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Theatre, 2113 E 11Th St, Village of East 12 River Cities’ Reader • Vol 2 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 19 No. 792 • Nov. 23 - Dec. 7,2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com WORDS FROM THE EDITOR by Kathleen McCarthy [email protected] More Governments Gone Wild his issue’s article on the Scott Emer- future growth” as justification. A 200-percent gency Communications Center (SECC) And your elected so-called representatives happily increase in building size and costs alone for a Tfurther illustrates government overreach county with only 5-percent population growth run amok, beginning with our state legislators. escalated the building costs from $2.34 million to in the past decade is government gone wild. State law (Iowa Code 28E) enabled the creation $7.31 million, citing “preparing for future growth” To add insult to injury, the normal of the Scott Emergency Communications Cen- protections from overspending by local ter, an intergovernmental agency composed of as justification. A 200-percent increase in building government were avoided altogether by Scott five separate entities: the Scott County Emer- County colluding with the City of Davenport, gency Management Agency, Scott County, the size and costs alone for a county with only 5- which agreed to bond for SECC building and cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, and Medic percent population growth in the past decade is equipment costs of $10 million, avoiding a EMS. Funding SECC is enabled through more referendum that would have otherwise been state legislation (Iowa Code 29C) that provided government gone wild. triggered for such a large county expenditure. for an unelected board as a brand-new taxing By transferring the $10-million bonding to authority, with no limit on how much it may Davenport, the SECC project eluded initial levy. And, as the details emerge, SECC gets to – Visit SECC911.org/secc for more information. public approval, never mind any future operate with no oversight whatsoever. oversight and accountability. Let us never forget that the SECC was sold During an open-house tour of the new to Scott County taxpayers as a 7,800-square- Communications consolidation study. So how dismissal suggests that there was never any real SECC, staff was asked what the goal was foot building to consolidate emergency did CTA’s 7,800 square feet balloon into 27,000 intention to follow CTA’s recommendations for improving 911 call-response times. The dispatching and enhance 911 service, square feet by February 2009? to begin with. This is further evidenced by answer was 20 seconds faster, despite our saving taxpayers money along the way. The The dismissal by SECC Director Brian Hitchcock’s claim of good stewardship by region already beating the national average in Bettendorf City Council barely passed the Hitchcock and Scott County Administrator reducing the original architectural design from response times. Now taxpayers are on the hook measure to join this scheme, approving it 4-3 Dee Bruemmer of the very study that is a 36,000-square-foot facility to 27,000 square for what will likely be at least $152 million in in December 2007. The intergovernmental to guide their decision-making, as the feet. SECC spending over 21 years for a potential agreement that formalized this financial intergovernmental agreement dictates, stands And your elected so-called representatives 20-second gain. boondoggle specifically dictates that all as testimony that citizens need to be very happily escalated the building costs from $2.34 Granted, seconds can save lives. But decisions shall be guided by the 2006 CTA concerned, and extremely vigilant. Such million to $7.31 million, citing “preparing for Continued On Page 47 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 19 No. 792 • Nov. 23 - Dec. 7, 2011 3 8IFOZPVHJWF -JGF4UZMFT'VSOJUVSFHJWFTCBDL ! !*&$%%%%,$!$)!*"' "!& &"$&* "( $ !'$* KYn] Klj]kkd]kk JgqYd" k]d][l[gdgjkgfdq &$%%%%,"* "$ && )!*"'"!& &"$&**"')$ ( &#'$%#$"&$%%%%,$!$"$ &#'$%"%&"*$!$%&$%%%%, (!%&#$&" !&"!"" 