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Been out of touch,but so much to touch on....

So this whole Mike Dunn Deal just reeks of Scandal-In-Waiting...






"Fear of flying
The first scandal of the Thompson administration over misuse of state planes saw the ouster of two top executives in June. Michael Dunn, the governor's young patronage chief, was forced to resign June9, following charges that he failed to report flights for political purposes on state aircraft. The director of aeronautics Melvin Rosenbloom was next, fired 11 days later, when his asked-for resignation was not delivered. Rosenbloom said he was fired for reporting Dunn...."

(I guess LarryBoy shows he's a true disciple of shady Illinois politics,huh?)

Here you find a bunch of "Downtown Supporters"( seriously, REAL ONES,actually INVESTED their OWN MONEY,some live downtown,and many, former LarryBots!!)

So, they are trying to block LarryBoy/MikeDunn's "vision" for downtown..."...Dunn called the Friends efforts to secure historic designation for the building "silly" and "a waste of the community's time"."

See, it's just more of this administration's determination to spend money(they DON'T HAVE,over and ABOVE the hotel/motel/beverage tax first instituted to pay for the MetroCentre) on entertainment venues...(WTF, don't we HAVE a PARK DISTRICT???? Seems that's THEIR mission) Money THAT SHOULD BE SPENT ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS!!

The whole mismanagement of the Metro Centre rehab money would seem to plop down in LarryBoy's lap...HE appointed the board,did he not? Always suspected this whole "RAVE" deal was a calculated effort to indirectly funnel more money to the IceHogPalace...the public was starting to grumble...we were told the refinancing/rehab meant the city would lessen the subsidy to the MC...THAT wasn't happening...heck let's change the NAME of the hand-picked "board" maybe the public won't realize more tax money is being dumped into the venue...

And besides, what makes Dunn a 'voice' for downtown??Near as I can tell, Dunn appears to be a realtor of "questionable scruples", (living somewhere NE Rockford, so much so, it could quite possibly be considered Loves Park or Roscoe.)

I assume anybody that cares about the seeming misdirection Mayor LarryBoy has headed the city of Rockford is,by now familiar with Rockford Scandals and Shenanigans...

The writer has proven to be an astute researcher of many fiscal irresponsibilities LarryBoy has foisted on the taxpayers in the name of "economic development"while slashing (and threatening MORE ) the BASIC TENETS of local government...Public Safety and Public Works....

Now, just for a minute, let's go back to those talks of switching some Motor Fuel Tax dollars from the Capital Improvement Plan to the General Fund to supplement other road maintenance needs(salting,plowing,sweeping,patching...you know the BASICS most municipalities fund with MFT). Well, the LarryBots came out full force crying 'the citizens passed the 1% sales tax to get these projects done,we can't "break their trust" '......
So anyway, Rockford S(candals)S(henanigans) offered several 'feelgood/fluff'' projects that could/sh
Sould be cut/delayed IF the budget is truly so dire....

Well,I started scanning the CIP info and couple things jumped out at me....
1.) the site lists TWO CIP versions(?) one 2010-2014, the other 2009-2013...what's up with THAT? Is one updated? revised? WHY overlap 3years in two plans? PLANNED CONFUSION??????????
2.)Using numbers provided, depending on the 'version',there's $1.9million OR $2.1million set aside for " CITY CENTER / RIVER IMPROVEMENTS "
Funding for infrastructure improvements in the City Center. Projects
include infrastructure and streetscape improvements in the "Cultural
Corridor," engineering analysis of projects that contribute to the
revitalization of the Downtown Core.
Funding source?
SALES TAX
Now that sounds transparentAND neccessary
GeeWhillikers, LarryBots...,TAXPAYERS CAN TRUST THIS ADMINISTRATION WITH TAX DOLLARS!!

RAISE SOME MO'MONEY,MO'MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!