Posted July 31, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
Come and sit next to me in the back of the room. Don’t worry; you won’t have to say anything. Yes, I know it’s after work hours, and we should be at home with our families. Oh, I’m sorry; you were actually going to the bar to hang with your
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! KICK SOME BRASS Two men got into a fight at the 1200 block of East 22nd Street on July 22 at 12:30 p.m. One of the men came to the other’s girlfriend’s house. He was told to leave but refused. Instead, he punched
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Posted July 31, 2013in Political Mercury
In 2006, U.S. Rep. Steve King, a Kiron Republican, suggested that iconic journalist Helen Thomas, then 85 years old, was ugly, in a joke about radical Islam’s belief that martyrs will be rewarded with lusty virgins in the afterlife. “There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he (Abu
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Posted July 31, 2013in Duffy
Posted July 29, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES – A former city clerk in Farmington failed to properly bill $210,000 in utilities and cost the city $36,257 in late fees, according to an audit report released this morning. Additionally, auditors found Nichole Jarvis spent more than $760 on personal purchases using a city credit card. They
Read More →DES MOINES – Senators Tom Harkin and Dick Durbin, both Democrats, will hold an immigration forum Friday to discuss the DREAM Act with Iowans. Harkin spokesoman Kate Cyrul Frischmann declined to comment as to whether the event was in response to incendiary remarks made by Iowa Rep. Steve King over
Read More →DES MOINES – A coalition of Latino advocacy groups are seeking the ouster of Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King from an immigration and border control subcommittee after his recent inflammatory remarks against illegal immigrants, according to officials from the groups. Presente.org, CREDO, DRM Action Coalition and other unnamed organizations, all
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Posted July 26, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Des Moines Register editors knew of possible violations of computer policies within the Des Moines School District weeks before the release of racy emails between former Superintendent Nancy Sebring and her alleged lover were made public, according to district emails obtained by Iowa Watchdog. It’s unclear, however, how they knew
Read More →DES MOINES – Iowa’s congressional delegation voted along party lines Wednesday on a high profile measure that would curtail the National Security Agency’s spy program. The amendment, pushed by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., would have defunded the program and banned a number of its data collection practices. It ultimately
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