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" 2 MILLION DEFICIT

Well there is your deficit folks. Moving away from starcom, a system that is credible and works in this century and going and creating a new one is more of a burden on Bloomington than an Arena. Come on this is more of a ridiculous use of public funds than a civic arena.........the system worked, there was no need for change except the pettiness of small town joe police man. What a joke.........turn over that council and mayor! "

" To aenonomys: You are so right. Moss was considered himself a real Jimmy Olson when he was in the newsgame. Now all he does is attempt to cover and spin it to Aikens' inept departmental decisions. "

" Duane Moss would have raised such a fuss about secret meetings when he was working the news on the radio - he was always so sure that he was onto the broadcast equivalent of Watergate; now, he sees it as business as usual. Funny how even locally, we can see the interchange between government, business, and the media weakening long-held American principles such as the taxpayer's right to know. "

" truthiness...Did you read the article? It is called interpretation and I believe this issue can be resolved and we can all be satisfied to not "hear" about this anymore. Maybe try using a proven system like a Sound-Powered-Phone...just a thought. "

" conan and kate.... did you even read the article? its about the radio system... the only thing that brings State Farm into it, is it was the incident there that "opened Bloomington's eyes" to the problems... "

" ok ok! Enough about this situation. Try using another system and move on from this crap. All we ever hear about is State Farm this and State Farm that. Fix it, bandage it, do whatever you gotta do to get this out of the paper and to fall upon deaf ears. Just one more thing? Can State Farm employees really wear blue jeans? Just thought I would throw that in there while we are talking shop. "

" Steve Stockton was on the 911 board. He of all people should understand the interoperability of telecommunication systems-he was also the VP of communications at State Farm. Kinda makes you wonder why he is opposed to the system everyone else is using and why he has spent over 1 million on his own dispatch center. In todays world you would hope our elected officials would work together rather than build silos. Remember the power of the vote! "

" Mr. Stockton, it would be better for the City's Police Department to join Starcom-21. ISP (Statewide), McLean County, Normal and other departments have joined it already and other nearby counties are either considering joining Starcom, or are building a compatible system (like Champaign's MDICE system). "

" who cares. this is only nes because it has to do with state farm "

" I love Stockton's comments, that everyone else should revert back to their 20+ year old technology system if its so bad...

yeah... good plan there, Steve-O.

Have you EVER listened to your 400Mhz system or the Starcom21 system? EVER? It's like a tin can and a string versus an iPhone. "