The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Contact and Letters Policy
The Southern Illinoisan provides contact details for the publisher editor and staff, newsroom tips lines, and subscription services. It outlines letters policy including word limit, signing requirements, and verification, and notes submission channels for Voice of the Reader and The Vent with contact emails and numbers.
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Reader Letter Critiques State Tax Plan And Politics
A reader voices disgust at State Sen Larry Woolards two year tax increase to fund Vienna prison fixes. They criticize interim taxes, education funding failures, and lottery promises. The letter laments entrenched politics, calls for pay cuts, and argues collective bargaining divides workers.
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Larry Woolard
Vienna
Social Security
Washington, D.C
Graduate assistants unionization sparks campus debate
The letter argues graduate assistants should have collective bargaining rights amid talks by University of Illinois administrators. It criticizes a cited criticism of “rowdy students,” contends GTAs teach half of undergraduate courses, and links fanaticism to moral choices on abortion referencing Elie Wiesel.
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University of Illinois
Elie Wiesel
Wiesel
Tax Day Split as IRS Scrutiny Clashes with Bermuda Exodus
A satirical critique notes IRS focus on the poor while about a million rich individuals and firms move to Bermuda to dodge taxes. It mocks partisan attacks, underfunding of the IRS, and campaign finance reform efforts, citing Enron, stock options, and broader tax system inequities. Molly Mins writes for Creators Syndicate.
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Internal Revenue Service
Bermuda
Alan Greenspan
Gingrich
IRS
Gestapo
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Tax Gestapo
Let’s
Iowa
Charles Grassley
Grassley
D’s
Enron
Wall Street Journal
Bush
SEC
Town hall rally targets Vienna closure amid labor protests
The Southern Illinoisan previews a Monday town hall in Marion on Gov. George Ryan’s plan to close Vienna Correctional Center with AFSCME and other unions poised to attend. The piece notes political stakes for Rep. Tom Dart, Judy Baar Topinka, and potential broader facility closings, urging peaceful attendance to highlight the human cost of the move.
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George Ryan
Vienna Correctional Center
Egypt
Choate Mental Health Center
Tom Dart
House
Dart
Topinka
Vienna
Afscme
Johnson County
Illinois
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