We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. EATING ON $25 A WEEK I would encourage everyone to attempt the Illinois Food Bank Association’s $25 challenge in an effort to re-examine […]
Letters to the Editor
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. CONDITIONS AT RUSHVILLE This is an alert to the taxpaying public concerning an obscure Illinois civil law called Title 59 Commitment, which detains […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. 9/11 SURVIVOR FROM SPRINGFIELD Mr. Wilkins, you have my sympathy and understanding [ See “I’m a 9/11 survivor living in Springfield,” Sept. 18]. […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. A MAGNET FOR NURSES The underlying cause for the ongoing nurse vacancies in our hospitals is the short supply of nurses in Illinois […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. PAY IT BACK! Just a word of advice to some of last week’s letter writers complaining about SallieMae: the reason it’s called a […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. STUDENT LOANS SYMPTOM OF SICK SYSTEM The problem with student loans is they hurt the very people they are supposed to help [Amanda […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. PROSTITUTION TIMES TEN Fletcher Farrar’s recent column (“Going to the Johns,” IT, Aug. 21-27) highlights the issue we face due to prostitution activity […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. PROSTITUTION TIMES TEN Fletcher Farrar’s recent column (“Going to the Johns,” IT, Aug. 21-27) highlights the issue we face due to prostitution activity […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. JACKSON POEMS, GENTLE AND AWARE I wanted to send a note in admiration of the poems by Jackie Jackson. I received a 2007 […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. CANADA MEETS HEALTH CARE NEED I would like to challenge Tom Rand and the others who write negative letters regarding universal health care […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. WE’RE AT A CROSSROADS Nancy Long’s letter included the excellent statement “If you want safer streets, then you have to help make homes […]
Posted inOpinion
Letters to the Editor
We welcome letters. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number. We edit all letters. Send them to Letters, Illinois Times, P.O. Box 5256, Springfield, IL 62705; fax 217-753-3958; e-mail editor@illinoistimes.com. NO ENTHUSIASM FOR BIOTECH After reading the “Bakers vs. wheat farmers” letter [Allen Skogen, July 10], I felt I had to comment. Biotechnology […]
