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Maximum Obfuscation

RockIslandCounty

TheTaxpayers

Rock Island County Asks Voters for a Blank Check.

Youd Never Know It from the Referendum. - Page 5

Art in Plain Sight: St. Anthony Church Pioneers Page 15

Art in Plain Sight: St. Anthony Church Pioneers Page 15

Courthouse,Office

Building,

Whatever...

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Fools for Love: QCTheatre Workshops

Private Eyes Page 10

It Takes a Vile Witch toRaise a Child: Schulzon Mama Page 11

Jambalaya (On the Bio):Circas Hank Williams:Lost Highway Page 7

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of the fiscal-cliff debates, the presidentsigned into law two pieces of legislation,the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act(FISA) Amendments Act and the NationalDefense Authorization Act of 2013 (NDAA),both of which further erode our most basicconstitutionally protected rights by reauthorizingsweeping police powers to be used by the federalgovernment.

FISA allows the federal government to spyon Americans who communicate with people

overseas, whether they are journalists, familymembers, or business associates, while theNDAA reauthorizes the militarys ability toindefinitely detain American citizens, a provisionthat first reared its head in the 2012 NDAA.

While the invasive powers bestowed uponthe federal government by FISA and the NDAAshould be cause for alarm, they have becomepart of the unchallenged post-9/11 paradigmthat disguises itself as representative governmenttoday. This matter-of-fact, all-in-a-days-work

erosion of our freedoms is no less appalling thanthe routine, relatively uncontested renewal oflegislation, passed without debate or questionyear after year, that flies in the face of everyfundamental principle of individual libertyon which this nation was founded. Such is the

The Magicians Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAAUnder Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates

political playbook being used to chart the nationscourse these days.

Obamas decision to sign the NDAA, quietlyand without much fanfare, while the fiscal-cliffdebate took front-stage is a perfect exampleof political theatre at its f inest. The NDAAestablishes a colossal $633-billion budget for themilitary at a time when the nation is drowningin debt, the deficit is skyrocketing, our militaryempire is overextended, and America is allegedlyratcheting down its presence in the Middle East.

Despite a late-November threat to veto theNDAA 2013, Obama signed it into law whileon vacation with his family in Hawaii. Similarly,the year before, despite his claimed personalobjection to the indefinite detention of Americancitizens and his insistence that his administrationhad worked tirelessly to amend offendingprovisions and would oppose any attempt toextend or expand them in the future, Obamasigned the NDAA 2012 into law on December31, 2011. Sadly, this years passage didnt even

merit that much protestation or concern overits indefinite-detention provision from thecommander-in-chief or his cohorts in Congress.

Obama may have sailed into the White House

If the broad light of day could be let in upon mensactions, it would purify them as the sun disinfects. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

What characterizes American govern-ment today is not so much dys-functional politics as it is ruthlessly

contrived governance carried out behind theentertaining, distracting, and disingenuouscurtain of political theatre. And what politicaltheatre it is, diabolically Shakespearean at times,

full of sound and fury yet in the end signifyingnothing.

Played out on the national stage and eagerlybroadcast to a captive audience by mediasponsors, this farcical exercise in political theatrecan, at times, seem riveting, life-changing, andsuspenseful, even for those who know better.Week after week, the script changes thepresidential election, the budget crisis, the fiscalcliff, the Benghazi hearings, the gun-controldebate with each new script following on the

heels of the last, never any letup, never any relieffrom the constant melodrama.The players come and go, the protagonists

and antagonists trade places, and the audiencemembers are forgiving to a fault, quick to forgetpast mistakes and move on to the next spectacle.

All the while, a different kind of drama isunfolding in the dark backstage, hidden from

view by the heavy curtain, elaborate stage sets,colored lights, and parading actors.

Such that it is, the realm of political theatre with all of its drama, vitriol, and scriptedtheatrics is what passes for transparentgovernment today, with elected officials,entrusted to act in the best interests of theirconstituents, routinely performing for theiraudiences and playing up to the cameras while

doing very little to move the country forward.All the while, behind the footlights, those

who really run the show are putting into placepolicies that erode our freedoms and undermineour attempts at contributing to the workings ofour government, leaving us none the wiser andbereft of any opportunity to voice our discontentor engage in any kind of discourse until its toolate. Its the oldest con game in the books, themagicians sleight of hand that keeps you focusedon the shell game in front of you while your

wallet is being picked clean by ruffians in yourmidst.President Barack Obama, no different from

his predecessors, is particularly well versedin how to use the theatre of politics to hisadvantage. Consider that amidst the cacophony

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mistakes and that enough voters are readyto move beyond Quinn that he has a legitshot.

The power of a sitting governor shouldnever be underestimated in a primary.Even in the new era of reform, governorshave jobs, contracts, and other favors they

can hand out to keyconstituencies. Quinndoled out million-

dollar grants like theywere candy in 2010.Besides that, Quinn

himself is one of thebest closers Ive everseen. After leadingfor months, Quinnbegan slipping againstHynes, and by the lastweekend even some

of the governors top aides were thinkingabout finding new jobs after primar y day.He did it again in the fall, when mo stpeople had written him off against BillBrady.

Anyway, back to Daley. Will he do it?Well, he sounds m ore like a candidatethan he ever has, but until he starts raisingmoney and doing a bit of traveling, weshouldnt take him all t hat seriously.

Can he beat Quinn? In 2010, enoughpeople were still willing to give therelatively new accidental governor a

chance that he could win by small marginsin both the primary and the general. Thistime around, Quinn will have had almostsix years under his b elt, and if things d ontturn around soon, hes not going to get thesame benefit of the doubt.

Another Daley consideration has to bewhether Attorney General Lisa Madigandecides to run. After years of dism issingthe prospect, Madigan seemed almosteager to take on the challenge on election

night last November when we spoke.She flatly denied any interest in a stateSupreme Court bid, saying such a jobwould be too boring. She seemed steamedat Chicago repor ters, whod asked herwhether she could be a governor andraise her young children. And she pointedto her huge campaign war chest, whichcurrently contains $3.6 million.

The Daley peop le say they arentfactoring Madigan into the equation just

yet. If she runs, she runs. But right nowthey arent worrying too much about it.Well see.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a dailypolitical newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.

ILLINOIS POLITICS

Bill Daley called the other day. Weestimated that it had been aboutthree or four years since we had last

spoken to each other, which is par for thecourse.

Going back to at least 2001, Daley the brother and son of former Chicagomayors has mulleda bid for governor.The last time was

in 2009, when hepublicly consideredchallenging PatQuinn in theDemocratic primary.And now hes talkingabout it again.

Before I returnedDaleys call, I wantedto check around andsee what might be different this time.

I was told that there are two majordifferences between now and before. Firstof all, Rich Daley is no longer mayor.Hizzoner simply didnt want his brotherrunning statewide. A gubernatorial bidcould shine too much of a sp otlight onthe mayor, and there was real fear thata statewide run could upset the mayorsdelicately balanced coalition meaningAfrican-American voters. Bill Daley is nowfree to do whatever he wants.

The other consideration also has to do

with family. Daley had gone through adivorce in 2001. Now, though, he has asupportive, solid spouse who will back himall the way.

Daley confirmed both of those pointswhen we finally connected. But hehasnt been raising money, he hasntbeen traveling the state, and he flatlydenied a newspaper report that he hadcommissioned a poll.

Instead, hes been reaching out to old

friends, including former President BillClinton, who encouraged a run. At 64,this could be his last opportunity to run astrenuous statewide campaign, and Daleysaid if he does run, itll only be for a termor maybe two, just to straighten things outand move along.

My big question was what he couldbring to the table that Dan Hynescouldnt in 2010, when he narrowly lostto Quinn in the Democratic primary.

Like Hynes, Daley is a white, Irish, SouthSide Chicagoan. What votes does he getthat Hynes could not? While he wouldntcome right out and say it (most of t heconversation was off the record), I thinkhe believes that Hynes made some late

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Rock Island County

The TaxpayersCourthouse,OfficeBuilding,Whatever...

April 9,2013.

Rock Island County Asks Voters for a Blank Check. Youd Never Know It from the Referendum.

