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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2006
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan publishes reader letters up to 250 words signed with a real name and metown. Letters must address current issues, include a verifiable telephone number for verification, and may be edited. It excludes poetry, mass submissions, or libelous attacks.
Governor Rod Blagojevich in a re election bid outlines a $1.2 billion plan to boost biofuels and ethanol. The package promises up to 30 000 jobs, 900 E85 pumps and new ethanol biodiesel plants while highlighting Illinois rich corn soybean and coal resources and aiming to stabilize energy prices.
Governor Blagojevich proposes up to ten coal gasification plants to convert Illinois coal into natural gas diesel and electricity at a cost of 305 million dollars with 905 million redirected or self funded. Topinka countered with an energy plan centered on ethanol production and criticized delays while ethanol and biodiesel programs expand in Illinois.
A reader contesting Mark Denham's June 21 2006 letter explains a 2004 Forest Service environmental assessment and 2002 FOIA dispute. It notes researchers from Southern Illinois Purdue Indiana Missouri Nature Conservancy and state agencies contributed, and a DC judge ordered release of unreviewed draft materials as not exempt FOIA data.
The Southern Illinoisan lauds John A Logan College for a strict nepotism policy limiting family hires but critiques board members for questions about exclusions. The column also covers a FOIA lawsuit by The Southern and Anna Gazette-Democrat against SIU over public contracts. It closes noting Kim Stubblefield’s disability case and praising journalism’s role in aiding the afflicted.
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