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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 2002
Page
4
Readers may submit letters without names and should indicate withholding. Letters are limited to 250 words or less and must avoid attacks on individuals or businesses. The publication reserves the right to edit all letters for clarity and appropriateness.
Publisher Linda Ritchie Lindus Managing Editor Gerald Garcia and staff share contact details for letters tips and classified ads. The piece outlines publication offices pricing letters policy word limits and submission methods for Voice of the Reader The Vent and other reader engagement channels.
The Vent invites reader thoughts by telephone or mail from Jackson and Williamson counties with options for anonymity. A letter mentions pro choice public schools and a call for proof of Steve Babb and Cobden’s positions. A reader thanks Darlene Bailey for assisting after a February Rt. 13 accident near Illinois.
A long reader letter page airs opinions on Universal care, private prisons, ethanol mandates, and Ten Commandments in schools. Contributions criticize government spending, advocate corrections reform, discuss gambling funds, and urge voter action while defending gun rights and school funding.
A reader poll from March 9 2002 asks if tax dollars should subsidize private academies and religious schools, with 25 percent approving unconditional subsidies and 14 percent endorsing subsidies under certain circumstances. About 60 percent oppose diverting funds from public schools. The piece also asks whether presidents should have two four year terms or limits.
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