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. —- SPECIAL INTERESTS What a slanted article (“The museum built on Native American burial mounds,” Feb. 9). I was the Illinois state representative in the early 1990s representing Fulton County, including the Dickson Mounds facility. […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- KEEP SHAWNEE AS IT IS This letter is in opposition of a proposal to eliminate our Shawnee National Forest so to replace it with a National Park and climate preserve (no such thing).   Starting […]

NOT A CITY LOAN I am taking this opportunity to clarify a “perplexed” statement an alderman made in the article “City council ponders a ban on electric surfboards” (Feb. 2). The funding for Surf Springfield was provided through Justine Petersen, the largest micro-business lender in the country. The city of Springfield, along with local banks, […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- PURSUE SUSTAINABLE POWER After reading Dr. Brandon Derman’s recent editorial “This year CWLP needs a new, community-led Integrated Resource Plan,” (Jan. 5), I would like to encourage Springfield Power to the People on their […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- USE THE OPPORTUNITY Black Lives Matter-Springfield is heartbroken to learn about the senseless killing of Earl Moore, a 35-year-old resident of Springfield. We were contacted by the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office and Springfield […]

WHO’S BEHIND IT? It’s obvious to every Democratic precinct committee member that Bill Houlihan and Mayor Jim Langfelder orchestrated this (“Two Black candidates for city council cite racial bias in removal from ballot,” Jan. 5). Houlihan’s son, John Houlihan, was running against Jaleesa Davis and they feared it would split the Democratic vote in Ward […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- PREDATORY The article “Predatory lending or practical solution?” (Dec. 22) includes this statement: “The legislation would cap interest rates that pawn shops can charge at a 36% annual percentage rate.” So the pawn shop […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- GET IT TOGETHER I wish this city could get its act together. Of course, when only 1% of Springfield residents actually support the downtown area, this is what happens (“Work resumes on historic Ferguson […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- REWARDING WORK As an election judge, I am appreciative of the article “Election integrity up close” by Dusty Rhodes (Dec. 1). She succinctly captured the work by the office of the Sangamon County Clerk […]

NO ROOM At the same time that foster children who don’t require mental health services are being housed at Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center due to lack of foster homes, kids that do need inpatient care are being held in local emergency rooms due to lack of beds and mental treatment facilities (“A crisis of […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- COMMON PROBLEM Sadly, understaffing is happening everywhere (“Understaffing problematic at McFarland Mental Health,” Nov. 23). Why do you think places like Brother James Court and St. Joseph’s Home had to close? They cared for […]

QUICK RESPONSE Interesting how quickly the Springfield Police Department was able to get this dealt with (“The wild west end,” Nov. 17). It took months and a neighbor’s house being shot before the landlord finally did something about a drug house in my neighborhood. The police said they “couldn’t do anything.” I’ll be saving this […]