07 Mar 2005

Illinois Senate President Jeopardizes Historic Abortion Compromise

By Rich Miller
Almost half of the entire Illinois House has signed up to sponsor a pro-life bill this year. The proposal is an exact replica of a federal law that ostensibly protects infants who are "born alive" during botched abortion procedures.
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.
07 Mar 2005

Try Before You Vote

By Letter to Editor
My name is Paul, and I'm an employee at the Bettendorf Hungry Hobo. I have to say I was very disappointed to see that our stores didn't make number-one deli (see "Best of the Quad Cities 2004," River Cities' Reader Issue 518, February 23-March 1, 2005), but the people have spoken, and we never give up.
01 Mar 2005

Jones-Blagojevich Feud Portends Long, Hot Summer

By Rich Miller
Senate President Emil Jones was not treated too well during his 10 years as Senate minority leader. The majority Republicans locked him out of the room and killed most of his members' bills. His fellow Democrat, House Speaker Michael Madigan, treated Jones like a junior associate, occasionally helping him out, but not doing all that much to backstop him in the process.
01 Mar 2005

Davenport's Land-Use Plan: Citizen Tool or Map For Sprawl?

By Administrator
Under Iowa law, a city's comprehensive plan - meant to be a community's primary planning document, particularly as it relates to land use - has virtually no teeth. Because of that, members of the City of Davenport's "design center" are working to make the city's overarching planning document as user-friendly as possible.
22 Feb 2005

Illinois Governor Brilliantly Blocks Ethics Reform

By Rich Miller
One of the problems with applying "appearance of impropriety" rules to Illinois and Chicago politics is that most of the players are swimming in a very small political pond. We're constantly treated to stories about how this or that political insider connected with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is representing a company that just landed a sweet city contract.
22 Feb 2005

SmartRiverfront.com to the Rescue

By Kathleen McCarthy
The more one delves into the misinformation that abounds relative to the proposal by Isle of Capri (IOC) to build a 10-story hotel and five-story parking ramp on downtown Davenport's scarce riverfront, the more outrageous the whole concept becomes.
22 Feb 2005

Not So Capital Gains for Iowa

By Letter to Editor
Here is one simple and very powerful idea to help economic development in Iowa: The currently high ordinary income tax on business capital gains needs to be replaced with a capital-gains tax to provide an incentive for entrepreneurs to create more jobs in our state.
15 Feb 2005

"Pay to Play" Reformers Now Look to State Level

By Administrator
You could physically feel the political ground shifting last week as Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley announced he would no longer accept campaign contributions from city contractors and members of their immediate families.
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.

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