Bill West
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Traffic reporter, producer, broadcaster. Keeping people informed one tweet at a time. Love Chicago, sci-fi, movies, Star Trek, Doctor Who, & mystery novels.
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@ABC
Because repeatedly saying "the press is the enemy of the people" is actually his way of telling people to go out and hug the media and show them respect. He is riling people up and taking no responsibility for his actions. He's pathetic.
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140 characters aren't enough to express the anger and frustration felt over the senseless death of
#ChristinaGrimmie
#PrayForChristina
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You don't have to be Miss Cleo to predict that the
#AndrewMcCabe
interview on
#60Minutes
tonight will lead to a tweet storm melt down from
#Trump
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@washingtonpost
People are dead. People are missing (and presumed dead). Lives destroyed. Homes wiped out. The most important thing to this miserable excuse for a human being though is that he gets an apology. He is a disgrace to this country and to the whole human race!
#Trump
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@KXAN_News
Get ready for the increase in COVID19 cases. I didn't thnk the majority of the state had been vaccinated yet.
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@MSNBC
That umbrella represents his fan base. He'll leave them when they have served their usefulness. Then he will make a quick exit to save himself.
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@soledadobrien
So according to him we just throw our hands up in the air and accept this? NO WAY!
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@maggieNYT
@4danlopez
Did he express this frustration when he was on the front or back nine? Just curious.
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Caller says there is a man on a paddle boat in a tuxedo on the ice. The man is telling the caller he is in no distress and doesn't know why this is such a big deal.
#Chicagoscanner
It's these kind of scanner transmissions that keep me entertained.
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RIP Lin Brehmer. I never actually met him but I heard him often on the radio. His voice and his talent are beyond words to describe. Radio has lost a giant. Sending all my prayers to his family and friends at this sad time.
#LinBrehmer
#WXRT
@93XRT
#Chicago
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Protesters spread out all over the Loop. Randolph is closed from Wells to possibly as far as Michigan Ave. Police also scattered all over the Loop making arrests as necessary and blocking streets. Stay out of the Loop until further notice please.
#Chicago
#Chicagoprotests
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Police are still searching for possibly more victims in the hospital. Shutting down stairwells. Floor by floor search.
#Chicagoscanner
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@ddale8
@Politidope
Because "watching T.V. all day" doesn't look good on the official record.
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People vandalizing vehicles, large crowds throwing bottles at police, one man claims a woman sprayed bear mace in his face. This is just some of the chaos I have heard tonight on
#Chicagoscanners
. Welcome to Saturday night in
#Chicago
.
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@itvnews
@realDonaldTrump
Since he wants reporters to name THEIR sources then he can give us the source of the article he read and the name of the hospital. My guess is he won't supply either piece of information.
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Protesters on the Riverwalk and on Wacker near Michigan Ave. Families on the Riverwalk are trying to get out of the area.
#Chicagoscanner
#ChicagoProtests
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Kedzie and Armitage. Man got on the CTA bus with a sword and is swinging it around. Upsetting the passengers. Bus is headed into downtown.
#Chicagoscanner
There can be only one ..... moronic fool who ruins the bus ride for everyone else.
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Good news is that the surgeon had to remove a large tumor from my back. Concern was that it was cancerous. It's benign. I'm in the clear. WOO-HOO!. Bad news is I have to stay one more day at Rush. Oh well. Main thing is I don't have cancer!
#Chicago
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@ABC
How in the name of all that's holy can 43% approve of his handling of this situation? It should be 0 %.
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A man who is acting like a modern day Hitler. A man who is crude, talks about walls, deportations, and banning Muslims.
#NeverTrump
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For the record, nobody I know "springs forward" when Daylight Saving Time begins. They crawl forward very slowly kicking and screaming the entire way.
#DaylightSavingTime
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@CBSNews
Inspiring words from a 5 time draft dodger and two bit con artist who hijacked the traditional Washington D.C.
#4thofJuly
festivities so he could turn it into an ego stroking event dedicated to himself.
#sarcasm
#Trump
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@Politidope
Obviously the picture on the lift is an example of Fake Weight, or Fake Height, or Fake Lighting, or Fake.......well....it's gotta be Fake something.
#sarcasm
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I just don't smell a rat with regards to the
#JussieSmollett
case, I smell about a 1000 of them. This is so messed up it's not even remotely funny.
#Chicago
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Caller says he sees a man smoking cocaine out of a shoe.
