The Southern Illinoisan Editorial Page Contact Policy
The Southern Illinoisan provides contact details for staff and departments including Publisher Dennis DeRossett Managing Editor Gerald Garcia and Opinion Editor Jeff Smyth. It outlines submission guidelines for letters under 250 words, sound off features The Vent and Voice of the Reader, and contact numbers for news tips circulation and classifieds.
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Voters urged to back Blagojevich and Phelps in Illinois races
A flood of letters to the editor from Southern Illinois readers argues for Rod Blagojevich and David Phelps, praising their records, criticizing Jim Ryan and John Shimkus, and urging support based on labor rights, law enforcement, and working-people concerns. Bedrock names include Randy Hellmann, Raymond Nutt, Thomas Austin, Telma Cristina Siva, Saundra Jent, and SunRon (Boren) Road.
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Illinois Fish and Wildlife Fund
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Saundra Jent
Williamson County
Barney R. Boren
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Springfield
Southern Illinois
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Electionitis grips voters in election season blues
Jim Muir writes of a nonpartisan illness called electionitis that saps enthusiasm for campaigns and parades, leaves readers wary of political ads and door knockers, and predicts a stronger strain in 2004 while urging living fully after Election Day.
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