Letters to the Editor

CITY AT FAULT During Mayor Mike Houston’s term an abandoned building ordinance was passed. Code violations result in an escalating registration fee requirement. If terms of registration, fees and code compliance are not maintained properly, the city may foreclose on the property.  The only explanation I can think of for why this West Washington property […]

GOOD MEMORIES We lived a block over on David Street in the early 1970s and we would walk over to this location for groceries (“City awards next round of cannabis grants,” Oct. 7). I believe it was Bud’s IGA then. While Mom shopped, my brother and I would read as many comic books as we […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. SUPPORT SECOND AMENDMENT She didn’t ask for Joe (Biden) to be killed, she is defending her Second Amendment rights (“Beni Harmony heads to the White House,” Oct. 8). When I️ was in high school, kids […]

NEED A LANDLORD REGISTRY While Molly Wallace was gathering information for her article, there were many tenants and employees who work with or for landlords who were afraid to come forward (“Housing is a human right,” Oct. 1). Fear of retaliation from landlords and real estate agents here in this city is very real. This […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. WHY SO NEGATIVE? Springfield suffers from a self-esteem problem, and this column by James Krohe Jr. definitely adds to it (“Down the gardened path,” Oct. 1). We have a huge project that’s federally funded coming […]

BIG WIN Last spring, Jamie Toole (at the time chief storyteller of the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes) came and spoke at an Enos Park neighborhood meeting. He spoke passionately about how baseball should be affordable and accessible to everyone. In addition to the Shoes, he spoke about the Women’s Pro Baseball League coming to town in […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. POOR CONDITIONS The open letter in the Sept. 3 Illinois Times concerning conditions at the Lincoln Tomb followed just two weeks after arborist Guy Sternberg called attention to the sudden death of the historic oak […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. WRONG PRIORITIES We need more people to turn their useless turf grass into native habitats that support life (“Prairie problems,” Aug. 19). Shame on the city of Springfield and the neighbors who reported this. Shelley […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. NEED A PLAN  Nine days. That’s how long it’s been since a city-owned water main put five feet of water in the basements on Monroe Street — and the businesses hit hardest still don’t have […]

PERSONAL CONNECTION As was mentioned, no one’s history is pretty (“Our history is not pretty,” Aug. 15). I am proud that Springfield is making an effort to take a hard look at this horrible moment. In some ways, it is woven into my family history. My grandparents helped hide some of the people who were […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. LIVED TO SEE IT Professional women’s baseball has been a long time coming (“Another league of their own,” July 30). I’m glad I can see it in my lifetime. It was a dream since I […]

POORLY MANAGED  I have been a certified arborist since the first year the certification law was passed decades ago. I have been actively volunteering since 1970 identifying and evaluating unique and old trees in Oak Ridge Cemetery and elsewhere in Illinois, starting with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. I have put plaques and QR […]