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To the editor: I am writing
to you to help put the article “CoGFA Public Hearing on Logan
Correctional Center in Lincoln June 13th” into perspective for every
member of Logan County. The public CoGFA hearing about the closure
and moving of Logan Correctional Center from Logan County needs to
be a topic that is discussed at every dinner table in Logan County
and with every family member and neighbor.
I am an employee at Logan Correctional and was born and raised in
Lincoln Illinois. I have watched in recent years as Lincoln has lost
too many large businesses and I feel as though Logan Correctional
Center will be yet another one. I have been wondering why, why is
Lincoln losing so much when I have witnessed the greatness of this
community. Why are we letting the state take something else away
from us? In 2011, when the state tried to close Logan Correctional
Center, I watched this community come together and take a stand. The
people of this community showed up when needed, they answered the
call when this community needed it.
I am asking Logan County to take a stand again, stand up for your
community, our community. Do not let the government move 500+ jobs
out of Logan County to the Chicago area. Make the governor remember
the rest of Illinois matters too – show up to the public CoFGA
hearing on June 13th, 5pm at the Lincoln Jr. High School.
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Cancel your evening games, close your business for
the evening, change your dinner plans and show up! Put a sign in
your front yard that says exactly what this community needs – “Keep
Logan CC in Logan County.” Participate in a march, call your state
representatives and senators, talk to other members of the community
about how important the jobs within Logan County are. Without
speaking up and talking a stand, the government will dismiss us, and
Logan County will suffer the lasting consciousness.
Remember the families and homes that Logan Correctional Center
provides for in Logan County. Logan County does not need to be taken
from, please take a stand and attend the CoGFA hearing June 13th.
In Solidarity,
Shelbie Bolyard [Posted
June 4, 2024]
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