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Illinois Issues

Est. 1975 FEBRUARY 1979 VOL. V, NO. 2

ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The magazine's board is appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income the magazine is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University, and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon
Editor: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
            Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Gary Adkins
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
      Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
      Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Jan Griswold
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Roberta
      deKay, John E. Willams
     

The Board
Chairman:
Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Philip Kendall, vice
      president-government relations, The
      Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
John N. Collins, director, Center for
      Policy Studies and Program Evaluation,
      Sangamon State University, Springfield
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
      Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
      of Conservation, Springfield
James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen &
      Co., Chicago
Louis H. Masotti, director, Center for Urban
      Affairs, Northwestern University,
      Evanston
Odas Nicholson, lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Institute of Government and
      Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
James T. Otis, lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism,
      University of Illinois, Urbana
Betsy Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois
      Bell Telephone Co., Chicago
Gerald H. Pugh, vice president and director of
      government relations, Combined Insurance
      Company of America, Chicago
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, lawyer,
      Kankakee
Carl Shier, international representative, Region
      4, United Auto Workers
Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president,
      Canteen Corporation, Chicago
James M. Wall, editor, Christian Century,
      Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago
James C. Worthy, professor of management.
      Northwestern University
J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member

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Musical chairs in congressional redistricting 4
Chicago may lose one seat
By Mark Gruenberg

The Eldest Son: Senator Daley responsible for new mental health code 9
By Gary Adkins

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The consolidation of clout: The vote power of Chiacgo Democrats from Cermak to Bilandic 11
By Peter W. Colby and Paul Michael Green

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21 Independent living services fors the severely handicapped: The new goal of vocational rehabilitation programs
by Roberta deKay

26 New Members of the General Assembly

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins
Private Sector key to local growth

24 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONBy Gary Adkins
81st General Assembly gets a two step pay raise

32 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Polls and politics - the Percy-Seith race

34 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Year 2000: Big drop in white popluation and revitalization of Loop

35 Washington By Mark Gruenburg
Nuclear waste disposal

SELECTED STATE REPORTS_______________22

BILL SUMMARIES____________________24

EXECUTIVE REPORT ________28
Governor admits mistake

STATE STIX___________28
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS / 29

JUDICIAL RULINGS 29
Property rights, privacy rights/FEPC backlog

NAMES 30
Turnover in governor's cabinet

LETTERS 31

ILLINOIS ISSUES (USPS 060-130) is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/782-0294). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815-734-4151).

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription rate: $18 year/$30 two years/$42 three years; student rate is $9 a year. Individual copy is $1.75. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. 51980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.

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