Possible new SIU campus in downtown Springfield

And I used to like Manar.  As if this state didn't have enough financial problems, this might be the stupidest piece of legislation in a long time. Waste of money. SIU Carbondale already has an excellent Public Policy Institute. UIS - in Springfield last time I looked - was founded with an emphasis on Public Policy and Administration. This bill would be a waste of money and would hurt SIUC and other state universities not named U of I. You want to spend $50 million on education,  throw it Carbondale's way, since the state has been screwing them on funding for years. Nothing this Springfield campus would do except stroke Springfield, whose mayor wants to fill a vacancy in the old Y!