12 Feb 2002

Rhetoric Should Be Toned Down on School Closings

By Letter to Editor
I appreciate your sentiments regarding the Davenport Community School District's recent decision to close Grant and Johnson elementary schools. (See River Cities' Reader Issue 359, January 30-February 5, 2002.
12 Feb 2002

Should DMA Receptions Be Free?

By Letter to Editor
Editor's note: After receiving Larry DeVilbiss' letter criticizing the Davenport Museum of Art for charging admission to student receptions, we solicited a response from the museum. Both are printed below.
20 Nov 2001

Senate Should Focus on Alternative Power

By Letter to Editor
In light of the current events, to the great disgust of the American public, and that of the majority of the Senate, I am appalled at the repeated attempts of certain pro-energy-industry senators to exploit our national-security crisis for their own interests.
20 Nov 2001

A Tale of Two Nutcrackers

By Letter to Editor
There seems to be a big misconception going around town about the two Nutcracker Ballet productions this year. It appears from all accounts that children from all over town will be dancing in this week's Moscow Ballet production and that Ballet Quad Cities is using only dancers from its own studio.
13 Nov 2001

Voters Give Politicians Free Pass

By Letter to Editor
Bully for Kathleen McGreevy and her admonition to Davenport voters to put up or shut up! Her "Words from the Editor" column in the October 31-November 6 edition (Issue 347) hit the proverbial nail on the head.
23 Oct 2001

Freedom Has Been Worth the Cost

By Letter to Editor
In your September 26-October 2 edition, you ran a story entitled, "Against Acting on Rage." I would like to address the article with some observations of my own. In his article, the author, Jeff Ignatius, asserts that America, and Americans, have a "haughty and boorish" attitude toward foreign policy.
09 Oct 2001

Taxpayers Pay for River Renaissance

By Letter to Editor
If the citizens of Scott County were allowed to decide what to do with the $120 million budgeted for River Renaissance, we would instead vote for: • hiring 200 more police and firefighters and giving them all a big raise; • fixing the streets and sewers; • buying some kind of high-tech temporary floodwall; • renovating John O'Donnell Stadium; and • putting the remaining tens of millions of dollars in the bank for a rainy day.
09 Oct 2001

Sierra Club Holds Annual Meeting and Pregracke Fundraiser

By Letter to Editor
Sierra Club's Eagle View Group will host the Iowa Chapter's Annual Meeting & Dinner on October 20, 2001. Departing from tradition, this year's meeting will be open to the public, and a fundraiser for Chad Pregracke.
18 Sep 2001

Bob Yapp Will Be My Choice for Mayor

By Letter to Editor
I have put four years of my life into being your mayor and have loved every second of it. As I leave office, I want to make sure that the next mayor will continue to keep the doors to City Hall wide open, will represent all of the people equally, and will do his or her part to move our great city forward.
21 Aug 2001

The Quad Cities Can Be Saved from the Development Monster

By Letter to Editor
I want to thank you for shining your brilliant light of reason, integrity, and vision on the issues surrounding real-estate developers serving their own best interests when elected to public office. I refer to your insightful words in the Issue 335 Words from the Editor, "Farewell to Bats": "Either Davenport voters need to stop electing wannabe politicians whose livelihoods depend on real estate altogether, or at least insist that they abstain from voting on economic development that involves their professional peers.

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