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Rockford Scandals and Shenanigans

had a fabulous (as always) find on a lobbying firm the city pays $120,000 a year....so I'm thinking what 'fund' is THIS coming out of and so I head to http://www.rockfordil.gov/ and
OH BOY!!!!!

A 'new,uplifting' City WEBSITE!!!!!!!!!
Bright,new logo scrolling pix,starting with LarryBoy followed by his masterpuppet...Venita!!always in his corner..,.screw the citizens,I'M A LAWYER I AM SMART I KNOW WHAT IS BEST...SHUT UP

The EXCELLENT Facebook page-writer at Rockford Scandals and Shenanigans ,well, they beat me to the punch on half this post.

See,past week brought THIS dandy downtown deal they wrote about...A DOWNTOWN development fundraiser in....CHERRY VALLEY!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh, but that's only half the story...
Keep in mind,MILLIONS of TAX DOLLAR$$ for the Riverwalk, right, so some of the reasoning is starting at Burpbee Museum to showcase the dinosaur exhibits, right, SO are we building that FREAKIN'RIVERWALK ALL THE WAY TO THE CHERRYVALE MALL????

That' s where the newest,bestest DinoBones are........

So this past Mon. at CityCouncil, LarryBoy's 'co-chair' of the "citizen"group pushing the "INFRASTRUCTURE!!" tax claimed the use of this tax 'reduces the city's long-term bond debt'....



REALITY?
from the CAFR "For the Year Ended December 31,2006"
general fund balance was $29,714,629
longterm bond debt was $148,149,882,OK?

And for 2009....
general fund stood at $22,006,223(that's -$6.7mill.)
and longterm bond debt stood at $201,771,748(increase of about $52million!!!!!!)

As they say,how's that working out for you??????????

Well,the propaganda ministry of LarryBoy keeps cranking it out....

"...Mayor Larry Morrissey said Monday that the union’s latest offer to the city amounts to an 8 percent pay raise....."

See, there is NOWHERE I can find anything to that supports this statement...certainly seems just another attempt to turn citizens against the people(public works,police,fire) that actually PROVIDE SERVICES tax dollars should provide.

Meanwhile..."To prevent overspending"
we read "...Morrissey and some aldermen insisted on and pushed for a balanced general fund budget before 2011 spending started so the city wouldn’t overspend in the first quarter...."

As been pointed out by "Rockford Shenanigans...." LarryBoy's administration has habitually overspent (that's where most of the General Fund drawdown has gone) and additionally, keep in mind LarryBoy promised to give Julia Valdez that $38,000raise as soon as the budget passed....this administration worries about passing a 'balanced budget' then spends wherever and whenever LarryBoy wants../.

Well,THIS passed tonight...

"....To some, establishing a separate fund for aldermen to hire their own attorneys rather than use the city’s Legal Department is a way to avoid placing staff in the middle of their battles.

But to other aldermen, it’s a political power play designed to divide and conquer.

“I think they want to shut certain people out of city operations,” said Ald. Venita Hervey, D-5. “It’s being set up by a group of people who are carving out their own niche to create a subcouncil on the City Council that wants to make all of the decisions.”...."

Well, EXCUSE ME Ms.Venita, but the same could be said about your constant LarryBoyBlind Allegiance, even going so far as to release INACCURATE information(in MY opinion, BLATANT LIE!) concerning the fire union wage 'request' a few weeks back.....seems you were elected to represent CITIZENS not the administration....

Rockford City Council misses 2011 budget deadline - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

Rockford City Council misses 2011 budget deadline - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star: Here's another one of thosae oddities one finds in LarryBoy's Empire ".....the city could have a budget surplus of $38,860."
Now $38grand is how much MORE LarryBoy promised to pay Julia Valdez-(something,drawing a blank on that hyphenated woman)....
Weird,huh?