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Lincoln Daily News.com
601 Keokuk St.
Lincoln, IL 62656

TEL: (217) 732-7443
FAX: (217) 732-9630

Lincoln Daily News publishes daily news about the Lincoln/Logan County area on the Internet at www.lincolndailynews.com. (We are not a print publication.) All subscriptions are free!

Content:

The articles published in Lincoln Daily News are the result of research, interviews and news releases submitted. Any opinions expressed are those of the writers.

Our staff:

In the office

Managing editor: Jan Youngquist

ldneditor@lincolndailynews.com

Technician, photo editor, graphic designer: 
Jeff DeMarco

Text processing: Mary Krallmann

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Lucky Eichner:  ads@lincolndailynews.com

Writers
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For employment information, contact us.

 

Our mission:

The mission of Lincoln Daily News is to tell the stories of Logan County in a contemporaneous manner, with lively writing and a predilection for simple truth fairly told. Lincoln Daily News seeks a relationship with the good people of Logan County that is honest, neighborly and never patronizing. Lincoln Daily News presents news within a full context that contributes to understanding. Lincoln Daily News is more interested in the marketplace of ideas than the competition of personalities. Without shrinking from the bold delivery of unvarnished fact, Lincoln Daily News operates from the premise that God's creatures deserve the presumption of right motive. Lincoln Daily News eschews malice and cynicism; it approaches every person with dignity and every subject with equanimity. In short, Lincoln Daily News informs, stimulates and entertains.

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Lincoln Daily News provides daily news, sports, features and commentary on Lincoln, Logan County and the surrounding area. 

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Letters to the Editor

The Lincoln Daily News publishes letters to the editor as they are received.
 The letters are not edited in content and do not necessarily reflect 
the views of Lincoln Daily News.

Lincoln Daily News requests that writers responding to controversial issues address the issue and refrain from personal attacks. Thank you!

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Letters to the Editor
Lincoln Daily News
601 Keokuk St.
Lincoln, IL  62656

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Vote no on tax increases

To the editor:

We are asking every voter, including those from both parties, to vote no regarding the city's proposal to raise the sales tax and to also vote no regarding the Logan County tax increase proposal. Both of these tax increase proposals will be offered to local voters at the polls on Tuesday, April 1.

The city and county governments cannot raise these taxes without voters' approval. We rarely get to vote on tax increases. We voted the above city tax increase down last November. Let's do the same thing now by voting no again April 1.

We cannot think of a worse time for Lincoln and Logan County governments to be expecting voters to approve their tax increase proposals. Many people believe we are experiencing the worse economic conditions now since the Great Depression in 1929.

 

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Because of these grave conditions and uncertain times ahead, we believe local voters will be wise to vote no regarding these tax increases or any other tax increases that may appear in the near future. Instead, we need to send a message to our city and county governments to tighten their belts and cut expenses first before asking us for tax increases.

We can all once again learn a lesson from history, because high taxes led to the fall of the great Roman and British empires. Another reminder: Taxes were not raised during the Great Depression.

We need to prevent a tax increase now by voting no to these two tax increases on Tuesday, April 1.

Les Van Bibber

Lincoln

(posted 3-24-03)

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