Letter To The Editor:

With the addition of Family Video leaving Springfield, along with Family Dollar, Aldi, Shop and Save, and other stores, I have to wonder how long it will be before Springfield joins Peoria, Illinois, as being on "life support".

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By this, I mean NO manufacturing jobs, and fewer, and fewer choices, for shopping.

Norman Hinderliter

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