22 Mar 2005

Treasurer's Poll Finds Illinois Governor Vulnerable

By Administrator
She'd give him a real run for his money. Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has a new poll that shows her trailing Governor Rod Blagojevich by just three points in a head-to-head matchup. Using just about any test, the numbers are real.
22 Mar 2005

Public Land Grab

By Kathleen McCarthy
The Isle of Capri (IOC) continues to lobby city officials for their support to build a 10-story casino hotel on downtown Davenport's city-owned riverfront, using taxpayer financing and Riverboat Development Authority subsidy for nearly half of the cost.
22 Mar 2005

Keep Your Waterfront

By Letter to Editor
I had the pleasure of visiting Davenport recently. I admired the downtown view of the river and the eagles soaring. I walked to the Rhythm City Casino. In the front lobby there is a big TV screen with a presentation and a petition to build a big hotel on its current site at the river's edge.
15 Mar 2005

Illinois Comptroller Makes a Comeback

By Rich Miller
Dan Hynes is slowly working his way back to the top. Hynes was once the brightest of Illinois' young political stars. After winning his first statewide race for Illinois comptroller in 1998, the then-30-year-old Democrat's future looked limitless.
07 Mar 2005

Illinois Senate President Jeopardizes Historic Abortion Compromise

By Rich Miller
Almost half of the entire Illinois House has signed up to sponsor a pro-life bill this year. The proposal is an exact replica of a federal law that ostensibly protects infants who are "born alive" during botched abortion procedures.
07 Mar 2005

Stolen Society

By Joshua Holland
"Too few Americans are saving for their own retirement. ... Savings, of course, is about more than protecting what you have; it's about creating and building greater wealth for a better future. With [private] accounts, working families will have a chance to invest just as wealthier families do today.
07 Mar 2005

Try Before You Vote

By Letter to Editor
My name is Paul, and I'm an employee at the Bettendorf Hungry Hobo. I have to say I was very disappointed to see that our stores didn't make number-one deli (see "Best of the Quad Cities 2004," River Cities' Reader Issue 518, February 23-March 1, 2005), but the people have spoken, and we never give up.
01 Mar 2005

Jones-Blagojevich Feud Portends Long, Hot Summer

By Rich Miller
Senate President Emil Jones was not treated too well during his 10 years as Senate minority leader. The majority Republicans locked him out of the room and killed most of his members' bills. His fellow Democrat, House Speaker Michael Madigan, treated Jones like a junior associate, occasionally helping him out, but not doing all that much to backstop him in the process.
01 Mar 2005

Davenport's Land-Use Plan: Citizen Tool or Map For Sprawl?

By Administrator
Under Iowa law, a city's comprehensive plan - meant to be a community's primary planning document, particularly as it relates to land use - has virtually no teeth. Because of that, members of the City of Davenport's "design center" are working to make the city's overarching planning document as user-friendly as possible.
22 Feb 2005

Illinois Governor Brilliantly Blocks Ethics Reform

By Rich Miller
One of the problems with applying "appearance of impropriety" rules to Illinois and Chicago politics is that most of the players are swimming in a very small political pond. We're constantly treated to stories about how this or that political insider connected with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is representing a company that just landed a sweet city contract.

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