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Contents ----- August 1994

Illinois Issues
Vol. XX No. 8 Established 1974


Poison pen pals: political cartoonists
Poison pen pals: political cartoonists
Mike Cramer______12


Hard time for crime:fear and evidence
Hard time for crime: fear and evidence
Donald Sevener______18

Tough guys do cry:looking at boot camps
Tough guys do cry: looking at boot camps
Jennifer Halperin______23

Columns

Politics
'GAG index' in spring session reveals paltry achievement
Charles N. Wheeler III _____6

The state of the State
Lawmakers use 'motor-voter' for more political posturing
Jennifer Halperin_________ 8

Your turn
How more support of the arts would enhance community life
Michael C. Dorf ________10

Q&A Interview
Margaret Blackshere, AFL-CIO: 'You have to work hard; you also have to be lucky'
Jennifer Halperin_______11

Departments

Conversation with our readers Ed Wojcicki__________3

Letters __________4

Legislative Action
Session ends with big news mainly dealing with issues that weren't settled

Jennifer Halperin ________27

Book Review
Field of dreams revisited:
a season in the projects
Rich Shereikis __________ 32

Innovations
Beverley Scobell ________ 33

Judicial Rulings
F. Mark Siebert _________ 34

State Stix
Another day, another dollar: state salaries
Donald Sevener _________ 35

State Reports
Anna J. Merritt__________36

Names
Beverley Scobell and
Julie A. Detrick _________37

Cover illustration: Illinois politicians have learned to be on the lookout for how they're depicted in political cartoons. Watch- ing the hand that draws them are, clockwise from upper left, U.S. Sens. Carol Moseley Braun and Paul Simon, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Gov. Jim Edgar, Comptroller Dawn dark Netsch and U.S. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski. The cartoon is by Chicago's Mike Cramer, who also wrote an article about political cartooning in Illinois. See page 12.

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