04 Jun 2002

Leaders Cede Power, but Legislators Don't Grab It

By Administrator
It's easy to blame the legislative leaders at the Illinois statehouse for accumulating so much power. I've done it a lot, myself. Dozens of reforms have been proposed to curtail their influence. The leaders raise the vast majority of all legislative campaign cash, so some reformers want to cap the amount of money they can contribute to candidates.
04 Jun 2002

Top 10 Rights of a Quad Citian

By Mary McInnis Meyer
1. Gamble. 2. Tattoo anything you want on your forehead. 3. Choose not to get it in writing when someone offers you $150,000 to tattoo your forehead. 4. Sue the guy who told you, "Yeah, yeah! Do it! I'll pay ya!" 5.
28 May 2002

Take a Closer Look at Indictments of Ryan's Friends

By Administrator
I think we might have missed the trees for the forest last week. Many major media outlets just barely skimmed the charges last week when federal prosecutors indicted three of Illinois Governor George Ryan's friends.
28 May 2002

GOP Gubernatorial Hopefuls Sound Off in Debate

By Jeff Ignatius
In a televised debate on Saturday, May 25, at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center, the three Republican candidates for Iowa governor took plenty of shots at incumbent Tom Vilsack, but they frequently failed to establish specifics on their own agendas.
28 May 2002

Democratic Candidates for Congress Bring Strengths, Weaknesses to Voters

By Jeff Ignatius
Voters in the June 4 Democratic primary for Iowa's First District seat in Congress have a difficult choice ahead of them. Each of the three candidates has positive attributes, yet each also has significant political liabilities.
21 May 2002

Post Transforms the "Evil One" Into a Good Guy

By Administrator
Ten years ago, Bill Holland was one of the most hated people in the Illinois Statehouse. As Democratic Senate President Phil Rock's chief of staff, Holland had a difficult assignment. Rock was a nice man.
21 May 2002

Americans are Defined by Our Rights and Freedom

By Kathleen McCarthy
There is an alarming trend occurring in our great nation that deserves scrutiny and constant vigilance. The current Bush Administration has made no secret of its "shadow government" ever since 9/11. But shadow governments are not the trend; they have existed throughout the ages.
21 May 2002

Mailbox Bomber Guilty of Evading Editorial Process

By Mary McInnis Meyer
For several days, the mailboxes in my neighborhood stood with their jaws hanging open. "No bombs in here! No siree!" they proclaimed in hollow voices. But it's not the bombs that my jaw is hanging open about. It's the letter that came with them.
21 May 2002

Tinsman Banks on Experience

By Jeff Ignatius
Iowa state Senator Maggie Tinsman shares many of the concerns of Niky Bowles, her opponent in the June 4 Republican primary. (There is no Democractic Candidate.) The big difference between the candidates is Tinsman's understanding of the nuances of state policy, the practical issues associated with solving problems, and the legislative process.
21 May 2002

Bowles Focuses on City Issues in Senate Race

By Jeff Ignatius
Niky Bowles talks as if she's running for the Davenport City Council. When asked about the issue of economic development in Iowa , she says that when Hy-Vee wanted to build a new store on Davenport's west side where an Eagle building now sits vacant, "the way they were treated at city hall was almost appalling to me.

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