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General Assembly Under the 1970 Constitution, the legislative power of the State is vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives elected by the electors from 59 Legislative Districts. One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative District. This group is to be divided as equally as possible into three groups and the Senators in each group will be elected for two > andfouryears, in order to obtain a staggered term expiration. Three Representatives are to be elected from each Legislative District for a term of two years with three votes being cast by each elector, distributed among the three candidates in each district. Eligibility in the General Assembly includes United State citizenship, 21 years of age or older, and for two years preceding his election or ap­ pointment, a resident of the district which he is represen­ ting. The exception is this election, which requires 18 months residence requirement. The General Assembly, to convene each year is to be a! continuous body during the term for which members of the House of Representatives are elected, every two years. There are 99 Senators and 177 Representatives comprising the General Assembly. A president tempore is elected by ibers of the Senate and a cer of the House by the Representatives. Salaries for each member of the General Assembly at the present is $17,500 a year plus an expense allowance. State Senator 32nd District incts of McHenry 25, la 4.6,12,16. Planning Commission Com­ mittee as well as having been instrumental in establishing the Lake Cowty Regional Planning Commission. Precir Nund Stephen Slavin I05 DEMOCRAT - STEPHEN M. SLAVIN, 646 Dimmeydale Drive, Deerfield. He holds a B.A. Degree, a J.D. degree and is an attorney. He is serving as Trustee for the Village of Deerfield, being elected in 1969. He is also Democratic Township Charman in West Deerfield Township and was an Ad­ ministrative Assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Alternative methods of financing public education will have to be developed in view of the likely judicial finding that the local property tax may not contitutionally be used as the primary source of such funding. "In addition, the con­ stitutional mandate that the State assume 'primary' responsibility for support of public education, I advocate the development of innovative revalue sources, such as a state lottery and legalized off-trade betting, as proven means of . raising funds for education, eliminating increased taxes. "I favor strengthening the Environmental Protection Act by increasing the powers of the EPA and PCB. Specifically, low interest long term loans and or tax credits should be made, available to industries to assist their complaince with air, water and noise pollution abatement regulations while penalties on continuing of­ fenders must be stiffened. I oppose depriving the PCB initial jurisdiction of pollution cases. "I strongly support the equal rights Amendment. "I do favor regional land use planning; As a Deerfield Trustee I have been a consistent supporter of the activities of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission's work and of Deerfield's support of NIPC. 33rd District All McHenry County except 5 Precincts in 32nd District Karl Berning 103 REPUBLICAN - KARL BERNING, 1006 Rosemary, Deerfield. He is a graduate of Blackburn Junior College and completed additional studies at Northwestern and Lake Forest College. He is a State Senator being elected in 1966. He previously served as Lake County Treasurer, Chairman of the Lake County Board of Supervisor, Supervisor of West Deerfield Townships and Constable in the same township. "Property taxes are too high and we are driving many retired people out of their homes. Rie state must assume a larger share of the public school financing. The U.S. Supreme Court may force nearly complete revision in such funding. "In spite of serious economic impact we must retrieve our environment, therefore I support the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection Act in its present form. "I have heard no impelling arguments that justify the tampering with the United States Constitution and therefore have not supported the Equal Rghts Amendment. "Housing needs are critical. My study and report of housing and mobile homes demonstrate that we must lode to mass political and civic organizations produced units and the opening ~over the past ten years. "I feel very strongly that the Pouution Control Board should be supported in its efforts to clear up our environment. If we do not act to save our eviron- ment, our State will face a major crisis in the near future. I realize that tough enforcement SCHAFFER REPUBLICAN - JACK SCHAFFER, 8505 Wium Road, Cary. His education indudes Cary grade schools and Crystal Lake High School system. He is also a graduate of Northern Illinois University with a B.A. Degree in business management. Presently he is McHenry County Auditor elected in 1968. He is also presently