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10.08.08 | Letters to the Editor: Out with Con-Con Supporters keep telling us that we need a constitutional convention to change the way things are done in the state of Illinois for the better of its citizens. Well, supporters better think again. The estimated cost to campaign for election as a Con-Con delegate is $225,000. (That's the estimated cost per delegate.) Average folks don't have that kind of money normally and certainly not during difficult financial times. But special interest groups do. You can bet they'll be happy to pay for the election of delegates to represent their interests. As a result, the con-con would be dominated by special interest groups, who would amend the State of Illinois' Constitution to suit their own agendas. Wouldn't that be a big improvement? Vote no on the con- con question. |
