Tue Nov 14, 2006

Let's go BACK to the position papers, from LarryBoy........."Job Creation, Technology, Tourism, & Economic Development"........ " The problem today is that we have lost a lot of locally owned businesses that have been sold to outside interests or simply close down. To improve, rather than wait for a magic bullet solution or get in a bidding game to lure in an outside company, our first efforts must be to support and invest in the many local capitalists and small businesses that are still here. Whether a baseball team or a manufacturing plant, the Mayor’s office must lead this community through difficult decisions.".........Gee, LarryBoy, this REALLY doesn't jive with your treatment of the Icehogs owners........you complained that the Riverhawks move to Loves Park, that I get, but you use some "eminent domain-type" crap to take the ICEHOGS name from the local owners so you can get in bed with some Chicago-connected money..........acting like a spoilt brat, again, LarryBoy.........announcing BEFORE they agree??????? AND to top it off.... "If we have extra money to spend, we might consider some of those options, but not while we have glaring deficiencies in our fundamentals. A convention center for out-of-town visitors will not be a facility contributing to the quality of life of our local people. It will not help the local medical community or a locally owned manufacturing company to improve its bottom line. In fact, those options could have the opposite impact.".........DO YOU EVER MEAN ANYTHING YOU SAY???????????LarryBoy???????? And this is the SAME guy that wanted to fund our road improvements with increased sales taxes NOT bonds because we shouldn't pay interest on bonds.............but it's ok with$23 million in bonds to appease some Chicago Carpetbaggers schemes???????????? ROCKFORD'S RISING!!!!!!!!!!

Sat Nov 11, 2006

Well, looks like the threats of Patrick "Tight-Suit" Hayes worked, the AFSCME union caved in on their contract talks. Gotta wonder WHAT( if anything) the union leadership was thinking, acting as TOOLS of this anti-worker administration.... Most of the Executive Board were HUGE cheerleaders for LarryBoy, then disappointed by him AFTER he got in office........except ONE member of the negociating team, heck, in the midst of these contentious talks, he cooked for the LarryBoy fundraiser in October. Hey, ANY union leaders, NOTE TO SELF, When your candidate(LarryBoy) has a relative that owns a temporary worker service, and he receives campaign contributions from the other big temp. agencies, well maybe regardless of his lying promises, HE DON'T LIKE WORKERS!!! DUH!!!!!!!!!
shootfromthelip sez..."i am not sure it is fair to say that larryboy doesn't like workers since i am doubtful he even knows any real workers"...unmanager sez.."TRUE DAT!!!"....

Mon Nov 06, 2006

This seems long ago............."Consultant proposal Ryan noted a proposal to pay Rockford Consulting & Brokerage $78,000 for benefits consulting work was far less than what the Rockford School District paid for its health-care consultant." Published: August 2, 2006 And then there's TODAY......"The Morrissey administration will ask aldermen tonight to approve changes to health insurance benefits for nonunion workers."..."He said he would ask aldermen to suspend council rules and push the measure through in one night." What's the hurry, LarryBoy???????The consultant contributed to your campaign, right??????? By passing the measure this week, he said, the council would strengthen the city’s position at upcoming arbitration hearings with the police and firefighters unions. Morrissey complained bitterly that his administration had had “its legs cut out from under us” by aldermen who were afraid of angering the unions. But in reality, he said, they had little to fear. “Fifty-eight percent of the cops don’t live in the city,” he said. “How effective are they going to be in a campaign against you?”..........Oh, that's a great reason..........Don't care about the employees unless they can help you get re-elected.......EXCELLENCE EVERYWHERE........if you contribute to his campaign and vote the way you want........ Unity: Communication & Trust: To accomplish great things we must have a unified team. Unfortunately, moral among City employees, as with the City as a whole, has been down. This stems from leadership that has not communicated with and involved its people in a real sense. Everyone in the City needs to know that we are one City and our fates are tied together. We must know that we are building toward the same goal. We must staff for success and direct the many organizations both public and private that look to the City for leadership. Hey, LarryBoy, ever READ YOUR OWN POSITION PAPERS??????????????? http://www.morrisseyformayor.com/files/Leadership_Position_Paper.PDFOh, by the way...........I sure hope that consultant lives in Rockford...........an awful lotta people from out-of-town contributed to LarryBoy's campaign......... http://www.elections.state.il.us./CampaignDisclosure/ItemizedContrib.aspx Don't need their VOTES if you got their MONEY!!!!!!!!!! EXCELLENCE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!! (and remember, LarryBoy is NOT responsible for payment of property taxes.........gotta love those Limited Liability Corporations)

Thu Nov 02, 2006

gtob sez..."Run for office......... "
I sez..."You know, I HAVE toyed with the idea...........but LarryBoy really raised the bar with the last election.................what did he spend?..........$380,000 for a what? $90.000 a year position?????? Too much "payback" on campaign contributions , and in fact, I believe that's whats going on NOW.............. Sorry that people find this SOOO negative........I really just view myself as SOME sort of journalist/observer...........I have tried to have both the RRStar and the Rock River Times look into or report some of these FACTS, but they are both far from being "objective".........sooooo....all those upset, angry, fed-up, with my discourses, DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do invite you to find any distortions or outright lies in any of my posts.........I will apologize and retract when necessary........."

