 &lt;b&gt;THE ISSUE: Public budget pictures increasingly grim&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OUR VIEW: Local officials will have to take drastic measures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might have missed Streator Mayor Jimmie Lansford&#039;s dire prediction in a news story earlier this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Next year&#039;s budget