So I'm remembering how LarryBoy used to campaign on 'we're ONE city,no more eastside/westside inequalities' and topped off with EXCELLENCE EVERYWHERE cowpie topping....
And I'm remembering we (Rockford School District) just got out from under the federal discrimination lawsuit....
So WTF LarryBoy with THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
"...Rockford will eliminate a fire suppression crew July 1 at Station 8, 505 Sherman Ave. One of the two crews will be reduced Jan. 1 at Station 1, 528 Woodlawn Ave...."
Splendid...REDUCE FIRE PROTECTION ONLY ON THE WEST SIDE!!!!!
Brilliant,brilliant...INCREASE the response time to an area with older buildings,closer together,greatly increasing the possibilty for great property damage...
this flipping pinhead....
roll out the lawyers(methinks Ald. Venita Hervey was among the group that sued the schools when West High was closed)....
VERY GOOD!!@!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
All the 'doom&gloom' financial forecasts coming out of City Hall is cause for reflection on the 'legacy' of LarryBoy's Empire.
Think about it...BEFORE he even took office there was the Garrison TIF district,followed by here a TIF,there a TIF, everywhere a TIFTIF...
Matter of fact,THIS has GREATLY COMPOUNDED THE CITY DEBT...Bond payments coupled with frozen property tax income....for WHAT??? To improve PRIVATELY-OWNED REAL ESTATE...a large percentage of which are owned by FAMILY and CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS!!!!!!!!!!!
http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/05/19/rockfords-tif-report-card-negative-balances-will-drain-public-funds/
"... the source of such development funds—tax increment financing (TIF) districts—was the subject of a recent analysis by Andres Sammul, the city’s finance director. His prognosis was not especially rosy. ..TIF districts are often commenced with an infusion of cash through the issuance of bonds under the assumption the district will not only generate enough of an increment to eventually pay off the debt, but to provide some sort of benefit to lure investment
...
Think about it...BEFORE he even took office there was the Garrison TIF district,followed by here a TIF,there a TIF, everywhere a TIFTIF...
Matter of fact,THIS has GREATLY COMPOUNDED THE CITY DEBT...Bond payments coupled with frozen property tax income....for WHAT??? To improve PRIVATELY-OWNED REAL ESTATE...a large percentage of which are owned by FAMILY and CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS!!!!!!!!!!!
http://rockrivertimes.com/2010/05/19/rockfords-tif-report-card-negative-balances-will-drain-public-funds/
"... the source of such development funds—tax increment financing (TIF) districts—was the subject of a recent analysis by Andres Sammul, the city’s finance director. His prognosis was not especially rosy. ..TIF districts are often commenced with an infusion of cash through the issuance of bonds under the assumption the district will not only generate enough of an increment to eventually pay off the debt, but to provide some sort of benefit to lure investment
...
The primary reason for creation of the Garrison School TIF District was to aid in the redevelopment of the former Garrison School into residential lofts and adjacent row houses, spearheaded by then-civilian, now mayor, Larry Morrissey and his family. In addition to $1.5 million in TIF assistance, $700,000 in historic preservation tax credits helped make the project possible.
Despite the advances, Sammul reported, “This project is not built out as planned,” but noted the TIF “could be successful.”
If built out in the next year, the district will close in the black in 2028, he added. The district, which bears $2,155,568 in total debt service through 2023, presently shows a deficit of $284,300, which could be out of the red by 2027 with available funds in the amount of $220,000 in the TIF’s last year.
“For each year of delay, $100,000 will be lost,” Sammul warned, however. “Delay past 2011 may require a transfer from the General or Redevelopment funds for closeout.”
(another big expense since LarryBoy got spending was his pseudo-property-cops,the Code Enforcement Division. Drive past Garrison,north-side on Court St. and see the cars/trucks parked on gravel(a BIG violation), and piles of debris that would bring multiple fine$ to any regular citizen. It's good to be the King's Daddy)
(TO BE CONTINUED...)
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Couple items from last week add up to.....hhhmmmm!!
" Work is set to begin this summer on a $4.7 million redevelopment project...
Developer Chandler Anderson of Icon Development Group...is partnering on Midtown Lofts with Morrissey Realty Group, a business formed by Mayor Larry Morrissey and his father, Joe Morrissey. Since his election, the mayor has transferred his financial stake in the company to his parents. The duo have a similar partnership — the redevelopment of Garrison School — that introduced high-end rental units to the city’s near downtown Signal Hill neighborhood...."
