31 Jan 2006

GOP Front-Runner Wins Debate by Not Losing

By Rich Miller
There are plenty of ways to look at who won or lost last week's gubernatorial debate between the four Republican candidates. On pure style points, I think Jim Oberweis won big. His performance was positively Reagan-esque.
31 Jan 2006

Civil-Rights Commission Continues Its Shenanigans in Botsko Case

By Kathleen McCarthy
It's hard to imagine a six-year old legal battle with a city commission that is out to get you, especially with no substantial evidence to support its claims. Such is the case with Davenport dentist Dr. David Botsko and the Davenport Civil Rights Commission (DCRC) in Naab v.
24 Jan 2006

Gubernatorial Challenger Finds Encouragement in Poll Numbers

By Rich Miller
Democratic gubernatorial challenger Edwin Eisendrath has been using some startling poll results to recruit his top staff, and the numbers appear encouraging. But the big question - how much money he will spend - is still not known.
24 Jan 2006

Davenport NAACP Opposes Alito

By Letter to Editor
As another concerned citizen of the Quad Cities and president of the Davenport Branch of the NAACP, I stand with and must reflect the national position in opposition to the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the United States Supreme Court.
24 Jan 2006

Black Hawk College Forms a New Gay-Straight Alliance

By Mike Schulz
Viewed less as a movie than as a cultural phenomenon, one of the most refreshing aspects of Brokeback Mountain is the matter-of-factness with which it tells its gay love story, as this revolutionary work treats its protagonists' romance with the same dignity and consideration that has accompanied heterosexual screen romances since the dawn of cinema.
24 Jan 2006

Economic Forum Outlines Sluggish Economy but Offers Few Solutions

By Jesse Virgil
Left-leaning organizations argued at a forum last week that the economy - on a national and local level - isn't recovering quickly enough but offered few solutions. On January 17, Working Families Win, Progressive Action for the Common Good, the Quad City Federation of Labor, and 21 other organizations held the town-hall meeting "Higher Expectations for Iowa's Working Families" at St.
17 Jan 2006

Reform Claims Succumb to the Same Old Lobbying Game

By Rich Miller
It shouldn't come as a surprise that John Wyma is lobbing for GTECH. The Illinois Lottery's contractor will most likely operate the state's proposed keno network. Governor Rod Blagojevich wants to put electronic keno gambling games in 2,000 taverns and restaurants to help fund a construction plan for schools.
17 Jan 2006

Alito Not in the Mainstream

By No Author
I am writing to express my opposition to the confirmation of Judge Alito to the United States Supreme Court. This is not because he is a conservative (as Justice O'Connor in fact was) but because he is not in the mainstream of American jurisprudence.
10 Jan 2006

Republicans Still Balking at $3-Billion Projects Deal

By Rich Miller
We've been seeing a lot of news reports lately that the governor thinks he can pass a massive $3-billion road-and-school-construction plan this year. But Senate Republican Leader Frank Watson is throwing some cold water on an article that jump-started much of this speculation.
10 Jan 2006

Casino-Hotel Critic Is a True Civic Hero

By Kathleen McCarthy
It never ceases to amaze and inspire me that Davenport, for all its troubles, has real civic heroes living among us. This time it is Bill Ashton of Ashton Engineering with his well-established experience in riverfront development to caution the City of Davenport against the Isle of Capri's proposed 11-story casino hotel on downtown Davenport's riverfront, between Brady and Perry Streets, south of River Drive.

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