Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 16,2013

Letters to the Editor 5/16/13

Schools and Ohio

MONEY SPEAKSIn his article, “Looking for Mr. Right,” (May 9) James Krohe Jr. makes several valid points regarding the failings of the school board as well as the problems inherit in search

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 9,2013

Letters to the Editor 05/09/13

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DOUGLAS DESERVES HIS DAYHere in central Illinois it should be noted that a historical figure had a birthday on April 23. It was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois&rsquo

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 2,2013

Letters to the Editor 5/2/13

Pirate radio

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UNSUNG TREASUREOf course Mbanna Kantako has made a difference (“Keeping it real,” by Bruce Rushton, April 25). If Mr. Kantako has been able to widen just one person’s view of the uni

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 25,2013

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Clinton and Grandview Village

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CLEARING CLINTONJon Gray Noll’s complaint about Bill Clinton being picked for the Lincoln prize left me thinking “really?” (April 18, “Bill Clinton picked for Lincoln prize? Re

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 18,2013

Letters to the Editor 04/18/13

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CRACKS A NOBLE HEARTThanks for Jim Krohe’s fine tribute to Rich Shereikis (“The right combination of sensibilities”) in the April 11 issue. Rich had, indeed, what Krohe calls “

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 11,2013

Letters to the Editor 4/11/13

Fracking and litter control act

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FRACKING STINKSI am writing to argue for a moratorium against fracking in Illinois (SB 1418). Chicago environmentalists argue that “fracking is going to happen anyway.” That is a total cap

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 4,2013

Letters to the Editor 4/4/13

Snow, taxes and retirement

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IN THE KNOW ON SNOW Dave and Jerry do residential snow removal in Springfield. We have one snow blower, and although we started at 4 a.m. on Monday, we had to limit our clients to those we could get t

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 28,2013

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FOLLOWING FRANCISSeeing as how a significant majority of Springfield’s Catholics oppose the destruction of Griffin Woods, I’m curious as to why a coalition of progressive Sacred-Heart Grif

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 21,2013

Letters to the Editor 03/21/13

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PARK PERKSThe article “Use it or get paid” by Bruce Rushton (March 7) was a real eye opener. Springfield Park District has paid former park district executive director Michael Stratton mor

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 14,2013

Letters to the Editor 03/14/13

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CUT THE FRACKTo frack or not to frack ... that is the question. There are two bills being presented in the Illinois State legislature. SB 1418 proposes a halt to any hydraulic fracking until we have a