17 May 2005

Speaker Sends a Message to Trial Lawyers

By Rich Miller
Last year, House Speaker Michael Madigan sent a clear message to Governor Rod Blagojevich when he brought all of the governor's highly unpopular tax and fee hikes to the floor for up-or-down votes. The governor's bills all lost by overwhelming margins, and Blagojevich was forced to back down from his demand that Madigan pass his proposals.
17 May 2005

Riverfront Robbery Is Only Phase One

By Kathleen McCarthy
This Wednesday evening the Davenport City Council will be voting to establish three public hearings for Tuesday, May 31, all related to the financing, leasing, and development proposal by the Isle of Capri (IOC) for a 10-story hotel and five-story parking garage on Davenport's signature downtown riverfront.
17 May 2005

Toyota Should Consider Case/New Holland

By No Author
Once again the Toyota Motor Company, as reported by the Bloomberg Company, has announced plans to expand its manufacturing capability in the United States, to the tune of $12 billion, in response to continuing favorable economic conditions and demographics.
10 May 2005

Rove, Business Interests Targeting Illinois AG

By Rich Miller
Illinois Republican leaders who attended a recent Will County retreat with Karl Rove were a little taken aback when the White House political guru talked excitedly about bringing Vice President Dick Cheney into Illinois to campaign on behalf of the Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general.
10 May 2005

A Failed Coup Attempt

By Kathleen McCarthy
Last week's Waterfront Workshop saw close to 600 attendees at three meetings over two days. Ostensibly the goal of these meetings, hosted by the City of Davenport and facilitated by consultants Hargreaves & Associates and Chan Krieger & Associates, was to gain public input for design and usage alternatives for Davenport's 15 acres of waterfront property from the Lock & Dam 15 west to Harrison Street, south of River Drive.
03 May 2005

Investigation of State Agency Could Bring Even More Intrigue

By Rich Miller
The scathing audit of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services that made such big headlines last week could be just the tip of the iceberg. The audit uncovered numerous problems at the agency, including some possible criminal activity, but inside sources say that there is much more to come.
03 May 2005

Davenport Gives Its Citizens a Lesson in How to Not Gather Public Input

By Jeff Ignatius
At the first session for public input on the proposed Rhythm City Casino hotel and parking ramp on the riverfront, Clayton Lloyd greeted roughly 400 attendees with candor. "We're very pleased and somewhat overwhelmed at the response," said Lloyd, Davenport's director of community and economic development.
03 May 2005

Professionalism - Not Political Pressure - Will Produce the Right Decision

By Administrator
The debate will continue over the casino and its hotel. Hopefully, our elected officials will listen to the citizens who express their visions for our riverfronts, and the debate will result in the correct answers.
03 May 2005

Federal Cuts Could Hurt Adult and Vocational Education

By Farrah Welsh
Proposed cuts in federal education funding are forcing local college officials to come up with creative ways to fund programs that might be affected by these cuts. If approved, President Bush's budget would cut 66 percent of funding for adult basic education classes.
26 Apr 2005

Chicago Transit Crisis Lands In Governor's Lap

By Administrator
Other than a handful of state employees, highway workers, Medicaid vendors, commercial-truck owners, and poor people, almost nobody out there in Voter Land has really paid much attention to the state's budget problems.

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