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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 2002
Page
4
Publisher editor Linda Ritchie Lindus manages the edition. Readers may submit letters to Voice of the Reader or The Vent with under 250 words and proper attribution. Contact numbers, emails, and submission guidelines are provided for news tips, circulation, classifieds, and display ads.
Illinois budget debate centers on a $42 million pork slush fund dubbed community initiatives by House Speaker Lee Daniels and “member initiatives” by Sen. Steve Rauschenberger. Since Gov. Edgar, the special fund has grown to $1.5 billion, with grants often bypassing the budget process and benefiting lawmakers’ districts, donors, and relatives.
A reader urges keeping Today's Verse on the Opinion page and cites Revelations 19 15 to defend broader biblical context. The letter compares teacher pupil ratios salaries and district funding, noting Trico ranks seventh to eleventh in several metrics and describes past insurance and salary concessions and a 4 7 percent raise under a multiyear contract.
D. Gorton of Carbondale cites Mark Duran Samuels Sunday political round-up as a sharp, awakening piece from smaller papers. A Trico Education Association president adds context about 1999 2000 district financial profiles from Illinois districts including Murphysboro Zeigler Royalton and DuQuoin.
Reader calls for recognizing a free Palestine with Yasser Arafat as leader, condemns Israel’s occupation and settlement activity, and urges Congress to break the Israel lobby grip and pursue justice for Palestinians. He argues for immediate withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and settlers and a reinterpretation of US Middle East policy aligned with American national interest.
Leonard Pitts analyzes Rick Reilly’s Sports Illustrated column arguing a double standard in how praise and condemnation are applied to black and white athletes. He discusses gender, power, and race in sports and society, noting white outrage often follows white figures while black offensive remarks draw less response. Pitts urges accountability for all racist rhetoric, but cautions on perceived equity between slights and power dynamics.
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