Some publications have said that, with its adoption, two "non-lawyers" will be added to the present five- member commission composed solely of judges.
The wording of the amendment is that the governor will appoint two "citizens."
Doesn't that mean that lawyers, as well as non-lawyers, could be appointed? Or even more judges?
Ed Nash
Waukegan
Biotechnology critics off-base
The article, "World worries
about corn and beans," in your
November issue made fascinating reading. (See page 16.) I
suspect the term "international
activists" does not, for most
Americans, include the United
States — but it should. How
many Americans realize that
for over 30 years the consumer
could go into a French grocery store and buy milk in bottles
that were sitting in a pile on
the floor? The bottles had been
irradiated to kill bacteria, so
the milk didn't need refrigeration until the bottle was
opened. A small group of U.S.
activists have been able to keep
irradiated foods off the market
here for years. The only
certainties are death, taxes and
CHANGE!
William T. Camall
Countryside
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