Wanted to watch that Silly Council rerun tonight ,there was some nonsense going on with spending more TAX$$ on downtown studies, but think this deserves more immediate attention...
"...After working for years with police and this administration, I can say firsthand community policing works. Crime is down. The crimes that happen are lower-level...."
course, the author of this apple-polishing?...

John Weaver, advocate, Coronado/Haskell neighborhood, Rockford
yup,THAT John Weaver with his wife toted "Batman/Robin" signs to Council in support of LarryBoyChiefChet short-staffing policing...
And the reason was a personalized security presence,a security camera to monitor their neighborhood,etc. Sure, THOSE few blocks can claim "...Crime is down..." but who in the Sam Hill do they explain THIS???
"ROCKFORD — Police are investigating two apparently unrelated homicides that occurred early and late Sunday...."

Well,wasn't in their backyard, EVERYTHING IS EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!













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So the other nite,before Silly Council, they were interviewing Director of Public Works, Tim Hansen, asking about the impending snow and the budget.
So as the snow dragged on, I got to thinking...
SUPPOSE the "budget" runs out...does that mean NO plows would hit the streets...
likewise, police and fire budgets...they're running out....no more patrols of Weed'n'Seed???....blazing fire at some downtown establishment...no responders???
Is this what we are facing?
Bet they still pay the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in interest payments on all our TIF bonds...wouldn't want to jeopardize real estate "re-development"...or hip,urban lifestyles....toooo important to Rockford's future....

EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE........

So, I see LarryBoy's PR machine been in hyperdrive this past week...

Rockford departments make changes to reduce use of overtime

The thing to take from this story? "....The bulk of Rockford’s savings in 2009 came from the Police Department, which reduced its overtime expenses by $1.1 million. ...Epperson’s overtime drop comes at a time when the department also is reporting a 12.8 percent decrease in the city’s overall crime rate for 2009, according to preliminary statistics. The 2009 numbers are the lowest the city has seen in the past decade...."
Seems in LarryWorld with ChiefChet, crime magically decreases when there are less cops on the streets...huh?
Oh, and lets focus on "A 2010 audit of city-owned vehicles showing the majority of the city’s fleet is in poor condition came as no surprise to aldermen who have been fielding complaints from police officers and other city employees for months regarding the declining condition of vehicles."

See,I used the manhole photo again, custom-designed with the"branded,hip,urban,city logo..."
because they mention these vehicles doing the real citizens' work,(cop cars,fire trucks,public works equipment) but no mention of the dozens of LIKE-NEW cars and vans set aside for city hall suits...I see an entire lot at the se corner of 2nd St. and Walnut, plenty of those new WIFI laptop-equipped slathered allover with that sillywavylinelogo...then there's MORE cars,vans, SUV's sitting in that lot next to the Midway Theater...now so many of these cars sit for DAYS, covered with snow going nowhere...LarryBoy wasted taxe$$ sitting while emergency vehicles rust apart...
EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!

And finally, an organized,hand-picked,self-serving corporate welfare whores,
Chairman Peter Provenzano
Scott E. Eckburg
Jeffrey J. Kaney
Danny Lorden
Catherine M. McDermott(Occupation: Campaign administrator, Citizens for Morrissey)
Fred S. Sabet
"...an organization of business and civic leaders formed by Mayor Larry Morrissey and SupplyCore CEO Peter Provenzano...."(guess whose families own numerous downtown properties looking to score)
"...The effort to develop a new plan for downtown is being financially backed by contributions from the Rockford Housing Authority, Greater Rockford Authority Airport Board, Rockford Area Economic Development Council and the Rockford Local Development Corporation...." this is ALL TAX-SUPPORTED QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES with board members ALL APPOINTED BY LARRYBOY!!!!!!!!!!!
EXCELLENT!!!!!!!