18 Jun 2002

A Missed Opportunity

By Jeff Ignatius
When it became public in late May that Compass Facility Management had discovered $14,000 in misappropriated funds in its management of the RiverCenter/Adler Theatre in Davenport, the timing could scarcely have been worse for the Ames-based company.
11 Jun 2002

The Project: Short on Money, Long on Ideas and Energy

By Jeff Ignatius
The group's first fundraiser brought in $126, and its organizers thought that was a pretty good number. And relatively speaking, it is. After all, the group's operating expenses to this point have totaled $6.
11 Jun 2002

River Music Center to Conduct Feasibility Study

By Jeff Ignatius
The committee exploring options for the River Music Center in downtown Davenport is about to undertake a feasibility study to see if the community will support its concept for the planned facility. The concept for the $7 million project is still vague, but it should give the community some sense of the project as it moves toward its scheduled completion in summer 2004.
11 Jun 2002

Blues in the Hood Brings Arts Back to the Community

By Jeff Ignatius
Live music isn't an endangered species, but there are certainly fewer and fewer venues offering it these days. That's a stark contrast to a time when music was everywhere in the community. "These are significantly different times," said Nate Lawrence.
04 Jun 2002

Local Prog-Rock Outfit Looks Forward

By Jeff Ignatius
When last we left the local ambient-art-rock group INTENSITY!, it had just released a two-song album of nearly 50 minutes with the title The Stone of Madness. So we might call It All Starts Tomorrow progress toward something that at least acknowledges convention.
04 Jun 2002

Mardi Gras Festival Adds Food and New Bands

By Jeff Ignatius
Even though it's the second-oldest festival in The District of Rock Island - it's now in its 10th year - Gumbo Ya Ya is still serving up new things as it brings a belated Mardi Gras to the Quad Cities. The most notable addition this year will be a lot more food.
28 May 2002

GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Sound Off in Debate

By Jeff Ignatius
In a televised debate on Saturday, May 25, at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center, the three Republican candidates for Iowa governor took plenty of shots at incumbent Tom Vilsack, but they frequently failed to establish specifics on their own agendas.
28 May 2002

Democratic Candidates for Congress Bring Strengths, Weaknesses to Voters

By Jeff Ignatius
Voters in the June 4 Democratic primary for Iowa's First District seat in Congress have a difficult choice ahead of them. Each of the three candidates has positive attributes, yet each also has significant political liabilities.
21 May 2002

Tinsman Banks on Experience

By Jeff Ignatius
Iowa state Senator Maggie Tinsman shares many of the concerns of Niky Bowles, her opponent in the June 4 Republican primary. (There is no Democractic Candidate.) The big difference between the candidates is Tinsman's understanding of the nuances of state policy, the practical issues associated with solving problems, and the legislative process.
21 May 2002

Bowles Focuses on City Issues in Senate Race

By Jeff Ignatius
Niky Bowles talks as if she's running for the Davenport City Council. When asked about the issue of economic development in Iowa , she says that when Hy-Vee wanted to build a new store on Davenport's west side where an Eagle building now sits vacant, "the way they were treated at city hall was almost appalling to me.

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