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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2003
Page
4
Publisher Dennis DeRossett Editor Meta Minton Voice of the Reader Jeff Smyth details, newsroom contact lines, submission rules, and the policy on letters to Voice of the Reader. It notes office addresses, hours, classifieds and display ad contacts, subscriber rates, and rights to edit submissions.
Editor letter questions Mayor Shirk’s push for wet T shirt contests and oil wrestling as economic drivers in Pinckneyville. The writer asks for non alcohol based development ideas, notes Protestant Catholic tensions, and questions the town’s reliance on adult entertainment for revenue.
A Southern Illinoisan roundup notes Illinois lawmakers approved a 2.8 percent salary increase costing the state about 749000 annually, sparking criticism as the state faces a deep budget shortfall. Other items include Lorenz’s retirement, WSIU program changes, downtown plans for The Varsity Theater, a 2 million coal research grant to SIUC, a fire loss flag tribute, SIUC softball’s NCAA Sweet 16 run, Rend Lake Conservancy District audit push, and Amber Alert ideas from the Coin Machine Operators Association.
David Broder notes Karl Rove risks widening power public view as memoirs and profiles multiply. He recalls Rove's role in Bush's rise, the Salzburg Seminar influence, and the danger of attributing major policies to a single adviser. Broder argues anonymity mattered in past eras.
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