26 Oct 2004

Candidate Statements for the November 2 Election

By No Author
The River Cities' Reader asked candidates in contested Scott and Rock Island county races - from people running from U.S. Senate to county offices - a simple question: "Compare yourself to and contrast yourself with your opponent(s) in terms of your respective positions on the issues you think will be most important during the next term of the office you're seeking.
19 Oct 2004

Desperate Democrats Throw Mud in Supreme-Court Race

By Rich Miller
This is an election. It is not a meeting of a Sunday School class," Illinois State Bar Association President Ole Bly Pace told the Associated Press this week. Pace was referring to the Fifth District Supreme Court race as he made what could be the political understatement of the year.
19 Oct 2004

New Rock Island Housing Authority Homes Represent First New Public Housing in 22 Years

By John Perreault
The Rock Island Housing Authority is building the first public housing in the Quad Cities in more than two decades. Six homes for low- and moderate-income people are currently under construction - at a cost of $1 million - and the authority has applied for funding for another six.
19 Oct 2004

Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine

By Letter to Editor
During the week of October 18-23, Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 62 TV stations nationwide, is forcing its affiliates to air an anti-John Kerry film entitled Stolen Honor. The FCC has refused to do anything about it but at this writing, there is an intense nationwide boycott against Sinclair, and its stock is at an all- time low point.
12 Oct 2004

Can Lieutenant Governor Keep His Silence for Two More Years?

By Rich Miller
Illinois Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn was threatened with political "divorce" not long ago by Governor Rod Blagojevich's office. Quinn has been a critic of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority for years, but he was completely cut out of the governor's massive restructuring and reform plan.
12 Oct 2004

Join the Ranks

By Kathleen McCarthy
If you enjoy reading this newspaper and like what it offers our community, please consider participating in our bi-annual Readership Survey. It's available online at (http://www.
12 Oct 2004

Kerry Helped Jobs Move Overseas

By Letter to Editor
I hear in this campaign that Senator Kerry has a plan that will penalize companies for moving their manufacturing to foreign countries. He indicated that the current administration has rewarded companies for this loss of jobs.
05 Oct 2004

The Hottest Race in Illinois? For the Supreme Court

By Rich Miller
This year's only Illinois Supreme Court race is just about the hottest political thing going. The Fifth District race pits appellate justice Gordon Maag (D-Glen Carbon) against trial judge Lloyd Karmeier (R-Nashville).
28 Sep 2004

No Easy Answers for Statehouse Security

By Rich Miller
Up until last week the Statehouse had been one of the safest places in Illinois. No one had ever been killed there in its entire history. And then some unbalanced kid stops taking his meds and all hell breaks loose.
28 Sep 2004

Time to Wake Up the Pillow Tax

By Todd McGreevy
It's time for elected officials and city staffers to wake up with regards to funding tourism in the Quad Cities. Nationwide leisure travel has caught up with business travel, which has remained flat for the past two years.

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