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Feldt to resign East Moline post
Originally Posted Online: Jan. 12, 2010, 10:45 amLast Updated: Jan. 13, 2010, 10:09 pm
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Scott Feldt, East Moline's director of economic development, will resign effective in March in order to campaign for state treasurer in his home state of Wisconsin.
Mr. Feldt, hired by East Moline in 2008. announced his candidacy Monday in Wisconsin. He will submit his resignation to the city council next week, Mr. Feldt said today. Running for a statewide office is a dream come true, he said. "It has always been something that's kind of a life-long ambition," he said. "I had received some phone calls asking if I'd be interested in running. So I had a long discussions with my wife and family, did a little praying and soul searching and decided to give it a shot.
"Mr. Feldt will remain in his East Moline post until March."I truly enjoy the people I work with and for. East Moline has a lot of exciting things coming down in 2010. I am in no way unhappy with my job here," he said. "There are still a lot of projects that need to be wrapped up. "Because of the respect I have for the people I work with and the town, I'm not going to leave all these projects undone. I want to make sure they're wrapped up and put to bed."
No action has been taken thus far to recruit a new director of economic development, East Moline Mayor John Thodos said."I'm going to have to get direction from the city council," he said. "We wish Scott well. He's had this desire to be part of higher elected office, and I can certainly understand that. At this point no decisions have been made about replacing him."
Mr. Feldt moved to the Quad-Cities from Janesville, Wis., where he still owns a residence. Mr. Feldt formerly served as executive assistant to the Wisconsin state treasurer and county supervisor of Rock County, Wis. He received bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public policy and public administration from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Las Vegas
So I'm in Las Vegas for a conference. Now, mind you, it IS May in the desert, so it is HOT!! (and that dry heat crap is just that). Having said that, some thoughts:
This is not an 'urban' city. Oh sure, there are thousands of people walking the strip, and they have all the highrise hotels, but that does not a city make. The green is artificially maintained, and it is painfully clear how close the desert is. Downtown Las Vegas (ha!) has all of THREE high rise office buildings (none over 20 stories), and eight casino hotels. And there are vacant/parking lots everywhere, even on the Strip.
Oh, and the casinos don't feel any different than the ones in St. Louis. A little more flashy lights and scantily clad women, but otherwise they're just casinos. Hell, even the airport has a casino.
This city reminds me of the poem Ozymandias:
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
--It's not a bad place, and the people are all nice (although the cabbies keep trying to rip me off), but it just feels wrong. I'm a city rat, so I'm heavily biased. It's just eerie how potemkin-esque this place feels.
This is not an 'urban' city. Oh sure, there are thousands of people walking the strip, and they have all the highrise hotels, but that does not a city make. The green is artificially maintained, and it is painfully clear how close the desert is. Downtown Las Vegas (ha!) has all of THREE high rise office buildings (none over 20 stories), and eight casino hotels. And there are vacant/parking lots everywhere, even on the Strip.
Oh, and the casinos don't feel any different than the ones in St. Louis. A little more flashy lights and scantily clad women, but otherwise they're just casinos. Hell, even the airport has a casino.
This city reminds me of the poem Ozymandias:
I met a traveller from an antique land Who said:
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
"Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
--It's not a bad place, and the people are all nice (although the cabbies keep trying to rip me off), but it just feels wrong. I'm a city rat, so I'm heavily biased. It's just eerie how potemkin-esque this place feels.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
transit fantasy maps
More of my favorite maps:
Philadelphia and Manchester England
Melbourne I think and Sydney, Austrailia
Philadelphia and Manchester England
Melbourne I think and Sydney, Austrailia
updates
--Working like a dog, traveling quite a bit (SCA, Kathi, and so on), trying to get enough sleep, pay all the bills on time, and most recently, getting my computer cleaned out at Geek Squad because of a virus I couldn't get rid of myself. I had no idea how much difference that could make on performance: all I have to say is: dammmnnnnn.
OK, that's all for now. Time for bed.
OK, that's all for now. Time for bed.
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