The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Board Contacts and Policies
Publisher Dennis DeRossett Editor Meta Minton Opinion Editor Jeff Smyth Voice of the Reader Details for letters to the Southern Illinoisan include submission methods, word limits, and verification rules. It covers contact emails and phone numbers, circulation queries, ad placements, and guidelines on signed letters under 250 words with restrictions on libel and mass submissions.
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Dennis DeRossett
Meta Minton
Rend Lake Conservancy District board faces calls for full disclosure
The RLCD board settled with general manager Kevin Davis for 250000 and with assistant Nancee Paul for 35000 amid allegations of misused district funds. Critics urge full public explanation of why a firing justified by alleged 500000 misappropriation led to such settlements and lack of transparency.
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Tisis
Rend Lake Conservancy District Board
Kevin Davis
Davis
Nancee Paul
RLCD
Terry Black
Rend Lake
Public scrutiny grows over RLDC OB and district FOI actions
The Southern Illinoisan exposes that RLDC carries a 10 million dollar liability policy, possibly shielding board members from wrongful discharge suits. The piece questions why the district would settle to suppress misconduct and accuses officials of secrecy while calling for full disclosure and public accountability ahead of a state financial audit.
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Davis
Paul
ALCO
Southern Illinoisan
Black
Franklin County
RLDC
Gary May
What black parents must do in Shaker Heights study
Clarence Page reviews the Shaker Heights effort where black parents invited John Ogbu to explain the academic gap with white peers. The findings credit both society and schools and even parental roles, noting that peer culture and external pressures shape teens.
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Shaker Heights
Cleveland
John A. Ogbu
University of California At Berkeley
Ogbu
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
New York Times
Signithia Fordham
University of Rochester
Ronald Reagan
Blagojevich under fire for budget moves and ethics stance
Mike Lawrence notes doubts about Rod Blagojevich amid a budget crisis as the governor resists judge and official pay raises, seeks deeper spending cuts, and clashes over ethics legislation. He warns the outsider reform image may fade unless governance and numbers improve, with polling currently favorable but discontent growing among reform advocates. MIKE LAWRENCE is associate director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
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Claude Steele
Stanford University
Jesse Jackson
MTV
Rod Blagojevich
General Assembly
Blagojevich
George Ryan
Ryan
Statehouse
Mike Lawrence
Public Policy Institute
Southern Ilinois University
Carbondale
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