11 Apr 2006

Poll Takes an Early Snapshot of Statewide Races

By Rich Miller
For the first time, a statewide poll has included state Senator James Meeks in the gubernatorial mix, but the results are not yet encouraging for the potential third-party candidate. Meeks is an African-American minister and state legislator who has been threatening to run for governor for the past several weeks.
11 Apr 2006

Civic Participation Needed to Save Davenport From Serious Damage

By William D. Ashton
Editor's note: Below is a letter from Davenport's own Bill Ashton of Ashton Engineering, detailing his concerns, relative to flooding, with the Isle of Capri's (IOC's) proposal for building a casino hotel on downtown Davenport's riverfront.
11 Apr 2006

You Can Leave Your Hat on (and Your Shoes, Too!)

By Karl Rhomberg
A close friend of mine is a police officer in one of those Minneapolis suburbs that remind one so much of Bettendorf or Pleasant Valley. Not much crime, mostly helping neighbors with accident reports of fender benders, directing traffic at high-school football games, chasing kids home on Saturday nights.
04 Apr 2006

Investigations Bring an End to the Old Ways

By Rich Miller
The paranoia level is pretty much at an all-time high at the Illinois Statehouse. Walk past House Speaker Michael Madigan's office and there's a good chance you'll see him standing in the hallway talking on his cell phone.
04 Apr 2006

Abuse of Taxpayers Reaching Critical Mass

By Kathleen McCarthy
The ongoing abuse of Davenport taxpayers by elected officials, city administration, and DavenportOne is reaching critical mass. On the heels of the disgraceful development agreement between the city and the Isle of Capri comes another vague, taxpayer-unfriendly project - a public market in the Freight House - to suck the financial life out of Davenport's already strained coffers.
04 Apr 2006

United Way Charts Course Following Teen Survey

By Jesse Virgil
The United Way is taking two approaches to improving teenagers' chances of success in adulthood following a survey that found that 91 percent of Quad Cities teens lack sufficient "developmental assets." But some teens are skeptical of both the survey and its findings.
28 Mar 2006

Black Voters Could Prove to be Potent Political Force This Fall

By Rich Miller
I'm not sure how long it will last, but black voters in Cook County are united and fired up right now like they haven't been in a long time. It goes back to Barack Obama's 2004 Democratic primary victory, but it flamed back up in January, when Chicago's historic Pilgrim Baptist Church burned down.
21 Mar 2006

Questions and Comments Raise Doubts About Giannoulias

By Rich Miller
Alexi Giannoulias has big trouble ahead. As I write this, the wealthy, young, telegenic Democratic candidate for treasurer was favored to win this week's primary. U.S. Senator Barack Obama appears in his TV ad, and the latest Chicago Tribune poll shows Giannoulias leading downstater Paul Mangieri by 14 points.
21 Mar 2006

More Support for RME

By No Author
I wholeheartedly agree with Ellis Kell regarding the positive aspects of the River Music Experience (RME). (See "In Support of RME," River Cities' Reader Issue 572, March 15-21, 2006.) Last year you kindly published my letter asking the RME not to let the music die.
14 Mar 2006

Sworn Statement Little More Than a Smear Against GOP Frontrunner

By Rich Miller
After reading Marty Kovarik's sworn statement for the Jim Oberweis campaign last week, I came to the conclusion that his story has more holes in it than Dick Cheney's hunting buddy. Kovarik was Judy Baar Topinka's deputy treasurer in 1995.

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