Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois

JULY 1982 VOL. VIII NO. 7
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

6 The new federalism: an Illinois forum
By Mike Lawrence
HUMANITIES ESSAYS (Second Series)
 
11 Words, Words, Words
By Garry Wills
18 Ideas for local officials: Lou Ancel
By Dona Gerson

20 Community energy frontiers: Evanston, Maywood, Springfield, Carbondale
By Becky Bradway and Margaret S. Knoepfle
SERIES ON WATER

26 Public water supplies
By James Krohe Jr.
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE By Diane Ross
Thompson takes the courts to court
5 POLITICS By Diane Ross
Advice to Thompson, Stevenson et al
17 BOOK REVIEW By James H. Andrews
A defense of PAC's
32 SCIENCE By Julie A. Dutton
Coal Conference: on expanding ways to use it
34 LEGISLATIVE ACTION By Diane Ross
First Fruits of the session
40 THE ROSTRUM By Michael J. Barcelona and James P. Gibb
Groundwater resources in Illinois: a scientific view
42 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Michel's frustration
43 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Black votes uncertain
4 LETTERS
37 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Two court battles on Initiative Amendment
10 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
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37 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
36 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Trial clock doesn't stop for some juveniles/ Another section of the Controlled Substances Act ruled unconstitutional
38 NAMES
Huckaby and Granzeier confirmed by Senate/Commission to study Illinois taxes |