Stuff goes on at Council that RRStar just WON'T/DOESN'T cover....
(like the public speakers critical of LarryBoy policies,etc.)
But there was this other item I found interesting....
http://www.rockrivertimes.com/index.new.pl?cmd=viewstory&cat=13&id=23627

By Stuart R. Wahlin, Staff Writer

News and notes from the June 8 Rockford City Council meeting

Mayor Larry Morrissey (I) indicated a budget and finance advisory group will be formed to assist the council as the economic crisis looms over current and future budget cycles.

“This will be a group of individuals from our community who will help to work, again, with our city council and our staff to provide insight and outlook on our current budget challenges,” Morrissey explained. “Not only have we had challenges in the 2009 budget, challenges with the ’08 budget, but we anticipate, really, problems and challenges through 2010 and 2011.”

He added, “It’s an opportune time to take a look at our entire process, and build a strong foundation for continuing to move forward.”

The mayor will now entertain recommendations for appointments to the group....

The ABSURDITY of another hand-picked ad-hoc committee to go thru the motions of developing some kind of recommendations that LarryBoy has either predetermined (and will be a buncha YESMAN's) or he'll simply ignore them....
See,near as I can figure,...
http://www.ci.rockford.il.us/uploadedFiles/government/Finance/Divisions/CentralServices/Finance.pdf

Finance Director Andrus Sammul's got 33 employees, contracts out another $800,000 in services and makes at least $140,000 a year....and see,he WARNED LAST YEAR that a big problem is the city's role as "internal banker" borrowing,borrowing bonds for TIF after TIF....
see MOST of the deficit IS directly related to the money-shifting/hiding to cover losses in this centerpiece of LarryBoy's "vision" of EXCELLENCE EVERYWHERE....

Well,LarryBoy IGNORED those warnings,why will he listen to anybody else??