CEDAR RAPIDS MAYOR CORBETT

CEDAR RAPIDS MAYOR CORBETT'S INTEGRITY RECORD--WITH HELP FROM OTHERS

The following table presents Integrity Levels for many actions and positions taken by Mayor Corbett. The Cedar Rapids media endorsed most of them, and criticized none. As such, the media contributed to the city's slide from the Parlor City to the Corruption City.

Iowalive herein once again requests Mayor Corbett and the council to reallocate 1.2% of the city's budget, now wasted, to help pay for west side flood protection. It would set an example for the school district, county, Grant Wood AEA and Kirkwood to do the same--which would more than pay for west side flood protection.

Iowalive's Integrity Level numbers have yet to be refuted.

MAYOR CORBETT'S INTEGRITY RECORD, AS MAYOR OF CEDAR RAPIDS--WITH COUNCIL AND C. R. MEDIA ASSISTANCE

DATE ACTIONS CORBETT EITHER PERFORMED, INITIATED OR SUPPORTED Integrity Index Level On Scale of 0 to 1,000, Where Significant Integrity Starts at 300

2009 MAYORAL CAMPAIGN 720

FEB ‘10 ORGANIZED COUNCIL INTO COMMITTEES 900

FEB ‘10 IMPLEMENTED VOTE ON LIBRARY 550

MAR ’10 INCREASED FLOOD PAYMENT TO 107% 850

MAR ‘10 HELD BETTER LINE ON CITY BUDGET 450

VARIOUS HELD MANY PUBLIC FORUMS ON FLOOD RECOVERY & PROTECTION 875

MAR '10 DECISION TO RETURN TO CITY HALL 710

MAR '10 HAVE GREG EYERLY REPORT DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL RATHER THAN CITY MANAGER 720

MAR '10 HAVE CITY MANAGER FOCUS ON JOB CREATION--THE BEST CHOICE AVAILABLE 5

MAR '10 RESISTED BUYOUT DEDUCTION 20

MAR '10 FAVORS HOTEL TAX INCREASE 110

MAR '10 CHANGING 1 WAY STREETS TO 2 WAY FOR MED CENTER---IF CORBETT FAVORS IT!! 210

MAR '10 MODIFY CALCULATION OF FLOOD PROTECTION COST/BENEFIT RATIO TO GET MORE MONEY FOR C. R. FLOOD PROTECTION 40

APR '10 ACCEPTING RESIGNATION OF CITY MANAGER 750

APR '10 STARTED OVER ON CITY FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN 810

APR '10 HIRING A BETTER CITY MANAGER WITHOUT USE OF A SEARCH FIRM 600

APR '10 HIRING EVENT-CENTER DEVELOPER JOHN FREW., FOR A NO-BID, 6%, $4 MILLION FEE, WITHOUT SERIOUSLY SEEKING OR CONSIDERING OTHERS FOR THE $65 MILLION EVENT CENTER & U. S. CELLULAR CENTER PROJECTS 15

MAY '10 AGREEING TO CLOSE 2ND AVE. FOR A MEDICAL COMPLEX 60

MAY '10 HIRING THOMS AS INTERIM MANAGER TO APPLY FOR STATE I-JOBS MONEY 105

MAY '10 FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY PURSUE TIMOTHY HANSON AS CITY MANAGER 200

MAY '10 INTENTION & EFFORTS TO HAVE OTHERS PAY FOR FLOOD RECOVERY AND TO PAY FOR CEDAR RAPIDS TO OCCUPY THE CEDAR RIVER FLOOD PLAIN 5

MAY '10 HELPED GET HIGHWAY 100 ROAD PROJECT ON 5-YEAR PLAN 280

JUNE '10 PROPOSED CITY PURCHASE OF CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL 15