Maximum Obfuscation

by Jeff Ignatius

[email protected]

If a government body wants to spendtens of millions of dollars for a con-struction project, there are lots of ways

to gauge the public temperature.Its hard to im agine a more roundabout

approach than the one chosen by theRock Island County Board.

Last week, the board voted to put areferendum on the April 9 ballot, andif your eyes glaze over while reading it,

that might be the goal. The measure asks:Shall the County Board of The Countyof Rock Island be authorized to expandthe purpose of The Rock Island PublicBuilding Commission, Rock IslandCounty, Illinois to include all the powersand authority prescribed by the PublicBuilding Commission Act?

Of course, most people dont knowwhat the Rock Island Public BuildingCommission is, or that it even existed

let alone its current or p otentiallyexpanded authority.And theres no way to know from the

words what the endgame is. Theres nomention of a new or renovated countycourthouse or county office building, orof a location, or of a price tag whichcould be anywhere from $13 million(the low estimate for a new court facilityalone) to $50 million (the high estimatefor a new courthouse and county officebuilding in downtown Rock Island).

In short, the referendum appearsdesigned for maximum obfuscation aseemingly innocuous question about anobscure public body. The move couldeasily be interpreted as a deceptiveattempt to gain public support forsomething the public otherwise might notsupport.

In fairness, the ultimate goal hasntbeen hidden from view, and nearlyeverybody agrees that both the

courthouse and the county office buildingneed to be replaced or upgraded. (Reportsthrough the years can be found with thisarticle at RCReader.com/y/referendum.)

But given the taxpayer money at stake,whats behind th e strangely circuitousapproach of Rock Island Countygovernment?

The primary reason is that judiciaryhas taken the lead and is forcing the issuebecause the county board has dragged its

feet for two decades.Two other reasons are key: Expandingthe authority of the Public BuildingCommission could keep property taxeslevel or at least minimize the amount ofa property-tax increase while resulting

in new (or, in an unlikely scenar io,rehabilitated) county facilities; and, ifthe referendum passes, county-boardmembers can claim that approvingtens of millions of taxpayer dollars wassanctioned by voters.

There are still other reasons below thesurface. The vagueness of the referendum

makes it passage more likely than atraditional bond referendum (in whichthe projects and costs would be clear totaxpayers). And the authority that wouldbe granted by this referendum gives thecounty significant flexibility movingforward both with the two buildingsbeing discussed now and any majorcapital projects it wants to pursue in thefuture.

The Practical CaseThe Illinois Public BuildingCommission Act was passed in 1955to address inadequate and outmodedpublic improvements, buildings, andfacilities for the furnishing of essentialgovernmental ser vices. Public buildingcommissions are established by localreferendum and have the authority tobond but not tax; governmental bodieswith taxing authority lease facilities from

a public building commission to pay offbonds. A key feature of a public buildingcommission is that, unlike a c ounty, itdoes not need voter approval through areferendum to issue bonds.

The Rock Island Public BuildingCommission was established to build onlya new county jail (known as the RockIsland County Justice Center), which wascompleted in 2001. The commission ispresently composed of Ted E. Davies, Jim

Gremanis, Richard Janoski, William P.Laird, and LeRoy Peterson.Until the Rock Island County Justice

Center bonds which cost citizens $1million a year in property taxes areretired in December 2019, any major

construction project would result ina property-tax increase equal to bondpayments minus any operationalefficiencies gained by new or renovatedfacilities. So if the county issued bondsto pay for a new courthouse and officebuilding, the taxes to pay debt servicewould be on top of the taxes used to

pay debt service on the current PublicBuilding Commission bonds.Expanding the authority of the Public

Building Commission gets aroundthis political problem. Because thereferendum to create it was limited tothe jail, the Public Building Commissionis not presently authorized to bond foror build any other facility. But if thereferendum is approved, then the PublicBuilding Commission could refinance itscurrent bonds similar to refinancinga mortgage after years of paying downthe principal to generate money fornew construction beyond the JusticeCenter. As the judges of the 14th CircuitCourt Facilities Committee wrote in aNovember report: One million dollarsof the current levy supports about $14million of debt at tod ays bond rates. ...By refinancing the bonds, there would beat least $8,375,000 ... available to apply toconstruction costs without increasing the

current tax levy.So by going through the Public

Building Commission, more than$8 million of project costs for a newcourthouse could be rolled into thecurrent debt-service levy. This wouldreduce the amount of a property-taxincrease needed to pay for any newbuildings.

The ideal situation is to roll fromone right into another; so we pay off

the old building and we roll right intoa new facility, explained Rock IslandCounty Board Chair Phil Banaszek. Thegoal would be to configure a projectand bond terms so there would be no[annual] increased cost to taxpayers.

He explained that this might be possiblethrough the combination of refinancingPublic Building Commission bonds andthe increased efficiency of new buildingscompared to century-old facilities which he said cost the county and itstaxpayers roughly $1.5 million a year inmaintenance.

That would make the project property-tax-neutral, but of course it would also

extend bond payments well beyond thecurrent expiration of 2019. In theory,annual property-tax bills might not beany higher than they are now because of anew courthouse and (potentially) countyoffice building; taxpayers would merely bemaking payments for a few decades more.

Theres one problem with thisargument: Because the project scope,site, and cost havent yet been decided,property-tax neutrality is merely a noble

goal or, less char itably, a selling pointthat should be treated with skepticism.The only guarantee he re is that by goingthrough the Public Building Commission,citizens would be minimizing a property-tax spike that would result from bondingthrough the county board while payingoff existing Public Building Commissionbonds for the jail.

Political CoverThe second major appeal of expanding

Public Building Commission authorityis that it provides cover for the countyboard, which for decades has kicked thisparticular problem down the road.

The November report by the 14thCircuit Court Facilities Committeesummarized that the courthouse at 21015th Street has been inadequate fordecades: A 1992 report by a Committeeof the Illinois Judges Association

recommended that the Rock IslandCounty Courthouse be closed as a courtfacility. Years of subs equent informal talkswith the County Board failed to produce acommitment or plan by the County Boardto bring court facilities into compliancewith applicable Minimum CourtroomStandards. Deference is usually given tothe legislative and executive branches ofgovernment to act on such matters, butthe County Board has failed to address

the court facility need for 20 years. ... [U]nless forced to act, the County Boardwill continue to defer action on what itperceives as a p olitically controversial and

COVER STORY



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Schreckengost was intentionallysinging off-pitch, which was

right for the character and notnecessarily easy for a goodsinger to do. Audreys bad notescome across as natural ratherthan forced, and add to thebelievability of SchreckengostsAudrey.

Yet its Williams, of course,whos the centerpiece of theshow, and Jonathan Scott Rothsfluid, rich, rather dreamy vocalsin the role are quite easy on theears. Meanwhile, his best actingin the part comes during ahighly emotional scene in whichWilliams unveils the lyrics to

his new song Im So LonesomeI Could Cry. After accusing abandmate of sleeping with hiswife and threatening him witha gun, Williams begs him tostay rather than storm off, andconvinces the man to forgive him

by handing over a piece of paperwith the songs lyrics written onit. Filled with pain and loneliness,those lyrics express Williamspersonal feelings and experience,and in that moment, Williamsemotions are completely palpablein Roths performance.

Its worth noting that thewhole opening-night audience

seemed to have a great time watching

Hank Williams: Lost Highway, giventheir enthusiastic applause and theirrush to get to their feet at the musicalsend. The encore number performedby the cast was received with equalexhilaration, and, in my opinion, shouldhave been; Circa 21s production is afun, dramatic, thoroughly engagingpiece of country-music history.

Hank Williams: Lost Highwayruns at

the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828Third Avenue, Rock Island) throughMarch 9, and more information andreservations are available by calling(309)786-7733 extension 2 or visitingCirca21.com.

