16 Mar 2004

Manufacturing Jobs Are Moving, Not Obsolete

By Letter to Editor
Two days ago, 90 UAW members in Fort Madison, Iowa, were told they might lose their jobs. These workers make Scheaffer pens, in a plant that once had a workforce over 1,000 strong. Those remaining are now faced with the threat of a plant closing because Scheaffer's parent company, Bic, wants to "consolidate global operations" to Mexico and South America.
16 Mar 2004

Anger with Phone Company Could Be Big Factor in Illinois Elections

By Rich Miller
Illinois Bell, Ameritech, SBC. Whatever you call it, the phone company's name appears to be mud with at least some Illinois voters. Last year, you might remember, Texas-based mega-corporation SBC muscled a bill through both the Illinois House and Senate that opponents claimed would double some local phone bills.
09 Mar 2004

Prison-Closure Proposal Might Be More Than a Flip-Flop

By Rich Miller
During the 2002 campaign, gubernatorial candidate Rod Blagojevich traveled to Vandalia, in southern Illinois, and spoke to a large crowd of union members. Most of those union members worked at the local state prison.
09 Mar 2004

Elect Experience, Not Rhetoric

By Kathleen McCarthy
It appears that no amount of contempt from American voters can change the methodology by which candidates, running for elected office, campaign. Predictably, during election years, the public is exposed to the same tired messages, delivered with the same contrived sincerity, that promise all kinds of positive changes, including solutions to the most pressing issues of the day.
09 Mar 2004

A Passionless Review

By Letter to Editor
This letter is to protest the negative opinion to your readers regarding the Mel Gibson film The Passion of the Christ. (See River Cities' Reader Issue 466, March 3-9, 2004.) We have absolutely no confidence in the opinions of Mr.
03 Mar 2004

At the Heart of Hull

By Rich Miller
I'm going to talk about Blair Hull, but I have to tell you a story first. Nobody thought Terry Link had a chance back in 1996. Link was running for an Illinois Senate seat in a Republican-leaning, Lake County district.
03 Mar 2004

"Best of" Is "Worst of"

By Administrator
Once again, the "Best of the Quad Cities" has revealed that something is seriously wrong with the taste buds of our residents. (See River Cities' Reader Issue 464, February 18-24, 2004.) To have Red Lobster listed as number one in the best seafood category makes this obvious.
24 Feb 2004

Illinois Governor's Budget Filled with Intrigue

By Administrator
Buried deep within Governor Rod Blagojevich's annual budget address last week was a nasty argument with the most influential bunch of do-gooders in Illinois - the social-service providers. These are the groups, many of them religious (such as the Catholic Conference, Lutheran Social Services, and the Jewish Federation), that take care of the state's most vulnerable citizens.
24 Feb 2004

What Momentum?

By Letter to Editor
We keep hearing from the mayor that Davenport is the city that has momentum. If that is true and we have invested millions of dollars in downtown, where are the high-paying jobs? The more we hear about momentum from the mayor, the less evidence we have of momentum in our community.
17 Feb 2004

Why Wasn't Powerful Illinois Lobbyist Indicted by Feds?

By Administrator
At first glance, it might seem puzzling that last week's list of federal indictments included the powerful lobbying firm of Ronan Potts, but not the guy who runs the firm, Al Ronan. Ronan's attorney has all but admitted that Ronan is "Fawell Associate 1," who was repeatedly referred to in the indictments of former George Ryan Chief of Staff Scott Fawell and others connected to Fawell's alleged schemings at the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, which Fawell ran for four years.

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