Letters to the Editor

Fire BrittYou need to fire your so-called cartoonist, Chris Britt. He’s what’s part of the problem with hate in this world. He needs to be taught respect. President Trump is doing an awesome job! And the Democrats are trying their hardest to look more like idiots. We have the right man in office, and he’s […]

DEAD PUNCHES President Trump’s State of the Union speech was filled with dead punches for President Obama. It is clear that he fears President Obama, but when will he learn that all of his punches are dead? Trump says President Obama wasn’t born in the United States. Trump lives just to boast about how many […]

YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE In January, the world’s media reported that the president had made horrible comments about the nations of Africa and elsewhere, including Haiti. As I absorbed all this, my thoughts turned to two 19th century Unitarians – firstly Abraham Lincoln and then to Walt Whitman. Lincoln was a friend of the immigrants […]

DOWN ON DAVIS I recently saw U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis touting the tax reform bill passed by Congress. This “accomplishment” was so important that he spent most of his time in his district doing media interviews. While he was here, did he meet with any of his constituents? Did he hold any town halls? Did […]

APPROVE THE DOWNTOWN DEAL Bright New Day Investments, LLC, Rick Lawrence’s downtown project on the corner of Sixth Street and Monroe, is before the City Council with a TIF request. Mistakes have been made in the initial phase of this project, and Mr. Lawrence has admitted this. He’s working to satisfy payment issues and welcomes […]

MENTALLY ILL INMATES I just wanted to make sure you and your readers know that this administration and the Illinois Department of Corrections have taken considerable steps to enhance the delivery of care for offenders who are on the mental health caseload (“A medieval state,” Bruce Rushton, Illinois Times, Dec. 21). The following statement can […]

WASTE IN CITY GOVERNMENT I did a little research on the sizes of several police departments in Illinois and found that Springfield has more per capita than other cities of comparable size. My property tax continues to rise, mainly to support the police and fire retirements. There are really no investigative reports; those tough guys […]

GROWING UP IN JACKSONVILLE Thanks to David Blanchette for an excellent article on Jacksonville (“Jacksonville has a lot going on”) in the Dec. 7 edition of Illinois Times. I was privileged to be raised in Jacksonville from kindergarten through high school and Illinois College. It was simply a great place to grow up in the […]

COLORADO’S CANNABIS CONUNDRUM While Big Marijuana pours millions into Illinois to legalize marijuana, leftist lawmakers, giddy about a tiny new revenue source to aid their insatiable spending, ignore the unmistakable damage legalization is causing in Colorado. Those nasty facts are hard to escape. Colorado now ranks #1 in the entire nation for marijuana use among […]

A WhiteWashed Past As controversy over Civil War monuments has gripped the nation, the state of Illinois needs to stop whitewashing our own slave-owning past in its official telling of history. Some of that whitewashing tars some of our most prominent public spaces. In 1918, in a stunning display of political and moral relativism, Illinois […]

A DEEPER HOLE I write to congratulate Bruce Rushton on his fine article titled “Can I see your papers? No!” in the Nov. 16 issue of Illinois Times. In a time when libraries are faltering with fewer people actually coming and sitting in a reading room to do research, it is sad to see the […]

ROUND UP FOR HOMELESS A sure sign that winter will be here before we know it was the opening Sunday (Nov. 12) of our city’s overflow shelter.Thanks in part to the many generous CWLP customers who already “round-up” their bills to next dollar, the overflow shelter was able to add 18 more beds and other […]