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However, changing Wthe new federal district map for just one boundary can have a wide-ranging U.S. congressmen in Illinois, a similar GOP ripple effect. lawsuit against the legislative district map For instance, pulling enough people into for Springfield’s state senators and repre- Zalewski’s district to make it majority Latino sentatives may be teetering on the brink of will cause the Democrats to scramble to collapse. figure out what they’re going to do with the Many of the same arguments are rest of Chicago’s southwest wide, which was being used by the Republicans in both precariously balanced to give everybody the congressional and state-legislative what they wanted. cases. Both suits have a partisan angle. The end result there could be that some The Republicans claim that the majority majority-black districts lose Latino voters Democrats so intensely used political to make sure that current Latino districts gerrymandering to draw their maps that the remain Latino districts. That means the end result illegally deprived Republicans of Democrats will have to find other places to their constitutional rights. take voters from, which could cause some The court that is hearing the suburban white Democratic legislators congressional-map case has yet to rule on to lose black voters, which means the the political angle, Republicans might but the court that have a better chance heard the state- Changing just one of winning one November 5 - December 10 legislative-remap boundary can have a wide- or two of those All QC Walgreens Locations case dismissed districts. the Republicans’ ranging ripple effect. Got all that? Like Want to make a difference this holiday season? YOU can be Santa to political charge last I said, wide-ranging a local senior who needs a friend during the holidays when you week. The political ripple effects. participate in the “Be a Santa to a Senior” gift program at Walgreens. gerrymandering A Republican win on the Springfield/ strategy was never considered all that solid Decatur district charge could take away a From November 5th to December 10th, go to any of the because nobody has ever won a case using House Democratic pickup opportunity. That that argument. The strategy is given about area is now represented by a Republican, 15 Quad Cities Walgreens, take a name off the Senior Santa the same chance of success – slim to none who announced he was running in an tree, buy a gift from their wish list, and return it to – in the congressional case. adjacent district, mainly because it’s much Walgreens. It’s that simple. As with the congressional map, the better to sell a house in this horrible real- Republicans also challenged several estate market and find a new residence For more information go to CASIseniors.org or call Home Instead at Democrat-drawn state legislative districts for than to possibly lose one’s job if one stood 563-359-0027. being racially gerrymandered. All but two of and fought an uphill battle. A court win those challenges to the state legislative map there could also endanger Illinois Senate have been dismissed. Actually, all of them Democratic Chief of Staff Andy Manar’s bid were tossed, but the Republicans were told to join the chamber, since the House district they could re-argue their case on two of the makes up half of Manar’s new Senate district. districts on December 12. The Republicans have never been all that One of those two is an Illinois House confident about their suit against the state district that runs from Springfield to legislative map. Legislative Democratic Decatur. The district takes in Springfield’s leaders worked extra hard to ensure their John Doe predominantly African-American east side state map would withstand a court challenge. and then heads over to black neighborhoods But state Democrats don’t care nearly as in Decatur. The district has a black much about the congressional map, and voting-age population of 25 percent. The some Republicans still have hope they can Sponsored by: Republicans claim that the Democratic prevail on at least some points in that case. mapmakers’ predominant intent was to pack Besides the probably doomed political as many black voters as possible into the angle, the Republicans say Congressman district, which they claim is illegal. Luis Gutierrez’s Chicago-area district has The other district was drawn for state too many Latino voters, and want some of Representative Mike Zalewski (D-Riverside). those voters parceled out to two neighboring That district, in and around Chicago’s districts, which are currently less than 50 southwest side, is about 46 percent Latino, percent Latino. and the Republicans claim it should be Stay tuned. majority Latino. Needless to say, even if the Republicans Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily win their argument on these two districts, political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 19 No. 792 • Nov. 23 - Dec. 7, 2011 5 IOWA POLITICS by Lynn Campbell IowaPolitics.com Law to Reduce State Supervisors Never Fully Implemented law aimed at slashing the number of to reduce the number of supervisors in state doing the same job?” Mascher said. “Because supervisors overseeing the work of Iowa government. He said the Iowa Department of we’ve been told in some of those departments, Astate employees has never been fully Cultural Affairs recently laid off 10 unionized they’re doing exactly the same thing they were implemented.
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