Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois
AUGUST 1981 VOL. VII, NO. 8
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 Ford Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce 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 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. Knoeplle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant Editor: John G. Martin.
Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross, Shelley Davis. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kiecknefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merrill, Robert Mackay. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts
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, vice president, The 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.
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Contents
6 Gun control: moving to the home front
By John J. McCarthy
Developmentally Disabled
12 Advocacy for the forgotten
By Gregg Lippa and John Poertner
 
16 The politics of kilowatts
By William Lambrecht
Bills concerning Illinois Commerce Commission/ p.19
Daniel Rosenblum, Newest and most controversial commissioner/ p.20
By Thomas Long
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE BY Diane Ross
The session: some smoke, some fire, no miracles
4 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Typecasting the blue-collar lobby
5 BOOK REVIEW By Anna J. Merritt
A legislative woman speaks on her past
21 SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
Legal Laetrile: but does it work?
Legislative Action By Diane Ross
22 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: Multi-bank holding companies now permitted
LABOR & BUSINESS: Federal threat forces action on unemployment insurance/ p.24
AGRICULTURE: Land and machinery loans via state revenue bonds/ p.25
32 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
RTA: the inevitable crisis
33 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
The rich and the almost poor; the delegation owns up
35 THE ROSTRUM
Now or never for small city downtowns
4 LETTERS
5 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
26 AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTS
26 EXECUTIVE REPORT/ STATE STIX
27 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
28 JUDICIAL RULINGS
30 NAMES |
