Didja check out Council Mon. nite? Curran certainly pulled out all the stops with his dramatic "catastrophe"-avoidance plea....
http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x599209477/Rockford-aldermen-to-discuss-how-to-trim-the-budget
I guess Pat has no problem carrying water for LarryBoy since he's unopposed....I may be wrong,but certainly appears most of Larry's lapdogs (noteably Sosnowski and Mark)are keeping their distance,sensing a weakeness in the "LarryBoyExcellenceForce"....
And over at WREX,there's a hint at the "b**tch" side of LarryBoy....
http://www.wrex.com/Global/story.asp?S=10058428&nav=menu1352_2

Quote:

...."Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?" says Mayor Larry Morrissey. "I feel a little bit like that seems to be the general mood of the council."...The Republicans and Democrats are expected this week to meet in their separate caucuses where they can negotiate cuts.
"Now apparently there's another series of cuts that somebody is discussing at some meeting which I've not been privy to, where they're going to come up with another series of cuts," Morrissey says. "If they're going to do it at caucus, where are the caucus mintues?"....

Kinda irks you,huh,LarryBoy? See,that IS the DUTY of the aldermen to appropriate funds,not yours....elected officials work for the taxpayer,not you....deal with it.....