20 Dec 2004

Illinois Governor Plays It Safe with Video-Game Attack

By Rich Miller
It was probably no accident that Governor Rod Blagojevich chose a Naperville school last week to unveil his proposal to criminalize the sale or rental of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors. If he had used an impoverished inner-city school as a backdrop, the assembled parents might have asked him about the real-life violence that their children face every day.
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.
14 Dec 2004

Speaker Madigan No Longer the Teachers' Pet

By Administrator
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is widely believed to be the teachers' unions' best friend. Madigan passed the "temporary" income-tax surcharge years ago, which earmarked half of the new money for schools.
14 Dec 2004

A Counter Proposal to the Riverfront Hotel

By Letter to Editor
I would like to submit a counter-proposal to the riverfront hotel casino complex now being lobbied for by Isle of Capri interests with the City of Davenport. That is: Develop the Hotel Blackhawk as the axis for a casino convention center complex.
07 Dec 2004

Get Ready for the 2006 Illinois Campaign

By Rich Miller
The dust isn't even settled yet from the 2004 campaign, but candidates are already lining up for the 2006 race. You and I might be sick of campaign news, but to these people the game is just beginning. Joe Birkett, the DuPage County state's attorney who narrowly lost the 2002 attorney general's race to Democrat Lisa Madigan, sent a letter to Republican leaders late last month telling them he is looking forward to being on the statewide ticket.
07 Dec 2004

Prosecutor, Judge, and Jury: Part II

By Kathleen McCarthy
This article is part two of an in-depth look at the Davenport Civil Rights Commission's (DCRC) complaint process through the case of Inglore Nabb versus David Botsko. (See "Prosecutor, Judge, & Jury," Issue 503, November 17-23, 2004.
30 Nov 2004

Is the Illinois Legislature Gearing Up for a January Surprise?

By Rich Miller
After the Republicans lost complete control of the state legislature in the 1996 election, they rushed through several bills the following January, before handing the House gavel back to the Democrats. The state Constitution requires a three-fifths majority to pass any bills with immediate effective dates after May 31.
30 Nov 2004

Riverfront Hotel Proposal Is Extreme Spin

By Kathleen McCarthy
Nearly two weeks ago Davenport city officials received the Isle of Capri/Rhythm City Casino (IOC) draft development agreement for a hotel facility on downtown Davenport's riverfront. The controversial project has now moved from the "concept" stage to a draft proposal stage.
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.
23 Nov 2004

Illinois Governor Wants to Leave Few Fingerprints

By Rich Miller
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is becoming way too predictable. Twice now, the governor has told a legislator that he's for a gaming-expansion deal, then his staff denies that the governor said any such thing.

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