Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Glew is under investigation by Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden for an ethics violation.
Former Marion mayoral candidate and current Marion City Council member Nick Glew is under investigation for ethics violations, according to Eastern Iowa Government. Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden is investigating a claim made by Marion resident Mike Dricken that Glew broke state law when he issued motions to pay his employer, Anderson-Bogert Engineers, for assorted work in Marion. “It’s unfounded. We’re not worried about it, but it’s something people will have to spend time on, unfortunately," Nick Glew told Eastern Iowa Government. In previous converstions with Mayor-elect Snooks Bouska, this topic was brought up frequently. Bouska said he thought it was an enourmous conflict of interest that Glew helped forward the Seventh …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Election night in Marion was much more than the Senate District 18 race.
Here is a round up of Marion's election winners. Check back tomorrow for more coverage of these races on Wednesday or check out Marion Patch's coverage of Liz Mathis winning the District 18 race. Snooks Bouska defeated Nick Glew in the race to become Marion mayor by a 53 percent to 46 percent margin, or 5,659 votes to 4,925 votes. Paul Draper pulled in 53 percent or 4,721 votes to defeat Vicki Hughes with 30 percent or 2,683 votes and Dennis Frevert with 17 percent or 1,494 votes for a at-large Marion City Council seat. Kim Etzel won Marion City Council ward No. 1, with 52 percent or 4,465 votes defeating Dwight Hogan with 47 percent or 4,045 votes. Cody Crawford claimed ward No. 3 of Marion City Council with 52 percent or 4,354 votes to …
Monday, October 24, 2011
In an interview edited for clarity and conciseness, Marion mayoral candidate Snooks Bouska, a Marion resident and uptown Dairy Queen owner, talks about his hopes for Marion and the Nov. 8 election.
Q: What are the most important issues facing Marion? A: Fiscal responsibility is one thing. We should apply spending toward infrastructure — sewers and streets. You hear about that each and every election, but there is not enough spent. We are spending money on reports and surveys on capital expenditures that we don't even need. The Seventh Avenue project. We all believe that there has to be a future of Marion, but I feel it has to be planned progression of expansion. The planners are restricting access to the west side of the city to the businesses. If you reduce traffic on a street by 75 percent, the businesses will fail. The sinister plan is that if 75 percent of the traffic is reduced, the businesses will fail. Then, if the businesses …
Bryan Galde
6:33 am on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Glad to see someone digging into it . sure sounds fishy . How much has Marion paid Anderson -Bogert ?? more ›