Illinois Issues is published by Sangamon State University, the Public Affairs University of the State of Illinois, and cosponsored by the University of Illinois
SEPTEMBER 1982 VOL. VIII NO. 9
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
 SERIES ON WATER
6 Industrial use of water: the assumption of abundance
By James Krohe Jr.
13 Running the legislature's law firm
By Patrick O'Grady
HUMANITIES ESSAYS (Second Series)
 
17 Fables for the Information Age: The Fisherman's Wishes
By Carolyn Marvin
SURVEY OF LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES
28 The Senate: Economic development and state revenue are the issues for 1983
2 THE STATE OF THE STATE BY Diane Ross
New federalism splits states
4 POLITICS By Robert Kieckhefer
Voters will answer conflict question
25 BOOK REVIEW By Thomas M. Guterbock
Confronting the myth of the Chicago machine
26 SCIENCE By Dee Woessner
Nuclear emergency plans tested annually at state power plants
35 LEGISLATIVE ACTION BY Diane Ross
Taxes on the agenda
40 WASHINGTON By Robert Mackay
Ban on Soviet trade: a defense or a disaster?
41 CHICAGO By Milton Rakove
Arrangement in bad times
42 THE ROSTRUM By David Owen
The plight of regional planning agencies
4 LETTERS
27 SELECTED STATE REPORTS
37 JUDICIAL RULINGS
Common law nuisance action properly applied against obscene state show/ Builder's liability for a defective home extends beyond original purchaser
38 EXECUTIVE REPORT
Appropriations vetoes mean layoffs or payless workdays
39 ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS/ STATE STIX
39 NAMES
Downing heads Illinois Savings and Loan Commission |