Illegal???weellll, don't know for sure,but UNETHICAL as all get out!! Face it,LarryDaddy ain't no spring chicken....where's the estate gonna end up,you suppose???
(Word is,Dandy Chandy and LarryDaddy still owe big bucks to some of the sub-contractors that worked on Garrison, claiming cash flow problems...so most of the place sit UNFINISHED,a war-zone lot on 1100N.Court(where's the CodeEnforcementCops on THAT eyesore??)
So let's see,get that TIF advance for MidTown...finish Garrison??? find workers that are willing to take a chance of getting paid???
But I digress...
The interesting story came a couple days later...
"MACHESNEY PARK — The village has gained a 4-to-1 return on its investment in the redevelopment of the Illinois 173 and Illinois 251 intersection.The more than $7.6 million of public money invested in improvements since 1991 has generated more than $31.8 million in private investment, according to an annual financial report for the village’s first-ever tax increment finance district...."
See, LarryBoy is busy blaming the city's financial challenges on employees,schools,economy,blah,blah,blah...
But this guy,through TIF bond debt, HAS BROUGHT THE CITY TO THE BRINK...
Where's any kind of return-on-investment statement for the millions spent since he took office???new TIF, de-TIF, re-TIF, River district,Midtown,Eastside,Westside...everywhere a TIF tiff....back to story...
"...The district spurred the corridor’s development, even encouraging development outside the TIF boundaries, Mullins said....“...would Target have built across the street? Probably not. I think that’s a reasonable argument. That development, in my opinion, is a direct result of the TIF,” Mullins said. “All of that development east of Alpine (Road), would that have been there without that TIF? There’s reasonable argument that it would not have been.”...
See create a TIF, let development COME...don't run around creating TIF's WHERE THE DEVELOPER WANTS
Course,if the developer is Daddy.....excrement everywhere....
" Work is set to begin this summer on a $4.7 million redevelopment project...
Developer Chandler Anderson of Icon Development Group...is partnering on Midtown Lofts with Morrissey Realty Group, a business formed by Mayor Larry Morrissey and his father, Joe Morrissey. Since his election, the mayor has transferred his financial stake in the company to his parents. The duo have a similar partnership — the redevelopment of Garrison School — that introduced high-end rental units to the city’s near downtown Signal Hill neighborhood...."
Illegal???weellll, don't know for sure,but UNETHICAL as all get out!! Face it,LarryDaddy ain't no spring chicken....where's the estate gonna end up,you suppose???
(Word is,Dandy Chandy and LarryDaddy still owe big bucks to some of the sub-contractors that worked on Garrison, claiming cash flow problems...so most of the place sit UNFINISHED,a war-zone lot on 1100N.Court(where's the CodeEnforcementCops on THAT eyesore??)
So let's see,get that TIF advance for MidTown...finish Garrison??? find workers that are willing to take a chance of getting paid???
But I digress...
The interesting story came a couple days later...
"MACHESNEY PARK — The village has gained a 4-to-1 return on its investment in the redevelopment of the Illinois 173 and Illinois 251 intersection.The more than $7.6 million of public money invested in improvements since 1991 has generated more than $31.8 million in private investment, according to an annual financial report for the village’s first-ever tax increment finance district...."
See, LarryBoy is busy blaming the city's financial challenges on employees,schools,economy,blah,blah,blah...
But this guy,through TIF bond debt, HAS BROUGHT THE CITY TO THE BRINK...
Where's any kind of return-on-investment statement for the millions spent since he took office???new TIF, de-TIF, re-TIF, River district,Midtown,Eastside,Westside...everywhere a TIF tiff....back to story...
"...The district spurred the corridor’s development, even encouraging development outside the TIF boundaries, Mullins said....“...would Target have built across the street? Probably not. I think that’s a reasonable argument. That development, in my opinion, is a direct result of the TIF,” Mullins said. “All of that development east of Alpine (Road), would that have been there without that TIF? There’s reasonable argument that it would not have been.”...
See create a TIF, let development COME...don't run around creating TIF's WHERE THE DEVELOPER WANTS
Course,if the developer is Daddy.....excrement everywhere....
