Blagojevich deserves ‘full’ jail experience

I applaud the responsible jurors who found former Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty on 17 of 20 counts. Now he awaits sentencing. Like other former corrupt politicians, Blagojevich will probably end up in a Club Fed Recreational Facility like Ryan, Rostenkowski, Kerner and other assorted crooks. There he’ll enjoy a life full of perks unknown to many real inmates.

It’s time to stop rewarding these felons with a Mr. Softie correctional facility. Send a real message! Send Rod and other future betrayers of the public trust to a real hard-core prison. Let them rub elbows with the incarcerated likes of other jovial inmates and cutthroats. Perhaps Rod will get to enjoy the “full” prison experience. Then and only then will he understand what he has been doing to all the hardworking taxpayers for all these years.

Tony Novak

Arlington Heights