18 Oct 2005

The Man Behind Rock Island's Renaissance

By Administrator
Two weeks ago, an elderly woman walked up to where Dan Carmody was sitting in the 3rd & 22 sports bar in Rock Island. "Hi, honey," he said to the woman. "You traitor," she responded. She was kidding, of course, but the greeting isn't surprising.
18 Oct 2005

New Investigation Adds to a Long List of Probes

By Rich Miller
Something a bit out of the ordinary happened earlier this month. On Saturday, the Chicago Tribune published a story about a relatively minor allegation of corruption at the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS).
11 Oct 2005

New Health-Care Program Smart Politics for Governor

By Rich Miller
If there was any doubt that Governor Rod Blagojevich will use his dramatic new health-care program for children as a core issue in his upcoming re-election campaign, a flier handed out to state employees last week made things perfectly clear.
11 Oct 2005

Cronies Should Be Saved for Unimportant Jobs

By No Author
In 2001, FEMA ranked a major hurricane strike on New Orleans as "among the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country," directly behind a terrorist strike on New York City. So what was done after that assessment? The Bush administration made drastic funding cuts in New Orleans hurricane-protection projects to make room for tax cuts for millionaires and the war in Iraq.
11 Oct 2005

You Wanna See Something Really Scary ... ?

By Mike Schulz
A nighttime walk through a haunted house? Scary. A nighttime walk through an unfamiliar forest or abandoned, ramshackle building? Scary. A nighttime walk through a haunted house set in an unfamiliar forest or abandoned, ramshackle building? Freakin' terrifying.
04 Oct 2005

With Edgar Out, What's Next for the Republicans?

By Administrator
After months of indecision, former Republican Governor Jim Edgar finally announced Friday that he wouldn't run for Illinois governor. Edgar's months-long decision-making process often strained the patience of many political insiders, but it created an excitement that was too thick to cut with an ax.
04 Oct 2005

AirTran Has Helped Passengers Get There from Here

By No Author
AirTran Has Helped Passengers Get There from Here Frequent business travelers want to get to their destination fast, easy, and with little impact on their pocketbook. These three factors also work well for a community's business development.
27 Sep 2005

Illinois Governor Finally Fights an Opponent That Matters

By Rich Miller
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last week started showing a little of that "new way" of doing business that he has promised for so many years but so often failed to deliver. Since day one, Governor Blagojevich has been deep in the pockets of the state's utility industry.
27 Sep 2005

Franklin Delano Bush and the New New Deal

By David Boaz
It wasn't a fireside chat on the radio. No, it was different. President George W. Bush stood in front of a church in New Orleans and addressed the nation by television on September 15. But otherwise, we're back in the days of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his big-spending, big-government New Deal.
27 Sep 2005

Task-Force Affiliation Clarified

By No Author
Kathleen McCarthy's column (see "Access, Information Are Missing from Davenport Government," Issue 547, September 21-27, 2005) concerning the City of Davenport's Task Force on Governance conveyed the misimpression that I am participating with this task force in my capacity as a part-time assistant Scott County attorney, rather than as a citizen volunteer.

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