Illinois Issues

March 1979 VOL. V, NO. 3

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

Contents

	4 AFSCME's Larry Marquardt By John E. Williams
8 Debate: Should ComEd increase spent fuel stTuesday, November 28, 2006 By Gary E. Schmitz	13 Seniors want action: Ballot box power and a long list of goals By Dennis B. Fradin and Judith B. Fradin
	21 Our gummed-up food stamp system: A sensible, 'piecemeal' proposal would help by Phillip M. Gregg
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins How much school support can the state afford? 26 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONBy Gary Adkins and John E. Williams Crying needs and screaming taxpayers 33 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer Legislative pay raise - image v. substance 34 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove Workloads and pay hikes - quid pro quo? 35 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenburg Condos - high rents, displaced tenants and no action
LETTERS__________12 BILL SUMMARIES___________26 Taxes/Corporate property tax replacement/Gas tax/Abortion/Chicago conerns/Collective bargaining/Consumer concerns/Drinking age/Educational funding/Employment discrimination/Envionment/Government reorganization/Prisons/Public Aid/Salaries/Unemployment insurance/Workers compensation COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ________28	EXECUTIVE REPORT___________20 Special education rules/Blizzard aid/Chicago school probation continues/Generic drug problems/Dying with dignity/Erosion control hearings/Scavenger sale/Sewer bans STATE STIX _______ 29 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS______30 Publishing assessments JUDICIAL RULINGS_______31 Breslin seating question moot/New currency exchange law unconstitutional/Firemen's residency required/Tax break for pollution control/Strikers shouldn't prosper NAMES_______32 Consumer services/Local jail standards/Nutrition campaign
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