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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 president, 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. Back issue is $3.25. Illinois Issues is indexed in the PAIS Bulletin and included in the PAIS database.

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Contents August & September 1987

Illinois Issues
Vol. XIII Nos. 8 & 9
Established 1975


16     Nominating the next president:What role for the party conventions?
Paul M. Green




21     Henry Hyde: 'an effective principled conservative'
Charles J. Abbott




25     Voting rights in Lincoln's hometown
Frank Kopecky and Crystal Schrof




29     Citizen Council confronts a messed up mental health system
Deborah L. Gertz





32     Honduras: Illinois National Gaurd and U.S defense policy
Chris Gaudet




35     United Way: Bigger can be better
Robert J. McClory




40     Regionalism and Political Community in Illinois
Special Report



Columns

8     Politics
      Spring 1987: Portraits in political expediency     Charles N. Wheeler III

12     The state of the State
      Thompson's tax plan: What happened?     Micheal D. Klemens

74     The Pulse
      Making sense out of poll stories     Nick Panagakis

78     Chicago
      Protecting the child from danger that wasn't    Ed McManus

6     Letters

60     State Stix
      Margaret S. Knoepfle

61     Judicial Rulings     F. Mark Siebert

64     Illinois Issues Poll     Ayes, nays and maybes on tax increases

66     Names

72     Book Reviews
      Carrier Mills: the past 10,000 years    James W. Stuart

73     State Reports     Anna J. Merritt


Special Legislative Action Section


43     Duelling lobbies: tax increases, spending cuts
Micheal D. Klemens





54     Winding up-and down- over taxes
Photo Feature


46     Budget crisis: the seeds and the harvest

47     Thompson's no-tax budget cuts

48     Welfare reform: battles tempered with bargaining

50     Election laws: Sell no reform before its time

50     Wellr or Christensen? The $116,000 answer

51     Compassion for young, retarded adults

52     Press lobby wins two out of three

53     AIDS bills: testers and tracers v. educators and researchers

57     Impasse: unemployment insurance and worker's comp

57     Groundwater protection

58     Medical practice, malpractice and Medicare

Micheal D. Klemens, Deborah L. Gertz and Chris Gaudet are the authors of this special section

August & September 1987/Illinois Issues/5



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