NOELLE BUSH DOESN'T DESERVE ANY LENIENCY

Since 1995, Noelle Bush, daughter of the governor, has received seven
speeding tickets, been cited for five other traffic violations and
been involved in three accidents, according to state motor-vehicle
records. Ms. Bush has taken part in drug treatment and rehabilitation
programs in the past few years, both in Florida and out of state,
sources close to the governor, quoted in recent Post articles, have
said.

Gov. Bush revealed during his 1998 campaign that one of his three
children had a short-term drug problem. That experience led his wife,
Columba, to become involved with Informed Families, a statewide
drug-education program based in Miami. If you or I were to do what
their daughter Noelle has done, we would be punished severely, and so
should she.

FRED BAILEY
Okeechobee