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Jambalaya (On the Bio)

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fter seeing January 11sperformance ofHank

Williams: Lost High-wayat the Circa 21 DinnerPlayhouse, I am reassessingmy typical disdain for jukeboxmusicals, particularly those thatare biographies of particular art-ists wrapped inside collectionsof their greatest hits. PlaywrightsRandal Myler and Mark Harelik,here, managed to create a workthat in addition to beingcohesive and easy to follow nicely weaves Williams hitsinto the story and is incrediblyinteresting to boot. And thanksto a pleasingly lengthy, Hee-Haw-esque scene in the middleof the second act, Myler andHarelik also avoid the seeminglytoo-frequent theatrical trend ofshows with second acts that aremuch too serious and downbeat.

John R. Briggs casual though

not unpolished direction of thisbiographical play makes Circa21s production an easy watchthat also delivers the passion,energy, and emotion of Williamsmusic and life. Lost Highwayopens with the ever-endearingRachelle Walljasper, in herrole as Mama Lilly, telling us abit about the country singerschildhood, after which were introduced

to the greatest musical influence onWilliams life: Tee-Tot, a black man whohelps infuse the blues into Williamsstyle. (The role is played, with a raspytinge to his voice, by Tony D. OwensJr., who appears repeatedly throughoutthe piece but is not a physically presentcharacter; he seems more like a ghostof influence ever-present in Williamssongs.) And from there, the musicalguides us through Williams early years

as a musician, his marriage, his musicalsuccesses, and eventually his self-perpetuated, drunken demise.

Williams musical genre is not oneto which I gravitate. However, withthe presentation of his songs aided

Hank Williams: Lost Highway, at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse through March 9

greatly by the shows live musicians the cast members each play their own

instruments here I enjoyed every lastone in Lost Highway, particularly theones I was already familiar with, suchas Hey, Good Lookin and Im SoLonesome I Could Cry. Each groupnumber is impressively performed bothinstrumentally and vocally by Briggscast, with Canaan Cox standing out forhis awesome fiddle playing as Williamsbandmate Leon.

Interestingly, however, its NinaSchreckengosts poor vocal pitch thatsmost notable about her performanceas Williams wife Audrey, becauseremembering the actors remarkablebelt voice in Circa 21s Smokey JoesCaflast year, it was apparent to me that

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(Clockwise from top left) Canaan Cox, Jody Allan Lee, A.J. Haut,

Rachelle Walljasper, Jonathon Scott Roth, and Nina Schreckengost

Nina Schreckengost and Jonathan Scott Roth


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Selections fromAugustana Sights & SoundsPHOTOGRAPHY

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n these pages youll find selections from the photography and video exhibitAugustana Sights & Sounds, which will run from January 25 through February 22 at the

Bucktown Center for the Arts (225 East Second Street in Davenport). An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, January 25, and will feature musicby Augustana students along with the visual work.Photographers featured in the show include students from Augustana College and local high schools.

CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT: Kenzie Foun-

tain, Davenport North High School; Claire Water-

man, Davenport Central High School; Angelica

Lindqvist, Augustana College class of 2016; Drew

Barnes, Augustana College class of 2014; Faye

Marek, Augustana College class of 2014; Emrie

Robinson, Davenport Central High School; Kristin

Walden, Augustana College class of 2016


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What starts as atheatre audi-tion quickly

becomes somethingentirely different in theQC Theatre Workshopssecond production,Private Eyes. And thischange from whats realto whats well something else is something I dont want tofully describe, because such a shift happenedseveral times and at very unexpected mo-ments during Fridays performance, makingthe evening a bit of an intriguing thrill thatrepeatedly piqued my curiosity.

Director Daniel D.P. Sheridans pacingmatches the frenetic, gentle, and morepainfully and beautifully emotional momentsoffered in author Steven Dietzs script. Evenduring the scene changes that occur as theaction continues, I dont recall the momentumstalling for an instant as the first act built to

a high-energy climax that left me enthralled,and had me trying to figure out what was true within the shows reality and what was notduring intermission. While I cant say muchabout the plots details, as doing so wouldgive too much away, Private Eyes focuseson two stage actors and a director as theynavigate their ways through their marital andextramarital relationships. But Dietz doesntpresent their stories quite so straightforwardly,and its the experience of uncovering his

layers of truth and lies that makes his play sointeresting.

Sheridans work as the productionslighting designer is also highly commendable,particularly when one of the charactersrepeatedly walks from a single pool of light toan unlit area but, through seamless transitions,keeps ending up in anothersingular pool oflight. Bret Churchill, meanwhile, deservesa more-than-kind mention for his similarlyinspired transitions within the plays sound

design, as well as his selection of incidentalmusic that matches perfectly with the moodand tone of the play. Theres a scene in whicha character mimes riding an elevator and, ashe steps into the imagined lift, the musicalaccompaniment shifts from full sound to thetinny squawk of music heard in an enclosedspace, emanating from sub-par speakers. Thefull sound returns when the actor exits theelevator, which is both technically impressiveand warranted a laugh from Fridays audience.

And in terms of performance, Sheridansassemblage of some of the Quad Citiesgreatest actors does not disappoint. ThomasAlan Taylor, who was a highlight for mein last summers QC Theatre Workshopdebut ofRed, plays Matthew, the character

By Thom White

Fools for Love

at the core of Dietzsmind game. In his firstscene as a directorholding auditions for aplay, Taylor portrays aforceful, self-importantman, exuding almostspastic fits of energythat manifest themselvesphysically whenever

Matthew entertains a new thought. Taylorthen goes through several impressivepersonality shifts as the layers to Mattheware added or stripped away, and as his wifeLisa, Jessica Sheridan continues her streakof notable performances that began, forme, when I first saw her on stage in 2009sarea production ofBash. Her abilities as aperformer are on full display from the showsopening minutes, when Lisa auditions forMatthew and acts out a scene from memory.After its over, Lisa is then asked to repeatthe scene, and Jessica Sheridan manages to

improve her performance, offering a different,more nuanced take on the material that alesser actor would struggle with.

Readeremployee Mike Schulz managesa British accent quite well sounding likePatrick Stewart in dialect but John Rhys-Davies in inflection as he shades his theatredirector Adrian with subtle suggestionsof the contemptible yet perhaps painednature behind his pompous, noncommittal,condescending exterior. Jessica Denney

turns off her natural cuteness in favor of asometimes sultry, often curt and willful takeon the waitress Cory. And Pat Flaherty tonesdown his typically amusing, dynamicallylarge-scale characterizations for a quieter butno less engaging turn as Frank, the man whois Matthews ... . Well, I cant say, as doing sowould give away one of those important plotpoints.

While I will admit that my mind didwander a bit during Dietzs less harried,

more (seemingly) traditional second act,I will also declare that the plays climacticscene makes the entire production whichis already noteworthy worth seeing all themore; thanks to director Sheridans somewhatshocking choices in the staging, the finalmoments of the play are poignantly renderedand stunningly stirring. With Private Eyes,the QC Theatre Workshop continues towardwhat I expect to be a long-running streak ofprofessional, polished productions.

Private Eyes runs at the QC TheatreWorkshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue, Davenport)through February 3, and more informationand reservations are available by visitingQCTheatreWorkshop.org.

Private Eyes, at the QC Theatre Workshop through February 3

Jessica Sheridan, Mike Schulz, and Thomas Alan Taylor

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and for the next hour and a half, thanks to thesensational freshness and confidence of thisyoung performer, I dont think I gave BrokenCityitself more than a passing thought.Boasting electrifying screen charismaand crack timing that rivals that of AnnaKendrick, Tal makes the sort of impact herethat leaves you grinning and asking, Who isthat? following her every appearance, and ifJessica Chastain seems to be in every othermovie now being released, maybe Tal canstart lucking into the other half.

THE LAST STANDIn the signature moment from director Jee-

woon Kims bloody action pic The Last Stand,a fiendish thug snarls at our hero, Who thehell areyou? His answer comes in the form

of an immediate bullet to the brain and theinstantly recognizable, Austrian-on-Xanaxcadences of Arnold Schwarzenegger, whoreplies, Im duh sheriff. If youve been achingfor the return of those testosterone-fueled,so-bad-theyre-almost-kinda-funny classicsfrom the 80s and The Expendables and itssequel havent fully satisfied that itch, this willabsolutely be the movie for you. I cant say thesame, like at all, but if these things keep Ah-nold out of politics and housekeepers, I guesstheyre serving some good.

