GOODBYE, BOB Regarding “Bob Waldmire’s farewell tour” [by Bill Crook, Nov. 26]: A wonderful article about an interesting man. I had the pleasure of running into Bob at his final art show. Bob was his usual generous self and I thanked him for being him. His artwork is a must-have for a true fan of Route 66. He has […]
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Letters to the Editor 12/03/2009
LET WOMEN DECIDEWhen Planned Parenthood attended the very first health care reform discussion at the White House in March, President Obama made it clear that, under health reform, Americans will not lose the benefits they currently have. Unfortunately, hours before the U.S. House of Representatives was set to vote on the health care reform bill […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/26/09
TERRORIST PRISONS Recently, Congressman Phil Hare announced that he supports the moving of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the Thomson Correctional Facility, on the basis that it will create thousands of jobs [See “Employee union blasts plans to sell Thomson prison”] While his logic is pretty simple, I don’t believe that just one terrorist prison is […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/19/2009
HOMELESSNESS HAPPENSI was homeless because I lost my job and, ultimately, my apartment because I couldn’t pay my rent. I spent the past seven months living with my parents off and on, sleeping in my car, and staying with friends while looking for work. It’s been tough. I have a great deal of empathy towards […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/12/2009
NOT KICK’N F5Hats off to our friends in F5, Best of Springfield 2009’s Best Cover Band, for this great recognition! No doubt the F5 gang knows how to entertain! What everyone commenting and reading these comments [see “Best of Springfield 2009,” online comment thread, Oct. 29] needs to keep in mind is that the IT’s […]
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Letters to the Editor 11/05/09
MONDAY NIGHT SLURS Racism and the acceptance of racism has reared its ugly head again! On Monday, Oct. 26, my husband and I went to the Capital City Bar and Grill in Capital City Shopping Center for their $1 hamburger, fries, beer and Monday Night Football. What we got was an earful of racial slurs […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/29/09
FREE THE BLOGGER This incident is deeply disturbing [see “Blogger busted: Free speech goes on trial in Sangamon County,” by Amanda Robert, Oct. 15]. If the reporting is accurate here — and I have no doubt that it is — then what Scott Humphrey wrote does not rise to the level of either obscenity or […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/22/09
BEST STRIP “The idea of Obama,” in This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow [IT, Oct. 15] is not only the best strip of the year, it’s also the best political commentary of the year as well! I catch heat on Facebook, Myspace Blog, etc., because people still believe the idea of Obama and the actual Obama […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/15/09
POOR ARE DESPERATE I am a volunteer at Senior Services of Central Illinois. I would like to draw attention to the plight of nonprofit agencies in our state. All nonprofit agencies funded by the state are struggling to survive because they have not received financing from the Capitol building. This is devastating to low-income voters. […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/08/2009
SPRINGFIELD RESPONDSHospital Sisters Mission Outreach, a local organization that collects and redistributes medical equipment and supplies throughout the world, is responding to a humanitarian need in the Philippines, where hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless and in dire need of food, clean water and medical care after Typhoon Ketsana. Mission Outreach is among many […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/01/2009
FILM PROPSWhat a difference a year makes! The Eighth Annual Route 66 International Film Festival attracted about three times the audience as last year, thanks to the sponsorship and support of Illinois Times, Peroni and WUIS. More than 50 filmmakers traveled from across the country and Canada to show their films and network with each […]
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Letters to the Editor 09/24/2009
RAIL BUSESSpringfield’s rail situation is anomalous in that it flows from an antique set of circumstances [see “Stopped by a train,” by James Krohe Jr., Sept. 17]. The reason you have these problems is because of the antique situation where the operator of the (freight) trains is also the owner of the railbed. There is […]
