I guess that parking lot simply couldn't wait any longer, and the preservationists couldn't come up with the money to get it relocated. For all the fuss back in February and March, this sure happened awfully quietly.
There was [...] 
Jim the Mule
Here are 12 photos from yesterday. My favorite sight was the river lapping up against the base of the Figge Art Museum. It almost looked natural, like it was designed that way, which of course it was. The black base is basically the parking garage, [...] 
There were 4,724 people at tonight's River Bandits game vs the Beloit Snappers, despite Modern Woodmen Park being surrounded by flood water. The only way in or out was over this temporary pedestrian bridge. There were signs of water on the inside of the park. [...] 
California. Land of Hollywood, urban sprawl, Disneyland, smog, Malibu, expensive homes, Silicon Valley, the Pacific Coast Highway, fast food and the Golden Gate Bridge. And free college.
Spectacular progress has been made on tearing down the old Farmall factory in Rock Island. A couple of the buildings are going to remain, and developers hope to renovate them. It makes for some bleak looking pictures right now, but the future should be much brighter [...] 
I subscribe to Elesha Gayman's email list. Her office sends out periodic news explaining what is going on at the statehouse. I learn more about what is going on from reading it 5 minutes than I do from reading the newspaper every day.Community leaders announced Tuesday the creation of a fund that will pay for Davenport students enrolled in [...]
Another impressive model is the Teacher Advancement Program, [...]
If a cease-fire sticks and militants halt attacks, it could boost Musharraf's popularity as his political [...]
If we have the second-most-expensive K–12 system of all those measured by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but consistently perform between the middle and the bottom of the [...]
Here is the QC Times article
Mercifully, the Iowa Caucuses are today. It seems Iowa has already been under the microscope forever. The things you read about Iowa are funny.Gluba said if aldermen decide to create [...]
Obama made another a campaign stop in Davenport today. I'm not here to endorse Obama or any other candidate, but I am going to say that everyone should get out and caucus for one party or the other. It's amazing how much time and money are [...] 
[...] To a public for whom stem cells equal [...]
The weather was excellent, which meant big crowds yesterday for the parae. I especially liked the large Marine balloon that did push-ups as it went under the stop lights. Kids also got a kick out of the antique tractors dressed up as reindeer. More photos [...] 
I held off on talking about the Davenport Promise until the election was over for a couple reasons. First, it really should not have been an issue for anyone to campaign on for this election. That may sound odd, but the reason is because the city [...] 
Johnathan Goodwin has done some crazy things with cars and trucks. He put a diesel engine into a Hummer (H1). Then he also added a hydrogen injection system onto it. The net result is that he doubled the Hummer's fuel efficiency, and doubled the horsepower.
Finally, officials are pushing for RAGBRAI to come through Scott County. RAGBRAI hasn't come this way since 1982 because dipping the front tire in the Mississippi River always happens on Bix weekend.
You couldn't have asked for a much better night or game for the QC's first AHL experience. If you went to the fan fest, you started to get the feeling for how excited people were. There were people with faces painted, carrying flags, and mostly wearing [...] 
Nah, probably not. But I do think we have a nice variety of candidates running in this election. For mayor, Howard is representing "that" side of the council, while Yerington is going for the "other" side. Gluba is trying to stake out a middle ground between [...] 
QCTimes.com - Ethanol report warns of a winnowing in the industry
On vacation in Clear Lake, IA last week, I stumbled across the billboard at right. It sounds kind of like the beginning of a "Worth County Promise". It won't quite pay for tuition for the first year of college at a state university, but it's a [...] 
Fore me, the most disappointing thing to come out of the latest controversy at city hall are the people saying that they don't believe people moving to the area making $61K per year would choose to live in Davenport. If you tell people right up front [...] 
Fifteen-thousand and two runners participated in the Bix this year. They had a Chinook helicopter do a fly-over at the start of the race. The weather was perfect this year for it. Of course I'll decide to do it next year and it will be ridiculously [...] 
According to this article, if you are a baseball fan, you are in one of these stages of grieving about Bonds pursuit of the home run record: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, or Acceptance. I guess I'm very slowly coming to accept it.
If you like staying up late at night pondering the fate of the world (who doesn't?), then this Wikipedia article is fascinating reading.
Every year the Classic falls just before the British Open, and every year we hear from "them" that it is a sub-par tournament stop. I wanted to see exactly how sub-par it is. If you check out this web site, and do a little sorting, [...] 
From the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 
It's one thing for Blackhawk College to end its support for WQPT. In fact, if Blackhawk is on tough times, it's understandable. The part that's tough to understand is that Blackhawk may try to sell WQPT's license and equipment. I wonder what the FCC is going [...] 
Coming back from Chicago, we had to stop and take a look at the ethanol plant going up in Annawan, IL. I've critisized ethanol because it makes a lot of food products more expensive, and also makes natural gas more expensive (ethanol plants in Iowa acount [...] 
I've always felt rankings like Money's "Best Places To Live" were silly. Yes, you can come up with a dozen catogories, then rank all the cities in each one and have the computer spit out a score. Some things, like job growth, crime, and housing [...] 
The International Space Station and Space Shuttle were visible last night and tonight for one pass, at least. I tried to capture their path, with mixed results. The Space Station is often visible, but it is obviously a little more rare that both it and the [...] 
