Letters to the Editor

NO CO2 PIPELINE I write to compliment Dean Olsen on his recent article regarding the Navigator CO2 Pipeline proposed to run through Sangamon County. Our residents have every right to insist on our safety (“CO2 pipeline project proceeding,” Aug. 4). Please contact your township officials and Sangamon County Board members to implement minimum CO2 pipeline […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- IT’S MY MOM The photo of the unknown young Black woman at the dentist office is actually my mom, Carolyn Blackwell, with her godmother, Vivian Bird (“African American History in photos,” Aug. 4). Dr. […]

TACKY STUNT The Staab family has served this community – in many ways – with dignity, compassion and professionalism for years. This was a distasteful and shortsighted move by the unions (“Inflatable rat stabbed at Staab Funeral Homes,” July 28). It’s also a poor comment from the union rep that there wasn’t a funeral going […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- UNCALLED FOR I found the article “Future doctors tour Springfield” interesting but felt the “mostly slim” description to be a little snarky and uncalled for (July 21). Dean Olsen could have said “smartly dressed, […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- NINTH STREET NEEDS HELP Your piece on Ninth Street and The Hub was very informative (“A new look for Ninth Street,” July 7). I am looking forward to integration with Amtrak, Springfield Mass Transit District […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- A DIFFERENT APPROACH Most of the conversations about helping people get off Springfield’s streets over the past two decades have revolved around emergency shelter and day services. While these are necessary resources for unhoused […]

GOOD ANALYSIS Very good opinion piece (“The cult of Trump,” June 3). I feel the same and would add a couple things. Cult leaders program their disciples to believe what they say and ignore everything else, especially if it speaks against them, which is what Trump did when calling the media “the enemy of the […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- FALSELY ACCUSED I have to reply to the false accusations made by state Sen. Steve McClure in the recent article (“Illinois ends cash bail,” June 23). McClure said the Faith Coalition “is not an […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- YOU GOT IT WRONG Thanks for covering my state representative race, warts and all. I appreciate the multiple corrections you made to Scott Reeder’s article (“Kent Gray challenges Tim Butler,” June 16). I did […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- WILL MISS MARK Excellent write-up by David Blanchette about Mark McDonald and “Illinois Stories” (“The last Illinois Stories,” June 9). WSIU’s precipitous cancellation of “Illinois Stories” is a calamity for those who appreciate intelligent […]

DOESN’T ADD VALUE Indoor storage units will not add to the value of the neighborhood (“Town and Country Shopping Center sells to Miami developer,” May 25). I see the article states that (Ward 7 Alderman) Joe McMenamin was told they were doing storage units and he was all for this. To revitalize the neighborhood, we […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. —- FIX DCFS What would you do if your child had been lost for 180+ days (“DCFS keeps teenager locked in psych ward,” May 19)? Perhaps you would be blasting social media, local news and […]