For reviews ofZero Dark Thirty, GangsterSquad, A Haunted House, Hitchcock,andother current releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.

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MAMAA new film titledMamaopened this

past weekend, and it stars Jessica Chastain.Given the current Oscar nominees cinematicomnipresence over the past two years, youmay be inclined to say, Well, ofcourse itdoes. But Im leading with that information

because in addition to being almost insanelyprolific, Chastain (whose recent rsumalso boasts The Tree of Life, The Help, TakeShelter, and, of course, Zero Dark Thirty)isabout as reliable an indicator of quality as thisdecades movies have provided. And againstconsiderable odds, not the least being itsunpromising January release date, directorAndrs Muschiettis outing is a supernaturalfright flick ofconsiderable quality grippingand nerve-racking and sensationally well-

made, and yet another showcase for Chastainsstirring soulfulness and remarkable versatility.Mama finds her playing Annabel, the

no-nonsense bassist for a goth-rock band,and the somewhat unwitting caretaker to theemotionally damaged nieces of her boyfriendJeffrey (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). Orphanedand presumed dead for five years, the eight-and six-year-old girls end up in Annabelsand Jeffreys care after being accidentallydiscovered living a feral life in a remotewoodland shack. But as we know from thefilms eerie, unsettling prelude, the childrenwere hardly alone in the woods. Watchingover them was a ghostly, murderouslyprotective being that the girls refer to andaddress as Mama, and now with youngVictoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly(Isabelle Nlisse) under the watch of theirnew guardians and an obsessively devotedpsychologist (Daniel Kash) Mama wants the

kids back.Its a solid,

spookypremise for anunpretentiousfright film, andwhile his offeringisnt withoutits derivativeelements chiefly anoverly aggressive Fernando Velzquez scorethat keeps chiming in when silence would bepreferable Muschietti knows how to stageboth traditional and teasing freak-outs withlan. You jump at Mamas surprise appearancesand quick, airborne zooms toward the camera,but youre truly captivated by the giggly-creepysequences in which Muschietti suggests horrors

just out of sight; in one especially extraordinary,compositionally incredible take, Lilly is shownplaying tug-of-war in her bedroom while itsslowly, subtly revealed that theres no physicalbeing around for her to be playing tug-of-warwith. (The scene is capped, beautifully, withthe bedroom door shutting while the legs of achuckling Lilly float along the ceiling.)

Yet what most separates Muschiettisachievement from so many underwhelminggenre offerings is its deep and rather shocking

humanity. Not only do you care about thefates of the girls with the grave, touchingCharpentier and Nlisse superbly directedthroughout but you even care about the fateof Mama herself, a malevolent specter who,by gradual degrees, grows into a figure oftragic heartache and loss. And while, by now,it should almost go without saying that JessicaChastain creates another empathetic, moving,

and complexlyrendered screencharacter, it alsofeels like this cantpossibly be saidenough. Grantedan unexpectedlyrich and variedemotional arc, theperformer enactsAnnabels transition

from blithely tolerant babysitter to heroicallyselfless mother with astonishing assurednessand fluidity, and despite much excellencesurrounding her, she singlehandedly makes

Mama must-see viewing even for those whodont normally gravitate toward movies of itstype. Muschiettis movie is scary stuff. Chastainsunbroken streak of magical portrayals is getting

downright terrifying.

BROKEN CITYA somewhat rote but fitfully engaging tale of

murder, corruption, and political double-dealingin the Big Apple, director Allen Hughes BrokenCitytells of a disgraced cop turned privateinvestigator (Mark Wahlberg) who becomesembroiled all manner ofnoir-ish chicaneryinvolving thecitys shady mayor (Russell Crowe).All told, the movies not bad; its a little low onoriginality and surprise, but Hughes whousually directs alongside his twin brother Albert displays his typical flair for gritty neo-realism,and there are fine, blunt performances by theleads, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright,Kyle Chandler, and Barry Pepper. But about 10minutes into the film, an actress named AlonaTal shows up in the role of Wahlbergs gal Friday,

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Whats HappeninWhats HappeninDanceLula Washington DanceTheatreSt. Ambrose University

Saturday, January 26, 7:30 p.m.

Famed choreographer MarthaGraham was quoted as saying,Dance is the hidden language of

the soul. Famed choreographerLula Washington whose companyperforms at St. Ambrose UniversitysGalvin Fine Arts C enter on January26 created the animated dances forDisneys The Little Mermaidand theNavi dances for James Camerons

Avatar. So much for hidden.A Los Angeles-based repertoire

ensemble lauded for its innovative,provocative choreography and

startling athleticism, the LulaWashington Dance Theatre wasfounded in 1980, with the past threedecades finding its talents touringCanada, Mexico, Spain, Germany,China, and more than 150 citiesin the United States. Employing

high-energy dance as a means ofexploring social and humanitarianissues, primarily aspects of African-American history and culture,

Washingtons company has alsoearned massive critical acclaim,with the New York Times praising itsrousing, infectiously enthusiasticperformances, and the New JerseyRecorderlabeling the groups workssmart, strong, and energetic.

Therethings tWashinmembe

guests iArtists sengageWashinWashinawardsFest 200

Theatrebare: A Pop OperaThe Center for Living Arts

Friday, February 1, through Satur-

day, February 16

Last March, at Rock IslandsCenter for Living Arts, wetheatre fans got the Quad Citiespremiere of the Tony Award-

winning musical smash SpringAwakening. This February, atthe same venue, were gettingbare.

Whoops. I mean weregetting bare.

Whoops. I mean weregetting the off-Broadwaymusical bare: A Pop Opera. Idont mean ... .

Well, this sure got awkward

in a hurry.Then again, awkwardness is

one of many themes exploredin this earnest, emotionalexploration of teen life thatdebuted in Los Angeles in 2000,and thats currently enjoying ahit revival in New York. Set in aco-ed Catholic boarding schooland focused primarily on thestruggles of two gay roommates

forced to keep their romance,and even their sexuality, a secret,bare: A Pop Opera is hardlyyour standard musical-theatreentertainment. However, in itsdepictions of bigotry, parental

pressure, sexual

experimentation,recreational druguse, the joys andheartbreaks of

first loves, and even the comedicclumsiness of a miscast high-school production ofRomeo &Juliet, it will likely prove a mostmemorable entertainment,boasting direction by theCenters Dino Hayz and a

vibrant pop-rock score bycomposers Damon Intrabartoloand Jon Hartmere Jr.

Called touching and tenderby the New York Times anddescribed byVarietymagazineas winning and burningwith youthful passion, thislatest presentation in the newlyremodeled Center for Livingshould inspire laughs, tears, andplenty of conversation fodderfor the ride home. So makeplans for a forthcoming eveningof theatre in Rock Island, andhopefully, soon, Ill be seeingyou all bare!

Um ... that is ... Ill be seeingyou all at bare. (Damned typosmaking things even moreawkward... .)

bare: A Pop Opera runsFridays and Saturdays at 7

p.m., tickets are $10 at thedoor, and more informationon the production is availableby calling (309)788-5433 orvisiting Center4Living.com.

MusicThe Andreas Kapsalis & Goran IvanovicGuitar DuoRME Community Stage

Friday, February 1, 8 p.m.

Youve likely heard, or maybe just heard of, the tuneDueling Banjos, right? Well, during the River MusicExperiences February 1 concert with the lauded touringmusicians Andrea Kapsalis and Goran Ivanovic, duelingbanjos are exactly what youll be treated to. Except instead ofbanjos, theyre guitars. And instead of dueling, the guitars are

more accurately blending. Otherwise, same thing.Appearing in Davenport as the Andreas Kapsalis & Goran

Ivanovic Guitar Duo, these master musicians have, for years,been acclaimed for their exceptional gifts at both playing and

composition. But when the men teamed up for their self-titled 2009 CD, the plaudits flew particularly fast and furious.Guitar Playermagazine, for example, described the pairstasty experimental dish as a stew seasoned with with multi-finger attacks, percussive beats, and heavy Serbian and Greekinfluences, whileJazzizmagazine called the release heady

,youcouldvealsoknownwhichguitaristwaswhichjustbylookingatthephotocaption,butthanksforparticipating!

