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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 2006
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan lists letters to Voice of the Reader up to 250 words and requires name and hometown with a signed submission. It provides contact methods by mail fax email and notes editing rights and disallowed submissions. It also includes newsroom staff names and circulation contact information.
The Bloomington Pantagraph notes Illinois enforcement drives under the Click It or Ticket program focus on rural roads this week and next. It highlights a history of the stricter law, compliance gains to 86 percent in 2005, and argues the campaign seeks safer habits rather than merely raising money.
A reader-labeled opinion argues the new Illinois budget shows Democratic overreach with $800 million in pork, funding pet projects in Chicago while health care providers face delayed Medicaid payments. It cites $2 billion in unpaid bills, pension raids totaling $3.5 billion, and a 167 percent GO debt rise, projecting higher debt service costs to taxpayers.
A reader criticizes Illinois legislators for budget handling by governor and allies, accusing Democrats of sole control and Republicans of inaction. The letter calls for accountability, recalls past voting for Blagojevich, and urges voters to remember party dynamics in November.
In a letter to the editor, Robert A. Harper of Carbondale argues that the closing of a plant by a major American corporation destroyed over 1,000 local jobs in a 14 000 town while headlines globalized the Twin Towers attack. He criticizes the focus on cost cutting and stock gains over human impact.
Columnist Jim Muir recalls a 2002 alliance between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and AFSCME that soured into a public, acrimonious divorce. He cites unmet campaign promises, prison understaffing, and high tensions as the relationship deteriorates amid investigations and political sport.
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