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Illinois Issues

May 1983 VOL. IX NO. 5
Established 1975


Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois. In addition to university support and subscription income, the magazine is supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Woods Charitable Fund Inc., and by donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of the grantors, either the university or donors.

Publisher: J. Michael Lennon. Editor: Caroline Gherardini. Circulation and business manager: Elizabeth A. Curl. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith, Assistant editor: Patricia Burtle-McCredie. Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross and Nora Newman Jurgens. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Robert Kieckhefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Robert Mackay, Barbara J. Hipsman, Bob Springer, Leroy S. Wehrle, Joan A. Parker. Capitol Commentary Editor: Melinda F. Kwedar. Graduate assistant: Marian L. Heid. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts. Student assistants: Kristal Brazaitis, Marie Conner, Wendy A. Hall, Jan R. Martz, Mark Thornton, Linda Vogt.

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. Michael J. Bakalis, professor of education and management, Northwestern University. 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 T. Fletcher, attorney, 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. Stratum, vice president, Canteen Corporation, Chicago. Thomas F. Roeser, vice president-government relations, The Quaker Oats Company, Chicago. Samuel W. Witwer, lawyer, Chicago. James C. Worthy, professor of management, Northwestern University. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.


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).

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Contents May 1983

Illinois Issues
Vol. IX No. 5
Established 1975



6     The ascension of Michael Madigan
By Diane Ross


12     Thompson's budget: pain for all
By Diane Ross


16     Telecommunications: the search for perfect connections
By Don Sevener


20     Money for roads and mass transit: It takes some to get more
By Nora Newman Jurgens



2     POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
      Chicago's new mayor needs to refocus city politics

4     THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
      Thompson squares off with Chamber of Commerce

24     BOOK REVIEWS
      The web of government By Richard B. Ogilvie
      James Howard and the Farm Bureau By Gordon Billingsley

26     LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
      ■ Unemployment insurance reform: the long road to solvency By Diane Ross
      ■ RTA chairman's salary: $97,500 is too much By Nora Newman Jurgens

36     CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
      The revolution is over: Evolution begins

37     WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
      A bigger bang for our buck

38     The Rostrum By Dorothy O'Neil
      LWV calls for higher taxes with tax relief


15     LETTERS

28     JUDICIAL RULINGS
Limited delegation of power upheld in Emergency Budget Act/Municipal utility tax upheld; consumer utility tax is not/Respect for life outweighs cost of supporting it/Death sentence upheld where issue was prosecutorial error/Legal aid funding wins court approval

31     SELECTED STATE REPORTS

32     EXECUTIVE REPORT/ STATE STIX
Private Sector Initiatives Task Force/Eight community correctional centers to close/Criminal Justice Information Authority/State bond sale and ratings

33     ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS

34     NAMES

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