27 Jan 2003

What Is the Payoff? Words From the Editor

By Kathleen McCarthy
The notion that Davenport's City Council doesn't get paid enough to be professional politicians, and thereby is not entirely accountable for its actions as a council, especially on complex issues such as Tax Increment Financing (TIF), is ludicrous.
14 Jan 2003

TIF for Class A Offices Is Business on Back of Taxpayers

By Kathleen McCarthy
City leaders in Davenport claim that issuing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as an economic-development incentive to Ryan Companies for a six-story "Class A" office building in downtown Davenport is appropriate because it is image-altering.
07 Jan 2003

Levee is Prime Real Estate for a Song

By Kathleen McCarthy
It's no wonder that the three businesses located on Davenport's riverfront levee - Builders, River/Gulf Grain, and W.G. Block - are loath to give up the location. It is prime real estate that two of the three (Builders and River/Gulf Grain) lease for a song, complete with a spectacular view and centralized location.
17 Dec 2002

Carats Are Good for Your Eyes

By Kathleen McCarthy
What girl doesn't thrill at the sight of a glittering diamond, sparkling radiantly with every twinkle of light it catches, especially when she's wearing it? A quality diamond captivates us with its endless brilliance, almost like a symphony of pure light trading moments of sheer exuberance as the myriad facets dance maniacally within its form.
10 Dec 2002

No Confidence in Marketplace Until Criminal Prosecutions

By Kathleen McCarthy
It is curious the Bush Administration would be faulted, or credited for that matter, for the sluggish economy based upon the president's income- and estate-tax cuts that passed in 2001, because most of those cuts will not take place until 2005 and 2006.
03 Dec 2002

River Music Santas

By Kathleen McCarthy
Downtown Davenport's "number one" corner at Second and Main is really coming to life these days. The exterior renovation of the Redstone (formerly Peterson/Von Maur Department Store) building as part of the Vision Iowa project is phenomenal.
26 Nov 2002

Will Thanksgiving Include Liberty?

By Kathleen McCarthy
Thanksgiving is relative. It almost always depends on your viewpoint. Americans can be thankful that the terror of 9/11 was a decidedly rare event for our nation when compared to the daily terror that plagues Middle Easterners.
19 Nov 2002

Most Journalists Are Lazy

By Kathleen McCarthy
I remember a time when journalists were an integral part of crime solving. There was a competitive edge to their investigations in order to scoop the story. Journalists rivaled one another, but they also rivaled authorities in their efforts to solve crimes.
12 Nov 2002

Four Hundred and Counting

By Kathleen McCarthy
It is hard to believe this is our 400th issue. It doesn't seem possible. It's been over nine years. Our first issue came out September 23, 1993. We were monthly for 20 issues and then bi-weekly for two in June of 1995, going weekly in July of that year.
12 Nov 2002

Davenport School Board Member Guard on the Guard

By Kathleen McCarthy
While the voter turnout for last September's Davenport school-board election was dismally low, the highest vote-getter in nearly every precinct, including east Davenport's three precincts, was Grant parent Alan Guard.

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