A) Andreas KapsalisB) Goran Ivanovic

1) was raised in Chicago by first-generatio2) was a child prodigy in his hometown of

3) received raves for his guitar version of t

4) received raves for his debut CD Solo Guitar5) studied under guitar masters Eliot Fisk and Joaqun Clerch

6) composed scores for the films Mulberry Street, Mexican Sunrise, an

7) featured on a CD of Pablo Neruda poems titled The Poet8) nearly ended his career by accidentally severing a tendon in his left

Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic

Tickets: $10 each or $25 for a family.

Advance tickets available at Churches United orWinnie's Wishes, 902 E River Dr, Davenport.

Area Pastors Present an Afternoonof MUSIC, COMEDY, ARTand POETRY to benefit 24 FoodPantries, 3 Meal Sites, WinniesPlace and the other Ministriesof Churches United.

First Presbyterian Church 1702 Iowa St., Davenport

Call 563-332-5002 for more info.

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What ElseIs HappeninMUSIC

Saturday, January 26 The

Avey Brothers and The Mercury

Brothers. Concert with the Iowa- and

Georgia-based blues musicians. TheRedstone Room (129 Main Street,

Davenport). 8 p.m. $8-10. For tickets and

information, call (563)326-1333 or visitRiverMusicExperience.org.

Saturday, January 26 Nikki Hill.

The touring R&B performer in concert,with an opening set by 3 on the Tree.

Rock Island Brewing Company (1815

Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $6.For information, call (309)793-4060 or

visit RIBCO.com.

Saturday, January 26 Kenny

Wayne Shepherd. Chart-topping

blues rocker in concert. RiversideCasino Event Center (3184 Highway 22,Riverside). 9 p.m. $25-37. For tickets and

information, call (877)677-3456 or visit

RiversideCasinoAndResort.com.Friday, February 1 Shinedown and

Three Days Grace. Concert with the

multi-platinum-selling rockers, with anopening set by P.O.D. i wireless Center

(1201 River Drive, Moline). 7 p.m. $25-

40.50. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 orvisit iwirelessCenter.com.

Wednesday, February 6 Journey,

Pet Benatar, and Loverboy. Multi-platinum-selling pop and rock superstars

by Mike Schulz

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ComedyUpright Citizens BrigadeTouring CompanyAugustana College

Saturday, January 26, 8 p.m.

On January 26, AugustanaColleges Centennial Hall willhost an evening with members of theUpright Citizens Brigade TouringCompany, and you can learn alot about the acclaimed comedytroupe by visiting its Web site atUCBTourCo.com. For instance,youll learn that, as the ensembleshome page states, mainstreamcomedy is for jerks, and that itstouring show with Brigade performerHoratio Sanz will make you wetyourself with laughter, and itsBlackout Drunk production boasts

a lack of self-control and anappalling lack of shame ... .

Hey ... wait a minute ... . Youdont think that calling themselvesUpright Citizens is meantjokingly,do you ... ?

Like the quick-witted talents ofthis venerable organization, I kid.Formed in 1990 by veterans ofChicagos famed ImprovOlympics,Upright Citizens Brigade members

currently perform smart, hystericalimprov and sketch comedy to sold-out crowds in New York City and LosAngeles, with some of the funniestnames in show business listed amongthe groups alumni. Amy Poehler,

Ed Helms, Rob

Corddry, andRob Riggle areamong thosewhose careerswere jump-

started through their association withthe UCB, and numerous others haveamassed credits on such TV seriesas Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, andMadTV.

The group also had its own,self-titled series on Comedy Centralfrom 1998 to 2000, and has earnedcritical raves for productions that as with the forthcoming Augustanaengagement feature Uprightcomedians performing 90 minutes oflong-form improvisational comedy.Entertainment Weeklycalled theensemble twisted and hilarious.The New York Postwrote, WhenSNL and The Daily Show needcomics, they turn to the Upright

Citizens Brigade. And regarding aUCB touring production, The Onionadvised, Catch the next generationof comedy superstars before they allsell out to sh--y sitcoms and VH1 listshows. Wow. That seems like a prettycatty thing for respectable journaliststo publish. Im surprised that ... .

Hey ... wait a minute ... . You dontthinkThe Onion is meant to be takenjokingly, do you ... ?

Tickets to January 26sperformance by the Upright CitizensBrigade Touring Company are $10,and more information and tickets areavailable by calling (309)794-7306 orvisiting Augustana.edu/tickets.

are certainly additionalmention regarding

ton and her troupe,s of whom are the latest

Quad City Arts Visitingries: the companysents in Kosovo and atton, D.C.s Kennedy Center;tons lifetime-achievementrom Los Angeles Dance

and from the Performing

Arts in Schools Association. But for

a better sense of the exhilaration instore during the Lula WashingtonDance Theatres forthcoming St.Ambrose performance, I have insteadattached to this article three photosof the troupe in action. Race youreyes over them back and forth, andback and forth, and itll look just likedancers in them are really moving!

That, or youll just get really dizzy.Im kind of afraid to try it myself.

For reservations to the LulaWashington Dance TheatresDavenport engagement, call the St.Ambrose ticket office at (563)333-6251, and for more informationon the groups area residency, visitQuadCityArts.com.

stuff thats technicallydazzling yet accessible,adding that Kapsalis

and Ivanovic and theirinstruments interminglebeautifully together.

But intermingling isone thing. How well doyou know the guitaristsindividually? As a wayof prepping for theRME concert, and as away of telling the two

apart, try your hand at the above Is it Andreas or is it Goran?quiz.

Tickets to the Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Duoconcert are $10, and more information on the night is availableby calling (563)326-1333 or visiting RiverMusicExperience.org.

Answers:1A,2B,3A,4B,5B,6A,7B,8A.Ofcours

n Greek parentsOsijek, Croatia

he jazz-piano tune Blue Rondo la Turk

Retaliation

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Based on her vocal confidence anditinerary, its hard to believe thatNikki Hill is by her own admission

a neophyte on the music scene.She began

singing inthe churchchoir in hernative NorthCarolina whenshe was six

or seven, buther tenure asa performingand touringrock-and-roll artist isconsiderablyshorter basicallyless than ayear. Yet she

co-producedand releasedher self-titleddebut EP lastyear on herown label, shesplanning aspring releaseof some sort, and this spring and summershell be playing in Italy, Germany,Sweden, Norway, and Spain. On Saturday,

shell be performing at RIBCO, and whileyou might not have heard of Hill, shesdoing her damnedest to change that.

Im kind of in that ride-it-til-the-wheels-fall-off mode, the 28-year-oldsaid in a phone interview last week.

Before last year, Hill had been playingsome gigs in St. Louis where she andher guitarist husband Matt live andoccasionally sitting in with other bands;music as a career hadnt occurred to her.

So when she traveled to the 2012 VivaLas Vegas rockabilly festival and a friendsigned her up to sing at a pre-fest partywithout her knowledge, she had no ideawhat was about to happen.

You can see the video evidence onYouTube (RCReader.com/y/hill1 andRCReader.com/y/hill2). She might havelacked experience, but she tore into thechestnuts Rip It Up and Mercy withveteran poise and fire.

The reaction to the video clips pushedher into the studio. Maybe Ill write up afew tunes and record something and seeif it we can take it on the road at all, shesaid. And it actually worked.

She said that songwriting is brand-

by Jeff Ignatius

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Ride It Til the Wheels Fall Off

new to me, too. It was one of those thingsthat Id never really considered before.And while the four songs on her EP alloriginals arent particularly distinctive,

theyre anappealingblend of soul,rockabilly,blues, and 50srock and roll.And more

than anythingtheyre aperfectshowcase forthat meatyvoice, withits growlingvoracity inone song,smooth,sexy slink

in the next,and heartfeltemotion in aslow balladafter that.

Ive got alot of work todo with my

voice, but Im confident in what Ive got,Hill said. Its something that you kindahave to do it or dont do it. ... If youre

nervous about that, its going to blockyou.The EPs tracks definitely have a

vintage vibe, and thats intentional butalso limiting: I dont want it to be sovintage or retro that it cant cross over todifferent audiences, she said. Were notaiming to be a rockabilly band ... but just[have] an appreciation for the energy andthe rawness of it, and the feel. It soundsgood, it sounds real, its doesnt soundoverproduced ... .

