Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 22,2012

Letter to the Editor 03/22/12

WATCHDOGS LAID OFFUnbelievable. GateHouse Media executives, owners of the SJ-R, rake in hundreds of thousands in bonuses while laying off staff and outsourcing other newspaper functions [see “Pa

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 15,2012

Letter to the Editor 03/15/12

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TAMMS WORKSGov. Pat Quinn’s decision to close the Tamms Correctional Center is shortsighted at best and disastrous at worst [see “End of the line?: The governor wants to close Tamms,&rdquo

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 8,2012

Letters to the Editor 3/8/12

Gun gripe, Limbaugh, and state cuts

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GUN%u2008GRIPEIt is now confirmed our legislators are on meth!The actions of the Illinois House Executive Committee by approving the proposal for handgun registry by Chicago’s mayor seems

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, March 1,2012

Letter to the Editor 03/01/12

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GIVE A KID A CHANCEIn my work with young people here in Springfield, I have seen repeatedly that the mistakes they make in their early years have a huge impact on the direction their futures will take

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, February 23,2012

Letters to the Editor 2/23/12

Tax cigarettes, moving history, open primary

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TAX CIGARETTESState officials are proposing a $2 billion cut to Illinois’ Medicaid program. We agree with Illinois Hospital Association president Maryjane Wurth that a cut of this magnitude will

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, February 16,2012

Letter to the Editor 02/16/12

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WAR ON WEEDI’m writing about the thoughtful cover story by Bruce Rushton: “The war on weed,” Feb. 9. I thought that true conservatives oppose nanny-state policies. Obviously, I was w

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, February 9,2012

Letter to the Editor 02/09/12

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THANKS, CHRIS BRITTThanks Illinois Times for an informative story about Chris Britt’s tenure as a cartoonist with the local newspaper over the past 12 years [see “That’s all, folks:

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, February 2,2012

Letters to the Editor 2/2/12

CWLP and Enos School

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APOLOGIZE, CWLPAfter CWLP’s recent admission that utility service is at risk without continued rate hikes, I believe some apologies are owed to CWLP retail ratepayers. In particular, from those

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, January 26,2012

Letters to the Editor 1/26/12

Musicians, cancer and food stamps

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TALL MUSICIANS I was pleased to see Tom Irwin get the recognition he richly deserves [see “The ballad of Tom Irwin,” by Scott Faingold, Jan. 19]. His weekly columns have been consiste

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, January 19,2012

Letter to the Editor 01/19/12

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QUINN, GAMBLING KINGGov. Pat Quinn recently rattled his sword in support of a casino in Chicago and four other sites in Illinois. He also touted the feds giving the OK for Illinois to begin selling lo