Lt. Gov. pick?

I’m a little behind on e-mail and just read the following. Your support could be meaningful. From one email comes the following:

In just a few days the Democratic Central Committee will choose its candidate for Lt. Governor.

Art Turner received the second-highest vote count in the primary. Following Cohen's withdrawal Turner should have been given the nomination for Lt. Governor. Instead, Gov. Pat Quinn, Mike Madigan and other members of the Committee have been soliciting for a Lt. Governor candidate. The sender of the email wrote that there is no one more qualified, honest and deserving than Rep. Art Turner.

Illinois Prison Team (IPT) members were asked to call Gov. Quinn's offices in Springfield and Chicago yesterday and also to call House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton. IPT members and others can also call their elected representatives on the Democratic Central Committee.

The sender of the e-mail continued, “Art Turner has been a true friend to inmates and their families. We need him in this office. He's always backed all our initiatives for prison reform and now it's our turn to pay him back for the legislation he's introduced, the prison reform he's supported and the events he's attended. Do this for Art and our brothers/sisters behind the wall.”

The IPT group’s interests include –

- prison reform including the review of and reinstatement of good time credits which can help reduce a person’s sentence;
- robbing families of millions of dollars by charging obscene rates for phone conversations;
- advocacy around improving prison programs, medical treatment and healthy food. People in prison don't eat meat - they are fed soy products, causing many to develop serious illness due to the regimented diet.
- advocacy against long-term segregation in the TAMS program (long-term isolation).

For more information about the Illinois Prison Talk Team, visit www.illinoisprisontalk.com/