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. — SUPPORT DOWNTOWN Downtown Springfield is becoming a ghost town, and it feels like nobody in leadership cares. The mayor, the aldermen, city departments, economic development, tourism – no one is stepping up to protect […]

NO FUN My opinion is Republicans like to control what businesses and people do, and the fun they have, under the guise of public safety (“Last call is earlier than ever,” July 24). Marie Carnes Via Facebook.com/illinoistimes TOO MUCH TIME Most bars have computerized registers, so it should be easy to quantify the impact of […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. — TURN OVER STADIUM I find it disappointing to the point of exasperation that the ownership of the Lucky Horseshoes has to resort to begging the community to pressure the Springfield Park District to live […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. — NOTHING NEW How many variations of this article is Illinois Times going to write (“City’s Black Caucus addresses disparities,” July 10)? It starts with broad pronouncements that everyone knows and has heard a million […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. — BROADER PROBLEM “Mental health is a community responsibility” is a good article (July 3). The topic deserves deeper examination, but not necessarily as a promotion for a tax increase. The problem is not unique […]

PUBLIC SERVICE The U.S. Postal Service is a service of the government and written into the Constitution (“Congress must act to pull USPS back from the brink,” June 26). It was never supposed to make a profit and should not be privatized. It’s the only government agency that is required to pre-fund its retiree benefits […]

THANKS FOR COVERAGE Just today we received a digital copy of ReGen. It looks like a most interesting publication! I live in Madison, Wisconsin. My father was the last brewmaster of the Reisch Brewery. I am the oldest of his 10 children (“Springfield’s Reisch Beer makes a comeback,” Summer ReGen). Thank you for the feature […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. — NO THIRD STREET GREENWAY What are our leaders thinking? For over a decade, successive administrations have focused on turning the Third Street rail corridor into a multi-use trail, the Third Street greenway. Current estimates […]

TRY SOMETHING NEW How many times are you going to rehash the huge vacancy of downtown offices (“A plan to save downtown,” June 5)? This city government has been talking about repairing the downtown since the 1970s. Remember Time – not Illinois Times, but the major Time magazine – had our Hilton hotel towering over […]