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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, January 7,2009
{after 1st article on article listing} The homeless taking care of business
With clear goals, H.U.C. goes to work
At this business meeting of homeless people, some of the speeches are long and
rambling, but that’s no different from many of the church and professional meetings I sit through
regu
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 24,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} It’s the stupid economy
Rough days lie ahead. How we react will make the difference.
The national economic crisis brings a sense of foreboding to a small city like
Springfield. Sometimes the nation’s worst weather bypasses here; the coasts get the hurricanes, fires a
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 10,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} Say no to Hunter Lake
There are less expensive and less damaging alternatives. Building a dam is overkill.
Hunter Lake is a 40-year-old idea whose time, if there ever was one, has passed.
The 3,010-acre lake would hold far more water than Springfield needs. There are
less expensive alt
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 3,2008
What Newsweek said about Springfield
There’s more to the story of ‘Corruption in the Land of Lincoln’
When I saw Newsweek on my caller ID a couple weeks ago I thought my subscription must have expired.
Instead it was Michael Isikoff, the veteran investigative reporter. Isikoff had
written articles f
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 22,2008
From Bug Tussle to Henpeck, it’s a trip
Fun with the place names of Illinois
The 1821 Sangamon County commissioners established the
temporary county seat on Spring Creek, so they named it Springfield. But
the town's real founders — Elijah Iles, Pascal Enos and
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 8,2008
Architecture and democracy on the public square
Our circumstances shape our buildings, then the buildings shape us
Untitled Document
The tour begins on the Old State Capitol Plaza, by
the law office where Lincoln walked to work. He must have stopped right
here to talk, about the future of the coun
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, September 24,2008
Time for tax reform in Illinois
There’s no need for budget crises in a wealthy, low-tax state
Now that the Illinois General Assembly has acted to
restore Gov. Rod Blagojevich's budget cuts — using a
one-time-only gimmick to supposedly fund the deficit — it's
time to
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, September 10,2008
George Ryan and the politics of corruption
A new book recounts the sordid history of Illinois’ past 30 years
Former Gov. George Ryan is remembered for two things.
First, that he went to prison after being convicted on corruption charges.
Second, that, in his final days in office, he cleared out dea
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 27,2008
The convention center’s bold new plans
Entertainment paves the way for expansion
The Prairie Capital Convention Center is the sleeping
giant of downtown Springfield. Now 30 years old and showing signs of wear,
the big gray box is about to wake up and make itself known in
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 20,2008
Going to the Johns
Fighting prostitution from the demand side
The women who walk by my house, sometimes early in the
morning, are always polite when I ask them to go work someplace else. If
they don't leave, I call the police, who come by if they're no
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