Despite financial shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Davenport is in a strong and stable financial position and continues on that track five months into the budget year that began July 1, city finance and human resources director Mallory Merritt said.
City leaders have been able to avoid large-scale reductions in staffing and service delivery and maintain a high credit rating.
However, Davenport Mayor Mike Matson on Thursday decried the lack of direct aid included an emerging $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package in Congress as irresponsible. I have talked to our senators, congress people and other mayors, and our city workers are on the front lines every day ⦠leading the fight to keep everybody safe during this pandemic, Matson said. To not fund local cities and the people doing the job is, in my opinion, irresponsible.
roughly 3 million americans don t have power. roughly 1 million don t have running water. for many in puerto rico it seems like hurricane maria hit just yesterday for the level of destruction still plaguing the island. if this was texas or louisiana, this would be more attention, perhaps, more outrageous from the media as well and certainly more government relief in place. four weeks to the day after maria made landfall on the island, almost 3.5 americans are still facing a humanitarian night mayor. where the stakes can be life and death. cnn s bill weir tonight has more. reporter: as dawn brings maria s one-month anniversary, we head out of san juan by air and low to the ground. terrain, terrain, pull up. pull up. reporter: all the better to see the mud slides, broken bridges, shattered homes. we pass one of the biggest radio telescopes in the world, but we re looking for intelligent signs of life in the western
this would be more attention, perhaps, more outrageous from the media as well and certainly more government relief in place. four weeks to the day after maria made landfall on the island, almost 3.5 americans are still facing a humanitarian night mayor. bill weir has more. reporter: as dawn brings maria s one-month anniversary, we head out of san juan by air and low to the ground. terrain, terrain, pull up. pull up. reporter: all the better to see the mud slides, broken bridges, shattered homes. we pass one of the biggest radio telescopes in the world, but we re looking for intelligent signs of life in the western mountains where people have been waiting for help for weeks. we land and inside mayaques airport, a group of military veterans has turned baggage claim into a bunk house and operations center. i think we re at, like, 30,000 meals.
victim compensation fund, and also worked with victims of the bp oil spill. ken good to see you, and do you agree with the governor s assessment? well, i think this is a government problem. the government must come to the rescue. these programs, like bp, or katrina, those were privately funded programs. with private donations from bp or from citizens all over the united states. what the governor is talking about is massive government relief, through fema, or other sources, to help with the reconstruction of whole communities down there. very, very different from what we did in 9/11, or what we did in some of these other tragedies. largely, you believe it will have to be federal assistance to the tune of billions of dollars to help this entire swath of, a good portion of south texas to rebuild and recover?
feet in the air on a ride. they were eventually taken off and there was no injuries. the spanish woman who damaged a fresco of jesus in what she calls a restoration wants money from the church. suddenly, the painting attracted an admission to the church. now she s demanding royalties. now, here is your first look of this mornings dish of scrambled politics. senate democratic leader harry reed talked about president obama and who are the 47% romney calls victims. mitt romney could be one of those who paid no income tax. his father george 1962 interview where she says george was on government relief for the first few years of his life when