Read it and weep

PEORIA -- Here's a devastating story on video gambling, in the Chicago Tribune.

Video gambling is addictive and destroys families and communities, according to this story, which looks at what has happened in other states where it is legal.

The Illinois General Assembly approved it without public hearings, and Gov. Quinn just signed the bill, as part of the capital improvements bill.

If this article is only half right, we can kiss Illinois as we know it good bye.

After a person has exhausted all resources trying to win money, crime is the only alternative, it says.

-- Elaine Hopkins