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Corbett lambasts 'culture of delay'; calls for fix of City Hall; labor, vets turn out; Councilman Shey there, too; calls Corbett 'status quo'
Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett on Thursday morning stood outside the empty, flood-damaged Veterans Memorial Building/City Hall and called on city government to repair the building and return to it. In … more →
Eye on the Island
My LinkedIn connections offer advice for social media business course
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Steve Buttry wrote 3 months ago: I have continued using social media to gather advice on using social media for business. I gathered … more →
Corbett lambasts 'culture of delay'; calls for fix of City Hall; labor, vets turn out; Councilman Shey there, too; calls Corbett 'status quo'
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Rick Smith wrote 9 months ago: Mayoral candidate Ron Corbett on Thursday morning stood outside the empty, flood-damaged Veterans Me … more →
Shields fumes over what he says are sales-tax vote distortions; Shey quotes Mark Twain
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Rick Smith wrote 10 months ago: Council meetings begin with comments from the public, and last night a couple of citizens suggested … more →
Council not using L-word or F-word, but it seems to sense: big hike in property taxes might louse up sales tax
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Rick Smith wrote 10 months ago: At last Thursday evening’s budget meeting, City Council member Pat Shey put it this way: “We’re goin … more →
Can City Council ‘steam team’ solve steam issue for industries near downtown, the hospitals, Coe College and the downtown? Is a city power plant in the offing?
Rick Smith wrote 10 months ago: At council member Monica Vernon’s urging, the City Council last week created a four-member “steam te … more →
City Council is out there on energy issue with Obama -- 30 minutes after his inaugural speech
Rick Smith wrote 10 months ago: The City Council spent its lunch hour Tuesday – 30 minutes after President Barack Obama finished his … more →
Shey compares Mayor Halloran to Gen. U.S. Grant; small-business group OK with mayor's ‘No' vote
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Council member Pat Shey drags out the history references with some regularity. And he did again Tues … more →
Neighbors, get organized; City Hall brings in an expert so flood-hit neighborhoods don't have to turn to ghost towns
Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: City Council member Jerry McGrane parlayed his visibility as president of the Oak Hill/Jackson Neigh … more →
City Council a long way away from replacing city parking employees with a private outfit
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Have you seen the 1993 movie, “Dave?” In it, Dave Kovic, played by actor Kevin Kline, tu … more →
Do City Hall rules let a sufficient number of neighbors know about proposals for big land-use changes?
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: City Council meetings can come with some drama when meetings turn to neighborhood disputes and away … more →
Cedar Rapids seeks bike-friendly status similar to cool places like Madison, Eugene, Fort Collins and Ann Arbor; Podzimek giddy
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: It wouldn’t be unfair to say that most if not all of the nine members of the City Council are … more →
Next week is Bike-to-Work week: Get ready to ride with council members Podzimek, Fagan, Shey
Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Council members Tom Podzimek, Brian Fagan and Pat Shey are celebrating National Bike-to-Work Week on … more →
Moving bus depot to a new Intermodal facility on the edge of downtown closes in on reality
Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this month, the City Council said it was all-but sure it had found the spot among 26 possibi … more →
Council to take "a beating:" Should property owners along major streets help pay to improve them?
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Four major road improvement projects on busy arterial streets are coming up in 2009. You might want … more →
A new policy on City Hall hand-outs: Is it 'rigmarole' or proof of a new day on the Third Floor?
Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: The City Council ate lunch at City Hall on Tuesday to go over the details of a new economic developm … more →
Alliant Energy seems a good guy in the birth, death and new life of the Osada building
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Last week’s City Council meeting began with a talk about City Hall taking yet another stab at … more →
Stamats Communications tells City Hall to stay away; build Intermodal Transit Facility elsewhere
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: Some $9 million in federal funds for a new downtown Intermodal Transit Facility has been in the city … more →
City's Board of Ethics achieves pioneering victory: Shey recuses himself on Osada vote
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Rick Smith wrote 1 year ago: An advisory opinion last November from the state’s only city Board of Ethics played a role in … more →
