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Illinois Issues

July 1979 VOL. V, NO. 7

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: Gary Adkins
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
      Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
      Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
      Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
      Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Jan Griswold
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Roberta
      deKay, John E. Willams
     

The Board
Chairman:
Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
      of Government and Public Affairs, University
      of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Philip Kendall, 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 Redlining: A black and white issue?
By John N. Collins

10 Don Rose analyzes Jane Byrne's victory
By Sandra Martin

13 Illinois coal v. western coal: Who's getting burned?
First in a series on coal by James Krohe Jr.

19 Illinois pension funds: A fictional crisis?
By A. James Heins and William R. Bryan

2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins
The long dry summer

23 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Gary Adkins
Partisan debate over replacement tax

32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Federal budget balancers may ax revenue sharing

33 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Byrne as mayor: The status quo

34 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
State legislators: The fewer the better?

35 THE ROSTRUM By Senator Charles H. Percy
Nuclear power's future rests with restoring publis confidence

LETTERS _______ 18

SELECTED STATE REPORTS__________22

BILL SUMMARIES & ROLL CALLS__________24

EXECUTIVE REPORT___________26
Pollution control agreement/Auto theft prevention/Nursing home reimbursement system wins kudos/School desegregation/Prison release plan screpped/Mental health center closing/Craft union agreement

STATE STIX__________27

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS__________27

JUDICIAL RULINGS___________28
Home construction defects/Theft or robbery?/Representation of special purpose board/Mandatory retirement

BOARDS & COMMISIONS__________29

NAMES_______30
Castle to direct BED/Blaser to head Department on Aging

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).

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription rate: $18 year/$30 two years/$42 three years; student rate is $9 a year. Individual copy is $1.75. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. 51980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.

2/18/07 MSI


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