Mon Oct 23, 2006 /Thu Nov 02, 2006

Here he goes again!!!! Published: October 23, 2006 Local News: Rockford Morrissey questions aldermen’s loyalties By Bob Schaper ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR ROCKFORD — Mayor Larry Morrissey said last week that he’s facing a tough vote at tonight’s City Council meeting and suggested that some aldermen want the city to lose an upcoming labor arbitration fight..........“You have to wonder if they want us to win,” he said, referring to those who opposed his plan........ Gee, LarryBoy, you think MAYBE the aldermen might want something out of the TWO Legal Directors you still have on staff....to the tune of $220,000 a year........maybe they care about the ballooning legal costs your administration keeps putting out for contract................you think MAYBE the aldermen CARE about city employees more than you do, especially the police and fire personnel that acted so unselfishly during the Labor Day flooding, (they really made you look good, LarryBoy)......maybe they VALUE people more than you would ever understand.........
You know, just can't get enough of LarryBoy's WORDS colliding with his ACTIONS..... like....."Unity: Communication & Trust: To accomplish great things we must have a unified team. Unfortunately, moral among City employees, as with the City as a whole, has been down. This stems from leadership that has not communicated with and involved its people in a real sense. From:http://www.morrisseyformayor.com/files/Leadership_Position_Paper.PDF You can just see the JOY among all the city employees now that LarryBoy has shown his concern for them.........of course Jim Ryan, he got about a 25% raise ($23,000) , HE'S been INVOLVED...........his MORALE is great.......LarryBoy, your a real weiner........

Thu Oct 19, 2006

OMIGOSH!!!!!!!!!!! HERE WE ARE SIX YEARS LATE...........but SOMETHING has finally been done at Garrison School!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, it's DEMOLITION but it's a start(I guess)............ Realize SIX years ago, LarryBoy kicked out a valid small business(a daycare) because of his "Excellence Everywhere" condo project..........just SOOOO passionate about this project............... NOW MAYBE something can be done to clean up the neighborhood this EYESORE helped RUIN................. Maybe this is why employees' cannot get a fair contract...............too much money earmarked for pet projects to enrich LarryBoy's family and supporters.............. At this rate, I would not be surprised to see the "RIVERWALK" sometime, O, about 2012...........probably have minimum-wage temp. agency workers patching our crumbling roads ,too............
I WAS SHOCKED!!!!!!!!!! As I also said, I just question some of the financial shenanigans.......... As I also said, he "sold" this project to the Signal Hill Neighborhood Association as important to him and his family, just like the Riverwalk, so DON'T hold your breath watching for progress on that........... As I also said, I gave LarryBoy praise for his attention to the flood victims......... But you know, there's a fancy clock and plaque on the eighth floor of city hall that says." It's Time To Expect More!" Larry Morrissey..........well, I EXPECT MORE.......... Feel free to use this thread to give LarryBoy credit WHEN credit is due, Z.........I'd love to know positive things he's done for citizens and employees of the city of Rockford...........
Oh by the way, word is Patrick "Tight Suit" Hayes was hired as a favor to Davey Syverson for his support getting LarryBoy into office........don't that surprise no one..........

Mon Sep 25, 2006 /Tue Oct 17, 2006

From the "Labor Pains" bits and pieces in last weeks paper........."Arbitration can also be costly because of legal fees. One estimate put a price tag of $185,000 on the city’s expense for each union that requires arbitration. Morrissey would say only that the cost would be “six figures.” "............let's NOT forget, we are PAYING TWO, yes, TWO ! legal directors as it is..........and LarryBoy has the audacity to claim "“To me, it’s a matter of having financial accountability to our taxpayers.”
So, I'm OURAGED...........and I would HOPE anyother city taxpayers would be too.......... As I've mentioned before, the city is paying TWO legal directors (to the tune of around $220,000).........NOW LarryBoy wants to HIRE another outside law firm for arbitration.........AT $275 AN HOUR!!!!!!!!!! Let's not forget the outside law firm re-writing the building codes.......... So we elect a "successful"(?) lawyer as mayor, and ALL WE DO IS HIRE MORE LAWYERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed Sep 13, 2006 /Fri Sep 15, 2006

Opinion Columnists
Business urges mayor and council to modernize city’s health insurance
Special to the Register Star
............"The city’s plan operates like an open checkbook with no deductible and no co-pays. This may seem great to the plan participants, but in the long run it hurts all." That's my favorite line, I believe LarryBoy said it first about three weeks ago at a news conference at EIGERLAB........Best Part?......It's a LIE.........call your local fire station and ask anyone there if they had absolutely NO out-of-pocket health expenses since the first of the year.........ask any police officer or any other ciy employee.........PROPAGANDA......wonder if "As business owners, managers, and as taxpayers," they are also on the "Re-ELECT LARRYBOY " campaign bandwagon..........HMMMMMMMMMMM
I did a little digging around and found that the author/contact person of that "Opinion" commentary was a Cathy McDermott.......so I thought, what type of "business leader" was she?????? and then I find campaign disclosure information about "Citizens for Morrissey" and she's some type of campaign publicity worker, just trying to get LarryBoy's message across.......

Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:06 pm

"All looks cool with booze rule"
By Dustin J. Seibert ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
..."Slafkosky attributes the change to the “Morrissey Effect,” referring to Mayor Larry Morrissey’s vision on the importance of local businesses. “There’s a change of attitude in City Hall; that difference is as important, if not more important than (focusing on) nonprofits,” he said. “Larry has this thing that you can’t build a city on pity.” so I've been trying to understand this since I read it several hours ago.........the story mentions Octane, and Kryptonite, ( and Slafkosky owns J. R. Kortman's).....three businesses located on the downtown mall.........patrons of these establishments park in municipal parking lots,( landscaped, maintained, plowed and salted after snows by city workers) and have entrances on the mall, (landscaped, maintained, plowed and salted after snows by city workers)........so I guess "if you can't build a city on pity", WHO is the PITYEE(?) and WHO is the PITIER?????????? I would venture to guess "The Olympic", "Elixur", "Oscar's", etc. would like the city to take care of their parking lots........pity.........how about if one of the downtown businesses have an event that draws people downtown, the "non-profits" be allowed to set up vendor booths on the mall..........pity.........I think I pity the city with a "Morrissey Effect".......

Wed Aug 30, 2006

ROCKFORD — With only days remaining before a ballot deadline, Mayor Larry Morrissey on Monday declined to give his views on a proposed sales-tax referendum for this fall. Morrissey said he “very likely” will hold a news conference later in the week to speak his mind. He would not hint at what his opinion is, or even what day the conference will be. “We’re five months after the last referendum failed, and the mayor has not told the community what his plan is to fix the roads,” Holt said. “That’s why you’ve seen the aldermen put up their own proposals.” Ald. Dan Conness, D-14, proposed a 0.75 percentage point increase on July 10. The money generated by the hike would be used to fund road improvements and pay down existing road bonds. Let's look at his position paper " Urban Planning, Transportation, Energy & The Environment" "We can and must design our community so owning an automobile is a luxury instead of a necessity."...............who needs roads repaired, I guess they are a luxury, too.................

Thu Aug 24, 2006

" Morrissey wants to hire Rockford Consulting and Brokerage to help with the contract consulting. But some alderman worry the company was selected over others, only because they contributed to Morrissey's campaign. Alderman John Beck says, "People are maybe thinking that the other firm didn't quite get the same opportunity to present their abilities to the city council." Morrissey says, "No one should be selected simply because they support an individual candidate for a mayors race or aldermanic race likewise someone shouldn't be deselected or not selected simply because they support they support a certain candidate." Morrissey says under this contract they are not required by law to go with the lowest bidder. The questions forced alderman to send it back to committee. Now they'll focus on union negotiations.
But what did Campaigner LarryBoy say????
"When the administration is perceived as playing favorites and having an unfair playing field for developers and businesses, we discourage many other developers and businesses from doing business in Rockford. That is extremely damaging to this community.".........http://www.morrisseyformayor.com

Aug 18 2006

Let's look at this ......." Mayor Larry Morrissey countered Cassaro’s assertion, saying the average AFSCME worker makes more than the average Rockford worker." from Tuesday paper...............BUT LOOK!!!......ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR ...... Starting Salary: $63 - 96K commensurate with experience!!!!!!!!!! AND the City Administrator.............from the city budget......$23,000 increase!!!!!!!!!!!! more money + assistant= less work,more pay....... EMPLOYEES — THE CITY’S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET The City, like most local governmental units, provides services and can therefore be classified as a labor-intensive organization. Any organization that provides services can expect a substantial portion of its budget to be allocated for personnel costs. To help contain personnel costs, the City has taken several steps in the past to economize its use of personnel while maintaining service quality. These steps include: • eliminating inefficient or ineffective services; • improving the method of delivery for certain services; • contracting certain specialized and/or seasonal services to private contractors; and • adding certain key positions. This is straight out of the budget.......do you see where they plan to screw employees on benefits to "contain costs"????????? No? me either........ How does "the average worker " in Rockford feel about the pay in the Mayor's office??????????? average pay.........$85,000...... http://www.ci.rockford.il.us/uploadedFiles/government/Finance/Divisions/CentralServices/Mayor(2).pdf