The recordings shes cut since the EP,she said, are a little more edgy, definitelymore rock-and-roll, more grease, as wealways put it a lot more grease, which isalways good.

And while she might not have muchseasoning yet, shes been active in everyaspect of her young music career. For allthe things she doesnt know, she said, Imdoing a pretty good job of faking it.

Nikki Hill will perform on Saturday,January 26, at RIBCO (1815 SecondAvenue, Rock Island; RIBCO.com). Theshow starts at 9 p.m. and also features 3 onthe Tree. Cover is $6.

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edges. The resulting abstracted forms andtextured surface give the work its moreuniversal even aspirational quality.Its rough-hewn surface creates a sensethat things have not yet taken final form.One focuses on the collective rhythmsand gestures of the work rather than theindividual features or even individualforms.

The figures approximately 4 feet inheight were made separately in thestudios welding shop, but the sculpturewas finalized in the driveway, as thecompleted piece was too large to f itthrough the doorway. The sculptures baseis roughly 5 feet square.

Built into the base is an enclosurewith the churchs original bell. It calledparishioners to mass and children to

school. It was also used for the court ofjustice, fire alarms, public forums, andcivic and social gatherings. The bellis a symbol of the church, but also ofthe whole community not unlike thedisparate yet tightly gathered group offigures above.

Bruce Walters is a professor of art atWestern Illinois University.

This is part of an occasional series on thehistory of public art in the Quad Cities. Iftheres a piece of public art that youd liketo learn more about, e-mail the locationand a brief description to [email protected].

I

n 1989, DonnaMarihart and Ann

Opgenorth com-pleted a brazed-coppersculpture for the 150thanniversary of St.Anthony CatholicChurch (417 MainStreet in Davenport),the oldest standingchurch building inIowa. Titled St. AnthonyChurch Pioneers, the

sculpture depicts agroup of men andwomen who contrib-uted to the foundingof the church and theCity of Davenport. Thecomposition as a wholecreates a sense of com-munity.

The figures aregathered behind a

portrayal of a seatedAntoine LeClaire(1797-1861), who isholding an open plan ormap. LeClaire donatedthe land on which the church was built.

The other figures are: Black Hawk, Sauk leader (1767-

1838), who was defeated in war in 1832.The City of Davenport was founded fouryears after the wars treaty ceded the Saukland west of the Mississippi River.

Colonel George Davenport(1783-1845), who planned the City ofDavenport along with LeClaire.

Father Samuel Mazzuchelli (1806-1864), a missionary Dominican priestwho founded and designed the church. Inthe course of his life, he would found 30parishes in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsinand design and build more than 20church buildings.

Sister Mary Agatha Hurley (1826-

1902) of the Sisters of Charity of theBlessed Virgin Mary, who served as thefirst principal at St. Anthonys School beginning in 1855. She is shownstanding with a young student.

At these figures feet is a dogmodeled after Bingo, who belongedto Father James Conroy the pastorat St. Anthonys when the sculpturewas constructed. The good-naturedinclusion of Bingo subtly links 150years of history; the dog stands in thesculpture not with his owner but withthe churchs founder.

Working together, Marihart andOpgenorth constructed the sculptureat their studio in Bellevue, Iowa. Thetechnique they used emphasizes thesheets of copper and their welded

Art in Plain Sight:St. Anthony Church Pioneers

Article and Photos by Bruce WaltersART

American citizens who contact people overseas,

leaves us powerless in the face of government

surveillance. Making matters worse, there are few

out there government official, congressman, or

judge who are willing to step up and put a stop

to these violations of our rights. Even that once-

vaunted Fourth Estate, the media which was

supposed to act as a check on the governments

power grabs has become complicit in

torpedoing our freedoms.

Worst of all, however, and perhaps the most

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promising unprecedented levels of transparency

in his administration, but his track record has

proved him no different from his predecessors

content to distract the populace with a political

circus while undermining the rule of law behind

closed doors.

Just as the enactment of the NDAA ensures

that no one is safe from indefinite detention,

Congress renewal and Obamas signing of

the FISA Amendments Act, which gives

the executive branch broad power to spy on

The Magicians Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates

by John W. Whitehead

[email protected]

GUEST COMMENTARY

frightening state of affairs is that resistanceto these government programs, decrees, andlaws is minimal, undermined by a complacentcitizenry and an uncritical acceptance of theway the government operates. In fact, thefarce of American democracy, in which our

elected officials perfectly mimic the appearanceof representative government while activelyopposing our best interests, has become par forthe course.

Thankfully, there are still some willing to

stand against the tide. One notable group,composed of writers, academics, journalists, andactivists (including former New York Times warcorrespondent Chris Hedges, Pentagon Paperswhistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, and writer NoamChomsky), is waging a war against Obama and

his minions in court, challenging any attempt bythe government to use the indefinite-detentionprovision of the NDAA to limit constitutionally



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of new court facilities at between $13

million and $20 million, claiming thatrenovation is infeasible. It put the costof new court facilities and a new countyoffice building at between $45 million and$50 million.

A June report to the county board byEstes Construction offered four optionsfor the combination of court facilitiesand a county office building: th e statusquo (Due to the significant life-safety,building-code, and non-compliance with

the Minimum Standards for Courtroomsin Illinois, this is notrecommended)for $6 million to $7 million; renovationfor $40 million to $41 million; newdowntown Rock Island constructionfor $47 million to $49 million; andconversion of a building at the old Qu adCity Industrial Center for $34 million to$34.5 million.

The Facilities Committee reportdictates that any new court-facilities

construction be physically tied to thecurrent RICO Justice Center, but italso allows for the Quad City IndustrialCenter site even though its severalmiles away, near the c itys border w ithMoline: If it is more financially feasible(a savings of $10 m illion or more) to buildin another location, then that loc ationshould be strongly looked at.

A Backward ApproachSo the referendum makes a certain

amount of sense in terms of propertytaxes (preventing a double whammy ofbond payments) and politics (making iteasier for the county board to act), andthe judiciary has clearly lost patiencewith the legislative branch of Rock IslandCounty government.

But from transparency and good-government perspectives, there arethree fundamental problems with the

referendum.First, the referendum gives literally

no indication of the construction andtax implications of its passage; it merelydescribes what technicallywill happen.County Board Member Brian Vyncke,the only person on the 25-membercounty board to vote against putting thereferendum on the ballot, wrote in ane-mail: If we dont want this process tofail, we need to be as forthcoming andopen as we can possibly be so the voterscan make an informed decision on thisimportant, yet costly, proposition. Thepublic is tired of being left in the darkby those they elect to represent theirinterests. ...


unpopular decision.

In a closed session during last weekscounty-board meeting, Chief Judge JeffreyW. OConnor gave the board a choice: Putthe referendum on the ballot or be sued.As the Facilities Committee report notes:[T]he Chief Judge has the authority toorder the closure of the present courtfacilities and order the construction of anew or remodeled court facility.

They could really be snotty aboutthis whole thing and just say, Look,

were done talking, Banaszek said. Inall fairness, Ive been here 18 years, andIve heard about it from day one. ... T heycould actually force us, like they did withthe jail.

When asked why the Public BuildingCommission tack was being taken,Banaszek called it the easiest way. ... Its alot cleaner. Theres some politics involvedin this, too. It takes the heat and th eresponsibility of the decision-making off

the county board as far as organizing andfunding the facility.So in terms of potentially raising taxes,

county-board members can reasonablysay that their hands were forced by thejudiciary. Passage of the re ferendu mwould further give them ostensibletaxpayer sanction.

And if construction of a newcourthouse will happen anyway eitherbecause of the April referendum or

litigation it makes sense to at leastconsider replacing the county officebuilding (at 1504 Third Avenue) at thesame time. Could we get by here?Banaszek said. Yeah, we could get by.But were looking at a building thatsover a hundred years old, and my takeon it is: Im not going to ask for 25million [dollars] over here now [at thecourthouse] and then have to come backin another 10, 15 years and say, Guess

whos back.The county office building, theFacilities Committee report notes, isover 100 years old, lacks security, and ... isnearing the end of its useful life but is inbetter condition than the courthouse andlacks the same volume of foot traffic ofthe courthouse. It houses the majority ofcounty government.

