So the story finally hit the paper about the "GreatMallRemoval"... http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x1931071789/Mall-removal-on-tonight-s-council-agenda
Quote:....The lowest bid during a bid opening last week was $2.7 million, well exceeding money set aside for the downtown streetscape project in the city’s Capital Improvement Program. That forced the city to pull the item from the Rockford City Council’s agenda and to re-evaluate its options....I may well be mistaken,but I just cannot see how this project is THE HOLY GRAIL,an imperative step to downtown Rockford's RESURRECTION!!!!!!! Anyway,on WNTA today,Ken Decoster had "Dancin'Double-Dippin" Doug Mark on to answer questions about the project and,considering it's in HIS ward and HE has so championed the move,when asked about the "WHY" the cost was so high,DM really didn't seem to have a CLUE!! Heck,I'd expect he'd have been in on the planning and scope of the work specs...(or just READ..."Cafe-style seating, more on-street parking, and intricate way-finding medallions built into the pavement at intersections are all part of the designs. ...." the story tells us...) And see,with Pat Curran PLEADING for attention for Rural ST.(he's right,the road is downright DANGEROUS) and Vic Bell outraged ("unacceptable"he railed) at no immediate stimulus money for S.Main St., it would be so cool to see the "Battle of LarryBots",those three duking it over road money....ah,but it won't happen....LarryBoy won't tolerated his toadies acting up.... see,Dancin'Doug had promised the Signal Hill Neighborhood a cul-de-sac where Grant Ave.comes off Whitman,...oh,3or4 years ago...and a year later,when asked about it,he explained the money(supposedly 'set aside') was spent elsewhere...well,Duh-Doug,I know LarryBoy wants the Mall gone,and you OWE him your cushy Metro job,but IF you really CARE ABOUT ROCKFORD, fixing decrepit old roads SHOULD come before overspending on a "Road to MetroWorld".... "sigh"