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
So the real estate portfolio of the cash-strapped City of Rockford grew again with the WTF purchase of the old Amerock building downtown...
How's this..."River District Association Executive Director Kim Wheeler Johnsen... noting the district’s board of directors recently approved a resolution supporting the city’s purchase of the Amerock and Tapco buildings...."
WHAT changed in OUR CITY GOVERNMENT that gives two hoots what some collection of self-serving,tax-sucking bunch of downtown business whiners "resolves'?
Then I see #1 LarryBot "Applehead"Curran on TV saying it gives the city control over this prime riverfront property....Hey pinhead,stop drinking the cider mash and go look...it's several hundred feet WEST OF THE RIVERFRONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, but LarryBoy didn't emerge unscathed....
Sunday's RRStar carried TWO one-time LarryBoy supporters bashing his overall scheme...
http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/letters/x1043115827/Anywhere-USA
"Mayor Morrissey cited several economic arguments in his successful 2005 campaign. One was to rehab downtown buildings, increasing their property taxes, eventually equalizing the disproportionate burden on northeast taxpayers.Campaign volunteers took those arguments to voters and helped win the election.B&B Properties put those principles to work, occupying the renovated Richardson Building in 2006. Today, we are working on the 600 block of Cedar.Modest in architecture, these buildings boast dramatic 360-degree views and one of early Rockford’s richest histories. Owned by the son of a French trapper and Indian princess, the land passed to Germanicus Kent. The block hosted a cemetery, railroad and Irish “patch,” morphing into the city breadbasket and final home of two renowned seed companies.Not riverfront properties on the cusp of the Water Power district that fueled our industrial growth like Tapco and Amerock, they have quiet merit.Now consider demolishing historic Cedar Street buildings from Avon Street right down to the river and throughout the city. This green alley will only serve to institutionalize tax inequities that aggravate today and convert Rockford into Anywhere, USA.City leaders: Please remember that 2005 wisdom. Buy and hold if you must, but do not convert revenue sources into public obligations."
— Marge Bevers, Rockford
AND...
"...So why on earth would our City Council even consider a plan that would spend $3 million and probably more to demolish these buildings and replace them with an open grassy field?It is no consolation whatsoever that the field would be a small addition to Davis Park. Each building’s footprint is only 150 feet by 150 feet. The intent of this plan — to prevent the city from being held hostage by future incompetent developers — would be accomplished merely by the city purchasing the buildings.It is a waste of money to demolish the buildings to achieve this goal. Don’t judge the viability of the buildings by the competence or, in this case, incompetence of past developers.Maybe the best thing for Rockford would be if the city just does not buy these buildings.The last five years have left me feeling proud that at last my city leaders had left behind the demolition-happy “urban renewal” days of the 1960s. But this wasteful, destructive proposal is a return to that failed mentality and, sadly, demonstrates that our leaders are losing confidence in Rockford’s future."
Gary Carlson owns a used-car dealership in Rockford. He was twice chairman of the Rockford Historic Preservation Commission. The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois honored him three years ago for his restoration of a 1908 home on North Second Street.
Rather refreshing(though probably too little too late)....
How's this..."River District Association Executive Director Kim Wheeler Johnsen... noting the district’s board of directors recently approved a resolution supporting the city’s purchase of the Amerock and Tapco buildings...."
WHAT changed in OUR CITY GOVERNMENT that gives two hoots what some collection of self-serving,tax-sucking bunch of downtown business whiners "resolves'?
Then I see #1 LarryBot "Applehead"Curran on TV saying it gives the city control over this prime riverfront property....Hey pinhead,stop drinking the cider mash and go look...it's several hundred feet WEST OF THE RIVERFRONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, but LarryBoy didn't emerge unscathed....
