Eye on the Island

Eye on the Island http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com The Gazette covers City Hall, now …. Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:29:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png Eye on the Island http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com PLEASE GO TO gazetteonline.com and hit ‘blogs’ at top to see Eye on the Island http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/please-go-to-gazetteonline-com-and-hit-blogs-at-top-to-see-eye-on-the-island/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/please-go-to-gazetteonline-com-and-hit-blogs-at-top-to-see-eye-on-the-island/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:14:47 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1789 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/please-go-to-gazetteonline-com-and-hit-blogs-at-top-to-see-eye-on-the-island/feed/ 0 rickmsmith Brouhaha in Oakhill Jackson over weeds and native plants and the power of a City Council member to call in the mowers http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/brouhaha-in-oakhill-jackson-over-weeds-and-native-plants-and-the-power-of-a-city-council-member-to-call-in-the-mowers/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/brouhaha-in-oakhill-jackson-over-weeds-and-native-plants-and-the-power-of-a-city-council-member-to-call-in-the-mowers/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:57:24 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1787 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/brouhaha-in-oakhill-jackson-over-weeds-and-native-plants-and-the-power-of-a-city-council-member-to-call-in-the-mowers/feed/ 2 rickmsmith Solid waste agency prepares to capture methane at Site 2 landfill; plan is one day to convert it into energy http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/solid-waste-agency-prepares-to-capture-methane-at-site-2-landfill-plan-is-one-day-to-convert-it-into-energy/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/solid-waste-agency-prepares-to-capture-methane-at-site-2-landfill-plan-is-one-day-to-convert-it-into-energy/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:37:41 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1785 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/solid-waste-agency-prepares-to-capture-methane-at-site-2-landfill-plan-is-one-day-to-convert-it-into-energy/feed/ 0 rickmsmith City focuses anew on New Bohemia brownfields; contaminated soil at former Iowa Steel and Iowa Iron Works sites to be removed to ready for redevelopment http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-turns-some-attention-to-new-bohemia-brownfields-contaminated-soil-at-former-iowa-steel-and-iowa-iron-works-sites-to-be-removed/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-turns-some-attention-to-new-bohemia-brownfields-contaminated-soil-at-former-iowa-steel-and-iowa-iron-works-sites-to-be-removed/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:12:56 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1773 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-turns-some-attention-to-new-bohemia-brownfields-contaminated-soil-at-former-iowa-steel-and-iowa-iron-works-sites-to-be-removed/feed/ 0 rickmsmith City announces fifth annual bow hunt of deer http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-announces-fifth-annual-bow-hunt-of-deer/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-announces-fifth-annual-bow-hunt-of-deer/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:22:09 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1770 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/city-announces-fifth-annual-bow-hunt-of-deer/feed/ 0 rickmsmith City paints bike lanes on a stretch of Boyson Road NE to give the idea a try in city’s quest for bicycle-friendly status http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/city-paints-bike-lanes-on-a-stretch-of-boyson-road-to-give-the-idea-a-try-in-citys-quest-for-bicycle-friendly-status/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/city-paints-bike-lanes-on-a-stretch-of-boyson-road-to-give-the-idea-a-try-in-citys-quest-for-bicycle-friendly-status/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:04:14 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1766 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/city-paints-bike-lanes-on-a-stretch-of-boyson-road-to-give-the-idea-a-try-in-citys-quest-for-bicycle-friendly-status/feed/ 3 rickmsmith Another idea for affordable housing near Ellis Park isn’t going to work; city bought the land with state REAP grant to prevent it from being developed http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/another-idea-for-affordable-housing-near-ellis-park-isnt-going-to-work-city-bought-the-land-with-state-reap-grant-to-prevent-it-from-being-developed/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/another-idea-for-affordable-housing-near-ellis-park-isnt-going-to-work-city-bought-the-land-with-state-reap-grant-to-prevent-it-from-being-developed/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:30:29 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1764 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/another-idea-for-affordable-housing-near-ellis-park-isnt-going-to-work-city-bought-the-land-with-state-reap-grant-to-prevent-it-from-being-developed/feed/ 2 rickmsmith Round 2 of demos start next week: 58 on the list with paperwork still out on another 12; 70 structures came down in a first round http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/round-2-of-demos-start-next-week-58-on-the-list-with-paperwork-still-out-on-another-12-70-structures-came-down-in-a-first-round/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/round-2-of-demos-start-next-week-58-on-the-list-with-paperwork-still-out-on-another-12-70-structures-came-down-in-a-first-round/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:11:06 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1760 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/round-2-of-demos-start-next-week-58-on-the-list-with-paperwork-still-out-on-another-12-70-structures-came-down-in-a-first-round/feed/ 1 rickmsmith City Hall has firmed up what it expects to seek for some 1,300 flood-disaster buyouts: $148 million in CDBG funds to go with an expected $27 million in FEMA money http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/city-hall-has-firmed-up-what-it-expects-for-some-1300-flood-disaster-buyouts-148-million-in-cdbg-funds-to-go-with-an-expected-27-million-in-fema-money/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/city-hall-has-firmed-up-what-it-expects-for-some-1300-flood-disaster-buyouts-148-million-in-cdbg-funds-to-go-with-an-expected-27-million-in-fema-money/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:50:39 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1758 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/city-hall-has-firmed-up-what-it-expects-for-some-1300-flood-disaster-buyouts-148-million-in-cdbg-funds-to-go-with-an-expected-27-million-in-fema-money/feed/ 3 rickmsmith Flood-damaged Grant Wood window at the Veterans Memorial Building is coming out for repairs; entrusted to a Davenport firm owned by a disabled Vietnam War vet http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/flood-damaged-grant-wood-window-at-the-veterans-memorial-building-is-coming-out-for-repairs-entrusted-to-a-davenport-firm-owned-by-a-disabled-vietnam-war-vet/ http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/flood-damaged-grant-wood-window-at-the-veterans-memorial-building-is-coming-out-for-repairs-entrusted-to-a-davenport-firm-owned-by-a-disabled-vietnam-war-vet/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:12:02 +0000 Rick Smith http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/?p=1754 ]]> http://rickmsmith.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/flood-damaged-grant-wood-window-at-the-veterans-memorial-building-is-coming-out-for-repairs-entrusted-to-a-davenport-firm-owned-by-a-disabled-vietnam-war-vet/feed/ 0 rickmsmith