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Article: Quinn kicks off Sept. 11 public health trust fund
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- Chicago Defender
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- October 15, 2001
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Quinn kicks off Sept. 11 public health trust fund
On the heels of a second NBC employee perhaps having anthrax symptoms and other media becoming targets of similar threats, former Illinois Treasurer Pat Quinn and Dr. Quentin Young Sunday unveiled kickoff plans for a Sept. 11 public health trust fund to fight bioterrorism.
"We have to, as a society, invest more resources in public health. This has been a passion of Dr. Young ever since he became a physician," said Quinn.
"We're proposing to put a referendum on the ballot in Cook County next March seeking $25 million a year from the annual money we get on the tobacco lawsuit settlement" that Quinn says amounts to about $300 million annually ...