a member of the Illinois Tollway Advisory Committee and has been an active member and- or an officer of over 40 various of our environmental laws will have some unpleasant side effects, but I feel we must be prepared to face these problems. "I do not believe that education in Illinois can be adequately or fairly financed by a property tax. I favor a gradual shift of the total cost of eucation to state sources. "My priorities to meet the transportation needs of Illinois are as follows: the rebuilding and modernization of all present highways that need attention; the encouragement of the use of mass transit into urban area; the construction of the limited number of freeways based on existing need. "I favor the consolidation of election dates to three or possible four days a year. "I feel that the residents of the individual townships should be given the choice by referendum to consolidate township governments if they see fit." WILBERT HECHT 106 DEMOCRAT-Wilbert Hecht, did not reply. v Representative State Cumulative voting-A punch for one candidate gives that person three votes. A punch for two candidates gives each IVi votes. A punch for three candidates gives each one vote. 32nd District W. J. Murphy 109 REPUBLICAN - W.J. MURPHY, Antioch, Did not reply. up of sites. Public awareness must be developed but local control must be maintained. "On a state and-or regional land use planning concept, I have served on the Legislative Zoning Laws Study Commission and the Northeastern Illinois Donald E. Deuster 111 REPUBLICAN DONALD E. DEUSTER, 132 North Sylvan Lake Road, Mundelein. He is a lawyer with degrees from Ripon College and UCLA Law School. He served as Administrative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Robert McClory and in the Congressional Relation Office, the U.S. Department of Tran­ sportation. He was a Graduate School Instructor in "Legislative Process and Congressional Procedure" at the Library of Congress. "Under our new Illinois Constitution the state must play the 'primary role' in financing our schools. Federal support will move in the direction of Revenue Sharing with no strings, block grants and the reduction of categorical programs, which will mean greater effidency and more state and local control over how the funds are spent. "In a sense, the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection Act is a form of statewide zoning which restricts the way in which we may use our property, private and industrial, in the interest of safeguarding our health, peace of mind and happy en­ vironment. I support these objectives, but a appreciate a reasonable administration of the ad which calls for a careful balancing of interests. "I do not support the Equal Rights Amendment. It is my view that niether the Federal nor State Constitutions need revision in this area. There is concern in my mind as to whether the ERA would not have a deleterious effect on our attitude toward ladies. "The government should not be in the field of housing con­ struction in the first place, Therefore, I am opposed to the scattering of public housing projects. Our society would be much better off if we would move in the direction of gradually removing the government from the field of housing. "I favor land use planning. Although zoning and land use control should be retained as a local perogative of government, there are areas in which state and interstate activity can be justified. "Changes in goveramet must be gradual. 'Home rule powers' under the new Constitution are construed by some to mean that county government will grow stronger, and township government will phase out, but I am not sure this is so. There are examples of dangers of taking steps to eliminate the township government without careful thought. "The prohibition of hand guns sales might keep them out of the possession of criminal. But I wonder if it might eliminate them for use as self-protection. The Legislature should stiffen the penalties for crimes com­ mitted with a hand gun, or any dangerous weapon, and we must shift our priorities and focus more on fundamentals such as law enforcement. "Laws should be designed to work well in the area in which they are to apply. Although I appreciate the importance of uniformity, election laws must becomposedin such a way as to be effective. This comes before uniformity in my list of qualities needed. "The decision has already been made on the Federal and State level and in many areas of the nation on the local level to expend public money for public transportation. I am working diligently to help create the Chicago Metropolitan Area Transit facilities in this area. "I have worked for legislation designed to take the judges out of politics and move in the direction of merit selection. "Four subjects which im­ press me as having the greatest priority are financing the school system; solving our school system; solving transportation problems in the Chicago and suburban area; improving law enforcement and controlling the size and scope of -all govern­ ment." our