06 Jan 2004

Quad City International Airport Offers Free WiFi

By Joe Collins
• Beginning January 5, travelers at Moline's Quad City International Airport will be able to surf the Web while they wait for their flights under an alliance between the Metropolitan Airport Authority and Mediacom.
06 Jan 2004

Left Holding the Bag

By Jeff Ignatius
On December 18, Bettendorf Mayor-Elect Mike Freemire eloquently defended the new fee system for garbage collection that the city council had passed two days earlier. On December 26, he backtracked, making a motion and voting for a measure that essentially rescinded that earlier decision.
23 Dec 2003

Moline City Administrator Iman Keeps His Job Despite Controversy

By Joe Collins
• After the dust had settled, Moline City Administrator Dale Iman still had a job. Mayor Stan Leach cast the tie-breaking vote last week, breaking a 4-4 deadlock among aldermen considering Iman's employment. Aldermen Arcillia Dominguez, 1st Ward, Pat O'Brien, 2nd Ward, Dick Potter, 4th Ward, and Dorothy Armstrong, 7th Ward, voted against keeping Iman.
23 Dec 2003

"ManLady" Brings Stage Show, Education to Red Ribbon Activities

By Administrator
By day, George Weiss Vando is a researcher working on HIV-prevention projects with youth in the Los Angeles area. He used to be a professional drag queen in Seattle. In his free time he's an actor. And he's also a writer, having scripted and performed a one-man show called ManLady in California.
23 Dec 2003

Annual Kwanzaa Celebration Emphasizes Principles for Living

By Jeff Ignatius
Kwanzaa is often viewed as an African-American response to Christmas and Hanukkah, and in some ways it is. The celebration is based on seven principles for living, and these provide a balance to the rampant consumerism in this holiday season.
23 Dec 2003

The Best Music of 2003 You Might Have Missed

By Jeff Ignatius Tom Swanson and
Dozens of publications are offering you their lists of the best music of 2003, filled with big names and big records, from Radiohead to OutKast to White Stripes, but at the Reader, we prefer the sounds less heard.
16 Dec 2003

Legislation Encourages Iowa Philanthropy and Community Development

By Joe Collins
• The recently passed, two-pronged "Endow Iowa" legislation, sponsored by the Iowa Council of Foundations, allows citizens to utilize philanthropy as a catalyst to build local endowments at community foundations and improve the quality of life in the community.
16 Dec 2003

Inspiration by Candlelight

By Kathleen McCarthy
For many of us, Christmas can be a stressful time due to the strain on finances that gift-giving can cause. We look for bargains and value-added without sacrificing quality. Well, as luck would have it, this year brings a new Quad Cities enterprise that provides all of the above and much more.
09 Dec 2003

River Music Experience Receives Federal Funding

By Joe Collins
• The federal 2004 Omnibus Appropriations bill contains $400,000 for Davenport's River Music Experience (RME). The museum, a center that combines interactive and interpretive exhibits that explore and celebrate the journey of American roots music through the Mississippi River basin and the world, is expected to open in June 2004.
09 Dec 2003

Closing Open Records

By Lucius Lomax
One of the many issues on which President George W. Bush and Texas Governor Rick Perry see eye-to-eye is open records. Both men seem to have a gut instinct against public disclosure of the operations of government.

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