Our state needs a Godzilla-sized rescuer

By removing the district map measure from consideration on the November ballot, Michael Madigan handed the gubernatorial election to Bruce Rauner. Madigan pretty much rendered Pat Quinn "irrelevant" by having the General Assembly overturn Quinn's veto of ComEd's "fast-track" rate increase legislation, making Quinn appear weak and an inadequate check to Madigan's autocratic rule.

Rauner may very well prove the greater of two evils, but voters want control, and Madigan has denied them that - not for the good of the state, which is on life-support, but for his own self-interest.

In the recent film "Godzilla," the title monster caused a lot of collateral damage in his fight against the mutant insects bent on destroying San Francisco and the rest of humanity. However, in the end, Godzilla succeeded in removing the greater threat and saving the city. Right now, Illinois needs its own "Godzilla."

Richard A. Kosinski

Chicago