Looks like Davenport's efforts are working, sorta

Another item for the "no matter how many times you say something, it doesn't make it true" file.

People are frequently heard to exclaim how Davenporters are moving away in droves because of: (Pick one) taxes, fees, baseball stadiums, speed cameras, Mooses, circus councils, etc.

This is from this article in today's QCTimes. I meant to post it this morning, and now the Colonel beat me to it and already wrote an in-depth post about it.

In Davenport’s case, almost all of its population gains over the past five years came between 2004 and 2005, the Census Bureau said.

After the 2000 census, Davenport lost people until 2002 before inching upward again. It had regained the losses by 2004 and added 482 people by 2005, the government said. If that growth rate continues, Davenport’s population will hit 100,000 people in 2008. The last time the city reached that point was in the mid-1980s.

Yeah, we're growing. Not yet fast, but we're growing.