Letters Policy and contact details for The Southern Illinoisan
The Southern Illinoisan publishes daily from Carbondale Illinois owned by Lee Enterprises. Letters to Voice of their Reader are welcome up to 25 words, signed with name and hometown, refutable edits possible, no poetry or mass submissions.
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Union County safety tax pledge tests public trust
Union County Sheriff Jim Nash faced a trust hurdle as he argued for a public safety tax referendum. He warned of rising crime linked to meth manufacture and potential layoffs threatening unpatrolled rural areas, while voters doubted the cash strapped county board could resist tapping the new quarter-cent sales tax.
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Union County
Jim Nash
Sheriff's Department
County Board
Union County public safety tax backed vows face test
Voice of the Southern notes Nash campaigned for the tax which voters approved to fund sheriff needs. It argues county board may cut the sheriff budget and rely on sales tax revenue, risking voter trust and potential deputy layoffs if promises are broken.
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Nash
Jim Tweedy
Illinois
Union County Board
Budget battle over Blagojevich plan shocks Illinois economy
A letter to the editor denounces Governor Blagojevich s fiscal year 2005 budget as harming jobs services and safety. The writer criticizes tax by fees cuts to middle management and targeted hires arguing retirees and overcrowded prisons worsen costs and threaten communities. They urge readers to contact officials and publish letters to spark action.
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Illinois
Blagojevich
Gov. Ryan
Vandalia Correctional Center
Iyc-St. Charles
Department of Corrections
Wine AVA plan draws grocers in WIGPAC critique
A reader warns that the Greater Shawnee AVA proposal could swallow northern grape varieties and rights of Illinois growers in a 2004 letter to the newspaper. WIGPAC objects, noting west central Illinois would be misrepresented in a 200 mile by 200 mile AVA.
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Wigpac
Western Illinois Grape Grower
Associated Corporation
AVA
Greater Shawnee
Illinois
Central Illinois
West Central Illinois
Two River District
Mr. Wichman
Illinois politics sinks lower as trash data sparks outrage
Jim Muir laments a scandal where rivals stole and dumped thousands of pages from state Sen. Dave Luechtefeld's trash, tying it to broader Illinois governance flaws. He notes licensing hikes, job losses, and a pattern of indicted officials while urging accountability and reform.
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Illinois
Dave Luechtefeld
Rokawville
Luechtefeld
Okawville
Springfield
Metro East
Illinois Supreme Court
Lloyd Karmeier
Karmeier
Washington County
Gordon Maag
Lincoln
Rod Blagojevich
General Assembly
Blagojevich and Co
Illinois Coalition of Jobs, Growth and Prosperity
Midwest
Vandalia Correctional Center
Hell
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