Well, I'm back....gonna run thru some older news....
First "privatization"??? ....

" The garage where public works employees have serviced Rockford police cars for the past 20 years will close by the end of the year as the city gradually outsources most of its vehicle maintenance to a downtown auto dealership beginning Oct. 1....Shifting work to Fran Kral, 120 N. Third St.....
HHMMMM....
http://vimeo.com/13436107
June ROCKSTAT - Small Business Loans
check it out... there's an introduction about how these are loans 'primarily' for "new and start up businesses", but 28 seconds in, a chart shows Fran Kral receiving $70,000 TAX DOLLARS!!!!

the city PAYS EXTRA TO A BUSINESS THEY OUTSOURCE WORK TO??? WHERE"S TRUE SAVINGS THERE???????