24 Sep 2002

Keeping Voters in the Dark

By Jeff Ignatius
Imagine you're a candidate for political office. You receive something called the National Political Awareness Test. It covers a dozen or so topics, from abortion to government reform to the environment. You're given a handful of choices - usually no fewer than seven - to indicate your views on each issue.
17 Sep 2002

Davenport Finally Hires Affirmative-Action Officer

By Joe Collins
• Redmond Jones II of Temple, Texas, is scheduled to start in mid-October as Davenport's affirmative-action officer and assistant to the city administrator. Jones will be the city's front-line person for equal-employment and affirmative-action programs and internal complaints of bias.
17 Sep 2002

Art of Business

By Jeff Ignatius
The phrases "chamber of commerce" and "bohemian" don't often belong in the same sentence. But the Illinois Quad City of Chamber of Commerce is trying to make those terms a little more comfortable together. At its annual meeting on September 19 at The Mark, the chamber will be celebrating the "Art of Business," and the theme isn't just lip service.
10 Sep 2002

Rain-Collection Program Launched by River Action

By Joe Collins
• River Action has launched the Retain the Rain program, an initiative to conserve water and lower flood levels in area rivers and streams by making rain barrels available for citizens and businesses at a reduced price.
10 Sep 2002

Project Censored 2001

By Alternet
Most people would agree that our world has changed dramatically over the past year. In the eye of our immediate political tornado is a growing drumbeat for an invasion of Iraq, rampant corporate corruption, the erosion of civil liberties, a crashing stock market, pedophile priests, and the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the most traumatic American news event in at least 50 years.
03 Sep 2002

Compressed-Natural-Gas Fueling Station Unveiled in Moline

By Joe Collins
• At a dedication ceremony last Thursday, the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) and the City of Moline unveiled a new compressed-natural-gas (CNG) fueling station. MetroLINK's 12 30-foot ElDorado CNG buses, which were put into use in late July, will now use the new fueling station, located at the Moline Public Works Facility.
03 Sep 2002

Davenport School-Board Election Comes at Crucial Juncture

By Jeff Ignatius
These are critical times for the Davenport Community School District, and next week's school-board election has the potential to alter the course of local education policy. Following a winter and spring of contention that saw the closing of Grant and Johnson elementary schools to alleviate a $4 million budget deficit, the district is now in the process of setting its long-term agenda.
03 Sep 2002

Climbing Up the Mountain (Again)

By Jeff Ignatius
Comedian David Brenner is trying to get back on top of the world. Or at least to a steady Las Vegas gig. Instead, he's stuck on a perpetual road trip. Since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Brenner has been on a nonstop "Laughter to the People" tour.
27 Aug 2002

Chad Pregracke Selected for World Summit

By Joe Collins
• Quad Cities-based river-clean-up activist Chad Pregracke is currently participating in the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference began August 26 and runs through September 4.
27 Aug 2002

Books and Bonding

By Jeff Ignatius
Marti MacAlister is not a real person. But she might as well be, for both her creator and the people who read about her life. She's a tough cookie, and not just because she's a cop. "I pull everything out of Marti," Eleanor Taylor Bland told an audience of her readers on August 23 at the Martin Luther King Center in Rock Island.

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