27 Aug 2002

Zoning Board of Adjustment Could Compromise City

By Kathleen McCarthy
There are several components to Davenport's zoning function: the city's Plan & Zoning Department (PZD); the Plan & Zoning Commission (PZC), which is a recommending body made up of citizens; and the Zoning Board of Adjustments (ZBA), which is a quasi-judicial body of citizens with the authority to decide certain zoning issues.
20 Aug 2002

Politicking at the Illinois State Fair

By Rich Miller
E-Mail To Ellicia (from Vanessa Miller, age 16): Hey hun, how are you? I am doin' just fine. I just got back from the state fair. These last two days have been awesome for me. I have my own press pass for future use and I can pretend that I am all-important.
20 Aug 2002

Parents' Appeal Shows Evidence Ignored

By Administrator
I am happy to report that the parents of students from Grant and Johnson elementary schools are appealing the Iowa Department of Education's administrative law judge's decision to uphold the closings of the two facilities.
20 Aug 2002

CitiBus Fare Hike Would Ease - but Not Erase - Service's Deficit

By Administrator
When the Davenport City Council on Wednesday considers raising fares for the city's mass-transit service by 50 percent, it's doing so with the risk that the move could backfire. While the city has estimates on how much revenue the fare increase might generate, history and the size of the hike suggest that the benefit might not be enough to bring the service out of the red.
13 Aug 2002

Chicago Democrat Could Sink Madigan's Attorney-General Candidacy

By Administrator
A budding political dynasty is in deep trouble on Chicago's Southwest Side. No, I'm not talking about the attorney- general candidacy of House Speaker Michael Madigan's daughter, Lisa. And I'm not referring to former Senate President Tom Hynes' son, Dan, whose re-election as state comptroller is all but assured.
13 Aug 2002

Objecting to Corporate Misconduct Isn't Liberal

By Administrator
The disturbing connection between Enron executives and the current administration becomes more apparent with each passing day. During the Florida presidential re-count, each party established a fund in support of its respective candidates.
13 Aug 2002

Former GOP Legislator Tops Libertarian Ticket in Illinois

By Jeff Ignatius
When the Illinois Libertarian Party asked Cal Skinner whether he'd run for governor on its ticket, he wondered what was in it for him. The answer was a political party that's very good at collecting petition signatures, which fits right into Skinner's plans.
06 Aug 2002

Reports Show Illinois Republican Party in Disarray

By Rich Miller
You know it's bad news when the Republican state treasurer has more money in her campaign account than all her fellow GOP statewide candidates and the state Republican Party combined. Plus, to top it all off, most big-time Republican who filed campaign-finance disclosure reports last week - except Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka - did business with a corrupt little mail house called Unistat, run by the now infamous (and indicted) Roger "The Hog" Stanley.
06 Aug 2002

How Can This Be Legal?

By Arianna Huffington
Responding to the bombshell revelation that senior bankers at Citigroup actively helped Enron hide billions in debt, Enron Lawyer of Last Resort Robert Bennett deftly summed up the real reasons for the current economic crisis: "Most of the problems - not all of them - are things that have been legal and acceptable.
06 Aug 2002

Understanding Corporate-Fraud Scandals: Follow the Auditors

By Michael LoGuidice
After the scandals at Enron and WorldCom, a lot of people and investors are asking: Are there a lot more companies out there with serious accounting problems? The answer is yes, and the reason is pretty simple.

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