NEW IDEAS FOR BUDGET CRISIS

The collective sigh of relief that most Illinoisans exhaled when Rod
Blagojevich was impeached has barely passed our lips and Gov. Quinn is
already using thinly veiled threats to get what he wants. With
Illinois in economic turmoil, all that our new governor can come up
with is raising taxes or cutting huge amounts of funding for fighting
alcohol and drug abuse and other vital social services.

Shouldn't the governor, senators and representatives at least discuss
the possibility of 1) not spending millions of dollars on
incarcerating drug abusers and 2) looking at legalizing and taxing
marijuana sales?

Larry Adamski, Beverly