Friday, August 29, 2008
DE Blog
The DE has quietly launched a blog of its own. There are a couple of interesting posts already, one from Sheila Simon about her experiences at the recent Democratic convention and the transcript of the DE interview with Chancellor Goldman about the Simon affair.
Labels: Daily Egyptian, John Simon, Sheila Simon
Monday, April 21, 2008
Kissing
Apparently the picture accompanying this article is causing a bit of a squall in the pages of the DE (If someone with better DE fu than I would send me a link to the picture, 'twould be greatly appreciated). See here, here, and oh, yes, here for more responses. Geez, the university needs $75 million in repairs and no one bats an eyelash but put two men kissin' on the front page...
Labels: Daily Egyptian, siuc
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Rental Inspection Fee Letter
Friday's DE has a letter from the ubiquitous Jane Adams regarding the proposed $35 rental inspection fee which makes some good points, though I would like to see some figures regarding the number of units in Carbondale that are dangerous or unhealthy. I do recall from the last council meeting that approximately 20% of existing units are inspected each year, rather than the 33% mandated by statute.
Labels: Daily Egyptian, landlords
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Give and Take
Quite a bit of back and forthing in the comments regarding this column about President Poshard and the AFAC in the DE.
Labels: Daily Egyptian, Glenn Poshard
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Interesting takes on the Poshard Situation
It's still front page news in the DE today, plus an editorial, plus several letters on the letters page. In the Southern Illinoisan, nothing.
Labels: Daily Egyptian, Glenn Poshard, Southern Illinoisan
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Carterville and Herrin Papers Corrected Post
Apparently, the Carterville Courier and Herrin Independent both knew about the Poshard story three or so months ago. However from a post in the comments by the editor of both papers, neither printed anything about the story. I sit in front of the computer corrected.
Labels: Daily Egyptian, local news, newspapers
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Another Letter on the Sales Tax
Michael Norrington, a resident of the Arbor District but one not in agreement with Jane Adams and the AD board, writes to the DE.
Labels: Arbor District, Daily Egyptian, taxes
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Jane Adams Responds to the DE
Jane Adams, an Arbor District board member, saw the coverage of the tax proposal in today's Daily Egyptian and sent out this email:
Today's Daily Egyptian has extensive coverage of the proposed city sales tax increase and the donation to SIU for Saluki Way. I am astounded at some of the claims being made:
Coach Jerry Kill is quoted as saying, "Jerry Kill's future is on that vote. I'll be fired."
Another story states [Saluki quarterback Nick] Hill joined many top university officials, including SIU President Glenn Poshard and Chancellor Fernando Trevino, in celebrating the recent proposal for Carbondale to help fund the first phase of Saluki Way."
The DE editorial writes, "There is no turning back -- curtailing Saluki Way is no longer an option. The request for this tax is tantamount to its demand." [emphasis added]
Meanwhile, SIU alumnus Kyle Englert wrote a letter suggesting repairs to the Stadium and the Arena that have long been discussed, and that the new student fees are adequate to pay for.
I don't understand who created the proposal that the City of Carbondale pay for a state institutions' capital project, but the rhetoric in the DE is extreme. The last I heard, we are a democracy and the elected representatives of the voters, or the voters through a referendum, decide on whether or not they will tax themselves.
Jerry Kill has a Carterville address.
Glenn Poshard has a Carterville address.
Fernando Trevino's address is not yet in the directory, but I doubt he lives in Carbondale.
Rebel Pinkston, who wrote in the Southern supporting the gift to SIU, and who is quoted in the DE, lives outside Carbondale at 29 Easthaven Drive (1/2 mi. east of Reed Station Rd., .4 mi. north of Ill 13, almost on the Williamson County line)
None of these people were able to vote for our City Council, including our mayor.
Further, Brad Cole ran on a platform of "keep[ing] costs down and slow[ing] the expansion of government." http://www.teambrad.com/html/plan.html Nowhere in his detailed plan does he even hint that he might ask the City to pay for a major capital project at the University.
There may be good arguments for the City paying for a new facility for a state institution. However, the case -- put forward primarily by people who do not vote in Carbondale -- has clearly not been made.
As several people have written, the new tax and its allocation to SIU should be subject to a referendum, so all its pros and cons can be hashed out.
Labels: Arbor District, Daily Egyptian, siu, taxes
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