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Residents and leaders of Ferguson, Missouri as well as many well-respected journalist are off on a path pushing and beginning to start a recall for their city council.  The argument is that with 68% of residents being African-American and the city council not is representative of that means change is coming.  It is a very good idea but there is also something that they may need to consider. I call your attention to the City of Detroit who sends quite a few African-Americans to the city council and it changed nothing.  The situation became worse and now the city is bankrupted.  Putting African-American in office does not solve the problem if those elected are not strong enough to fall into the same selfish hole that those who currently occupy that position now finds themselves in.  If you elect a person who pretends to care when it is only their intention to better themselves, then you are electing to keep your city buried under the same blanket. Befor...

For any “wanta-be” mayor of Rockford out there, now may be the time to cast your hat into the ring because the trend now taking lead in our local politics is the firing of Mayor Morrissey.    We may have thought that budget cuts which effects the lives of so many was only being done in other cities and states but today I learned that they are happening here. I awoke to smoke from a small fire within the walls of this home and after checking to make sure that it was something that I could not discover or combat myself, I relied on our fire department.   The 911 operator was with the county but as soon as I explained the situation to her, she immediately put me through to the city.   Minutes later, Engine 3 and Ladder 1 showed up at my address.   They were so very professional that my daughter and my niece began thinking about making fire fighting their career.   I was surprised only by the number of other fire stations that responded and began to question...