Letters to the Editor

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- DISINGENUIOUS POSTAL PLAN The goal of the U.S. Postal Service’s 10-year Delivering for America Plan, launched in March 2021 by Postmaster Louis DeJoy, is to “redesign” the USPS processing, transportation and delivery networks; however, […]

GREAT STORY Great story by Dean Olsen about a special guy, Lee Milner (“Photographing history: Lee Milner reflects on his life and career,” March 28). Kay Shipman-Swiech Via Facebook.com/illinoistimes GREAT PERSON A great photographer and an even greater person. Grant Hammer Via Facebook.com/illinoistimes CLASS ACT I enjoyed crossing paths with Lee whenever we covered the […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- PRESERVE THE HISTORY I would like to give a big thank you to David Blanchette and Illinois Times for the wonderful and comprehensive coverage of the history and upcoming closure of Armbruster Manufacturing (“The […]

DON’T BLAME STUDENTS Marc Magliari wrote a scathing letter lamenting the public media landscape in our state and decided to blame the tuition-paying students at University of Illinois Springfield for not shouldering the bill (“Letters to the editor,” March 7). Of course, he leaves out that many other public media outlets have consolidated in recent […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- DISTRICT 186 WAS SOLD A STORY I highly recommend everybody listen to “Sold a Story,” the podcast mentioned in the cover story (“When kids can’t read,” Feb. 29). I couldn’t believe schools were still […]

CORRELATION DOES NOT EQUAL CAUSATION There is no evidence linking pretrial reform to crime (“Crime on the rise in Sangamon County,” Feb. 29). But that didn’t stop the Springfield Police Department from claiming that ending money bond has caused an increase in arrests for some charges in Springfield. Let’s be clear: over the same period, […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- A SPRINGFIELD TREASURE This past week was a flurry of Black History Month celebrations and commemorations. Among the most exciting and engaging was The Florence B. Price Festival, “Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight.” This […]

PICK UP TRASH An extreme amount of trash has accumulated along the roadways of our city. While we haven’t (yet) had heavy snowfall this winter, some commercial areas have virtual drifts of plastic and paper accumulating at the fence lines. I don’t know if this blizzard of debris was let loose accidentally or carelessly. I […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- OTHER PRIORITIES Just in time for the city’s budget hearing, Prairie Rivers Network has published Reconsidering Hunter Lake, a public brochure highlighting significant flaws in the claimed need for Hunter Lake. CWLP officials have […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- REASON FOR HOPE Thank you to George Pawlaczyk for his excellent, painstakingly researched article about children who were killed by their parents despite extensive involvement by DCFS, often over many years (“When DCFS makes […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- DON’T FUND PRIVATE BUSINESS I can support tax money for infrastructure needs but draw the line at flat-out buying things for a commercial enterprise like a sports franchise. Chicago faces the same thing with […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- STUDY FIRE DEPARTMENT This was an interesting article (“City-operated ambulance service to be considered,” Jan. 4). The firefighters tout the need for more ambulances with the increase in EMS calls. But as a taxpayer, […]