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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. Advertising and development officer: David Wayman. Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle, F. Mark Siebert, Patricia Burtle-McCredie, Judith L. Everson (book reviews/humanities). Assistant editor: Glenn Sheldon. Statehouse bureau chief: Michael D. Klemens. Editor emeritus: William L. Day. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Charles J. Abbott, Charles N. Wheeler III, Paul M. Green. Business staff: Charlene Lambert. Student editorial assistant: Debi Edmund. Student business staff: Chrystal Foster, Cindy Robbins.

THE BOARD: Chair: Michael H. Hudson, vice president, public affairs, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Chicago. Vice chair: Louis H. Masotti, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston. Members: Marcus Alexis, dean, College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago. Michael J. Bakalis, dean, School of Education, Loyola University, Chicago. James M. Banovetz, professor of public administration, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb. Norman Carlson, partner, Arthur Andersen & Co., Chicago. Christopher Cohen, attorney, Holleb & Coff, Chicago. Gayle J. Cozens, executive assistant to the governor, Chicago. William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield. James L. Fletccher, attorney, Chicago. James M. Furman, vice president, The MacArthur Foundation, Chicago. Robert T. Gannett Jr., codirector, Chicago Neighborhood Organizing Project. Leonard Gardner, executive director, governmental affairs division, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington. Samuel K. Gove, professor of political science, University of Illinois, Urbana. William C. Harris, Illinois commissioner of banks and trust companies, Springfield. Doris B. Holleb, professional lecturer, University of Chicago. David Kenney, professor of political science emeritus, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Joan W. Levy, past president, Illinois Association of School Boards, Winnetka. Odas Nicholson, judge, Cook County Circuit Court. Philip R. O'Connor, chairman and president, Palmer Bellevue Corporation, Chicago. James T. Otis, attorney, Peoria. David Paulus, senior vice president, First Chicago Corporation, Chicago. Taylor Pensoneau, vice president, Illinios Coal Association, Springfield. Theodore Peterson, professor of journalism emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana. Betsy A. Plank, assistant vice president, Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chicago. Robert F. Rich, director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois. Raymond G. Romero, commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago. Hon. William G. Stratton, vice presiden, Chicago Bank of Commerce. Samuel W. Witwer, attorney, Chicago. James C. Worthy, professor of management, Northwestern University. J. Michael Lennon, ex officio member.

Illinois Issues (ISSN 0738-9663) is published monthly 11 times per year with an August-September double issue. Second-class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. Editorial and advertising offices: K Building, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62794-9243 (telephone: 217/786-6084). Please address questions regarding your subscription to Illinois Issues, Subscription Division, P.O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815/734-6309). Subscriptions: $30.00 year/ $55 two years/ $80 three years; student rate is $15 a year. Individual copy is $2.75 (August/September double issue is $4.95). Back issue is $3.25 (August/September double issue is $5.50). Illinois Issues is indexed in the PAIS Bulletin and included in the PAIS database.

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Contents February 1988

Illinois Issues
Vol. XIV No. 2
Established 1975


8     Favorite son: Paul Simon
Bernard Schoenburg


11     Favorite son: Jesse Jackson
Bernard Schoenburg



14     Higher education's system of systems: reform rebuttal


    Illinois Issues 1988 Roster of State Government Officials
SPECIAL PULL-OUT SECTION



Columns

4     Politics
      Policy procrastination: state pension systems     Charles N. Wheeler III

6     The state of the State
      The state of the State 1987: a long, long time from February to July     Michael D. Klemens

22  The Rostrum
      Fiscal system needs discipline, not crutches     Robert L. Mandeville

26  Chicago
      Mayor Washington: a lasting imprint on Chicago     Paul M. Green


Departments

7     Letters

7     State Reports     Anna J. Merritt

18  Legislative Action
      State debt: Burden or not?     Michael D. Klemens

19     State Stix     Margaret S. Knoepfle

19     Judicial Rulings     F. Mark Siebert

20     Names

21  Book Reviews
      Brooks' poetry and place in literature     Babette Inglehart


Cover illustration: The photographs of Jesse Jackson and Paul Simon are by Marc PoKempner (copyright 1987).

The four-color cover illustration is made possible by a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation.

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