While the Facilities Committee dealtprimarily with the courthouse, it notedthat the county office building could alsobe called a courthouse annex because ithouses many of the traditional generalgovernment offices historically found in acourthouse th roughout this state.

The Facilities Committee put the cost

Maximum Obfuscation

by Jeff Ignatius

[email protected]

I am not certain that the v oters will

understand what expanding the building-commission authority will mean to them.

Banaszek has pledged a public-education campaign about the PublicBuilding Commission and the conditionof county facilities, but the fact rem ainsthat some voters in the April electionwill have no more information about thereferendum than what is contained in thewords themselves.

Second, on a general procedural level,

it does not give taxpayers the opportunityto vote directly to approve or reject theproject, as would normally happen if thecounty board wanted to issue bonds itselffor a construction project. E ssentially, thePublic Building Commission approachreverses the normal order of things formajor government projects. Instead ofdetermining project scope and cost beforegoing to taxpayers for approval of a bondsale to pay for it, the April ballot measurewould secure the financing tool prior to

a decision on what will be built, where itwill be built, and how mu ch it will cost.

I have concerns about issues suchas the amount of money to be spentnot being addressed, Vyncke wrote.Nothing on type, size, location, ornumber of facilities to be built [is]addressed. How much will taxes beraised to pay for the new building(s)? Asa voter I would certainly like answers tothose questions before I would consider

expanding the authority of a board ... Idont even know.

Third, the referendums open-endedphrasing ( all the powers and authority)means that its functionally a blankcheck for the county board. While thecourthouse and the county office buildingare being discussed now, the referendumif passed would give the Public BuildingCommission bonding authority beyondthose; it would have the power to borrowmoney for virtually any county projectallowed by law with only a majorityvote o f the county board and a three-quarters-majority vote of the municipalitywhere the project will go. Simply put, thereferendum is absolutely broader than itneeds to be, and almost certainly broaderthan the spirit of the law th at allows it.

The Public Building Commission Actprescribes how a county board shouldphrase a referendum on expansion of acommissions authority: The election

authority must submit the question insubstantially the following form: Shallthe county board be authorized to expandthe purpose of the (insert name of publicbuilding commission) to include (insert

the purpose or purposes)?

In other words, the law suggests thatthe proper approach here would be toinclude the projects being funded: thecourthouse and potentially the countyoffice building. Even if the PublicBuilding Commission approach makessense in the context of previous county-board inaction, the April referendumkeeps voters unnecessarily in the dark.

When asked why his board approvedthe broad referendum wording, Banaszek

pointed to the judges who suggested theballot measure. In an e-mail, he wrote:The way I understand it ... , they did notwant to restrict the PBC [Public BuildingCommission] to only certain buildings aswith the current PBC (Criminal JusticeFacility).

The effect of all of these issues is thattaxpayers do not know (and cannotknow) for how much money theyllbe on the hook and some might noteven realize that a yes vote will result

in higher taxes or at the least bondedindebtedness for a longer period of time.Based on the rule of thumb expressedin the November report of the 14thCircuit Court Facilities Committeeof $1 in annual property taxes (on a$100,000 home) for each $1 million ofdebt incurred, a typical taxpayer mightbe paying between $13 and $50 a yearfor one or two new facilities. (Rememberthat whatever is said about property-tax

neutrality, a $13-million project stillcosts $13 million plus interest, and a$50-million project still costs $50 millionplus interest. Property-tax rates might ormight not go up, but property owners arestill paying the full cost.)

And because of the broad powers thatwould be granted by the referendum,the long-term cost to taxpayers couldpotentially be significantly more thanthat, and theyd have no opportunity atthe polls to directly approve additionalprojects.

Using the Public Building Commissionto circumvent the normal processof asking voters to approve bonds iscertainly a clever approach, and quitepossibly the only practical way toaddress the longstanding problem ofdeteriorating and inadequate countyfacilities that the county board has fordecades ignored.

But in its lack of directness, its

backwardness, and its overly broad scope,the referendum is also bad government,and it certainly wont engender anygoodwill with Rock Island County votersand taxpayers.

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in concert. i wireless Center (1201 River Drive,Moline). 7 p.m. $39.50-125. For tickets, call

(800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.

THEATREFriday, January 25, through Sunday,

February 3 The Bock Eye. Tommy Smithspostmodern adaptation of the Greek

tragedy The Bacchae, directed by Saffron

Henke. Augustana Colleges Potter Theatre(Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts, 3701 Seventh

Avenue, Rock Island). Fridays and Saturdays

7:30 p.m., Sundays 1:30 p.m. $9-11. For

tickets and information, call (309)794-7306or visit Augustana.edu/tickets.

Friday, January 25, through Sunday,

February 17 The Exit Interview. A National

New Play Network rolling world premiere of

William Missouri Downs raucous comedy.Riverside Theatre (213 North Gilbert Street,

Iowa City). Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30 p.m.,

Sundays 2 p.m. $15-28. For tickets andinformation, call (319)338-7672 or visit

RiversideTheatre.org.


February 3 12 Angry Men. Reginald

Roses classic jury-room drama. Iowa City

Community Theatre. (4265 Oak Crest HillRoad, Iowa City). Fridays and Saturdays

7:30 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. $8-16. For tickets

and information, call (319)338-0443 or visitIowaCityCommunityTheatre.com.

Thursday, January 31, through Sunday,

February 24 Rent. Jonathan LarsonsPulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning

rock musical. District Theatre (1611 Second

Avenue, Rock Island). Wednesdays-Saturdays8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. $20. For tickets and

information, call (309)235-1654 or visit

DistrictTheatre.com.Friday, February 1, through Sunday,

February 10 Crimes of the Heart. New

Ground Theatres production of BethHenleys Pulitzer Prize-winning Southern

comedy, directed by Chris Jansen. Village

Theatre (2113 East 11th Street, Village of

East Davenport). Fridays and Saturdays 7:30p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. $15-18. For tickets

and information, call (563)326-7529 or visitNewGroundTheatre.org.

Friday, February 1, through Sunday,

February 10 Urinetown. The City Circle

Acting Company of Coralvilles productionof the Tony Award-winning number one

musical comedy. Coralville Center for the

Performing Arts (1301 Fifth Street, Coralville).Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 2

p.m. $12-27. For tickets and information, call

(319)541-2980 or visit CityCircle.org.

Saturday, February 2 The Atheist.One-man satirical comedy by Ronan Noone,

starring St. Ambrose University alumnusAndrew Harvey, now performing as Edward

ORyan. St. Ambrose Universitys Galvin Fine

Arts Center Studio Theatre (2101 GainesStreet, Davenport). 3 and 7:30 p.m. $6 at the

door. For information, call (563)333-6251 or

visit SAU.edu/theatre.Wednesday, February 6 Of Mice &

Men. The Acting Companys production of

the stage drama based on John Steinbecksclassic novel. Orpheum Theatre (57 South

Kellogg Street, Galesburg). 7:30 p.m. $15-35.

For tickets and information, call (309)343-2299 or visit TheOrpheum.org.

COMEDYSaturday, January 26 Pimprov.

Touring production o the long-running,

Chicago-based improv show. Circa 21

Speakeasy (1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island).

7 and 9:30 p.m. $12-15. For tickets and

inormation, call (309)786-7733 extension 2or visit Circa21.com.

EXHIBITSFriday, January 25, through Friday,

February 22 Augustana Sights & Sounds.

Sixth-annual exhibit of photography by

students from Augustana College and QuadCities high schools, also featuring video

narratives by the Augustana Video Bureau.

Bucktown Center for the Arts (225 EastSecond Street, Davenport). Wednesdays-

Saturdays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission.For information, call (309)794-7632 or visitAugustana.edu.

