06
Jun
2006
Last month, the public got a peek
at four finalists for the design of the Interstate 74 bridge over the
Mississippi River, and it was an important milestone. For the first time,
people could actually visualize what the new bridge might look like, eight
years after it first became one the area's top transportation priorities.
How strong is the case against Louisiana's
Representative William Jefferson? According to numerous press accounts, after
videotaping Jefferson receiving a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant, the
government executed a search warrant of his home and found $90,000 of that
money hidden in his freezer. In another case, a Kentucky businessman pleaded
guilty to paying Jefferson $400,000 in bribes for official favors; and one of
the congressman's key staff members has already entered a guilty plea to aiding
and abetting the bribery of a public official.
The River Cities' Reader launched its new Web site last
week, and we hope that it's a visual improvement. But we're most interested in
it being an interactive improvement. Our goal from the outset with this
Web site has been that it will be a space for the community to gather and
discuss community and cultural issues.
