06 Jun 2006

Donkey in Elephant's Clothing: Chambers' Support of Vilsack's Eminent-Domain Veto Is Disturbing

By Administrator

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack arguably made his poorest political decision last Friday, when he vetoed a bill that would have strengthened the rights of property owners. House File 2351 provided for new restrictions on governments using eminent domain to condemn private property for economic-development projects, whether public or private.

 

06 Jun 2006

How to Use the New Reader Web site

By Administrator

584_website_thumb The River Cities' Reader launched its new Web site last week, and we hope that it's a visual improvement. But we're most interested in it being an interactive improvement. Our goal from the outset with this Web site has been that it will be a space for the community to gather and discuss community and cultural issues.

23 May 2006

Davenport Takes Unnecessary Risk with Construction Permit

By Administrator
In the upcoming weeks, it is my intention to inform readers of the extremely disturbing realities behind the City of Davenport’s uncomprehensive issuance of a Floodplain Construction Permit to the Isle of Capri (IOC) for its proposed 11-story, city-block-wide casino hotel along downtown Davenport’s riverfront.

02 May 2006

The New Reader: Baby Steps to a New Medium

By Administrator
Major changes start with small steps, and big ideas need to be tested and tweaked before they become reality. For the past few months, the staff of the River Cities' Reader has been throwing around big ideas and developing major changes.
18 Apr 2006

Whose Truth is the Truth?

By Kathleen McCarthy
I cannot resist weighing in on the City of Davenport's new "Rules of Conduct" as they apply to certain aldermen and the mayor. Included in the rules is the mandate to "Be honest and truthful. Tell the truth.
04 Apr 2006

Abuse of Taxpayers Reaching Critical Mass

By Kathleen McCarthy
The ongoing abuse of Davenport taxpayers by elected officials, city administration, and DavenportOne is reaching critical mass. On the heels of the disgraceful development agreement between the city and the Isle of Capri comes another vague, taxpayer-unfriendly project - a public market in the Freight House - to suck the financial life out of Davenport's already strained coffers.
07 Mar 2006

Casino-Hotel Project Hits Snags Related to Flooding

By Kathleen McCarthy
There's good news for taxpayers and "smart riverfront" advocates relative to the Isle of Capri's (IOC) efforts to build an 11-story casino hotel and five-story parking ramp at the foot of Lock & Dam 15 in downtown Davenport.
28 Feb 2006

Minutemen Project Warrants Quad Cities Residents

By Kathleen McCarthy
In America, it is still entirely possible for an organized, committed grassroots effort to create change in a fraction of the time it takes Congress, state legislatures, and local municipalities put together. Consider the recently formed Minutemen Project - a citizens' vigilance operation monitoring immigration, business, and government.
21 Feb 2006

Five Courageous Aldermen

By Kathleen McCarthy
When it comes to revitalizing Davenport's downtown, the public has been led to believe that without their hard-earned tax dollars subsidizing private enterprise, we will never grow our community. First it was the two downtown parking ramps, then it was Vision Iowa, then the TIF for Ryan/Lee Enterprises, then John O'Donnell Stadium, then the Isle of Capri boatel - these projects represent the progressive trail of do-or-die projects that taxpayers had to subsidize or we would fail to attract new investment to our community.
07 Feb 2006

NewVentures Earmarks

By Kathleen McCarthy
There is a hue and cry across this land demanding political reform and accountability. The hubris that abounds, relative to the spending of taxpayers' dollars by government - whether elected, appointed, or simply hired - has gone beyond intolerable to immoral.

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