02 Jan 2001

Community Issues to Watchdog in 2001

By Kathleen McCarthy
Happy New Year to all! Some consider this year the true beginning of the Millennium. 2000 went by like wildfire, and things occurred in a blink of the eye, especially at Davenport's City Hall. The Council has now served its first year, and their actions, or lack thereof, can be evaluated.
02 Jan 2001

As Seen on TV

By Garry Lee Wright
(The FCC said recently that TV networks should have identified the White House as a sponsor when anti-drug messages ran in prime-time scripts. Here's the original story from last January.) TO: Skip Kovacs, VP/ Network Operations FROM: J.
26 Dec 2000

We Get What We Pay For

By Kathleen McCarthy
I am constantly frustrated at the lack of due diligence when it comes to the Davenport city council's proceedings protocol. As I understand it, the council is given green sheets that are brief overviews, item by item, of the coming week's city business.
26 Dec 2000

State Gives Taxpayers Some Rights

By Jeff Ignatius
Starting next week, some taxpayers in Illinois are actually going to have some rights with their municipalities. On January 1, home-rule municipalities in the state will be required to have a Local Taxpayers Bill of Rights ordinance on the books because of state legislation passed earlier this year.
19 Dec 2000

Sustainable Growth Faces Challenges

By Kathleen McCarthy
The Economic Development Department of the City of Davenport held a workshop on Economic Development Tools and TIF on December 9, 2000, at City Hall. City leaders, aldermen and local activists attended to learn, discuss and debate the merits of TIF and development principles in general.
19 Dec 2000

Go Back to Sleep

By Letter to Editor
In 1988, John Carpenter released a motion picture titled They Live. In his sci-fi political satire, the government was hypnotizing the American public through the media. The message was to sleep and accept what you are told as the truth.
19 Dec 2000

Truth Doesn't Matter with National Security on the Line

By Art Murphy

Dick Cheney feels that in a war the press is "a problem to be managed." (See "Battles Rage," the River Cities' Reader, Issue 299, November 29, 2000.) If that attitude is difficult to understand, then perhaps your priorities should be re-examined.

19 Dec 2000

Correcting "American History"

By Ken Schroeder

I hope this publication will see fit to print a correction of a glaring error in the review of the Cycular motorycle exhibit. (See "Riding through American History on Two Wheels," the River Cities' Reader, Issue 289, September 20, 2000.

12 Dec 2000

Witness the Power of Cheese

By Todd McGreevy
When DavenportOne was formed, in part, out of the consolidation of the several separate but similar downtown groups earlier this year, I was skeptical of how decisions were going to be made on future spending, vision, and the organization of our city's core.
12 Dec 2000

RDA Awards $1.5 Million in Grants

By Todd McGreevy
Two weeks ago, the Riverboat Development Authority announced $1.55 million in grants for its fall cycle. The list of awardees follows. • Aids Project Quad Cities (endowment match): $15,000 • American Legion Post 548 (repairs on building): $6,900 • Bettendorf, City of, Department of Parks and Recreation (skatepark development): $15,000 • Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society (sponsorship and marketing): $25,000 • Boy Scouts of America Illowa Council 133 (dining hall/kitchen improvements): $20,000 • Boys & Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley (Power Hour): $10,000 • Buffalo Bill Museum of LeClaire (museum expansion): $20,000 • Cassandra Manning Ballet Theatre (Introducing: Ballet Quad): $25,000 • Center for Active Seniors (carpet replacement): $16,000 • Center for Active Seniors (St.

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