Pull the Plug on Peotone Airport Project
An editorial argues against a new Chicago area airport at Peotone, citing MidAmerica Airport as a warning. It cites $330 million already spent on MidAmerica, ongoing losses, and criticizes state spending while urging Illinois to halt Peotone and reconsider future regional air needs. It notes Lambert, O’Hare, Midway, and Gary Chicago International as context and calls for public input.
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Reverence and irreverence in a national poster row
Leonard Pitts Jr. reflects on a Miami artist Jeffrey Darnell Paul who used Martin Luther King Jr. imagery to promote a club poster. The piece argues the incident signals a broader loss of reverence and rising cynicism in American culture, noting similar uses in Pensacola and Baltimore and highlighting the hurt to King’s legacy.
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Funkadelic
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Miami Herald
Herald Plaza
Miami
Miamiherald
Leonard Pitts
VOICE OF THE READER urges Mosley to reconsider
A reader in Murphysboro challenges Dr. Mosley’s critique of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The letter argues Occupy centers on work, fair wages, and human dignity, not class warfare, urging a shift from dollar focus to social responsibility as a communal duty.
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Letters policy and contact details for readers
The Southern policy outlines letters to the editor limited to 250 words, submitted by email, signed with the author's name and hometown. Telephones are for verification. numbers not published. The paper edits letters, avoids news reporting, and lists editors and contact emails and phones.
Officials contact details for Kirk and Shimkus listed
U S Sen Mark Kirk contact numbers 312 886 350 202 224 285 217 492 5089 and U S Rep John Shimkus numbers 618 252 8271 and 202 225 527 www kirksenate gov and www house gov slash shimkus provided for constituent inquiries
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John Shimkus
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We Can’t Wear USA-Made Clothes Anymore Says Local Column
Herrin resident Louis A. French argues NAFTA and tariff cuts under Bill Clinton collapsed U S manufacturing. He recalls Southern Illinois shirts and dress factories now vacant and compares national debt to a reckless spender. He warns of future decline.
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Louis A. French
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Bill Cinton
Illinois
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