09 Jul 2002

Vote with Your Remote: Phil Donahue for National TV Host

By Don Hazen
There's a new election just around the corner, and Phil Donahue is the candidate who deserves your vote. In fact, all of us who are interested in watching stimulating television and hearing independent voices and fresh points of view on corporate TV should tune into MSNBC at 7 p.
02 Jul 2002

Davenport Mayor Strikes Out with One Citizen

By Letter to Editor
What a tribute of respect for Ron Kinser (former Iowa state legislator) as people from all walks of life came to visitation and to the funeral. As I watched these folks, I thought of our current mayor and his unfortunate tongue.
02 Jul 2002

Independence for Whom?

By Kathleen McCarthy
Independence Day should be dearer to Americans than ever before. We should all reflect on what independence actually means to us, both individually and as a citizenry. Most Americans equate independence with freedom that accompanies a democracy.
02 Jul 2002

"Monomedia" and the First Amendment

By Administrator
Speaking with grace and ease, a pensive network anchor compared the America of today with the one of a year ago. His script had the ring of media truth at the start of a new season. "How different the summer is going to be for all of us," CNN's Aaron Brown told viewers.
25 Jun 2002

Davenport Schools Need Forward-Thinking Policies and Plans

By Letter to Editor
On June 10, 2002, Administrative Law Judge Susan Anderson of the Iowa Department of Education upheld the April 22 decision of the Davenport Community Schools Board of Directors to close Johnson and Grant elementary schools.
25 Jun 2002

Something Stinks at GOP Bigwig's Chicago Office

By Administrator
Crain's Chicago Business has reported that during the summer of 2000, just about everyone at Illinois House Republican Leader Lee Daniels' Chicago office was paid with state money to work on political campaigns.
18 Jun 2002

Powerful Union Takes Massive Hit in Illinois Budget

By Rich Miller
It's been a long time since a union has taken a hit in Springfield like the American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees took last week. The Illinois Senate Republicans held lockstep for more than eight hours last week, approving all but a handful of Governor George Ryan's 234 budgetary vetoes one by one.
18 Jun 2002

Grant and Johnson Parents Have Lost a Battle, But Not the War

By Kathleen McCarthy
Grant and Johnson Elementary School parents lost their appeal of the Davenport School Board's decision to close the two neighborhood schools after Administrative Law Judge Susan Anderson decided that the DSB had followed the state's Barker Guidelines for closing schools in Iowa.
18 Jun 2002

Marijuana Prohibition Not Based on Science

By Letter to Editor
Section 11 of the Cannabis Control Act (see City Shorts, River Cities' Reader Issue 378, June 12, 2002) allows eligible Illinois patients to legally use medical marijuana, providing they obtain written approval from the Illinois State Police.
18 Jun 2002

Judge Rules Against Parents in Closure of Neighborhood Schools

By Jeff Ignatius
An administrative law judge last week ruled that the Davenport Community School District board followed state guidelines in its controversial decision in April to close Grant and Johnson elementary schools. Parents, led by Alan Guard and Brenda Jordahl-Buckles, had appealed the district's January 28 and April 22 votes to close the schools.

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