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Zachary Oren Smith
@ZacharyOS
Hype man for Iowa journalists ● Reporter at @IowaPublicRadio ● he/him
Jun 1, 2023 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
"CRACKED, CRUMBLING BRICKS" - Late yesterday, Davenport dropped a trove of docs related to the collapse of 324 Main St. I was up late combing through them. Here's what I learned: (1/15)
iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2023-… Inspector logs and reports paint a picture of a troubled property in ominous detail, leading up to its collapse. Far from ignoring these warnings, Davenport officials watched them in real-time. (2/15) Image
May 31, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
FINED FOR COLLAPSE - "On or about May 28, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. the defendant failed to maintain his building in a safe, sanitary, and structurally sound condition."

I should say so. The building partially collapsed.

IF convicted... Andrew Wold will have to pay $395.

Read: ImageImage Just for a little bit of context, Wold bought the building for $4.2 million back in 2021.
May 30, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
DAVENPORT PRESSER - it’s gonna get started here pretty soon. Looks like @iowasnewsnow is carrying it. Watch here: cbs2iowa.com/news/local/pro… Davenport Mayor Mike Matson says there are 5 people unaccounted for, 2 believed to still be in the building.

“I know there's a lot of discussion about ‘nothing's happening.’ That is not true. and you're going to hear about it.”
May 30, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
DAVENPORT COLLAPSE - Over the Memorial Day weekend, the back of the building at 324 Main St. collapsed. 8 we’re rescued after the partial collapse. The city plans to demo the building today. Folks showed up this morning saying 2 people are still unaccounted for in the wreckage. Image I spoke with Mike Collier outside City Hall. His cousin Branden Colvin, 43, was last known to be taking a nap in his 5th floor apartment. Clocking up at his cousin’s exposed room, he said the city needs to hold off demolition, “Brandon might pull through.” Image
Jul 15, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Have a big story dropping on a doorstep near you tomorrow morning:

What options do cities have to deal with surging #COVID19 cases in their community when the governor obstructs much of their power. We looked at how Muscatine’s mayor tried to get a mask mandate in her community (and how that got declawed). Talked to medical professionals about the efficacy of policies like mask mandates. Asked some mayors about what their next move would be and where that leaves them.