gdp's Comments

GazetteOnline.com : City seeks $12.2 million in I-JOBS funds for amphitheater, fire stations

Tue, 3 Aug 2010 06:37:02 +0000

What the hell do we need with an amphitheater when the Council wants a $$$ 67 MILLION dollar "event center" ??? Other than a few garage sales, antique shows and an occasional concert and a dart tournament, this is no "destination"... Corbett couldn't improve a little neighborhood when he lived in the 1500 block of D Avenue NE, and now he's in charge of the entire city? Heaven help us!!!

GazetteOnline.com : Commission questions cost for Sinclair date block

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:51:14 +0000

These people are kooks... one minute they're trying to save an UGLY smokestack, the next minute they're moving a huge brick to the History Center and complaining about the cost!? For pete's sake, the block apparently only has a date on it and no "real" historical reference. Tour guide to schoolchildren: "See that 1929 block? That came from a meat factory where hundreds, perhaps thousands of cattle were killed by your great-grandparents." I'm not a vegan or an animal rights looney, but the stories coming out of this demo are just absurd. Nothing was saved from the WTC after 9-11 and these folks are diddling around with a cement block? Only in America.

KCRG : City Council Hires Architect Team to Design $67 Million Event Center in Cedar Rapids | KCRG-TV9 | Ce

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:12:53 +0000

I don't think the Five Seasons/US Cell Center has ever turned a profit, just like the Crowne Plaza. Unless memory escapes me, I could count on one hand the conventions & events that ever came close. Did Tim Boyle ever garner a profitable convention prior to the flood when he was director of the Convention & Visitor's bureau? I doubt it. Most concerts avoid Cedar Rapids like the plague for a variety of reasons.

KCRG : City Council Hires Architect Team to Design $67 Million Event Center in Cedar Rapids | KCRG-TV9 | Ce

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:55:58 +0000

What happened to that big convention/event center out off of Wiley Blvd? What will happen to the 3rd Street SE & 380 entrance exit ramps? How will semi-trucks and busses get in and out of the US Cell center/new convention center and Quaker Oats?

GazetteOnline.com : Urban chickens in Cedar Rapids get another OK

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:02:08 +0000

How about an Adopt-A-Goat or Rent-A-Goat program? There are several at Bever Park. ;)

GazetteOnline.com : Time runs out on saving historic immigrant cottages in Cedar Rapids

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:14:20 +0000

Buh-bye, moldy "cottages" probably filled with cats and rats.

GazetteOnline.com : The future of Lake Delhi is in limbo

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:45:34 +0000

I've read that this dam is/was privately owned. True or false? Who owns the highway that ran on top of it? Who, if anyone, was overseeing it when the lake began to rise? Most dams have some sort of spillway that can be opened when the pressure behind the dam becomes threatning. Did that happen? From what I've also read, this dam was a hydro-electric generator at one time. What happened to that?

KCRG : Lake Delhi Eyewitness: ‘Anything and Everything Was Going Through’ | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Ra

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:05:32 +0000

Can you say accident waiting to happen? Looks like it happened.

GazetteOnline.com : Shots fired at Cedar Rapids park, no reports of injuries

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:17:45 +0000

Oooo, don't forget, Cedar Rapids has to pay off former city manager, Jim Prosser's $100,000+ salary first, rather than committing a couple of bicycle cops from the nearby, new, substation to cruise the park and neighborhood to "protect & serve"

GazetteOnline.com : State cuts mean short-term loan for Cedar Rapids schools

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:57:11 +0000

6033_CedarRapidsCSDWages.xls From the Linn County Auditor's office. 2009 base salaries. I'm all in favor of rewarding teachers/staff for a job well done, but if you'd like to see some excessive salaries... call 319-5300 (Linn County Auditor) and request this file. Marion, and I believe Linn-Mar, are available as well. Over $88,000 for a middle school tennis coach and principals are at over $100,000.

GazetteOnline.com : In anti-incumbent year, Grassley looks strong

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:50:43 +0000

Gazette admins must be asleep or biased.... Senator Grassley has the third-worst voting record in the entire US Congress (both House and Senate combined) on veterans issues, according to the Disabled American Veterans, earning a 40 rating. Only 2 senators, both Republicans, have lower ratings. - Wikipedia

GazetteOnline.com : In anti-incumbent year, Grassley looks strong

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:45:51 +0000

Senator Grassley has the third-worst voting record in the entire US Congress (both House and Senate combined) on veterans issues, according to the Disabled American Veterans, earning a 40 rating. Only 2 senators, both Republicans, have lower ratings. - Wikipedia

GazetteOnline.com : One killed, 23 hurt when horses escape during Bellevue parade

Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:21:21 +0000

Lots of questions... Who owned/trained the horses? Who was driving the buggy/wagon? Where did the video go?

GazetteOnline.com : Culver, Branstad on parade this weekend

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 05:00:09 +0000

2nd try... scoop up the candy, take it home and turn your back on these guys.

GazetteOnline.com : Culver, Branstad on parade this weekend

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 04:58:29 +0000

The admins appear to be censoring free comments on this discussion.

GazetteOnline.com : Culver, Branstad on parade this weekend

Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:56:50 +0000

Terrible waste of good candy... just scoop it up and walk away or turn your backs on them when Thing One and Thing Two pass by. lol

GazetteOnline.com : Workers inspect Sinclair smokestack

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:47:01 +0000

So much for the Paramount Theatre, our streets, our IMAX and Science Station and Library ???? Has this city lost it's mind? Sure, buy a LOOSING hotel to top it off. And some hysterical committee wants to save a decripid old smokestack? Howard Hall would be turning over in his grave. $200,000 + for a city manager, $100,000 + for a former city manager.... Will the stupidity ever stop????

GazetteOnline.com : Praise aplenty for Cedar Rapids’ selection of new city manager

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:25:47 +0000

"...annual salary of $225,000" ????????? And we're still paying Prosser??????

GazetteOnline.com : Deadline extended for moving buildings in medical district

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 02:25:47 +0000

That Elinor apartment building is one butt-ugly building... IMHO.

GazetteOnline.com : POLL: Who will you vote for in November?

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:01:32 +0000

http://hughesforgov.com/ Iowa needs a Hughes again!