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Letter: Expanding John Deere Road a dangerous waste of money
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Well the politicians are at it again, wasting taxpayers' money. They want to spend $45 million to widen John Deere road from four lanes to six. It is not needed. John Deere is like a racetrack with all those vehicle's driving over the speed limit and running red lights because they cannot stop in time. If they go to six lanes, there will be more wrecks and that means more people will die and be injured. But the politicians do not care about that; they just want to spend money they do not have and then they will raise taxes on the taxpayer and the taxpayer cannot afford it. If they do that, the politicians should be made to pay all the funeral, medical and body shop expenses. Gary Newberry, Colona 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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