Patch Talker: Readers Sound Off After State of the State Address
What are the top issues affecting Illinois today? What would you like to see fixed in the coming year? Do you think Quinn chose the right priorities to highlight during his State of the State speech? Do you think he should be re-elected in 2014?
Following Governor Pat Quinn's State of the State address, Patch asked readers what they think the top issues affecting Illinois are. What needs to be fixed? Do you agree with the governor's priorities? Here are some of the responses we received. Some comments have been edited for length, grammar and clarity: "TERM LIMITS. Enough said." "[In light of Quinn's proposal to raise minimum wage to $10/hour] Yep, the politicians are certainly expert enough to tell private business how to run their operations since we all know how well the state runs it's business." "We already have term limits - 2 terms only. One in office, one in the Federal Lockup. What we need is a governor who has a higher IQ than his shoe size. Quinn is a Space Cadet, not…
marco sangria
12:51 pm on Saturday, February 9, 2013
fire them all. they are not responsible to anyone but themselves! lowest approval ratings and they are still in office. The electorate are the fools for tolerating this incompetence. no accountability. more ›