public schools, inducting complete revision of State Aid formula." Daniel M. Pierce 113 DEMOCRAT - DANIEL M. PIERCE, Highland Park. He is a graduate of New Trier High School, Harvard College, Harvard Law School. He is a lawyer and has served four terms in the Illinois House, and is a former member, Illinois Commission on Children, vice chairman of Election Laws Commission and minority whip. "I support alternative methods for financing public schools through greater reliance on state aid. "I support the Illinois En­ vironmental Protection Ad in its present form; the Equal Rights Amendment and scat­ tered site low and moderate- income housing. "I favor a regional land use planning concept. "I support the dissolution of township government for fully incorporated areas but not in rural areas. "I favor registration of gun owners andhand guns. "I suppttft uniform election laws throughout the state; use of public funds for public transportation and " merit selection of judges. "I consider of highest priority the new methods of financing Casy Kuklinski 115 DEMOCRAT - C. CASEY KUKLINKSI, 1401 Fairfield Lane, Wildwood. His education was obtained at Wilson Junior College, Illinois Institue of Technology and Northwestern University. He specialized in management and statistics. He is a salesman and served five terms as a precicnt com-, mitteemen. "Discrimination of disbur­ sement in state aid to schools must be resolved. Bussing to outside areas does not guarantee an equal education. There needs to be an increase of vocational educational op­ portunities. Financing education with real estate taxes is not equitable. "I favor enactment of the Environmental Protection Ad to implement Lake Michigan Bill of Rights. There needs to be attention given to the 'Clean up the Chain of Lakes Areas'. "I favor the Equal Rights Amendment. "There needs to be meaningul legislation to alleviate tax burdens on property owners and schools, from large development, errected in populous areas. "I support a state and - or regional land use planning concept, uniform election laws and the merit selection of judges." He did not answer on support of dissolution of township government, prohibition of the sale of hand guns or use of public funds for public tran­ sportation. "I do not know how any of the matters facing the Legislature can be defined as having highest priority when each in its own merits are so important to our society today. I do believe that politics should be taken out of our environment, and needed funds can be made available to get the job done." 33rd District CALVIN L. "CAL"SKINNER,JR REPUBLICAN -- CAL SKINNER, JR., 74 Elmhurst, Crystal Lake. He is a graduate of Crystal Lake High School and has a degree in economics from Ohio's Oberlin College and a masters degree in. public ad­ ministration from University of Michigan. Following graduate school he served as a budget examiner in th U.S. Bureau of the Budget and was elected as McHenry County Treasurer in 1966 for (Hie term, as allowed by law. Since then he has worked for the Illinois Legislature in the Speaker's House and formed various public relations assignments as well as working for tax reform. "I am a supporter of the goals of the Illinois Pollution Control Board and would certainly be supportive of it in the General TERM: 4 years. SALARY: $25,000 per year. DUTIES: Performs the duties and exercise*- the powers in the Executive Branch that are delegated to him by the Governor and that are prescribed by law. REPUBLICAN - JAMES D. NOWLAN, 209 S. Miller, Toulon. DEMOCRAT - NEIL F. HARTIGAN 1120 West Albion, Chicago. SOCIALIST LABOR - STANLEY L. PROROK, 907 South Jackson Street, Waukegan. RICHARD B. 0GILVIE gov JAMES D. NOWLAN l •I "I offered specific legislation to accomplish these goals - which failed by a few votes last session - and will continue to work for such a board. "A state Board of Education should be representative of all parts of Illinois and free from partisan political influences. These objectives would be advanced by a board appointed by the Governor, subject to advice and consent of the Senate - a process providing public hearings securing veiws of the people. "Financing education has been my administration's number one priority since 1969. Obviously we must transfer more of the property tax burden to other taxation sources. This can be done without increasing taxes under the tax reform program begun and outlined above. "I have created a blue-ribbon commission to consult with all interested persons and make recommendations in time for legislative action next session. "I have supported state assistance to students at private schools...to avert financial catstrophe which would result from collapse of the private school system. Such a program must be pursued within con­ stitutional limitations. Bills I support are presently under review by the courts of Illinois." 