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SEPTEMBER 1982 VOL. VIII NO. 9
Established 1975

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 grants from the Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy; the Ancel Charitable Trust; support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University; and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors, either university or donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Fulfillment and advertising manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Circulation director: John E. Cockrell. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant editors: Patricia Burtle-McCredie, John G. Martin. Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross and Cheryl Frank. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Robert Mackay, James Krohe Jr., Barbara J. Hipsman, Bob Springer. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts. Student assistants: Mark Thornton, Leslie Wright.

THE BOARD

Chairman: Samuel K. Gove, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago.
Members: Louis Ancel, attorney, Chicago. David E. Connor, Commercial National Bank of Peoria. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. Harold L. Deakins, public affairs manager, Illinois Power Company, Decatur. Robert P. Ewing, chairman of the board and president, Bankers Life & Casualty Co., Chicago. James M. Furman, executive vice president, MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan Institute, University of Chicago. Michael J. Howlett, partner, Howlett & Perkins Associates, Chicago. Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. David Kenney, director, Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield. Louis H. Masotti, professor of political science and urban affairs, Northwestern University, Evanston. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. James D. Nowlan, director, Public Administration Program, 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. Carl Shier, international representative, Region 4, United Auto Workers. Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president, Canteen Corporation, Chicago. Thomas F. Roeser, vice president-government relations, The Quaker Oats Company, 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


ii8209tc-1.jpg       SERIES ON WATER
      6       Industrial use of water: the assumption of abundance
By James Krohe Jr.

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      13       Running the legislature's law firm
By Patrick O'Grady

HUMANITIES ESSAYS (Second Series)

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      17       Fables for the Information Age: The Fisherman's Wishes
By Carolyn Marvin

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SURVEY OF LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
      28       The Senate: Economic development and state revenue are the issues for 1983

2       THE STATE OF THE STATE BY Diane Ross
New federalism splits states

4       POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
Voters will answer conflict question

25       BOOK REVIEW By Thomas M. Guterbock
Confronting the myth of the Chicago machine

26       SCIENCE By Dee Woessner
Nuclear emergency plans tested annually at state power plants

35       LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY Diane Ross
Taxes on the agenda

40       WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Ban on Soviet trade: a defense or a disaster?

41       CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Arrangement in bad times

42       THE ROSTRUM By David Owen
The plight of regional planning agencies

4       LETTERS

27       SELECTED STATE REPORTS

37       JUDICIAL RULINGS
Common law nuisance action properly applied against obscene state show/ Builder's liability for a defective home extends beyond original purchaser

38       EXECUTIVE REPORT
Appropriations vetoes mean layoffs or payless workdays

39       ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS/ STATE STIX

39       NAMES
Downing heads Illinois Savings and Loan Commission



ILLINOIS ISSUES is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: K Building, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/786-6084). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P.O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815/734-4151).

Subscription rate: $24 year/ $44 two years/ $56 three years; student rate is $12 a year. Individual copy is $2.25. Back issue: $3.00. ©1982 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.



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