Huberman Redux

Once upon a time, there was a short-timer. Not a short-timer in the sense that he had a few months to go in his career. No, he was short in years on the job. He was taken under the wing of a certain "meri-clout-orious" exempt who regaled the mayor with tales of how indispensable this individual was and how the Chicago Police Department would grind to a halt if he was allowed to leave for the private sector and make real money. So the patrolman was promoted to Assistant Deputy Superintendent and served a few years there before going off and spending time as the mayor's Chief of Staff, driving the CTA into the ground and is currently in the process of facilitating the first teachers' strike in 20 years. He also tried to steal a Chicago Police pension.

Monday, history began to repeat itself when another "meri-clout-orious" exempt took a short-timer under his wing and told a gullible J-Fled that the Department would grind to a halt without this single individual's vast experience in crime fighting and computer skills. So the patrolman was promoted to Director, which is a Commander equivalent spot. To facilitate this jump past sergeant, lieutenant and captain, an entirely new unit was created:

• The Predictive Analytics Group!

This is yet another sub-group attached to the Office of the Supernintendo (Unit 111) and adds another layer to the already top-heavy ranks of exempts that seem to have expanded at a rate inversely proportional to the state of the economy and Shortshanks declaring he has no money.

As someone suggested, why couldn't a sergeant or lieutenant run this group? Do we really need another $170,000-per-year spot created for a 4-year-wonder who hasn't paid any street dues when we can't get cars maintained, PDT's repaired or afford to keep our own ranges operating?