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Little Caylee Anthony has been missing for four months. Now mom Casey is going to court Friday to try and get out of house arrest to search for her? Will a judge honestly consider removing her ankle bracelet and letting her run free? We certainly hope not.

Now comes news that Tuesday the case is going before the grand jury. Charges are rumored to be homocide and that 82 witnesses are scheduled to testify. Time’s running out for Casey Anthony. To top it off, the search team leader is going back to see if the area dried out enough to finish the search for Caylee.

Lately we’ve been getting the autodial calls from candidates for various offices. One local candidate has called with their recording seven times. We realize you think your message is witty, informative, and something we’d really want to hear. Guess again. You seem to have it down to a science to time your calls to the exact moment our hot dinner is on the table. You lost our vote after the third call.

The fatal stabbing on East 12th occured in a Habitat for Humanity house. Don’t they do background checks into the people who end up in these houses? One newspaper said these people had to move into an area known for drugs and violence. What? She’s a crackhead, he was an alky, the cops have been called to their house 6 times in the last year for fights, and they think the area’s violent? Now we have to worry about improper infill and violent people moving in. What a mess. Dad’s dead, mom’s looking at prison, the kids are looking at foster homes, and we’re guessing the house will be back on the market.

The Davenport Promise was back in the RI Argus. The findings are in and now they are going to be tweaked and modified. To us the findings are fluff. Since there are 10 things the group agrees on, we’ll list them-
1. Davenport and the Quad Cities face extraordinary challenges.
2. The region faces critical workforce development issues.
3. The workplace of today and the future requires more than high school.
4. Davenport must succeed, or the Quad Cities will falter.
5. Davenport schools are able, but many Davenport students need help.
6. Education is the key to success.
7. Post high school education is increasingly unaffordable.
8. As the school district goes, so go residents’ property values and taxes.
9. Davenport has challenges, but can succeed.
10. Independent analysis supports the potential of the Davenport Promise.

After reading the findings we agree with a task force member. Economist Ted Woodruff, said he doesn’t think the group has substantial findings to base their recommendations on. He also added that the findings were 29 pages of propaganda. City leaders claim the hole left in the capital improvement budget would only delay future projects. Seems like a lot of speculation from the task force and our City leaders, but in the end it looks like it will be on the ballot. We can only hope it doesn’t end up as a special election.

That’s what we think, comments are welcome.