Illinois Issues

Established 1975
JUNE 1980 VOL. VI, NO. 6

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: Diane Ross
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Milton Rakove, Ed McManus,
      Anna J. Merritt, Larry Smith,
      Beverly Fleming, Robert Mackay
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Alden Solovy,
      Cheryl A. Tinsley, Claudia L. Wooldridge,
      Brian T. Townsend, John G. Martin, Janice R. Herrin

The Board
Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Thomas F. Roeser, 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 Clifford Kelley: a man on the way someplace By Robert J. McClory
13 Private sector assisted housing programs By Beverly Ann Fleming
	8 Lobbyists and the law By Karen Fahrion 11 Lobbyists and how they work By Terry T. Campo
16 Local money, local control: the tax-increment road to urban renewal By Harold Henderson
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Margaret S. Knoepfle An agenda for Illinois agriculture 21 SCIENCE By Kristine Sundburg Reduced SO2 levels may permit more coal to be burned 24 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross What's happening with the issues 30 MEDIA By Tom Littlewood Pantagraph ownership passes to California firm 32 CHICAGO By Ed McManus Suburbs crucial to Richie's rise 33 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay Lobbying for the state 34 THE ROSTRUM By Gov. Dan Walker Setting the record straight
SELECTED STATE REPORTS_____ 22 EXECUTIVE REPORT_____________27 Department of Nuclear Safety proposed by executive order STATE STIX ____________________27	ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS ___________28 JUDICIAL RULINGS ___________28 State reps have no immunity under feds/ The right of employee to sue city/ Freedom of information/ Death penalty overturned/ Discrimination for pregnancy NAMES__________________30

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).

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