11 Jan 2005

Tort Reform Gets Presidential Boost in Illinois

By Rich Miller
The ongoing Illinois drama over the medical-malpractice-reform debate intensified last week when President George W. Bush paid a visit to Madison County. Yes, that Madison County - the favored courtroom home to many of the nation's wealthiest trial lawyers, made universally infamous by the multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuits filed over asbestos and Marlboro Lights, and the focus of a multi-million-dollar Supreme Court race last year that featured both candidates accusing each other of being soft on child molesters in front of a backdrop of stories about small-town hospitals closing their doors and doctors fleeing to neighboring states, and ending with the trial lawyers' hand-picked Democratic candidate losing both the campaign and his appellate court seat, which then spun off a bizarre sequel when the loser immediately filed a nine-figure defamation lawsuit against his opponent's financial backers.
11 Jan 2005

Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury: Part 3

By Kathleen McCarthy
This article is part three of an in-depth look at the complaint process of the Davenport Civil Rights Commission through the case of Ingleore Nabb vs. David Botsko. (See River Cities' Reader issues 503 and 505.
04 Jan 2005

High-Performance Government Effort Needs Your Help

By Letter to Editor
As another in a series of opportunities for citizens to play a part in Davenport's success, the City of Davenport is creating a High Performance Government Work Group. High-performance local governments are distinguished by their ability to develop productive relationships with stakeholders, build capacity across traditional boundaries to effectively work together, and address difficult policy problems collaboratively.
04 Jan 2005

Social Security Article Misled Readers with Statistics

By Letter to Editor
I am a federal employee and long-time investor in the Thrift Savings Plan. During my career, I spent nearly 14 years as editor of the Target, the newspaper serving the Rock Island Arsenal, and I became very familiar with the Thrift Savings Plan both through personal experience and by researching and writing numerous articles on the subject.
04 Jan 2005

Last Chance Agreement Is No Chance Agreement

By Kathleen McCarthy
Former Lieutenant Phil Yerington has decided to fight the good fight in district court in hopes of overturning the Davenport Police Department's (DPD) decision to terminate his employment as a police officer after 32 years of public service.
28 Dec 2004

2004: What a Long, Strange Trip in Illinois Politics

By Rich Miller
In my opinion, 2004 was the weirdest year in Illinois political history. January: Governor Rod Blagojevich used most of his State of the State address to blast the State Board of Education for being a "Soviet-style" bureaucracy - the first time a sitting governor red-baited a state agency.
28 Dec 2004

Tax Payer Beware

By Todd McGreevy and Kathleen McCarthy
Isle of Capri (IOC) casino officials recently rolled out a public-relations campaign consisting of two "public courtesy meetings" featuring multimedia presentations, and face-to-face presentations to the editorial boards of the River Cities' Reader and the Quad-City Times.
28 Dec 2004

Isle of Capri MustAddress Objections

By Jeff Ignatius
At a meeting on December 20, officials from the Isle of Capri (IOC), its architectural firm, its construction firm, and the Riverboat Development Authority visited the offices of the River Cities' Reader to give their pitch for a riverfront hotel/casino complex that it hopes the Davenport City Council signs off on early next year.
20 Dec 2004

Illinois Governor Plays It Safe with Video-Game Attack

By Rich Miller
It was probably no accident that Governor Rod Blagojevich chose a Naperville school last week to unveil his proposal to criminalize the sale or rental of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors. If he had used an impoverished inner-city school as a backdrop, the assembled parents might have asked him about the real-life violence that their children face every day.
20 Dec 2004

Locked Up

By Cheryl Phoun
On Thursday, December 9, two River Cities' Reader staff members participated in the Moline animal shelter's "media lockup." The program was meant to attract people to the shelter to adopt animals, as well as raise awareness through articles in the media.

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