12 Jul 2005

Director Says Surplus from Davenport Library Levy Protects City Taxpayers and Services

By Joel Knutsen
A special levy that will fund the operational costs of two new branch libraries in Davenport is expected to produce a cumulative surplus of more than $791,000 by 2013. But library and city officials say the surplus is necessary to protect the city budget from absorbing a greater portion of construction costs, which would likely force cuts in city services.
05 Jul 2005

Handicapping the GOP Candidates for Illinois Governor

By Rich Miller
Now that the state's political season is about to kick into a slightly higher gear, let's take a moment to look at how some of the Republican candidates for governor are stacking up. We'll look at the rest of the pack next week.
05 Jul 2005

Meet the Have-Not-Enoughs

By Kathleen McCarthy
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses against their will for private economic development. The court's ruling in the case, Kelo v.
05 Jul 2005

Davenport's Comprehensive Discourages Sprawl ... Vaguely

By Administrator
When the first draft of Davenport's new comprehensive land-use plan was presented to the public in March, it was intended as a springboard for public discussion. Since then, the committee in charge of the document has released a set of 144 recommendations.
28 Jun 2005

Predatory Lending Falls Prey to Speaker's Clout

By Administrator
Serious, intense clout usually only comes into play at the Illinois Statehouse on behalf of giant corporations, powerful political organizations, influential labor unions, entrenched bureaucracies, or other unstoppable special interests.
28 Jun 2005

Local Progressive Talk Show Debuts in Quad Cities

By Jeff Ignatius
Talk radio has long been dominated by conservative voices, but progressives are finding some friendly places on the radio dial. The Air America network was launched last year, and local AM station 1270 changed its format several months ago to carry its programming.
21 Jun 2005

Poll Gives Illinois Governor More Bad News

By Rich Miller
Yet another statewide survey shows big trouble for Governor Rod Blagojevich. The Glengariff Group's poll of 600 registered Illinois voters found Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka leading Blagojevich 33-31.
21 Jun 2005

Public Broadcasting Threatened by Cuts

By No Author
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is poised to lose more than 45 percent in federal funding from its 2006 budget. This is a result of a vote by the House Appropriations Subcommittee. This subcommittee vote is a result of pressure on Congress to hold down spending due to enormous federal deficits.
14 Jun 2005

After Brilliant Session, Legislator Gets a Hard Political Lesson

By Rich Miller
Representative John Fritchey's spring legislative session was going extraordinarily well ... until he smacked into the past 10 days. Fritchey (D-Chicago) was the prime motivator behind the unprecedented compromise between pro-life and pro-choice groups earlier this session.
14 Jun 2005

Civil-Rights Commission Betrays Its Mission by Censoring

By Kathleen McCarthy
On March 30, 2005, the Davenport Civil Rights Commission (DCRC) filed a motion "to strike the March 28, 2005, order setting hearing on petitioner's petition for judicial review." The petitioner is Dr. David Botsko; the petition for judicial review is Botsko's appeal of the DCRC's Final Determination against him in Nabb v.

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