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Question of the Day: Should the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission grant more casino licenses?
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 3:01PM CST on March 11, 2010
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has come out in support of gaming license applications for four communities that want to build casinos. That has some in this three-casino town worried about increased competition in what some would call an already saturated market. The Quad-City Times editorial board disagrees with the governor's position that it's only fair to let Lyon, Tama, Wapello and
Webster have their own slot machines and poker tables.
What do you think? Should the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission grant these new licenses?
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 3:35PM CST on March 10, 2010
I have A LOT I could write about Gov. Pat Quinn's budget proposal today. But I'm going to let you all have a first crack at it. Vote and talk amongst yourselves...
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 4:55PM CST on March 9, 2010
Yesterday, you got a chance to tell Davenport what to do about the Menards "dark store" agreement.
Today, you get a chance to tell Moline what you think. The topic of debate: Brick streets. The city wants residents on its few remaining brick streets to pay to have them repaired with brick when necessary. Otherwise, the city would just as soon pave over all the brick with concrete. Naturally, the historic preservationists are appalled. What do you think Moline should do with its brick streets?
Posted by: Michael Donnelly at 12:44PM CST on March 9, 2010
We've been experiencing some technical difficulties on qctimes.com for a couple of hours now.
You should be able to continue to browse through the site, but the search function, and a few other things are still being worked on. Thanks for your patience.
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 12:45PM CST on March 8, 2010
Doing so would allow the
home improvement company to build a larger store on Brady and 65th streets, near
Interstate 80, without having to first find a buyer or tenant for its current location on 53rd Street.
Alderman Gene Meeker is leading the charge to reverse the agreement. Do you think the city should scrap the "dark store" provision?
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 11:40AM CST on March 5, 2010
So much depends on the next two months and how quickly temperatures rise. Flood forecasts issued a few weeks ago put the chance of minor flooding at 90% and the likelihood of a major flood at 40%. But the weather lately has been encouraging. Temps just above freezing during the day are allowing snow to melt slowly, then nighttime temps below 32 degrees stop the flow, allowing water to run off a little at a time.
If we can keep this up and avoid last spring's heavy rains, we might dodge the bullet. What do you think? Are we going to flood? Is it going to be another big one? BTW, you can keep an eye on river levels and forecasts here.
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 4:45PM CST on March 4, 2010
Iowa casino employees are the latest unfortunate souls to be at high risk for identity theft after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission suffered a computer security breach. The 80,000 affected employees can have fraud alerts placed on their credit reports for up to seven years.
So far, the commission says they know of no instances of identity theft stemming from the January incident. But smart crooks might wait. The standard fraud alert expires in six months. You have to fill out extra forms if you want longer protection. I know this, because a college through which I took a correspondence course in high school (and had completely forgotten about) recently sent me a letter advising me of a computer security breach involving my records. Fun. I also received a new debit card last year after a security breach involving my bank's check card provider. It seems this is becoming a more and more common occurrence. Have you had your data compromised, or worse, your identity stolen?
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 3:28PM CST on March 3, 2010
The Census is coming! The Census is coming!
If you live in the Quad-Cities metro area, your form will likely be mailed to you around the middle of the month. But if you live in a rural area, a Census worker could be knocking on your door very soon, hand delivering a form for your household to complete. Why is this a big deal? Well, in case it hasn't been made perfectly clear by Christopher Guest's Census commercials (and it hasn't), the Census asses the U.S. population in order to determine, among other things, Congressional Districts and the amount of federal funding states, counties and municipalities will receive. They say the form should only take about 10 minutes to fill out. Are you planning to complete and return yours? (You do know that the Census will send someone to your door if you don't mail your form back in, right?)
Posted by: GrammyG at 12:02PM CST on March 3, 2010
I ABSOLUTELY took my kids out for anything I considered "enriching" for them. In fact, that's one way I would encourage them to go to school on those days when they just weren't "in the mood" or just a little "under the weather". I'd say, "Go to school today and someday when you're feeling good we'll go to the museums, Chicago, a play etc.
My kids had wonderful experiences and continued to LOVE school and hardly ever missed. In fact by the time they were in high school I could hardly get them to go for college visits because they were so active in school activities. My kids are now all in their 30s (well almost) and have kids of their own. They all went to college, one doing a double major, another has her master's and the last one is just a couple credits shy of a degree, but meanwhile has a band, a prosperous online business as well as doing computer graphics for another online firm. (And I don't think he ever took a computer class in college). So I say TAKE 'EM OUT!
Posted by: Mayor Melissa at 5:05PM CST on March 2, 2010
A conversation on the blog parenthacks.com caught my eye today. Parents were debating whether it is appropriate to take kids out of school for a "life experience."
For example, say you are going to a conference for work and you're allowed to bring your family. Maybe it's near a resort and theme park tickets are included. It's an inexpensive vacation opportunity for the family, but the kids have school. Do you still take them? Or what about families who take a whole year off school for a mission trip or cross-country adventure? Tell us about times when you've put experience over education in the comments below. Or why you didn't.
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