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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 2003
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan lists its publisher Dennis DeRossett and editors contact details, reader voice person Jeff Smyth, and Minton. It details submission guidelines for letters up to 250 words, including signing, home town, and telephone verification, plus general newsroom numbers and classified display ad contacts.
Neighbors and a roadhouse tavern owner dispute noise prompting Jackson County Legislative Committee to revisit the liquor ordinance to restore peace along Old Illinois 13 between Carbondale and Murphysboro. The meeting tonight aims to resolve the issue amid changing tensions in the rural stretch.
In Jackson County residents near Doc's Tavern accuse the Shelton business of amplified noise harassment. Sheriff reports 40 plus complaints since March 1 as a lawsuit and a proposed ordinance focus on restricting sound within specified distances before and after 10 PM.
The Illinois General Assembly and governor confront a $5 billion deficit with May talks. A proposed budget rejects income and sales tax hikes, boosts education by $300 million, health care and safety funding, and carves $1.3 billion from wasteful spending while creating a rainy day reserve. The speaker pledges vetoes for tax hikes and insists on five fiscal principles before signing.
Jim Muir reports from Southern Illinoisan on IDOT practices linking a high salary for Jordan Smith, daughter of a major union official, to political connections. Former employee Ed Killman, with nine years in state service, was fired by fax amid questions of patronage and jobs for party allies.
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