NOVEMBER 1977
Campaign $$$ Who gets them? ————————————————————————— 4
Campaign Money —————————————————————————————— 11
The RTA chugs on ——————————————————————————————16
Sen. Adlai Stevenson III———————————————————————————— 21
Should open primaries be adopted by Illinois? ——————————————————— 24
Should open primaries be adopted by Illinois? —————————————————— 25
The London Transport: The world's largest
urban passenger system ——————————19
THE STATE OF THE STATE —————————————————————————— 2
POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer ————————————————————————— 33
CHICAGO By Charles B. Cleveland ———————————————————————— 34
WASHINGTON By Jerry Watson ————————————————————————— 35
LEGISLATIVE ACTION ———————————————————————————— 27
The Board
November 1977 / Illinois Issues / 3
VOL. III, NO. 11
CONTENTS
An analysis of candidate reports filed for the 1976 state Senate election
By James H. Klein
Anecdotes and analysis of how it's raised and spent
By James C. Worthy
The politics and economics of developing a mass transit system for the Chicago area
By Joyce Kustra
Staking out his role in Illinois and Washington
By Milton Rakove
YES by Rep. David Robinson
NO by Don W. Adams
By Vicki Gerson
The forces behind the governor's task forces
Dan Walker won't be running, but could he beat Jim Thompson?
Col. Jack Arvey: A master politician or the Democratic organization
Will Illinois produce another president or is Big Jim just another hopeful candidate?
The General Assembly is back in town
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ELECTIONS_______________15
Finding a Democrat willing
to run for governor
SELECTED STATE REPORTS-20
BILL SUMMARIES_________ 27
JUDICIAL RULINGS _______ 29
Borchers' conviction
reversed/Leasehold ;
university land
EXECUTIVE REPORT______ 30
Advantage to foreign
corporations? / The bad
news and good news
STATE STIX______________ 30
NAMES__________________ 31
Senior citizens appointed;
women delegates
Acting publisher: J. Michael Lennon
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Managing editor: Caroline Gherardini
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood
Charles B. Cleveland
Bill Miller
Stephanie Cole
Robert Kieckhefer
Staff: Margaret S. Knoepfle
Gary Adkins
Student staff: Sharon Maher
Martha Collins
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Business staff: Elizabeth A. Curl
Jan Griswold
Samuel K. Clove, University of Illinois. Urbana, Chairman
Philip Kendall, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Vice Chairman
William W. Allen, Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington
Richard E. Carver, Mayor, Peoria
Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago
Duane R, Kullberg, Certified Public Accountant, Chicago
Mrs. Randali Nelson, Carbondale
Odas Nicholson, Lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Assistant to the Governor for Education, Toulon
James T. Otis, Lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, University of Illinois, Urbana
Honorable Samue H. Shapiro, Lawyer, Kankakee
Chris Vlahoplus, Sangamon State University, Springfield
James M. Wall, The Christian Centurv. Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer, Lawyer, Chicago