Tax Assessing Snafu Highlights Local Equity Gaps
The piece explains how Illinois tax multipliers normalize county assessments but reveal wide within county discrepancies. Jackson County shows assessments at about 19.88 percent of market value versus 33.33 required, with Perry Randolph and Johnson counties similarly misaligned. The editorial urges township multipliers and criticizes local government for failing to reassess, warning of possible state action if local fixes fail.
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Illinois
Jackson County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Jackson County Board of Review
Jackson County Board
County Board of Review
Tross Pierson
Pierson
Perry
Randolph
Johnson
Spa
Critics of the jobless and a nod to Tom Woolf
A reader commends the Southern Illinoisan editorial Critics of the job less for its empathy and wisdom. The writer praises Tom Woolf for his unemployment series and invokes a moral teaching about judgment to condemn ongoing finger pointing.
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Southern Illinoisan
Tom Woolf
Bread for the World aims to influence hunger policy locally
Budd Waller of Anna cites Bread for the World as a Christian citizens' movement working with church bodies and secular groups to shape public policy on hunger. The local Southern Illinois unit meets monthly, with members including church representatives and national members. contact Wesley Foundation in Carbondale for meeting information.
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Southern Illinoisan
Budd Waller
Anna
BFW
Citi
Congress
Southern Illinois
Wesley Foundation
South Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Students For A Democratic Society
Michigan State News
East Lansing
Stockman
The
Peace Coordinating Committee
University Christian Movement
Lyndon Johnson
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
The Christmas bombing and its lasting lessons
Anthony Lewis analyzes the 1972 Linebacker II campaign as unnecessary and harmful. He argues Kissinger’s missteps and Saigon’s resistance led to a protracted wasteful war, urging restraint, transparency, and humility in U.S. power now facing a new era of political transition.
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United States
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nixon White House
Vietnam
Washington
Henry Kissinger
Saigon
Kissinger
Nugyen van Thieu
Thieu
Alexander Haig
Haig
North Vietnam
National Council of National Reconcilation
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Reagan has Vietnam critic in top post
Reagan names Michigan congressman David Stockman as budget chief and draftsman in a transition plan. Stockman, 33, has a history as a Vietnam war critic and draft resister, while Fred Fielding charts ethics compliance in the Nixon era. The piece notes Stockman's shift to conservatism and Fielding's noted pragmatism in handling sensitive materials.
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Reagan
Vietnam
Ronald Reagan
David Stockman
Michigan
Chicago
Michigan State University
Stockman
United States
George Bush
Fred Fielding
Fielding
Nixon White House
John Dean
White House
Public Health Service
Fred
Dean
SIU football a money loser says 1967 study
The 1967 Study Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics warned SIU to expand McAndrew Stadium and fund sports by student fees. Thirteen years later football brings about 180000 in revenue but costs 600000 to maintain, exposing the gap between revenue and profit. The piece argues basketball could be the money maker while football drains funds and others suffer.
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SIU
McAndrew
Commission
SIUC
Trevenues
Siu-C
Southern Illinois
Civil Service
Walt Frazier
Bradley
Creighton
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