Sunday's RRStar carried TWO one-time LarryBoy supporters bashing his overall scheme...
http://www.rrstar.com/opinions/letters/x1043115827/Anywhere-USA
"Mayor Morrissey cited several economic arguments in his successful 2005 campaign. One was to rehab downtown buildings, increasing their property taxes, eventually equalizing the disproportionate burden on northeast taxpayers.Campaign volunteers took those arguments to voters and helped win the election.B&B Properties put those principles to work, occupying the renovated Richardson Building in 2006. Today, we are working on the 600 block of Cedar.Modest in architecture, these buildings boast dramatic 360-degree views and one of early Rockford’s richest histories. Owned by the son of a French trapper and Indian princess, the land passed to Germanicus Kent. The block hosted a cemetery, railroad and Irish “patch,” morphing into the city breadbasket and final home of two renowned seed companies.Not riverfront properties on the cusp of the Water Power district that fueled our industrial growth like Tapco and Amerock, they have quiet merit.Now consider demolishing historic Cedar Street buildings from Avon Street right down to the river and throughout the city. This green alley will only serve to institutionalize tax inequities that aggravate today and convert Rockford into Anywhere, USA.City leaders: Please remember that 2005 wisdom. Buy and hold if you must, but do not convert revenue sources into public obligations."
— Marge Bevers, Rockford
AND...
"...So why on earth would our City Council even consider a plan that would spend $3 million and probably more to demolish these buildings and replace them with an open grassy field?It is no consolation whatsoever that the field would be a small addition to Davis Park. Each building’s footprint is only 150 feet by 150 feet. The intent of this plan — to prevent the city from being held hostage by future incompetent developers — would be accomplished merely by the city purchasing the buildings.It is a waste of money to demolish the buildings to achieve this goal. Don’t judge the viability of the buildings by the competence or, in this case, incompetence of past developers.Maybe the best thing for Rockford would be if the city just does not buy these buildings.The last five years have left me feeling proud that at last my city leaders had left behind the demolition-happy “urban renewal” days of the 1960s. But this wasteful, destructive proposal is a return to that failed mentality and, sadly, demonstrates that our leaders are losing confidence in Rockford’s future."
Gary Carlson owns a used-car dealership in Rockford. He was twice chairman of the Rockford Historic Preservation Commission. The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois honored him three years ago for his restoration of a 1908 home on North Second Street.
Rather refreshing(though probably too little too late)....
Sunday, March 28, 2010
So I really don't understand what's going on over at LarryDaddy's Garrison project.
Things have really been at a standstill for a long time now. Unfinished walls,unpaved driveways,no signs of any work being done.
And don't even let me get started on the Court St. empty block....piles of debris,dirt, weather-worn building materials....LarryBoy's "ExcellenceEverywhere"Code Coppers could write enough citations, might lift the city outta debt!
(Course won't see THAT...tain't what ya do, it's who your relations are...)
So I really can't understand the budget entries about the many TIF's either....
but they sure make things look swell...
"Garrison School TIF
• Despite the economy and pressure it has placed on high end rental units, they are currently
at 92% occupancy.
• Completed the shell of the main townhome building and Building F.
• Three weeks after placing one unit on the MLS, it was sold for the asking price.
• Acquired a two family home adjacent to the Garrison project and transformed the structure
from a habitual problem to one of the more desirable residences in the area.
• Landscaping was completed
• New sidewalks were installed"
(Of course, the sidewalks were done with 3rd Ward allotment money with the blessings of Dancin'Doug)
but later we read...
Ending Balance ($348) 2015 ( gee, a THIRD OF A MILLION TAX DOLLARS IN THE RED!!!! that worked out well for the city...)
Things have really been at a standstill for a long time now. Unfinished walls,unpaved driveways,no signs of any work being done.
And don't even let me get started on the Court St. empty block....piles of debris,dirt, weather-worn building materials....LarryBoy's "ExcellenceEverywhere"Code Coppers could write enough citations, might lift the city outta debt!
(Course won't see THAT...tain't what ya do, it's who your relations are...)
So I really can't understand the budget entries about the many TIF's either....
but they sure make things look swell...
"Garrison School TIF
• Despite the economy and pressure it has placed on high end rental units, they are currently
at 92% occupancy.
• Completed the shell of the main townhome building and Building F.
• Three weeks after placing one unit on the MLS, it was sold for the asking price.
• Acquired a two family home adjacent to the Garrison project and transformed the structure
from a habitual problem to one of the more desirable residences in the area.
• Landscaping was completed
• New sidewalks were installed"
(Of course, the sidewalks were done with 3rd Ward allotment money with the blessings of Dancin'Doug)
but later we read...
GARRISON TIF FUND 2011-2015 FINANCIAL FORECAST (IN 000'S)
Ending Balance ($348) 2015 ( gee, a THIRD OF A MILLION TAX DOLLARS IN THE RED!!!! that worked out well for the city...)