#Chicagoscanner
That means no matter what type of shoe it is it's a high heel. Yes. I said it.
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Police are shifting their efforts from searching for a 2nd shooter (who doesn't appear to exist) to assessing exactly how many people have been injured at the scene of the EMS Plan 2 at Mercy Hospital.
#Chicago
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@CNN
We have the same thing in Chicago. They are called "alleys" and "the sides of buildings."
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RIP Jerry Taft. A true professional. A great broadcaster. Most importantly though, a really nice man and a great friend. Goodbye sir.
#Chicago
@ABC7Chicago
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I saw a man walking down the sidewalk with a face mask he had cut a hole in so he could smoke his cigarette through it. Somehow I think that defeats the purpose of the mask.
#Corona19
#Chicago
#facemasks
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Oh joy. A new COVID variant. I understand this virus is serious. Vaccinations are important. I am fully vaccinated. My message to the epidemiologists is simple. If you think I'm going to live in fear for the rest of my life you are out of your goddamned minds.
#Omicron
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@Jordanfabian
@robertloerzel
So nice we have a guy in the Oval Office with an ego so big and skin so thin he can be so easily manipulated by world leaders. All they have to do is cater to his ego and say nice things about him and the world is theirs.
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It starts tomorrow. 4 days of music, crowds, tweens, old people who think they are still tweens, people getting high and drunk, people throwing up, people passing out, fights, arrests, packed trains. It's Lolla time bitches!
#Lollapalooza
#Chicago
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@ddale8
@robertloerzel
Yes. Things are coming out. Unfortunately these "things" are below the waist and belong to old men. They should NOT be coming out.
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@cnnbrk
He won't talk until he can get his lies straight and then deliver them without slurring his words.
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Anyone coming in on the Chicago Skyway to the Dan Ryan take note. That interchange is a sheet of ice according to numerous callers.
#Chicago
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So apparently some IDIOT drove their vehicle into the Woodfield Mall through the Sears entrance. This is not the Blues Brothers movie. This is real.
#Illinois
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The
#GoldenBachelor
is getting divorced. I am shocked. If you can't believe in a totally staged TV relationship with no basis in reality what can you believe in? The foundations of all human existence may forever be shattered.
#sarcasm
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@ABC
He was scared out of his mind. This is why it took so long for him to FINALLY visit troops. He only did it now because his public image has taken a major beating and he is doing anything and everything to salvage it.
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When you are caught smoking on a
#metra
train, and especially when you're a teenager, the correct response to the conductor is not "FUCK YOU!" This will get you arrested by 8 cops at Union Station when you get off the train. Welcome to
#StPatricksDay
in
#Chicago
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She was the first television traffic reporter in the country. It's been 30 years and she is still kicking ass and taking names. I salute the queen
@rozvaronABC7
and raise my glass in the direction of
@ABC7Chicago
. Keep showing them how it's done my friend!
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Male and female walked into a KFC, tore up the place, took food from a customer. Now sitting across the street in a park eating the food they took from the customer.
#Chicagoscanner
It's like date night only in the afternoon with a criminal element. How romantic.
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I don't normally cry at building fires but this fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral is bringing me to the brink of tears. This is horrible!
#NotreDame
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@washingtonpost
So he expresses his condolences but still finds a way to bring himself into it. How classy. NOT!
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@NatashaBertrand
@JohnsenDave
@axios
It didn't work for Nixon when he said "if the President does it it's not illegal" and it doesn't work for
#Trump
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Lake County is a freaking mess right now. Roughly 14 crashes and very slick driving conditions. Take it slow people. This spring storm really hit them hard.
#Illinois
#ChicagoScanner
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How are people still shooting each other when it's this cold outside? Ridiculous!
#Chicago
#ChicagoScanner
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@CBSNews
@tonydokoupil
Jesus rode a donkey and walked. Never flew. His message traveled all over the world and has lasted for centuries. Guess he was just better at preaching than these so called, greedy televangelists.
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To hell with thoughts and prayers.
#HighlandPark
is one of the safest and best suburbs in the
#Chicago
area. Now they have to deal with an insane whack job who was shooting at people in the downtown area. I have had ENOUGH of these STINKING BASTARDS and their GODDAMNED GUNS!
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@CBSNews
No GPS device in your car is any good if you refuse to use the GPS device God has already put between your ears.