42 REPUBLICAN-RICHARD B. OGILVIE, 2107 Drury Lane, Northfield His education in­ dudes an A.B. from Yale University; LL.B from Kent College of Law. He is a lawyer and the incumbent governor. He was elected in 1968. Prior to that he served as President of the Cook County Board of Com­ missioners' from 1966-68, was sheriff of Cook County from 1962-66 and had previously been an assistant United States Attorney. "My tax reform program, which began with the adoption of an income tax, was designed to provide essential revenues in a fair, equitable manner. It resulted in: doubling the state's contribution to public education; increasing higher education funds; property tax relief for the elderly; state income tax removal from retirement income; personal property tax elimination for most individauls and from farm inventories and equipment. Completing this tax reform program is my number one objective. "Other priorities are judicial- selection reform, replacing political considerations with merit selection... continued s t a t e g o v e r n m e n t reorganization and continued improvement of our human needs program - jobs, pollution and crime control, child car... "A state Board of Elections structure should satisfy these basic principles; freedom from domination by either major political party; representation for the interests of in­ dependents; and general supervision over the actions of local election officials. many communities - par­ ticularly in rural areas and inner cities throughout the state. I have advocated the enactment of a paramedic •program...Under Governor Ogilvie, the Department of Mental Health has been dominated by fiscal managers, not by mental health professionals. "Both a states board of elec­ tions and state board of education must be structured so that they are independent, non­ partisan bodies which im­ plement their duties as spelled out in the Constitution. The structure of the State Board of Education should be deter­ mined only after full con­ sultation with the education community and interested dtizens groups. I have an open, mind on this issue. The Board of Elections must have adequate powers to supervise election officials and the condud of elections so that we have honest elections throughout the state. In may judgment, the recently introduced election code (SB 1569) does not establish a Board of Election Commissioners with adequate powers. "On the subjed of financing public and private schools, I feel the state should move toward accepting the Con­ stitutional responsibility for financing public education and thereby diminish reliance on local real estate taxes which perpetuate a system of inequitable educational op­ portunities. "State aid to elementary and secondary schools as a per­ centage of the total state budget, has declined from 18.8 per cent in the last pre-Ogilvie year to 15.2 per cent in the current year., fiscal 1973. "Hie Supreme Court has set limits on state financing of private schools. It is politics at its worst to propose and sign legislation which goes beyond those constitutional guidelines. I do support the limited f rains of private school aid which are permissible under the con­ stitution. - V v COMMUNIST ISHMAEL FL0RY oov THEODORE PEARSON M Attorney General The qualifications for At­ torney General indude being a United States dtizen, at least 25 years old, a resident of Illinois « for the three years preceding his election. TERM: Four year SALARY; $30,000 per year. : DUTIES: Chief law officer of the state; legal advisor to the Governor and other officers and departments of state govern­ ment; represents the people of Illinois in the Illinois Supreme Court; furnished written opinions to the General Assembly, to state officers and to all State's Attorneys in matters relating to the per­ formance of their duties. Ad­ ministers the Inheritance Tax Act. DANIEL WALKER GOV. | m m NEIL F. HARTI6AN lt.gov. j DEMOCRAT-DANIEL WALKER, 1152 Norman Lane, Deerfield. He was educated in Northwestern University Law School and U.S. Naval Academy. He was formerly vice-president and general counsel of Mar cor and Mon­ tgomery Ward Co. from 1966 until resiging in 1971 to befpn his campaign. Walker served as President of the Chicago Crime Commission, 1966-1969; was also acting Chairman of Illinois Public Aid Commission, 1963. In addition he served as Administrative Aide to Governor Adlai E. Stevenson n in 1952. "I have found that generally, the dtizens feel that state government is not responsive to their needs. The most pressing need during the next fouryearsis to restore that confidence by creating a responsive govern­ ment which serves people. Two priority areas are education and health, including mental health. There is an appalling lack of health care services in GEORGE A. LaFOREST GOV } 4g STANLEY L PROROK LT.GOV. j SOCIALIST LABOR - GEORGE A. LaFOREST, 916 North Church Street, Rockford. He is listed as having eight years education and is an auto worker. With resped to training and experience he states, "There is no such thing as qualification for state governor. The political state must be eliminated. Modern sodety is industrial... its citizenship; must be in­ dustrial