Illinois Issues
VOL. II, NO. 7 / JULY 1976
Table of Contents
ARTICLES
3/Survival for city managers: Be an expert
but don't raise political hackles
/John Rehfuss
7/ Bob McGaw: Mayor of Rockford
/Clarice Stetter
10/ Upstate Update: Party regulars dominate
House races
/ Special Staff Report
10/Fiscal views from the candidates
15/ Unemployment insurance claims: State
plugs in new processing system to get checks to
people on time
/ Gary Adkins
18/General obligation bonds: Everything you
need to know and the questions you should ask
/Douglas Kane, Tony Licata and Duane W. Waugh
COLUMNS
30/ Chicago: The big business of conventions
and keeping ahead of the competition
/Charles B. Cleveland
31/Washington: A question of minimum
funding standards if feds regulate public
pensions systems
/ Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
25/ Legislative record of Gov. Kerner's years
FOR THE RECORD
11/November lineup for Upstate House
26/ Legislative Action: Budget,
salary bills in legislature
27/ Bill Summaries
27/ A question of ethics for the legislature
28/ Executive Report
28/Judicial Rulings
FEATURES
6/The Other 49
24/ Book review: Adlia E. Stevenson:
Portrait of a collector, patrician, candidate,
political strategist, governor
29/ Names
29 / Selected State Reports
32/ Calendar: Bicentennial Events
ART CREDITS/ The cover illustration,
which appears again on page 22. was done by
Robert Waldmire of Rochester, who, during the
past four years, has established a business
highlighted by calendar illustrations of college
towns across the nation. The drawing on page 5 is
the work of Springfield artist, Robert W. Miller,
and the profile on page 7 was done by Tim
Conrad, also of Springfield. The legislative map
on page 13 is by Springfield graphics designer,
James Krone Jr.
2 /July 1976/ Illinois Issues