Rauner is showing his true political colors

When I open my Daily Herald, even before I go to the editorial and oped pages, I read the Pickles cartoon. On June 15, Earl explained to his little grandson, "Well, that's life. There's always some Bozo with more crayons than you."

One of those Bozos is now governor of the state of Illinois. One day after Earl's pronouncement, Gov. Rauner began using his vast array of crayons to color my television screen with ads berating our legislative leaders because they won't roll over and do his bidding. There he is, dropping the G's from his gerunds, doing his best to appear to be just one of us common folks, trying to convince us that we should be on his side in this stalemate in Springfield, because voters sent him there to clean up the fiscal mess.

What we and the members of the legislature should keep in mind is this: If Mr. Rauner had told us during the campaign that he planned to balance the budget on the backs of those residents of Illinois who have the fewest crayons, he wouldn't have been elected.

His attempt, now, to use his millions of crayons as a tool of governance is inappropriate.

Donald G. Westlake

Wheaton