Braun's dazzling win as downstate fails Dixon; Bush and Clinton pile up delegates
Paul M. Green
10

Community colleges put center stage in Gov. Edgar's plan to train future workers
Michael D. Klemens and Amyllen Bodily
14

NIPC speaks on growth and decline trends, taxes and land management
Robert Heuer
17

Crusaders or obstructionists? Four activists in the NIMBY suburbs
Tom Andreoli
20

Columns Departments

Politics
Ethics of legislating legislative ethics
Charles N. Wheeler III...6
Legislative Action
Early retirement: savings short, liability long
Michael D. Klemens...24

The state of the State
To fund or not to fund schools
Michael D. Klemens...8 Judicial Rulings
F. Mark Siebert...25

Names...26

Chicago
In defense of public employees, 'public enemy No. 1'
Paul M. Green...30 Book Reviews
Contrasts: Hecht, Bellow and their critics
George Hendrick...27

The Pulse
Public mood also sour toward government workers
Ellen M. Dran...32 State Reports
Anna J. Merritt...29

State Stix...33

Cover illustration: On primary election night, March 17, Carol Moseley Braun celebrates her victory in winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. Paul M. Green's analysis of the Illinois primary elections for the U.S. Senate and for president is on pages 30-33. The photo is by Richard Foertsch/Photoprose.

June 1992/Illinois Issues/5

Published by Sangamon State University/ cosponsored by the University of Illinois

Dear Reader,

Illinois Issues is pleased to announce that we have a new full-time publisher: Edward R. Wojcicki (pronounced woh-JISS-key). Ed joins the staff on June 8 in our offices at Sangamon State University in Springfield.

Also joining Illinois Issues, as new members of the board, are Elzie L. Higginbottom, chairman/CEO of East Lake Management and Development Corporation, Chicago, and Elizabeth L. Hollander, executive director of the Government Assistance Project of Chicago Community Trust. (For more details, please see page 35.)

To all that have already responded to my letter asking for contributions to the magazine, please accept my thanks. If you are still considering sending in a contribution, remember it is tax-deductible.

One last note. Illinois Issues offices at Sangamon State University will be closed Fridays this summer until August 21, but our Monday-through-Thursday hours will be longer, from 7:30 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. The university decided to implement a four-day summer work week to save energy and other costs.

Sincerely,

Caroline Gherardini
Editor

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