Illinois Issues

April 1979 VOL. V, NO. 4

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 storage at the Zion Nuclear Station? NO - by Catherine Quigg/ YES - Cordell Reed	12 Confusion in the child welfare system By John Poertner and Charles Rapp 15 Delegates to library conference set priorities By Roberta de Kay
	16 16 Clean elections in East St. Louis by Jim Bray 18 18 George Dunne works - how? by Jim Bray
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By John E. Williams Tax and spending limits focus on Thompson's plan 24 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONBy Gary Adkins Fiscal 1980 budget plus a gas tax to save the roads 33 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood Media conglomerates buying out family newspaper chains 34 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenburg Adlai Stevenson - a worried man ponders what to do 35 Chicago By Ed McManus 1,214 special districts - efficiency v. local control
23 SELECTED STATE REPORTS LETTERS__________23 EXECUTIVE REPORT___________27 Handicapped services moved from DCFS to DVR/Disincentive for business incentive/ Gas, electric rate increases/Hazardous materials transport/ Rental finding service/ Public guardian/Ethics Interpretations/ Auto theft/ Manpower agency/ Auto insurance study/ Mine rescue squads/ Community college elections/ Four snow days STATE STIX _______ 28 JUDICIAL RULINGS___________29 Corporate personal property tax/ YWCA building not "special use"/Foster care support/ Right to counsel denied/ Election law invalidated/ Death penalty struck down and upheld/ Logging fight/Pregnancy Disability NAMES_______31 Advocacy commission
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