participation. Its of­ ficials can be at most mere presiding officers, not executives." He sees wage slavery as the major problem facing Illinois in the 1970 and the solution he sees is abolition. "There would be no state boards because there would be no state" was the comment on the structure of a state board of elections and state board of education. "Structures of in­ dustrial boards would be determined by workers, not by candidates." On financing of public and private schools in this decade, LaForest says, "the doing of useful labor such as con­ struction and teaching is the only 'financing' needed. Finance in the proper sense would go out along with private property, of which it is an ex­ pression". . setting cases in the U.S. Supreme Court (tar anti-trust division has Mm up a Juke box monopoly and won several million dollars for the state in cases of monopoly and price 'fixing. "The Consumer Fraud division now has 24 •neigh­ borhood offices throughout the state. "I have tried to obtain legislation, twice defeated in the state Senate, to give this office authority to investigate criminal activities, political corruption across county lines, and to impanel state-wide grand juries for this purpose. I pledge to continue my fight" WILLIAM 1. SCOn 52 REPUBLICAN - WILLIAM J. SCOTT, 718 South 7th Street, Springfield, Holds a Juris Doctor Degree from Chicago - Kent College of Law. He is in­ cumbent, elected November 1968. He is also a former Illinois state treasurer; former Special Assistant United States At­ torney for the Northern Distrid of Illinois. "In the first three years of my administration, 110 en­ vironmental cases were filed in the various Circuit Courts in Illinois. Eighty-six have been successfully completed. The balance are in various stages. I fought for passage of the Environmental Protection Act and strongly oppose any move to weaken it. My office has had sole responsibility to represent the Environmental Protection Agency in all legal action. We ask for maximum penalties and vigorously pursue enforcement. We have filed approximately 230 cases before the Pollution Control Board, most of which have been successfully com­ pleted." "As Attorney General, I have consistently supported student rights. In official opinions, I ruled that 18-year-olds have the right to vote in all elections and that voter registration requirements apply equally to students as to other residents. I have consistently ruled that all official actions and votes of university ^administrations must be taken at open meetings. "As the chief legal officer of the state, I have acted as at­ torney for all the people of Illinois. While the matter of individual privacy does not come under the legal jurisdiction of this office, in all cases I have consistently and vigorously opposed any in­ vasion of privacy. "Other areas in which the use of the Attorney General's power could be used are two major new divisions which have been created during my ad­ ministration - environmental control and criminal justice, which was won precedent- TH0MAS G. LYONS 54 DEMOCRAT--THOMAS G. LYONS, 6457 N. Hiawatha Ave., Chicago. He was educated at Xavier and Loyola Universities holding a B.S. Degree in history with special honors and a Juris Doctor Degree from Loyola University Law School. He is a lawyer, policeman, served in the Division Oiief - Attorney General's Office; the Illinois Senate from 1984-1970 and served as Vice President of Illinois Constitutional Con­ vention. "Those environmental cases which were seriously filed to protect the environment will be vigorously prosecuted when I am elected Attorney General. Many cases filed by the in­ cumbent Attorney General are still pending in Court, with no action taken to date. These will be reviewed with an eye to determine which cases are likely to protect the en­ vironment and which have become too old or moot or never should have been filed originally. "I will oppose any weakening amendments to the En­ vironmental Protection Act and will vigorously enforce the provisions of the Act "On students rights, I believe that students have all of the rights and duties of any dtizen and I unhesitantly avow my support of individual privacy. An energetic Civil Rights Division in the Attorney General's office should adequately proted all these rights. I have proposed a new department in the Attorney Generals' office, 'Ombudsman', to proted individuals against governmental abuses or capridous acts of public of­ ficials. I believe that the privacy of the dtizen is a right which is being increasingly recognized by the law. It is a legal refinement and expression of the recognition of the in­ dividual dtizen's dignity, a constantly recurring theme in American constitutional history. "On other areas in which the power of attorney general's office could be used, it is my intention, when elected At­ torney General, to: open the office, as far as practicable, to the people of the state of Illinois with, for example, an 'om­ budsman' program; engage in a forceful program of consumer