19 Apr 2005

I Am Positive

By Steve Pedigo
As a longtime Rock Island resident, I followed the ongoing saga of Davenport's proposed relocation of the Rhythm City Casino gaming complex with an attitude of bemused detachment. Having recently moved to Davenport, I've found the issue to be of more immediate interest.
07 Mar 2005

Stolen Society

By Joshua Holland
"Too few Americans are saving for their own retirement. ... Savings, of course, is about more than protecting what you have; it's about creating and building greater wealth for a better future. With [private] accounts, working families will have a chance to invest just as wealthier families do today.
15 Feb 2005

Smart Riverfront Redevelopment

By No Author
The Mississippi riverfront is Davenport's number-one marketable asset - its front lawn, its Central Park, its Grand Canyon view. Any new or enhanced commercial use of the downtown riverfront requires careful long-range planning that includes comprehensive citizen involvement.
25 Jan 2005

River Music Experience's New Direction Dashes Dreams

By Administrator
Although you cannot see its force, the water that flows beneath the frozen ice of the winter river's surface is an active and vital power. It is much like the machine that created the RME - an unseen current. Just because it is not visible does not mean that it is not a powerful, imposing, and long-term force.
28 Dec 2004

Isle of Capri MustAddress Objections

By Jeff Ignatius
At a meeting on December 20, officials from the Isle of Capri (IOC), its architectural firm, its construction firm, and the Riverboat Development Authority visited the offices of the River Cities' Reader to give their pitch for a riverfront hotel/casino complex that it hopes the Davenport City Council signs off on early next year.
20 Dec 2004

Locked Up

By Cheryl Phoun
On Thursday, December 9, two River Cities' Reader staff members participated in the Moline animal shelter's "media lockup." The program was meant to attract people to the shelter to adopt animals, as well as raise awareness through articles in the media.
30 Nov 2004

The Iraq War and the Election of 2004

By Christopher Preble
Were it not for the war in Iraq, political junkies could have gone to bed early on election night, because by all other indications, President Bush should have been re-elected in a walk. While Democrats point accusatory fingers at those supposedly responsible for their defeat, Republicans should be breathing a huge sigh of relief and pondering the political implications of foreign policy in the Bush administration's second term.
14 Sep 2004

Talking About God: Rev. Clinton Vs. Rev. Bush

By Paul Kengor
It was quite telling that the strongest religious statement made at the Republican convention came not from a Republican but from a Democrat, Georgia Senator Zell Miller, who claimed, among other things, that the current president is the same person on Saturday that he is on Sunday morning.
07 Sep 2004

More Than Two Choices on Casino Hotel

By Jeff Ignatius
Davenport City Administrator Craig Malin casts the debate over a new riverfront casino/hotel as an either/or proposition. Either you accept the new hotel, or you're stuck with the status quo. "Some folks in the community have the [mistaken] feeling that there's this third or fourth or fifth option," echoed DavenportOne President and CEO Dan Huber.
17 Aug 2004

Why Homeland Security Fails

By Stephen Handelman
On any given day 15 million shipping containers are in transit around the world, the workhorses of a global bazaar that most of us depend upon for the goods that prop up our lives. Could one of those containers carry a secret nuclear device? Would anyone find it? If you don't enjoy losing sleep about such questions, you probably don't want to spend much time around Stephen Flynn, a former U.

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