Guest Opinion | Wednesday, March 4,2009

Springfield neighborhoods need stimulus

As we anticipate the financial resources that are certain to come to Illinois and, we hope, to the capital city, let us not forget where some of our greatest needs are: in the heart of our city. If

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 25,2009

A peace activist’s concern about Obama’s war

By Diane Hughes

Finally, the change we’ve all been waiting for; the light at the end of the tunnel. Now we can sit back and relax, right? Well, at this moment, pundits vie for the cleverest visuals to m

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 25,2009

Trash talk

Internet exchange: What’s really important here?

By Marc Elliott

Tom, before you read my response to your e-mail, I want you to keep in mind that I am not a fan of the Democratic Party or especially of the Republican Party; I hold both in contempt for

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 11,2009

Filling Lincoln’s shoes, size 14

By William Furry

This week is without precedent in our city’s history. Not only are we celebrating the 200th birthday of Illinois’ favorite son in the community he famously called home, the newly elected l

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 4,2009

Cops: Why we love ’em and hate ’em

By George A.M. Heroux

We certainly have divergent opinions about police officers. Are they gallant knights or authoritative villains? I am involved in an organization that assists family members of victims of drun

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 28,2009

Imagination needed to save public access TV

By Bob Gray

Imagine cable television channels keeping you aware of all the local activities, events, policies and important decisions that affect your quality of life. Springfield offers that service, sort of.

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 28,2009

Muslims, the Americans are not your enemy

By John Nichols

As he dispatched former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, his new special envoy for Middle East peace, to the region, President Obama gave his first television interview on Monday t

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 21,2009

Council can solve fiscal woes now

By Tim Bramlet

Tough times call for tough decisions. That axiom has never been truer than it is now for the Springfield City Council as it deliberates approval of a new city budget. As chair of Mayor Tim Davlin&rs

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 14,2009

Too many payday loan shops drive businesses away

City council to vote again Jan. 21

By Michelle Higginbotham

Alderman Debbie Cimarossa, working in conjunction with the MacArthur Boulevard Business Association (MBBA), last fall introduced an ordinance to the city council that would have required payday lend

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 7,2009

Back to the future in Enos Park

We need city cooperation to go from blight to bright

By Steve Combs

In the late 1800s it was known as the “Jewel of Springfield”! A hundred years later in 1997 it was officially classified as a “blighted community” qualified to establish its ow