Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 28,2012

Letters to the Editor 06/28/12

HIRING MINORITIESI don’t profess to know the answers, but you can’t just give a person a job without determining if they are qualified to do the job [see “Hiring minorities: All talk

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 21,2012

Letters to the Editor 06/21/12

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GRATEFUL SENIORFor a long time, I’ve wanted to write a letter to Illinois Times, expressing my gratitude for all the services provided to senior citizens in Springfield. For retired immigrants f

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 14,2012

Letters to the Editor 06/14/12

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COMMUNITY CARERe: “Leaving homes – Plans to close developmental centers provoke fear,” by Bruce Rushton, May 24: Every family with a developmentally delayed child has their own reali

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 7,2012

Letters to the Editor 06/07/12

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POT SMOKERS GET SLEEPYIn response to Sheldon Richman’s column [“When will Obama evolve on the drug war?” GUESTWORK, May 24], I agree. Marijuana should be legalized. In the late &rsqu

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 31,2012

Letters to the Editor 5/31/12

Taxes and gambling

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TAX GAMBLING, NOT PEOPLEThe Illinois budget would probably be balanced today, except for the $37.5 billion to $46 billion given away to Illinois gambling interests over the last two decades. Faced in

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 24,2012

Letters to the Editor 05/24/12

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ROBBING STATE WORKERSI am a normal Illinois state government worker. I didn’t get my job because I knew someone. I got my job because I took a test, got an A, went to an interview and the person

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 17,2012

Letters to the Editor 05/17/12

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RETIREMENT SOLUTIONI think I may have come up with the solution for current and future state retirees and our concerns about health insurance and retirement. I think we should just operate under the s

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 10,2012

Letters to the Editor 5/10/12

City infrastructure and SURS

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NO POT OF GOLDI read with interest the article on the city infrastructure written by Bruce Rushton [see “Plan? What plan? Still no fix for city infrastructure,” May 3]. The city inherited

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 3,2012

Letters to the Editor 5/3/12

Pension reform, political funding and and parking

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PENSION RIGHTSI’m all for paying my fair share. However, proposed Illinois state pension reform goes beyond fair share into highway robbery. The current $32,000/year average (also the U.S. avera

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 26,2012

Letters to the Editor 04/26/2012

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WOMEN AGAINST REGISTRYJerry Sandusky is at the center of the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Jerry Sandusky was not on any sex offender registry, which is the case in more than 95 percent of sexual offe