JUN '10 BRIBING BUSINESSES TO LEAVE HIAWATHA ETC. TO LOCATE IN DISASTROUS CEDAR RAPIDS FLOOD PLAIN 15

JUN '10 METHOD USED TO HIRE POMERANZ AND TO PAY HIM $225,000 ANNUALLY, AT START 10

JUN '10 DECISION TO DEMOLISH SINCLAIR SMOKE STACK 750

JUN '10 CONTINUED PURSUIT OF BUSINESSES TO OCCUPY DISASTROUS CEDAR RIVER FLOOD PLAIN 1

JUN '10 REFUSAL TO ACCEPT CORPS' GUIDELINES FOR FLOOD 'PROTECTION' 15

JUL' 10 DISPUTING FEMA'S REFUSAL TO PAY FOR BOGUS FLOOD DAMAGE CLAIMS 3

JUL' 10 ACCEPTING FREW'S RECOMMENDATION TO BUY DOWNTOWN HOTEL--WHEN PRIVATE SECTOR WON'T TOUCH IT! 15

JUL' 10 PLACE ANIMAL SHELTER AT KIRKWOOD 550

AUG' 10 HIRING POMERANZ AS NEW CITY MANAGER 30

SEP '10 VOTED TWICE TO CLOSE 2ND AVE. 25

SEP '10 ADOPTED 32.4 FOOT FLOOD 'PROTECTION' LEVEL 2

OCT '10 VOTED TO CLOSE 2ND AVE. FOR THIRD TIME 1

OCT '10 BADGERED BRANSTAD AND CULVER TO PLEDGE GIVING SALES TAX MONEY TO CEDAR RAPIDS FOR WHAT CORBETT DECEPTIVELY CITED AS "FLOOD PROTECTION" IN THE 10-3-10 GAZETTE 3

NOV '10 THREATENING EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION FOR ACQUISITION OF CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL 1

NOV '10 DECISION TO PURCHASE THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL 1

JAN '11 PROPOSAL TO RAISE LINN COUNTY SALES TAX BY 17% 1

JAN '11 FIGHTING WITH FEMA FOR UNJUSTIFIED FUNDING 1

FEB '11 FIGHTING WITH BRANSTAD OVER TRAIN WRECK CONVENTION CENTER UNION WORKER CONTRACTS 1

FEB '11 LET CONVENTION CENTER DEMOLITION CONTRACT ON 6-3 VOTE, IN DEFIANCE OF GOVERNOR'S ORDER FOR OPEN BIDS 1

JUN '11 PROMISED TRADES COUNCIL AN EVIL AGREEMENT FOR $21 MILLION FIVE SEASONS' RENOVATION PROJECT AND $10 MILLION FOR NEW PARKING RAMP PROJECT. TRADES COUNCIL WINS, CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS LOSE AT LEAST $2 MILLION. CORBETT LOST LABOR AGREEMENT FIGHT WITH GOVERNOR--WHICH SAVED C. R. RESIDENTS AT LEAST $6 MILLION. :-) 1

JUL '11 AFTER DEFEAT OF LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX, CORBETT AND COUNCIL ABANDONED WEST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION IN A SNIT--AND NOW RESIST FUNDING FLOOD PROTECTION WITH REALLOCATION OF ABOUT 1% OF THE TOTAL WASTE IN CITY AND OTHER AGENCY BUDGETS. 1

WEIGHTED AVERAGE 27

CONDITIONS BEYOND CORBETT'S SPAN OF CONTROL AT THE TIME

MAR '10 UNION PAY RAISE AGREEMENT 30

AN INDEX LEVEL OF 40 IS COMPARABLE TO GRAND LARCENY

Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them.

