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The Lansing Journal is a community newspaper. We welcome input from fellow residents who have thoughtful things to say about topics that are important to our community. Send your submissions to [email protected] with “Voices” in the subject line.
Lansing Municipal Airport vs. Cook County leasehold tax – Chapter 2
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Bob Malkas, former Manager of the Lansing Municipal Airport
Lansing next became involved with the leasehold tax with the Illinois passage of PA 97-1161,...
History of the Lansing Municipal Airport vs. Cook County Assessor’s Office – Chapter 1
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Bob Malkas, former Manager of the Lansing Municipal Airport
Today few people in Lansing would be able to define a leasehold tax.Residents would be...
Setting the record straight on some recent racial efforts in Lansing
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The Lansing Community Coalition
In the past weeks, many statements have been written about racial justice in Lansing, including one from our mayor. However,...
Change is coming!
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Elvis Slaughter, in a Public Comment submitted to the District 215 School Board at their June 23 meeting
Dear TFD215 School Board,Change is coming!A...
Responding to injustice
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Pastor Leroy Childress, Grace Church
While in the midst of a global health pandemic we find ourselves facing a social catastrophe. We’ve all seen...
Understanding the system
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Jadyn NewmanNote: The Lansing Journal covered the June 13 peaceful protest in Lansing, which involved several speeches under the Clock Tower. That article...
Change needs to happen
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Tre’sean HallNote: The Lansing Journal covered the June 13 peaceful protest in Lansing, which involved several speeches under the Clock Tower. That article...
Admitting racism happens
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Jennifer Cottrill, Lansing residentNote: The Lansing Journal covered the June 13 peaceful protest in Lansing, which involved several speeches under the Clock Tower....
Circles of influence
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Pastor Nathaniel Smith, Lighthouse Community Church, LansingNote: The Lansing Journal covered the June 13 peaceful protest in Lansing, which involved several speeches under...
Acknowledging the past
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Frank Fetters
I remember, after President Obama was elected, my wife and I were sitting in front of the television, and she had tears...
‘A Change is Gonna Come’—Lansing, it is here
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Professor John Long, Retired
"A change is gonna come" to Lansing, and it is on our doorsteps and across the world.Many of you may...
What is the speed of patience?
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Mary Paulton
What is the speed of patience? Your library knows….To some this might seem like a subjective question...open to opinion. The circumstances...
Poem: House Arrest
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Griffin Polley
House ArrestIt happened a couple days ago
The word was already spread
We were all forced into our homes
“For at least two months” they...
Why I’m voting for Bernie
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Tom Stepp
I'm voting for Bernie because I believe in a future worth fighting for.I'm voting for Bernie because the stakes are simply too...
Hundreds and hundreds of dollars ahead
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Dr. Wes Molenaar
My father began practicing optometry in 1934, I joined the practice in 1964, and my son joined in 1994, so we...