06 Mar 2001

Call for a Living Wage in the Quad Cities

By Quad Cities Coalition for a Living Wage
Over the last decade our economy has grown dramatically. In the face of such prosperity, we have a just and reasonable duty to ask how well our nation's wealth reaches the working families who have helped build this robust economy.
27 Feb 2001

Watchdog Alert!

By Kathleen McCarthy
In Davenport: Community Development Committee (Thursday, March 1, 4pm): • First Consideration of two petitions on the Consent Agenda being considered from THF Reality for rezoning of 37.
20 Feb 2001

Does Davenport Hog Its Block-Grant Funding?

By Jeff Ignatius
At a public hearing on February 5, three people pleaded with the members of the Davenport City Council to grant funding to the Youth Alternative Program. "We keep young people off the streets, out of trouble," said Ida Johnson of Family Services' Youth Alternative Program.
13 Feb 2001

Siting Sex: Proposed Regulation of Adult Entertainment

By Kathleen McCarthy
During last week's council cycle, Davenport Adlermen Wayne Hean and Roland Caldwell introduced amendments to the city's two ordinances that govern business licensing and zoning for adult entertainment. According to Alderman Hean, "The motivation behind these amendments has been to eradicate the ancillary criminal activities that tend to proliferate in neighborhoods where adult entertainment businesses are located, such as drug dealing and prostitution.
06 Feb 2001

Lawsuit Creates Noise About Noise

By Jeff Ignatius
A $25 million class-action civil-rights lawsuit filed by three African Americans against the City of Rock Island faces an uphill battle in court, according to people familiar with similar challenges. On January 18, three men filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $25 million in damages and asking the federal district court to overturn a Rock Island city ordinance forbidding drivers from playing their car stereos loudly.
30 Jan 2001

Quad Cities Move Ahead with Stormwater Management Plans, but Davenport Sits in Limbo

By Jeff Ignatius
After more than eight years of silence from the state, the City of Davenport is wondering exactly what happened to an application required by a federal environmental regulation. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the state agency administering the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation, has never issued Davenport a permit under the Stormwater Management Program.
23 Jan 2001

Moline Readies Water-Plant Loan Application

By Jeff Ignatius
As the City of Moline finalizes its plans for a nearly $20 million expansion of its water plant over the next few months, the city will also put the finishing touches on an application for a low-interest state loan that could have a major impact on the utility's ability to maintain its aging system.
16 Jan 2001

Why You Should Be Burning Up About Natural-Gas Prices

By Jeff Ignatius
MidAmerican Energy drew a bull's eye on its back, scheduling a series of forums throughout Iowa allowing customers to vent about the high price of heating their homes this winter. The company tried to shift blame to natural-gas producers and traders, but they still got plenty of customer rage.
02 Jan 2001

Fashion Police

By Michael Richardson
Ready for a night on the town in the new duds that Santa brought you? Watch out, because the Fashion Police might get you. These gendarmes of good taste work the doors at Quad City nightclubs and enforce a plethora of dress codes working hand-in-glove with local police departments to keep street-gang activity out.
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.

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