MAYOR CORBETT'S INTEGRITY RECORD, AS MAYOR OF CEDAR RAPIDS--WITH COUNCIL AND C. R. MEDIA ASSISTANCE
DATE	ACTIONS CORBETT EITHER PERFORMED, INITIATED OR SUPPORTED	Integrity Index Level On Scale of 0 to 1,000, Where Significant Integrity Starts at 300
2009	MAYORAL CAMPAIGN	720
FEB ‘10	ORGANIZED COUNCIL INTO COMMITTEES	900
FEB ‘10	IMPLEMENTED VOTE ON LIBRARY	550
MAR ’10	INCREASED FLOOD PAYMENT TO 107%	850
MAR ‘10	HELD BETTER LINE ON CITY BUDGET	450
VARIOUS	HELD MANY PUBLIC FORUMS ON FLOOD RECOVERY & PROTECTION	875
MAR '10	DECISION TO RETURN TO CITY HALL	710
MAR '10	HAVE GREG EYERLY REPORT DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL RATHER THAN CITY MANAGER	720
MAR '10	HAVE CITY MANAGER FOCUS ON JOB CREATION--THE BEST CHOICE AVAILABLE	5
MAR '10	RESISTED BUYOUT DEDUCTION	20
MAR '10	FAVORS HOTEL TAX INCREASE	110
MAR '10	CHANGING 1 WAY STREETS TO 2 WAY FOR MED CENTER---IF CORBETT FAVORS IT!!	210
MAR '10	MODIFY CALCULATION OF FLOOD PROTECTION COST/BENEFIT RATIO TO GET MORE MONEY FOR C. R. FLOOD PROTECTION	40
APR '10	ACCEPTING RESIGNATION OF CITY MANAGER	750
APR '10	STARTED OVER ON CITY FLOOD PROTECTION PLAN	810
APR '10	HIRING A BETTER CITY MANAGER WITHOUT USE OF A SEARCH FIRM	600
APR '10	HIRING EVENT-CENTER DEVELOPER JOHN FREW., FOR A NO-BID, 6%, $4 MILLION FEE, WITHOUT SERIOUSLY SEEKING OR CONSIDERING OTHERS FOR THE $65 MILLION EVENT CENTER & U. S. CELLULAR CENTER PROJECTS	15
MAY '10	AGREEING TO CLOSE 2ND AVE. FOR A MEDICAL COMPLEX	60
MAY '10	HIRING THOMS AS INTERIM MANAGER TO APPLY FOR STATE I-JOBS MONEY	105
MAY '10	FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY PURSUE TIMOTHY HANSON AS CITY MANAGER	200
MAY '10	INTENTION & EFFORTS TO HAVE OTHERS PAY FOR FLOOD RECOVERY AND TO PAY FOR CEDAR RAPIDS TO OCCUPY THE CEDAR RIVER FLOOD PLAIN	5
MAY '10	HELPED GET HIGHWAY 100 ROAD PROJECT ON 5-YEAR PLAN	280
JUNE '10	PROPOSED CITY PURCHASE OF CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL	15
JUN '10	BRIBING BUSINESSES TO LEAVE HIAWATHA ETC. TO LOCATE IN DISASTROUS CEDAR RAPIDS FLOOD PLAIN	15
JUN '10	METHOD USED TO HIRE POMERANZ AND TO PAY HIM $225,000 ANNUALLY, AT START	10
JUN '10	DECISION TO DEMOLISH SINCLAIR SMOKE STACK	750
JUN '10	CONTINUED PURSUIT OF BUSINESSES TO OCCUPY DISASTROUS CEDAR RIVER FLOOD PLAIN	1
JUN '10	REFUSAL TO ACCEPT CORPS' GUIDELINES FOR FLOOD 'PROTECTION'	15
JUL' 10	DISPUTING FEMA'S REFUSAL TO PAY FOR BOGUS FLOOD DAMAGE CLAIMS	3
JUL' 10	ACCEPTING FREW'S RECOMMENDATION TO BUY DOWNTOWN HOTEL--WHEN PRIVATE SECTOR WON'T TOUCH IT!	15
JUL' 10	PLACE ANIMAL SHELTER AT KIRKWOOD	550
AUG' 10	HIRING POMERANZ AS NEW CITY MANAGER	30
SEP '10	VOTED TWICE TO CLOSE 2ND AVE.	25
SEP '10	ADOPTED 32.4 FOOT FLOOD 'PROTECTION' LEVEL	2
OCT '10	VOTED TO CLOSE 2ND AVE. FOR THIRD TIME	1
OCT '10	BADGERED BRANSTAD AND CULVER TO PLEDGE GIVING SALES TAX MONEY TO CEDAR RAPIDS FOR WHAT CORBETT DECEPTIVELY CITED AS "FLOOD PROTECTION" IN THE 10-3-10 GAZETTE	3
NOV '10	THREATENING EMINENT DOMAIN ACTION FOR ACQUISITION OF CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL	1
NOV '10	DECISION TO PURCHASE THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL	1
JAN '11	PROPOSAL TO RAISE LINN COUNTY SALES TAX BY 17%	1
JAN '11	FIGHTING WITH FEMA FOR UNJUSTIFIED FUNDING	1
FEB '11	FIGHTING WITH BRANSTAD OVER TRAIN WRECK CONVENTION CENTER UNION WORKER CONTRACTS	1
FEB '11	LET CONVENTION CENTER DEMOLITION CONTRACT ON 6-3 VOTE, IN DEFIANCE OF GOVERNOR'S ORDER FOR OPEN BIDS	1
JUN '11	PROMISED TRADES COUNCIL AN EVIL AGREEMENT FOR $21 MILLION FIVE SEASONS' RENOVATION PROJECT AND $10 MILLION FOR NEW PARKING RAMP PROJECT. TRADES COUNCIL WINS, CEDAR RAPIDS RESIDENTS LOSE AT LEAST $2 MILLION. CORBETT LOST LABOR AGREEMENT FIGHT WITH GOVERNOR--WHICH SAVED C. R. RESIDENTS AT LEAST $6 MILLION. :-)	1
JUL '11	AFTER DEFEAT OF LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX, CORBETT AND COUNCIL ABANDONED WEST SIDE FLOOD PROTECTION IN A SNIT--AND NOW RESIST FUNDING FLOOD PROTECTION WITH REALLOCATION OF ABOUT 1% OF THE TOTAL WASTE IN CITY AND OTHER AGENCY BUDGETS.	1
	WEIGHTED AVERAGE	27
	CONDITIONS BEYOND CORBETT'S SPAN OF CONTROL AT THE TIME
MAR '10	UNION PAY RAISE AGREEMENT	30
AN INDEX LEVEL OF 40 IS COMPARABLE TO GRAND LARCENY
Anyone claiming to have better numbers is asked to provide them.