snore.

Avy, you're not competent as a video interviewer. What the hell made you think you think you're a competent writer?

Let's have some fun with your silly e-mail, shall we?

Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008
To:
rogersparkbench

From: Avy Meyers
Subject: Your silly comments on CAPS


I'm really not familiar with your blog nor do I want to be. In googling CAPS 2412 I came across your comments on CAPS24.org

"At the top of the site (
http://www.caps24.org) is a link for you to report graffiti. Okay, but how about a link to report murder? Or domestic violence? Or drug pushers? Call me crazy, but it seems like right off the bat CAPS tells us that their priorities are not quite right."

A link to report a murder?

LET'S PAUSE and analyze: Uhm, yah, a link on the CAPS site to report a murder. Or any crime. Avy, it's "Googling" with a capital "G," okay? You should know better. As for not being familiar with this blog, well sir, you will be soon. You're one of my new favorite subjects!!! Back to you, Avy...

Are you out of your mind?

Whether or not I am out of my mind, Avy, I hardly think it's a weird idea to provide people with yet another way to report a crime. Look, I don't mean report a murder that you see as it's occurring, but report information about one. Where's the downside? Back to you, Avy...

You pick up the phone and call 911. CAPS is there to help put the public and police in direct contact with each other. Want to know what was said at the meeting, show up and share what you see and hear; hear what your neighbors and the police have to share.

Oh come now, Avy. Put the "public and police in direct contact" with each other by going to CAPS meetings? Nothing gets done there, except blue-haired busy bodies reporting their noisy neighbors, or folks complaining about drug deals going regularly on some corner that the police are already aware of. So the police officers at the CAPS meetings nod politely, pretend to be taking notes, and everybody leaves dumb and happy. You want direct contact with a cop? Walk up to one and say hello. Give the officer information. Get a scanner and listen to it. Do you listen to a scanner, Mr. CAPS Chairman?

I am the civilian chair of beat 2412, and CAPS is about strengthening the bond and the direct communication between the Police and the public. Not for the gratification of some wheelchair general who has one hand on his mouse and and his other hand ...., well I don't need to know that.

I'd be happy to tell you what I do with the other hand, Avy. But first, that "wheelchair general" crack was unwarranted. First of all, I am not in a wheelchair. Second, I am not a general. Third, why do disrespect people who are in wheelchairs? Do you hate the handicapped? Now, as for what I do with my other hand... Well, write to me again and I'll send you a photo.

Those of us who volunteer for CAPS do it to help facilitate the ability of the police to make our neighborhood a safer place to live and raise our families. Entertaining Monday morning quarterbacks and couch potatoes isn't what we do.

Avy, Avy, Avy. You contradict yourself! Am I wheelchair bound or an athletic quarterback? Oy vay, get your metaphors straight, you meshugah. As for the brave men and women who serve so selflessly in CAPS, well, thanks for your service. Your sacrifices on behalf of our city are appreciated. But could you please enumerate those sacrifices and tell just what the hell progress you've made in the fight against crime? Seriously, murders are way up, robberies are rampant, what the hell have you done to stem the tide of mayhem?

Want to know what's going on, show up at the meeting, listen and share. We are not the police, we are not the show! For optimum results, people need to be in direct contact with the police.

Sincerely,

Avy Meyers


How many times, Avy, can you repeat yourself in one short e-mail? You write like a slightly retarded person:

(1) CAPS is there to help put the public and police in direct contact with each other, (2) CAPS is about strengthening the bond and the direct communication between the Police and the public, (3) people need to be in direct contact with the police.

What, exactly, do you mean by "We are not the police, we are not the show!"

Thanks Avy, please write again. Watch this blog for frequent cartoons featuring you!