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Division and Dearborn. Male has a cut off finger. He's pointing it at passing cars.
#Chicagoscanner
When I think the people in this city can't get any weirder I am consistently proven wrong.
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Thanks to all of you who follow me on this twitter account. I really do appreciate you support so much. Off for the next few days to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with the family. Have a blessed holiday.
#HappyThanksgiving
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Plainfield area. County Line Rd. between Lockport St. and Caton Farm Rd. is extremely hazardous due to blowing and drifting snow. Parts of County Line Rd. are closed. Please avoid this area.
#Illinois
#Chicagoscanner
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@ABCPolitics
@AlexParker
This poor excuse for a human being has NO honor, NO decency, NO respect for the office, NO respect for the title he won in a Russian rigged election. He is an embarrassment on an epic scale.
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Caller says another rider on the train just urinated on him.
#Chicagoscanner
Welcome to Wednesday on the CTA. This is just how some Chicagoans say hello.
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@ABC
ENOUGH with
#HillaryClinton
already! Her guilt, whether real or not, does not change the fact that this man is in over his head and has no business being in the Oval Office.
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Even though I was laid off from my afternoon gig back in January my actual last day at the job was today. Said goodbye to many friends & co-workers. It was extremely rough. The morning gig continues though so I will continue tweeting traffic incidents at you. Never fear.
#Chicago
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@ABC
@CeciliaVega
Don't be a baby. The media has been doing their job. You are the one who has been yelling "fire" in a crowded auditorium. Then when something goes wrong you have the nerve to act surprised. The day when you are finally out of office should be a new national holiday.
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Police picked up a guy last night at
#Lollapalooza
with 60 stolen cell phones on him. 60? HOLY I-PHONE BATMAN!
#Chicago
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@TJSullivanLA
@realDonaldTrump
When he says "American" it sounds like a four letter word. He is a soulless monster.
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I have stayed quiet all morning but I have to get this off my chest. Shootings, police chases, shootings on the expressway, crashes, roll overs. Don't you freaking motorists realize it's Easter? For CRYING OUT LOUD ALREADY! Now I feel better. Rant over.
#Chicago
#ChicagoScanner
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Welcome to another exciting week of
#ShelterInPlace
. Please keep your hands inside the ride at all time and stay 6 feet away from anyone else. I am currently lounging in expensive evening wear purchased from a fancy store called Le Wall of Mart. Good morning
#Chicago
!
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Thanks to the new lane configuration on the inbound Eisenhower that starts near Racine the inbound Eisenhower officially sucks giant hairy monkey balls. This description will never make it into an official traffic report. You will only see it here. So there.
#Chicago
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"Woman in the store stole beer, drank the beer, threw up the beer, won't leave the store."
#Chicagoscanner
and you thought YOU were having a bad day.
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Well it finally happened. I suspected for a while and today one of my nieces finally came out of the closet. She was worried I wouldn't love her anymore and I almost fell apart. I assured her I would love her from the earth to the moon and back again no matter what.
#Prouduncle
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Another foggy day in
#Chicago
. Remember, fog is not scary. What may be in the fog .... well ... that's another matter. Drive carefully tweeps!
#FoggyWeather
#Illinois
#ChicagoScanner
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What kind of inhuman monster kills a woman and takes the baby from her womb? This story makes me sick enough to choke on my own vomit.
#MarlenOchoa
#Chicago
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@pbump
@robertloerzel
You mean like a certain someone repeatedly claiming that a certain POTUS was not born in this country even after a birth certificate was produced that stated he WAS born in this country?
#Trump
#Obama
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Starting at 3 am on 12/1 the city of
#Chicago
will be showing the film "Dude Where's My Car?" It's a special limited engagement shown literally all over the city thanks to the Winter Parking Ban which goes into affect as of 12/1/18 until 4/1/19. DON'T GET TOWED!
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@christinawilkie
@SteveGrzanich
He says he accepts their findings and in the next breath says he doesn't. UNBELIEVABLE!
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Caller claims to have seen a man on top of a CTA Brown Line train riding it like it was a surfboard. The train is heading to Fullerton from Belmont.
#Chicagoscanner
Now it's a Monday.
#Chicago
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If anyone is missing a small wig I found it on State St. near Lake St. I first thought it was a dead rat. Nope.
#Chicago
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The fact that we have had 100 people shot in just nine days in
#Chicago
should make everyone sick to their stomachs. This is sad & shameful.
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