Guess we should just trust Silly Hall with buying more vacant buildings...(TAPCO, Amerock)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
So THIS just cracks me up...
"... City Legal Director Patrick Hayes argues that residents in some unincorporated areas would be better served by the city from a public safety standpoint.“In some of these areas, firetrucks may come from seven road miles away when we have trucks seven blocks away,” Hayes said. “It is not good government to be so inefficient when it comes to public safety.”...
THIS hypocritical administration has done everything in it's power to curtail PUBLIC SAFETY and PUBLIC WORKS services to the EXISTING city taxpayers and this tight-suited pinhead has the audacity to feign concern???????????
My word,man...
see this side-note...entitled...
Land-grab plan
so how is it this braintrust in the City Hall administration looks to forcibly annex additional area to the city, (which LOGICALLY will require MORE streets to maintain, MORE calls for police and fire,) yet continue to focus such large TAX-SUBSIDIES and ATTENTION to the "River District"?????????
truly, EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE....
"... City Legal Director Patrick Hayes argues that residents in some unincorporated areas would be better served by the city from a public safety standpoint.“In some of these areas, firetrucks may come from seven road miles away when we have trucks seven blocks away,” Hayes said. “It is not good government to be so inefficient when it comes to public safety.”...
THIS hypocritical administration has done everything in it's power to curtail PUBLIC SAFETY and PUBLIC WORKS services to the EXISTING city taxpayers and this tight-suited pinhead has the audacity to feign concern???????????
My word,man...
see this side-note...entitled...
Land-grab plan
so how is it this braintrust in the City Hall administration looks to forcibly annex additional area to the city, (which LOGICALLY will require MORE streets to maintain, MORE calls for police and fire,) yet continue to focus such large TAX-SUBSIDIES and ATTENTION to the "River District"?????????
truly, EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE....
Thursday, March 11, 2010
There's been a couple stories lately that just so clearly illustrate the LarryCandidateBoy and Mayor LarryBoy...
Here...
"...The city is going to spend nearly $150,000 on the feasibility study that will consist of 12-hour traffic volume counts, collection of physical data about the roads and intersections, evaluations of alternate routes, public input and a final report from TY Lin International and McClure Engineering Associates...."
AND YET we were sold...
"Action: It’s Time for Action: Moving Beyond the Studies and Task Forces.
Rockford has been studied, planned, and task forced to death. To get past the studies and start getting things done, we must have focused, direct, and accountable leadership..."
Oh,and how about...
"...Everyone needs to know that their mayor will fight for this City and not be compromised,
controlled, or conflicted. Running as an independent means that State and National politics will not control the Rockford agenda...."
OR...
"...The current administration has also designed an approach that has established a culture of dependancy instead of independence...."
(though I can't find direct quote, I also recall his statement 'Rockford can't look to Springfield to solve its' problems' blahblahblah...)
So where does he get off???
"...Mayor Larry Morrissey was in the House gallery to watch the governor speak. He, too, was disappointed in what he heard, especially the governor’s plan to reduce state funding to cities by $307 million. ..."
EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!
Here...
"...The city is going to spend nearly $150,000 on the feasibility study that will consist of 12-hour traffic volume counts, collection of physical data about the roads and intersections, evaluations of alternate routes, public input and a final report from TY Lin International and McClure Engineering Associates...."
AND YET we were sold...
"Action: It’s Time for Action: Moving Beyond the Studies and Task Forces.
Rockford has been studied, planned, and task forced to death. To get past the studies and start getting things done, we must have focused, direct, and accountable leadership..."
Oh,and how about...
"...Everyone needs to know that their mayor will fight for this City and not be compromised,
controlled, or conflicted. Running as an independent means that State and National politics will not control the Rockford agenda...."
OR...
"...The current administration has also designed an approach that has established a culture of dependancy instead of independence...."
(though I can't find direct quote, I also recall his statement 'Rockford can't look to Springfield to solve its' problems' blahblahblah...)
So where does he get off???
"...Mayor Larry Morrissey was in the House gallery to watch the governor speak. He, too, was disappointed in what he heard, especially the governor’s plan to reduce state funding to cities by $307 million. ..."
EXCREMENT EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!
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