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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 2008
Page
4
A policy note outlines submission rules for Voice of the Reader letters, including word limit, typewritten or email format, signed with a home town, and verification phone number. It also lists editors contact details and a lengthy roster of elected officials with phone numbers and web addresses.
The Lincoln Log notes on January 9, 1864 that President Lincoln writes to Admiral Dahlgren requesting a meeting with Captain Lavender of New York. Lavender seeks to demonstrate a device to locate and remove underwater obstructions to ship passage, recommended by Senator Edwin Morgan and Lincoln himself.
Illinois ended the first half of the fiscal year with a record backlog of unpaid bills. Comptroller Dan Hynes reported the backlog rose to 1.7 billion dollars by December 31, up from 1.3 billion. The article notes the financial strain and potential consequences.
Hynes reports show average payment delays up to 34 days, with a year ago at 22 days and a $1.3 billion backlog. State leaders face ongoing backlogs as revenue lags spending, even as a $560 million school funding add on tightens the squeeze. Some lawmakers push for gambling expansion and other options to raise revenue, aiming for quick relief.
A reader condemns Ann Coulter for a December 30 diatribe and derides a NEA Of New Hampshire endorsement analogy as tasteless. The letter argues teachers’ roles, union protections, and safety concerns, urging self reflection and condemning the insult to educators.
Readers can vote for the Golden Pen Award winner through Sunday January 13 via The Southern Illinoisan online at www.thesouthern.com/goldenpen or by mailing a note or the January 2 letter clipping to Editor Gary Metro at The Southern Illinoisan Carbondale IL 62901.
Kathleen Parker probes if Obama reflects a national longing for leadership and change or a fixation on hope. She argues the real test is policy beyond emotion, noting crowds mistook him for a savior while efforts shift from hype to hard work and clear thinking.
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