Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 30,2011

Letters to the Editor 06/30/11

GREENSPACEWith reference to the “Publisher’s note” in last week’s IT concerning her observation of the lack of greenspace in the new Scheel’s parking lot, a familiar chor

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 23,2011

Letters to the Editor 6/23/11

Nuclear power and prisons

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OPTIMISM WE CAN’T AFFORD Rachel Wells’ excellent June 2 article on nuclear safety [see “The nuke next door: Is the Clinton nuclear power plant prepared for a Fukushima-level disaster

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 16,2011

Letters to the Editor 6/16/11

Innocence Project and Charity Funds

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MAKE PROSECUTORS PAYYou have had a series of articles on the Downstate Illinois Innocence Project at UIS [see “Defenders of the innocent,” May 26, by Patrick Yeagle]. This last year I audi

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 9,2011

Letters to the Editor 6/9/11

Gambling expansion, the homeless and prison inmates

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VETO GAMBLING EXPANSIONGov. Quinn, you repeatedly said the gambling expansion bill was too top heavy and said it would make Illinois the Las Vegas of the Midwest. Yet legislators kept adding to the bi

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, June 2,2011

Letters to the Editor 06/02/11

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FLEECING OF ILLINOISOur present-day leaders are not real leaders, they are hypocrites. Our state lawmakers and the governor want to cut benefits of current state employees, but they don’t mind l

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 26,2011

Letters to the Editor 05/26/11

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COSTS OF GAMBLINGSince 1990, the continual proposals for a Chicago casino and more electronic gambling machines/slot machines (EGMs/slots) have demonstrated that history repeats itself. While Illinois

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 19,2011

Letters to the Editor 05/19/11

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JUVENILE JUSTICEShould children who commit low-level offenses be incarcerated, or is there a more productive use of scarce state resources? This is one of the issues posed in House Bill 83, now pendin

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 12,2011

Letters to the Editor 5/12/11

Low income apartments and abandonded buildings

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LOW-INCOME APARTMENTSI have to say I don’t follow the goings on of the Springfield City Council all that closely but I am flabbergasted at Ald. Gail Simpson’s total lack of regard for her

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, May 5,2011

Letters to the Editor 5/5/11

John Shimkus, Autisum funding and gardening

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SHIMKUS AWAY FROM HOMEI often appreciate the statements Congressman John Shimkus makes to area news outlets about the environment. He speaks in favor of protecting public health and supporting real sc

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, April 28,2011

Letters to the Editor 4/28/11

Going green, Jerald Jacobs and Hunter Lake

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GOING GREENYour article, “Renewing your home with solar and wind” [by Karen Fitzgerald, April 21] seemed interesting, but I wanted to tell you the real story about trying to go green.I&rsq