04 Apr 2006

Abuse of Taxpayers Reaching Critical Mass

By Kathleen McCarthy
The ongoing abuse of Davenport taxpayers by elected officials, city administration, and DavenportOne is reaching critical mass. On the heels of the disgraceful development agreement between the city and the Isle of Capri comes another vague, taxpayer-unfriendly project - a public market in the Freight House - to suck the financial life out of Davenport's already strained coffers.
07 Mar 2006

Casino-Hotel Project Hits Snags Related to Flooding

By Kathleen McCarthy
There's good news for taxpayers and "smart riverfront" advocates relative to the Isle of Capri's (IOC) efforts to build an 11-story casino hotel and five-story parking ramp at the foot of Lock & Dam 15 in downtown Davenport.
28 Feb 2006

Minutemen Project Warrants Quad Cities Residents

By Kathleen McCarthy
In America, it is still entirely possible for an organized, committed grassroots effort to create change in a fraction of the time it takes Congress, state legislatures, and local municipalities put together. Consider the recently formed Minutemen Project - a citizens' vigilance operation monitoring immigration, business, and government.
21 Feb 2006

Five Courageous Aldermen

By Kathleen McCarthy
When it comes to revitalizing Davenport's downtown, the public has been led to believe that without their hard-earned tax dollars subsidizing private enterprise, we will never grow our community. First it was the two downtown parking ramps, then it was Vision Iowa, then the TIF for Ryan/Lee Enterprises, then John O'Donnell Stadium, then the Isle of Capri boatel - these projects represent the progressive trail of do-or-die projects that taxpayers had to subsidize or we would fail to attract new investment to our community.
07 Feb 2006

NewVentures Earmarks

By Kathleen McCarthy
There is a hue and cry across this land demanding political reform and accountability. The hubris that abounds, relative to the spending of taxpayers' dollars by government - whether elected, appointed, or simply hired - has gone beyond intolerable to immoral.
31 Jan 2006

Civil-Rights Commission Continues Its Shenanigans in Botsko Case

By Kathleen McCarthy
It's hard to imagine a six-year old legal battle with a city commission that is out to get you, especially with no substantial evidence to support its claims. Such is the case with Davenport dentist Dr. David Botsko and the Davenport Civil Rights Commission (DCRC) in Naab v.
10 Jan 2006

Casino-Hotel Critic Is a True Civic Hero

By Kathleen McCarthy
It never ceases to amaze and inspire me that Davenport, for all its troubles, has real civic heroes living among us. This time it is Bill Ashton of Ashton Engineering with his well-established experience in riverfront development to caution the City of Davenport against the Isle of Capri's proposed 11-story casino hotel on downtown Davenport's riverfront, between Brady and Perry Streets, south of River Drive.
10 Jan 2006

Engineer Raises Questions About Casino Project to Corps

By Kathleen McCarthy
Last June, the Davenport City Council approved a $48-million development agreement with the Isle of Capri to build an 11-story casino hotel with a five-story adjacent parking ramp on downtown Davenport's riverfront, after less than a month of formal review that included the public.
03 Jan 2006

Right Here in Fast-Track City

By Kathleen McCarthy
What does it say about Davenport's city council when three senior citizens, who have been active participants at its bi-weekly meetings for many years, are compelled to file a lawsuit in protest of the council's runaway spending, asking the court to intervene, barring any further action until the new council was seated on January 2? On December 9, plaintiffs I.
06 Dec 2005

Land-Use Deadlock

By Kathleen McCarthy
Municipalities enjoying growth tend toward comprehensive, pro-active land-use planning that prioritizes sustainability, capitalizing on geographic strengths and uniqueness, and employing land-use policies and ordinances that advocate harmony of use for a strong sense of place.

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