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Illinois Issues
May 1979 VOL. V, NO. 5
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 a grant from the Ford 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 either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.
Publisher: J. Michael Lennon
Editor: Caroline Gherardini
Circulation director: John E. Cockrell
Editor emeritus: William L. Day
Associate editors: Margaret S. Knoepfle,
Richard J. Shereikis
Fulfillment manager: Elizabeth A. Curl
Legislative correspondent: Gary Adkins
Contributing editors: Tom Littlewood,
Bill Miller, Robert Kieckhefer,
Mark Gruenberg, Milton Rakove,
Ed McManus, Anna J. Merritt,
Larry Smith, Beverly Fleming
Artist: Ed Dyson
Business staff: Jan Griswold
Student staff: Celeste Quinn, Roberta
deKay, John E. Willams
The Board
Chairman: Samuel K Gove, director, Institute
of Government and Public Affairs, University
of Illinois, Urbana
Vice Chairman: Philip Kendall, vice
president-government relations, The
Quaker Oats Company, Chicago
John N. Collins, director, Center for
Policy Studies and Program Evaluation,
Sangamon State University, Springfield
William L. Day, editor emeritus, Springfield
Doris B. Holleb, director, Metropolitan
Institute, University of Chicago
David Kenney, director, Illinois Department
of Conservation, Springfield
James R. Kackley, partner, Arthur Andersen &
Co., Chicago
Louis H. Masotti, director, Center for Urban
Affairs, Northwestern University,
Evanston
Odas Nicholson, lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Institute of Government and
Public Affairs, 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
Gerald H. Pugh, vice president and director of
government relations, Combined Insurance
Company of America, Chicago
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, lawyer,
Kankakee
Carl Shier, international representative, Region
4, United Auto Workers
Honorable William G. Stratton, vice president,
Canteen Corporation, 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
 8 Byrne's Victory: true grit and heavy snow
By Peter W. Colby and Paul Michael Green
4 Debate: Should a convention be called to amend the U.S. Constitution??
NO - by Rep. Penny Pullen/ YES - Sen. Mark Q Rhoads
 18 What's the turnover rate in the Illinois legislature?
By Kwnag S. Shin and David H. Everson
  10Burris and Cosentino: the state's two new money men
By Al Manning
14 A proposal: realign higher ed's 'system of systems'
by Gary Adkins
20 Illinois South Project takes on the coal industry
by Jessica C. Weber
23Tax credits for child care expenses
by William Moskoff
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2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Gary Adkins
Western coal undermines Illinois coal
26 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Gary Adkins and John E. Williams
The pressure of taxes and the economy
32 WASHINGTON By Mark Gruenberg
Tractorcades and the sugar connection
33 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Jane Byrne seeks a return to Daley verities, not an overthrow
34 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
Lining up for Adlai's Senate seat in 1980
35 THE ROSTRUM By Governor James R. Thompson
Save our roads, save our economy
SELECTED STATE REPORTS__________13
EXECUTIVE REPORT___________28
Nuclear waste storage/'Clean' coal/Floods/U of I tuition increase/Campaign disclosure/Bid-rigging settlement/Health lawyer ethics/Tax delinquent businesses/Teacher dismissal regulations/Food service reminder/State fair horse races/Mobile homes
STATE STIX _______ 30
JUDICIAL RULINGS___________30
Game bird fights/Home rule taxes/Massage parlor closed/Annulment over fraud/Savings and loan relocation/Conflict of interest
NAMES_______31
Stevenson bows out - Dixon jumps in/Woodyard named to House seat
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ILLINOIS ISSUES (USPS 060-130) is published monthly (12 times per year). Editorial offices: 226 Capital Campus, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708 (telephone: 217/782-0294). Please address questions regarding your subscription to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054 (telephone: 815-734-4151).
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to ILLINOIS ISSUES, Subscription Division, P. O. Box 251, Mount Morris, Illinois 61054. Subscription rate: $18 year/$30 two years/$42 three years; student rate is $9 a year. Individual copy is $1.75. Second class postage paid at Springfield, Illinois. 51980 by ILLINOIS ISSUES, 226 CC, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois 62708. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce any part of the magazine.
2/05/07 MSI
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