02 Nov 2000

Local Election 2000...

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Evans: I would use the budget surplus to ensure the future of Social Security and Medicare, as well as provide a prescription-drug benefit under Medicare.
02 Nov 2000

Local Election 2000....

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Moroney: Teacher-pay legis lation should not dilute local control; parents need more options for their children, not fewer.
31 Oct 2000

Local Election 2000

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Madden: Eliminate any spending, programs, and agencies not authorized by the Constitution.
31 Oct 2000

Local Election 2000.

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Millage: Raising teacher salaries to be competitive with other states and other occupations.
31 Oct 2000

Local Election 2000..

By Letter to Editor
What are the three most pressing issues likely to face your government body during your term, and what specifically would you support to address them? Deluhery: Better schools, safe neighborhoods, and good-paying jobs are the biggest needs.
03 Oct 2000

County Throws Away $1 Million

By Letter to Editor
The Scott County Board of Supervisors sure loves to spend our money. At their last meeting, supervisors held a "public hearing" on a 10-year lease for 6,000 feet of office space. They want to move the Juvenile Court Service that now rents public space in the county's Bicentennial Building into private space an equal distance from the courthouse.
06 Sep 2000

Expansion Plan Drips with Fat

By Letter to Editor
Picture a $300,000 luxury home, with three-car garage, security fencing, deluxe intercom system, cable TV, whirlpool tubs, maybe a swimming pool in the backyard. Now picture a 7-foot-by-11-foot cell with a cot and toilet.
16 Aug 2000

Beiderbecke Family Responds to Reader Article

By Letter to Editor
Brendan Wolfe's article "The Davenport Blues" in the July 19 edition of the River Cities' Reader was interesting reading but contains numerous errors and, as Clinton's spin doctors would say, frequently gives a "false impression.
16 Aug 2000

Shame On Moline Council For Lack of Compassion

By Letter to Editor
I have read with sad interest the unfolding saga of Moline Alderman Chuck Davis, the questions involving his legal residency, and the public revelation of his unfortunate financial situation. News reports mention a pending charge of domestic battery.
16 Aug 2000

Loan Rates Need to be More Reasonable

By Letter to Editor
Your August 2 cover story regarding predatory lending was excellent. I came to the conclusion many years ago that interest on loans above the amount necessary to provide the loan is theft. I think that would put it in a 2- to 4-percent range.

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