Category Archives: LOCAL ISSUES

issues relevant to municipalities and counties

Are red light cameras more about safety or a revenue source?

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Designated2

Flaws in equipment and enforcement Moody’s considers such things a substantial revenue source pertinent to bond ratings This article in Bond Case Briefs is interesting from several perspectives.  The declining number of jurisdictions using red light cameras and the renewed … Continue reading →

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A PERL of an Election — Tax Increasing Ballot Measure Fails

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Designated2

Voters in Bettendorf School District decide they are Taxed Enough Already To the best of our recollection, stand-alone ballot proposal for tax increases benefiting schools tended to be for compelling sounding things and tended to pass in Bettendorf and other … Continue reading →

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Update to Bettendorf Schools Special Levy

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Designated2

Reports are that the actual wording of the Bettendorf  Schools special tax levy election is more than advertised.  Early this afternoon Bettendorf resident JG called our attention to the actual wording on the ballot for the special tax levy. So … Continue reading →

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Bettendorf – You Are Taxed Enough Already

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Designated2

In spite of state platform, not a peep from Scott County Republican “leadership.”  Today is the day of a tax and spend vote affecting Bettendorf School District residents. This article in the QC Times purports to explain the vote with … Continue reading →

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Scott County Supervisors to Destroy E-Mails?

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Designated2

Todd McGreevy, editor of River Cities Reader,  has done yeoman service to the community by keeping an eye on local government entities. He and others exposed the horrendous vote for a “sustainability” plan that has all the trappings of Agenda … Continue reading →

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Big Ethanol, the Environment, Gas Taxes and the GOP

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Designated2

That we consider corn ethanol subsidies and mandates unethical and tax payer abuse is obvious from these pages.   There are environmental aspects that should be considered, and we do, but we find them most compelling with regards to human ecology … Continue reading →

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More About the Muni Races – Comments, Questions and Asides

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Designated2

Random comments, questions on several Scott County municipal races, and other asides. Bettendorf Alderman at Large Race                                     The candidate who was the registered Republican Chad Miller, received only about 26% of the vote.  He had a stated city … Continue reading →

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Yerington’s Valiant Effort . . . Gluba Getting Warmed Up for Agenda 21?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Designated2

Phil Yerington won 25% of the ballot in a write-in effort for Mayor of Davenport with a budget of maybe a few hundred bucks* in a campaign that started a little over a month before the election.  Supporters of Yerington … Continue reading →

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Introducing His Dishonor, The Mayor of Davenport

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Designated2

Over the 22 months or so of our existence as a blog site of political news and opinion, we have posted articles referencing the current Mayor of Davenport Bill Gluba.  Several have focused on what we regard as his display … Continue reading →

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Correction to Candidate Affiliation Post

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Designated2

Thursday evening’s post providing party affiliations of all the candidates for the Scott County municipal election had an error, ever more embarrassingly, right off the bat. The Bettendorf Alderman At Large candidate Gary Mohr we mistakenly listed as a D.  … Continue reading →

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