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Page 2 - I'LAINDKALKR-HERALU, FRIDAY, APRIL 5.1985 Opinion/Politics Public pulse Death penalty favored Library questions Dear Editor: This should be a letter to our state governors (sic). . The article entitle "Are we keeping bad company" written by Don Graff of Newspaper Enterprise Assn. deserves the strongest possible rebuttal in words fit to print. Hie vast majority of voting Americans a are decidedly in favor of using and enforcing the death penalty whenever our courts nave handed down that decision. Soft-hearted people like Mr. Graff talk about "cruel and unusual punishment." These words m mean nothing in comparison to the vicious killings committed by those on death row and their total lack of regard for the victims and their families. We fail to consider and discuss the tremendous cost of k murderers and repeat c fed and clothed in our Each penitentiary inmate costs us taxpayers about $20,000 or more per year to support. What .a waste of our tax money. ; Graff himself says we have 4,400 people on Death Row. That iDeatn Row group itself is -costing us $28 million per year. I Why should we continue to sideratton, which they do not deserve or appreciate. Think of the. pain, suffering and enormous cost that John Hinckley continues to cause our government and the Brady family in caring for Jim Brady. Doesn't it burn you up to think that Hinckley is still alive and will be allowed to write a book? If we were to execute tly everyone on death row, would accomplish many beneficial things: -Save at least $20,000 per man per year. -Eliminate the possibility of a new trial for some ridiculous reason. -Eliminate the possibility of PM^e- - Eliminate the possibility of escape. -It would act as a strong deterrent against crime. If the would-be criminal knew' that punishment would -be definite, swift and severe, many would think twice. -When a murderer is executed, he cannot hurt anyone again. E v e r y o n e k n o w s rehabilitation does not work. Whenever an ex con with a 1< record is convicted again, 1< Dear Editor: Since the first election con­ cerning the Johnsburg Library, there's been a battle going on. I'd like to ask all sides a few questions. To the opposing party, I ask mm WMMML the following; 1. Has any election concerning the library been held illegally? 2. Are taxes going up more per household per year (as a result of a library) than the price of a library card from McHenry or.Fox Lake libraries? 3. At what library board meeting has the purchase of land or a building been mentioned? To the people who favor a library in Johnsburg. 1. Isn't it nice to have a library in our area? 2. Does a small tax in­ crease bother you when you know the benefits of a library? Even if you don't have kids in school, your grandkids or nieces or nephews benefit. To those who could care less about this issue, I ask oply one question. Did you know your Johnsburg Library loans out books, video tapes (free of charge), rents a VCR (cheaply too), has story hour for pre­ schoolers and kindergarteners, has a helpful staff and has ac­ cess to hundreds of books through an inter-library loan service? These services comin in handy to all kinds of people. I'm sure we'd all agree it's important to get the facts straight. Barbara Swanson oeme &OMeTHiNG again keep John Gacy, John Hinckley, set rid of him too. Crime Richard Speck, Sirhan Sirhan be dealt with as fast and severly and hundreds more alive? The as possible to make our streets -world would be better off safe. We cannot afford to expose What price liberty? •without them and glad to see all lof them dead. * Each year, we read about the unthinkable hearings to con­ sider such murderers for parole. Everyone of them should have .been finished off within six :weeks after their trials ended. We waste millions supporting the most dangerous criminals, jgiving them every con­ cur good people to continuing danger. Let's spend our tax money for good purposes and greater needs, such as schools, and start by weeding out those on death row. P.A. Hamilton P.S.-I am fully aware that the ~ of lawyers will never let happen. Here's a sample of what other papers are saying •By United Press International Meese calls it the "blood -Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution trade." an evil narcotics * Infrequent cocaine users may . combine underwritten with -kid themselves into believing iheir occasional coke-induced Jighter-than-air excursions •aren't hurting anyone, including Ihemselves.... If they were -hurting no one but themselves, our society might be able to tolerate them the way it does, say, tobacco consumers. It cannot, and the casual cocaine crowd shouldn't expect it. As rightly pointed out this week by new Attorney General Edwin Meese, there is an element that sould weigh on the minds of "recreational" users when they're tempted to make a buy: What does the money they spend go to finance? Whom does it hurt...? BASEBALL CARD SHOW millions of dollars extracted fronk unwitting or uncaring customers. He plans to work the issue hard during his time at Justice. That's a worthwhile drug- education gambit, especially for the customarily upscale cocaine customer: What kind of filth do they support with their discretionary dollars? It's a thought. Legislative and municipal elections were held. Polling places were jammed with citizens lining up to vote. People took precious moments of their time to vote in their democracy. Inspiring? Make you proud of our system of government, yourself and fellow citizens? Think again. The voting turnout described above hap­ pened Sunday in El Salvador. You know, one of those countries down south that we sneer at and call "Banana Republics." As for the great U.S.A., right here in McHenry County, Tuesday, we held elections for various city, village and township positions. Tales of lonely election judges tell the whole story. The county-wide voter turnout in this land of liberty? Twenty-seven percent! Now, of course it is unfair to compare the turnouts. After all, we all had business to take care of Tuesday. What with weather, work, shopping, kids, cars and bills. The Salvadorans probably h£d nothing better to do than leisurely go to the polls and worry about being shot at and bombed. _ * * * * $ * . i» i> i v SATURDAY, APRIL 13 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MASONIC HALL RTE. 14, CARY, ILL. (ACROSS FROM CLARK STATION) FOR INFORMATION CALL: CORKY (312) 458-4981 OR DOUG (815) 425-4017 H0BBYT0WN 1402 N» RIVERSIDE DR. McHEN OPEN M-TH10-8, FRl 9-9, SA T 9-. WE FEATURE •R.C. CARS •R.C. 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