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Camera revenue should be used to expand anti-speeding efforts

The revenue from the speed cameras should be used to expand the effort to stop speeding and reckless driving. Two cameras are a drop in the bucket. Iowa Ave. West has a terrible speeding problem. I have witnessed several accidents. Anson, May, 3rd Ave. and Center St.also are race tracks. ...

Get rid of speed cameras or give money to charity

There is a need to eliminate the supplier’s 30 percent revenue for speed cameras. The enticement for profit for the company is too high. Can the supervisors state that ALL revenue from the cameras, including the amount to the 3rd party supplier go to charity, such as the United Way? The ...

Recreational trail etiquette

Recently, a high school student was bitten by a German Shepherd dog while running on the trail west of the Little League Complex. The one fact that I know of is that the dog was on a leash but obviously not totally controlled by the owner. The dog owner did ask if the student was OK and he ...

Close of the silent years

In 722 B.C. Northern Israel fell to the Assyrians. More than one hundred years later, the Southern kingdom fell, and the Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians. In 586 B/C. Israel, according to scripture, spent 70 years in exile and then returned to their land. The return to Jerusalem began ...

Who’s telling the truth on climate?

Question, are we being told the truth by the national TV news stations: ABC, NBC and CBS and the national newspaper on climate change? Are the owners of these information centers in with the president and the other elites trying to change the landscape of America? Changing from fossil fuel to ...

Priorities

After the disastrous collapse of the apartment building in Davenport, our Republican Governor whined that our state hadn’t the financial capacity to deal with this collapse and made a plea to Joe Biden for federal financial aid to help with the resulting mayhem. Let’s look at past ...