Nobody Calls Just to Say Hello: Reflections on Twenty-Two Years in the Illinois Senate

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223 Notes Preface, by Ed Wojcicki 1. Thomas Hardy, “A Man for All Sessions: Phil Rock’s Mission Is to Make the System Work, and Even Opponents Admit He’s Good at It,” Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, July 30, 1989. 2. Linda Kingman, interview by Ed Wojcicki, Chicago, January 29, 2007. 3. Hardy, “Man for All Sessions.” 4. Senator John Cullerton, interview by Ed Wojcicki in the Senate president’s office, Springfield, March 12, 2009. 5. Michael Burlingame said something similar about Abraham Lincoln in his important work Abraham Lincoln: A Life (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008), 1:xii. Introduction: Try to Be Fair and Evenhanded 1. Thomas Hardy, “Rock Will Be Missed on Both Sides of the Aisle,” Chicago Tribune, January 10, 1993. 2. Thomas Hardy, “A Man for All Sessions: Phil Rock’s Mission Is to Make the System Work, and Even Opponents Admit He’s Good at It,” Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, July 30, 1989. 1. They Told Me It Wasn’t My Turn 1. 35th Quadrennial Convention of the Democratic National Committee, 1968. Transcript of proceedings published by Alderson Reporting Company, Washington, D.C., 354. 2. Rakove, Don’t Make No Waves. 2. Getting My Opportunity in Springfield 1. Austinite, October 14, 1970. 2. Jerry Owens, a columnist for the Illinois State Register, as quoted in “Sen. Phil Rock Singled Out as Promising Senator,” Austin News, June 16, 1971. 3. Official vote from the Illinois State Board of Elections. notes to pages 36–65 224 3. Battling Walker and Fighting for Children 1. Jim Donnewald, telephone interview by Ed Wojcicki, April 24, 2008. Donnewald died on September 18, 2009, at the age of eighty-four. 2. “The Law: Children’s Rights: The Latest Crusade,” Time, December 25, 1972. 3. Dianne Witkowski, “Nurses’ Long Vigil of Love,” Chicago Today, July 9, 1972. 4. Editorial, Chicago Tribune, September 2, 1972. 5. Dianne Banis and Dorothy Collin, “Meet Adrianne, a Battered Child,” Chicago Today, June 8, 1973. 6. William Syers, “Child Abuse,” Illinois Issues, August 1977. 7. Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, “Child Abuse Neglect Statistics, Fiscal Year 2005” (Springfield: State of Illinois DCFS, October 2005), 3, table 1. See http://www.state.il.us/DCFS/docs/cants97_scr.shtml. 8. Senate transcript, May 29, 1973, p. 27. Illinois Senate and Illinois House transcripts from floor debates since 1971 can be found on the Illinois General Assembly website; see http://www.ilga.gov/PreviousGA.asp. 9. Ibid., 37. 10. The “conscience bill” was HB 650, which we passed in the Senate on June 22, 1973. 11. Senate transcript, June 22, 1973, p. 21. 4. My Finest Accomplishment 1. John Elmer, “Richie Shoots for the Stars,” Chicago Tribune, July 2, 1975. Also see Ed McManus, “Young Richie Faces a Fight,” Chicago Tribune, December 9, 1975. 2. Gerald Shea, interview by Ed Wojcicki, Springfield, July 18, 2007. 3. Elmer, “Richie Shoots for the Stars.” 4. Senate transcript, February 4, 1975, pp. 24–25. 5. Ibid., May 21, 1975, 47. 5. A Scandal I Didn’t Deserve 1. Whitney Tower, “The Racing Lady of Chicago,” Sports Illustrated, August 20, 1962. 2. According to a study done for Ed Wojcicki by the Illinois Legislative Research Unit, Springfield, Illinois. 3. Sue Dinges, “Equal Rights Amendment: Will the 80th General Assembly Ratify It?” Illinois Issues, March 1977. 4. Ibid. 5. Senate transcript, December 16, 1976, pp. 30–32. 6. Mike Lawrence, “Corruption in the Legislature: Cement Bribery Trial,” Illinois Issues, December 1976. This article is a good source for the background of this scandal and the convictions resulting from it. 6. The Crazy Eight Emerge 1. George Gunset, “Donovan out as CBOT President,” Chicago Tribune, April 15, 2000. 2. Senate transcript, January 12, 1977, p. 10. 3. Ibid., 15. 4. Ibid., 21. notes to pages 66–96 225 5. Ibid., January 27, 1977, 2–3. 6. Ibid., 9–11. 7. Ibid., February 2, 1977, 3. 8. Ibid., February 15, 1977, 23. 9. Ibid., 27. 10. Edward S. Gilbreth and Robert G. Schultz, “Phil Rock: Shuttle Diplomat,” Chicago Daily News, February 17, 1977. 11. Bill O’Connell, “Rock May Hold Key to Democrat Truce in Senate,” Peoria Journal-Star, February 17, 1977. 12. Ibid.; Gilbreth and Schultz, “Phil Rock.” 7. A Move to Oak Park 1. See a letter to the editor by Ann Armstrong and Galen Gockel, “Opponent Says Rock Using Chicago Base,” Oak Park Oak Leaves, March 15, 1978. Also...