Couple things been on my mind....
THIS has been an ongoing saga....
MY opinion,the city workers on main streets do a good job, but the neighborhood plowing has really sucked since Rockford Blacktop stopped bidding and Rabine"... which has held the contract for the past couple of years..." took over.
So it's a shame "...Palka submitted the lowest bid in October but didn’t get the contract. She testified in court that she first was told she won, then heard a flurry of reasons why she didn’t: She failed to fill out the application properly, or she didn’t provide enough information, or her firm just couldn’t handle the job.
Palka has worked major contracts for the state but has never held a municipal snow removal contract. She says she can do the work and plans to put in a second bid....."

This city is so full of that shady bid process, always seems the city finds these "technicalities", remember the paver sidewalk deal?
for THIS...
"...A three-vehicle convoy led by Mayor Larry Morrissey honked horns and waved Friday morning as it drove down Main Street.
What used to be the downtown pedestrian mall, a two-block stretch from Elm to Mulberry streets, was open to drivers for the first time since 1975.....Portions of the road will be periodically closed as work is still to be completed as more lighting, landscaping and benches will be added by spring. In fact, the section from State to Elm was closed Friday after the mayor’s convoy passed...."


WHY BOTHER?
SHOWMANSHIP for LarryBoy and Dancin'Doug....
and check out the video...thought we had a NOISE ORDINANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh,and at the end of the vid,you know how youtube shows other clips below? Most are cities celebrating their new PEDESTRIAN PLAZA/MALL's in THEIR revitalized downtown....
Excellence Anywhere?????