Letters to the Editor

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. PROBLEMATIC POLICING While the article “Reinventing police” (July 2) does a fairly good job of providing multiple perspectives, it misses some key points. Focusing on officers like Tricia Langan distracts from the real issue: a […]

Still Privileged I was given a 30-year prison sentence and over $200,000 in fines for nonviolent cannabis offenses. I was a young white male, hauled off to prison to serve nearly 15 years before being released in 2016. I am currently at Stanford University, making use of my second chance, and many have used my situation […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. —— HIGHLY OFFENSIVE Yes, according to Jesse White’s spokesman, our secretary of state was highly offended that Candace Wanzo allegedly stole over $340,000 from his office (“Six figures of trouble,” April 30). Well, Mr. White, […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. COUNCIL CRACKS DOWN On behalf of the Springfield Inner City Older Neighborhoods (ICON), I thank the Springfield City Council on their recent ordinance change that levies increasing levels of fines for repeat offenders who fail […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. FEELING SAFE YET? The survey that asked Sangamon County residents how they felt heading into Phase Three of the governor’s reopening plan included a question about when you would feel safe, which seems odd (“Will […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. PROTESTS DOUBLE STANDARD The “no mask, no restrictions, no stay-at-home order” rally organizers and protesters did not obtain permits for their protests at the Illinois State Capitol; were protesting in the streets and blocking traffic; were […]

MOVE PILLSBURY FORWARD The leaders interviewed in Rachel Otwell’s article (“Moving Pillsbury forward, inches at a time,” April 23) are the same leaders who haven’t been able to move Pillsbury forward in decades. What’s missing is a city advisory council. This group of appointees from each ward could meet monthly to offer the city recommendations […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. WHAT IS JESSE WHITE HIDING? It was good to see Bruce Rushton report that Illinois Times has finally received the personnel file of Candace Wanzo, a former employee of Secretary of State Jesse White’s office […]

RUN WITH MAUD I run. I run through my neighborhood. I run in parks. I run on trails. I run in other people’s neighborhoods. I feel safe. On May 8, I joined countless runners across the country who ran 2.23 miles to honor the life of a recently slain 25-year old black man and runner, […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to letters@illinoistimes.com. SPRINGFIELD CONNECTION I was in the midst of reading several books on the Kent State shootings when I came across Cinda Klickna’s book review of Michael Metz’s Radicals in the Heartland (“U of I protests […]

We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to editor@illinoistimes.com. GOOD GOVERNING In the early days of his candidacy for governor, I had an opportunity to meet with JB Pritzker about his position on violence against women issues. What impressed me that day was not […]