WB School’s Million-Dollar Improvements

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 22, 2012

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Retired West Burlington School District Athletic Director Dan Reid uses giant scissors to cut the ribbon before Friday night’s varsity football game to celebrate a million dollars worth of improvements to the district’s athletic facilities.

Sports Volleyball

WB falls short in SEISC Tourney

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 20, 2012

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West Burlington’s Makenzie Whitmore spikes ball between two Highland defenders during Southeast Iowa Super Conference Tournament pool play in West Burlington Thursday night. West Burlington fell one win short of advancing to Saturday’s final at S.C.C.
New London 4-0 (advances to final), Van Buren 3-1 (advances to final), West Burlington 2-2, Highland 2-2, Maharishi 0-4.

Sports Volleyball

JV: Holy Trinity Downs W.B., 2-0

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 18, 2012

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West Burlington’s Olivia Thompson fields a Holy Trinity serve during their JV match Tuesday night in West Burlington. Holy Trinity defeated West Burlington, 2-0.

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Obama: “I Actually Believe In Redistribution”

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 18, 2012

Letters to Falcon

Burlington City Hall Sold Us Out

Post author By Falcon
Post date September 18, 2012

Falcon:

Looks like city hall sold out the taxpayers again by giving Mr. Whittkamp a $500,000 discount on that spec. building in the Industrial Park plus unknown TIF money; so the taxpayers pay his police, fire, school and other taxes for him for who knows how many years.

Each of the seven new employees will cost taxpayer close to $75,000 and they’ll probably not be paid a livable wage. It will probably take each of the seven 188 weeks to earn the equivalent of $75,000 @ $10 per hour or about 3.6 years to gross that much money. Of course $10 per hour is no where near a livable wage in Burlington or West Burlington and probably not anywhere else in Iowa.

We’ll may eventually find out just how much the taxpayers are being ripped off provided there’s any sunshine left down at city hall. Maybe we could have sold him city hall since what comes out of there is never good for taxpayers.

DS