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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 2006
Page
4
Publisher Dennis DeRossett, Editor James Bennett, and Managing Editor Ralph Loos shape the newspaper’s voice and newsroom leadership.
The Southern Illinoisan invites signed letters up to 250 words addressing current issues. Include a telephone number for verification, though not published. Letters may be edited. poetry, mass submissions, or libelous content are not printed. Contact details and submission methods are listed.
The Herrin Maytag plant workers voted to approve Whirlpool severance terms of 650 dollars per year of service up to a maximum of 16 900 dollars along with 16 to 26 weeks of health coverage after closure. Critics question the payout size and urge broader relocation options and better transition aid for the 800 plus employees facing job loss. The piece notes Whirlpool’s size and suggests a public donation of the Maytag building to Herrin as a future recruitment asset.
Letter to the editor argues the Cheney-Specter compromise expands warrantless spying, enabling presidents to wiretap without warrants. It warns the measure erodes civil liberties beyond the Patriot Act, risks innocent citizens, and urges Congress to resist to protect future generations.
In a letter to the editor the writer praises An Inconvenient Truth and Al Gore, credits his early science-influenced thinking, and urges practical steps. The author calls for reducing CO2, walking more, tire maintenance, native trees, efficient lighting, farmers markets, and asks Congress to push auto makers to improve fuel economy beyond 1975 standards.
A Carbondale reader lauds NPR and PBS but opposes public funding. She argues funding cuts threaten public broadcasting and urges constituents to lobby representatives to keep PBS and NPR privately financed. The column highlights editorials by Pitts Jr Muir Broder and others.
U S vehicles averaging 40 mpg could save over 3 million barrels of oil daily per Sierra Club Environmental Update. Technology exists for smarter ignition, transmissions, and efficient design. Environment and economy align. political will is a renewable resource.
Jim Muir blasts Illinois corruption and deficits in a candid weekly column. He cites federal probes, a $3 billion medical debt, and a $3 billion budget gap plus pension underfunding as signs of systemic rot. He argues voter apathy sustains the status quo and recalls past administrations, including Blagojevich and Ryan, as part of a decades-long pattern.
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