Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois
JUNE 1982 VOL. VIII NO. 6
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 Illinois Humanities Council, the Joyce Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy; the Ancel Charitable Trust; 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. Knoepfle, Richard J. Shereikis, Larry Smith. Assistant editors: Patricia Burtle-McCredie, John G. Martin. Legislative correspondents: Diane Ross and Cheryl Frank. Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood, Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer, Milton Rakove, Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt, Robert Mackay, James Krohe Jr., Barbara J. Hipsman, Bob Springer. Artist: Ed Dyson. Business staff: Bonnie S. Roberts. Student assistants: Mark Thornton, Leslie Wright.
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, 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. 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
NEW SERIES ON WATER
6 Illinois: the Opec of water By James Krohe Jr.
12 Benjamin H. Alexander: a golden success
By Robert J. McClory
16 Controlling Medicaid costs
What Illinois is doing and what it can do
By Charles E. Begley and David C. Colby
20 The flow of federal funds for social services:
Rehabilitation Services; Mental Health; Children and Family Services
By Diane Ross
26 Turning back the clock: the new federalism in Illinois Part II
By Thomas J. Anton
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
BOB's margin for error
4 POLITICS By Barbara J. Hipsman and Bob Springer
There's no production schedule for writing laws
37 THE MEDIA By Tom Littlewood
Comic clout
38 CHICAGO By Ed McManus
Old enemies, new friends: Byrne & Vrdolyak
39 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Departing congressmen
5 LETTERS
19 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
33 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Confiscation of stolen car ruled unconstitutional/Firing suit brought by cancer victim dismissed/Multitownship assessment districts
35 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Department of Central Management Services proposed by executive order/ Visually Handicapped Institute to stay open through fiscal '83
35 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
36 NAMES
Rock elected Democratic State Central Committee chairman/Lincoln Academy honors outstanding Illinoisans |
