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Committee did a good job handling current street repair projects

11-16-00

To the editor:

A big thanks and a pat on the back are due the Streets and Alleys Committee and the entire City Council for the direction it has taken in the latest street repair work.

In the past, many major street repairs were done by bidding out the projects. This year there were plans being made to bid out 1.3 million dollars worth of road work. This plan did not use any of the resources available from our own Streets and Alley Department.

Then the Streets and Alleys Chairman George Mitchell called a meeting with his committee and reworked the issue. The committee decided to put to good use all the equipment and expertise of our Street and Alley Department in conjunction with outside contractors. This decision ended up getting more streets repaired for less money. Because of good committee work and the willingness of Streets and Alleys Superintendent Don Osborne to take on larger projects, this was a win/win situation.

There is an important lesson to be learned here that can be used in all facets of running the city. As Mayor I will use the Committees and the Department Heads to their best capacity.

A special thanks to George Mitchell and his Streets and Alleys Committee, Don Osborne and the Street Department and the entire City Council for getting all the Road Rehabilitation done this year.

This new direction should be the approach that the city uses in the future.

Steve Mesner

 


Post-election observations

11-15-00

Dear Editor:

Looks like it may already be time for Bush to alter his campaign mantra. 'I don't trust the federal government, I trust the people' has become, before he's even considered the president-elect, 'I don't trust the federal government <unless I have to go to court>, I trust the people <unless they're hand-counting ballots>.' Compare this to Al Gore, who constantly reiterated on the stump how he wanted to fight for the people. And he is certainly fighting.

I'm not sure that even if Bush is elected that I could consider him my president. If the balloting had been done properly in Florida he would've lost. His brother being governor of this befuddled state is slowly becoming suspect. His camp spews a constant stream of absurdities, the single most laughable statement pointing up Ford and Nixon as paragons of virtue for the way they stepped aside in close elections. He himself signed a bill allowing manual hand counts in Texas' close elections. He began establishing a transition team without waiting for any final count. His camp decried the thought of taking the Florida election to court and then was the first to do so. The list goes on and on. Part of me feels bad for Bush. It must be tough going. But the other part of me, the gut instinct part, shudders at the idea of a well-to-do frat boy who hasn't ever worked for much of anything in life (beyond building a baseball stadium) getting a free ride all the way to the White House.

Sincerely,

Guy J. Jackson

 


LDN reader would like to see ISU sports coverage

11-14-00

Dear Lincoln Daily News Staff,

First I want to thank you all for creating a webpage that keeps so many Lincolnites up to date on the happenings in our town.  As a college student at Illinois State University, it is a wonderful/easy way to keep up with Lincoln news while at school. 

I have just one complaint with your paper.  It is in the area of sports coverage.  I am not talking about Lincoln sports.  You have done an excellent job following sports in the Lincoln/Logan County area.  I am talking about college sports.  It was very nice to see stories on Lincoln's Andy King, Steph Reichle, and Brian Cook.  However, my question is:  Why does coverage of the University of Illinois football team make the front page when only 30 miles away in Normal, Lincolnite Andy King and his Redbirds won their football game in double-overtime?  I'm not saying that you shouldn't cover Illini football(or any other U of I sports), but shouldn't you have equal coverage of area teams?  

I'm in the stands at every ISU game supporting these fine athletes and I know that a lot of Lincoln residents make the trip to Normal every weekend to do the same.  I would like to invite you to come see Steph Reichle, Andy King, and soon to be Redbird Gregg Alexander compete here at Illinois State.  I assure you that you'll walk away having seen a good game, been fully entertained, and have a good story that will interest many of your readers.

Sincerely,

Brock Boss

-proud ISU student, marching/pep band member

 

 


 

 

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Lincoln Daily News
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