Saturday, January 26, through Sunday,

June 2 Destination: Space. Exhibit onspace exploration, featuring authentic

space artifacts and pieces on loan from

NASA. Putnam Museum (1717 West 12thStreet, Davenport). Mondays-Saturdays

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m. Free

with $5-7 museum admission. For tickets

and information, call (563)324-1933 or visitPutnam.org.

EVENTSFriday, January 25 Champagne on

the Rocks. WQPTs 12th-annual fundraising

event featuring dinner, diamonds, live andsilent auctions, and musical entertainment

with the Westbrook Singers. Hotel Blackhawk

(200 East Third Street, Davenport). 6 p.m.$100. For tickets and information, call

(309)764-2400 or visit WQPT.org/champagne.Friday, January 25, and Saturday,

January 26 Worlds Toughest Rodeo.

Cowboys, cowgirls, and bucking broncosin the nationally touring event. i wireless

Center (1201 River Drive, Moline). 7 p.m.

$18-35. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visitiwirelessCenter.com.

Friday, January 25 Extreme Challenge

MMA Event. Competitions between pro andamateur mixed-martial-arts fighters. Quad-

Cities Waterfront Convention Center (1777

Isle Parkway, Bettendorf). 7 p.m. $25-50.For information, call (800)724-5825 or visit

TheIsleBettendorf.com.


January 27 Eagles & Ivories Weekend.

The 19th-annual celebration of birding and

music held at numerous venues, featuring aSaturday eagle watch, ragtime concerts, the

Ragtime Brunch, a soup supper, and more.

Downtown Muscatine. Friday 11:30 a.m.-

midnight, Saturday 9 a.m.-midnight, Sunday10:45 a.m.-2 p.m. $15 evening concerts, $10

afternoon concerts, free eagle watch. Forinformation, call (563)263-8895 or (563)263-9978, or visit MuscatineArtsCouncil.org.

Saturday, January 26 Robert Burns

Dinner. The 36th-annual celebration ofScottish culture featuring music by the

Barley House Band and the Blackhawk

Pipers, vendors, a silent auction, and more.Radisson Quad City Plaza Hotel (421 West

River Drive, Davenport). 5:30 p.m. $37-40. For

tickets and information, call (563)332-2421

or e-mail [email protected], January 27 Ice Stravaganza.

Day-long family event in downtownDavenport, featuring an outdoor skating

rink (weather permitting), ice sculptures

and exhibition, outdoor childrens activities,interactive ice-science displays at the

Putnam Museum, Handmade City items

for sale on the Skybridge, live music andstorytelling in the RME cafe, art activities

at the Figge Art Museum, and more.

Free admission. For information, visitDowntownDavenport.com.

Sunday, January 27 Pastry, Chocolate,

Chili, & Centerpiece Competition. Viewand enjoy unique creations by chefs and

ice-sculpture artists throughout Iowa. Isle

of Capri (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf).1-5 p.m. Free admission. For information,

call (563)359-7280 or (800)724-5825 or visit

TheIsleBettendorf.com.Friday, February 1 The Most Offensive

Show on Earth. A Funhouse Freakshow

presentation featuring host Wayne Lyter,Heather Nobiling on ukulele, comedians

Tim Chickenbone, Stevie PS Mo, Douglas

Hernandez, James Draper, and JoshuaKahn, and Oklahoma City-based sideshow

performers the Amazing Boobzilla, Rock

Robster, and Chuckles T. Clown. Rozz-Tox(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m.

For information, call (309)200-0978 or visit

RozzTox.com.


What Else Is Happenin

NDAA] to exempt journalists.

There are also those within the judiciary

who recognize the need for caution. On

September 12, 2012, U.S. District Judge

Katherine Forrest of the Southern District

Court of New York ruled in favor of Hedges,

placing a permanent injunction on theindefinite-detention provision. Unfortunately,

that ruling has since been overturned by the

Second Circuit Court of Appeals pending its

assessment of the provisions constitutionality.


protected activity. For example, it is conceivable

that those protesting American foreign policy,

or those who interview suspected terrorists for

journalistic purposes, may be considered in

violation of the NDAA. As Hedges, a Pulitzer

Prize-winner, explained: I, as a foreign

correspondent, had had direct contact with 17organizations that are on [the U.S. governments

list of terrorist organizations], from al-Qaeda to

Hamas to Hezbollah to the PKK, and theres no

provision within that particular section [of the

The Magicians Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates

by John W. Whitehead

[email protected] COMMENTARY

With any protections against indefinite detentionin legal limbo, Hedges warned: The appellatecourt is all that separates us and a state that is nodifferent than any other military dictatorship.

Indeed, the fact that Americans are utterlydependent on a small group of judges, themselves

part of the ruling elite in America, to safeguardtheir fundamental freedoms shows just how farweve fallen as a society and culture. When therights and liberties that we once took for grantedare little more than exceptions to the rule, open to

interpretation by government officials who canthrow them out based upon expediency, we haveentered a new paradigm in America, and it doesntbode well for the future of a free society.

Constitutional attorney and author John W.

Whitehead is founder and president of TheRutherford Institute (Rutherford.org). Hisnewest book, The Freedom Wars, is availableat Amazon.com, and he can be reached [email protected].


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prefer living alone. (Why have a man-cavewhen you can have a man-home?) Studiesdo show definite benefits to b eing (happily)married, such as having a sounding board, aready source of sex and hugs, and someoneto help you pick up the pieces when you dropthem. If youre single, these benefits arentunavailable to you; they just take more thoughtand effort to obtain. For example, you canshare a house or duplex with a friend, createa community of friends, and have at least oneclose friend who knows just about everything

about you and is allowed and even encouragedto tell you when youre being an idiot.Whatever you do, dont let that dying alone!business get to you. Somebody can tough itout for 30 years with a person and, wouldntyou know it, have that final heart attack justmoments after their spouse runs out to thestore with a coupon for 40 cents off cottage

cheese.

Curb FeelingsDoes approaching a woman on the street

and asking her out ever work?

On the Prowl

Sites with dating tips for men encouragethem to approach women on the street: Justwalk up and say hello! All you have to do isbe confident! That second part is very goodadvice, because then youll look less likeyoure dying inside when the woman treatsyou like you just walked up and said, Hi, myname is Rapist!

Instead, use what social scientists callthe foot-in-the-door technique. Variousstudies show that when you get a person toagree to a trivial first request (like signinga petition), theyre more likely to say yesto a more substantial request that follows(like donating money to the cause). InFrance, psychologist Nicolas Gueguen sentthree men, ages 19 to 21, out on the streetto approach 360 women, about the sameage, and ask them for a drink. When the

men asked straight-out for a date, only 3.3percent of the women said yes. When theyfirst asked women for a light (for a cigarette)or directions and then the drink, 15 percentand 15.8 percent, respectively, agreed togo for a drink. Researchers are unsure whythis works, but it seems that preoccupying awoman with helping you at least gives youa shot at distracting her from the directionsyou really want: Could you tell me the bestroute into your pants?

Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)2013, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

Ask

theAdviceGoddess BY AMY ALKON

Nobody toCo-depend on

My boyfriend and I were invited to dinner

at our friends house. An hour after the

appointed time, another friend of theirs,

a woman whos been single for at least a

decade, still hadnt left her house. She called

with a crisis about what she was bringing,

wearing, etc. (She always seems to have some

crisis.) The hostess calmed her down, telling

her to just come. Upon hanging up, she said

that she thinks marriage both requires sanityand helps keep people sane and that people

who are unmarried and living alone for

an extended time seem to get increasingly

neurotic. That seems a bit unfair, but I can

see her point.

Unhitched

It can be harder to indulge oneseccentricities in a marriage. Before you eventurn the front door knob to head off to workin the morning, theres your spouse blurting

out, You know, that tie really clashes with theKleenex boxes on your feet.

In other words, no, a wedding isnt arose-petal-scattered transporter beam out ofneurosis or more serious psych problems, andwe shouldnt be quick to assume people w hoget married are more well-adjusted than peoplewho dont. Some states require a blood testbefore you marry; none tests to make sure youarent cuckoo for more than Cocoa Puffs.

Psychologist Dr. Bella DePaulo, in SingledOut, shows that many studies claiming marriedpeople are much better off than singles haveserious flaws in methodology, and the modestcla

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