BEFORE YOU LEAVE ON VACATION, CHECK WITH TRAVEL AGENTS OVER AT ILLINOIS CORRECTIONS

If you're making vacation plans, call the Illinois tourism folks and ask them to put you in touch with the people over in the corrections department. If you want to travel in style, Donald Snyder is the man to talk to.

Synder is director of the Illinois corrections department. He attended a conference in Phoenix. He flew to the meeting while two bodyguards drove his special car to Phoenix to be used during the four-day conference. You know, getting to restaurants and the like. Meanwhile, two other Illinois officials at the conference also rented cars. You know, getting to restaurants and the like.

There's no dollar figure on the final tab for all of this. But that's the best part. Maybe you can get Illinois taxpayers to pay for your vacation. That's the way to travel.