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Calvin L. Skinner Jr Inventory of the Calvin L. Skinner Jr. Crystal Lake, Illinois Papers In the Regional History Center RC 196 1 INTRODUCTION Calvin L. Skinner Jr., former McHenry County representative to the Illinois General Assembly, donated his personal and legislative papers to the Northern Illinois Regional History Center on November 10, 1989 and January 16, 1990. Addenda were added at later dates. Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public. There are no restrictions on access to the collection. Linear feet of shelf space: 41.75 Number of containers: 72 Northern Illinois Regional History Center Collection 196 SCOPE AND CONTENT The papers of Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. cover the years 1963 to 2000 and are separated into seven series: Regional Transportation Authority, Income Tax, Politicians, Subject Files, Legislative Bills, Title X, and Correspondence. The first series, the Regional Transportation Authority, is located in boxes 1-27 and contains the bulk of the collection. This series includes House and Senate bills and analyses, correspondence, and notes. It is concerned with the formation of and the opposition to the RTA. While there are a few files supporting the RTA, most of the series is dedicated to the disap- proval of the RTA as Skinner was at the head of the opposition. Of special interest are the photographs and a cassette tape of a report by S.H. Skolnick in box 27. Series II, Income tax, is housed in boxes 28 and 29, and is comprised of reports dealing mainly with the proposed temporary tax hike of 1983. The third series, Politicians, contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, and campaign material of public figures. The series begins in box 29 and continues through box 40. There are a few files on citizens that are not politicians, but the majority is devoted to legislators and would-be legislators. Series IV, Subject Files, includes correspondence, House and Senate bills, newspaper articles, and reports. The fifth series, Legislative Bills, contains House and Senate bills, House Joint Resolutions, information about HIV/AIDS as well as Appropriations on Education and Public Safety. Series VI, Title X, contains various information and articles surrounding the debate over Title X in McHenry County. RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers 2 The seventh series, Correspondence, is arranged chronologically from 1993-2000 and then alphabetically by subject or author. Other related collections include The Star Reporter Collection (RC 131), with Skinner's father's as the publisher of the newspaper and the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records (RC 159). Governmental collections include the papers of Dennis J. Collins, Joseph Ebbesen, and David Shapiro (RC 5, RC 168, RC 174) and Jack Schaffer (VFM 19.31). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. was born in Maryland in 1942. He received an A.B. in economics from Oberlin College in Ohio and an M.A. in public administration from the University of Michigan. Skinner and his family settled in Crystal Lake when he was a teenager, and although leaving to complete his education, he eventually returned to Crystal Lake and got into politics. He served as a budget examiner for the Small Business Administration for the U.S. Bureau of the Budget in Washington. In 1966, he became treasurer of McHenry County and then served as a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer before successfully running for the Illinois General Assembly as a representative of the 33rd District. He held this position until 1981, when an unsuccessful bid against a U.S. representative made him give up his seat. Among the committees he served on while a member of the Assembly were: Appropriations, Transportation (of which he was the Republican Spokesman), Human Resources, Legislative Audit Commission, Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission, Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Legislative Advisory Committee, and Chain-of-Lakes-Fox River Commission. Skinner served as a transportation consultant to House Speaker George Ryan after leaving office. The RTA was established by the Illinois General Assembly in 1973 and was ratified by Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will Counties in 1974. RTA's major function was to extend, update, and standardize the suburban bus, the commuter rail, and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) networks. RTA was to increase the productivity and the practicality of transportation services while regulating costs. Cal Skinner contested RTA on the grounds that it aided the CTA at the expense of the collar counties. He ran again in 1992 and was elected as the Representative of the 64th District. He served as the Republican Spokesman for the Appropriations Committee that handles the Department of Transportation and Corrections budgets. His legislative goals included improving traffic flow at the intersection of Rountes 62 & 31, stopping rape and the spread of AIDS in our prison system and halting state income tax hikes. Skinner served until 2001 when he was defeated by Rosemary Kurtz. RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers 3 SUBJECT TRACINGS AIDS Chicago Transit Authority Crystal Lake Education General Assembly Legislators McHenry County Politics Regional Transportation Authority Republican Party Skinner Jr., Calvin L. Taxes Title X Transportation RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers 4 COLLECTION INVENTORY BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION Series I. Regional Transportation Authority 1 1-4 Regional Transportation Authority, 1971-1973, 1976-1982, 1984-1985, n.d. 5 Advertisements, 1977-1978 6 Aircraft Fuel, 1978 7 Allocations Formula, 1978, 1980 8 Alternatives, 1974 9-10 Analysis, 1974-1979 11 Analysis-Skinner, 1975-1977 2 1 Anatomy of a Failure: The Regional Transportation Authority by George Clowes, January 31, 1981 2 Annual Program and Budget-Proposed, 1977-1982 3 Annual Report, 1975-1977 4 Anti-RTA: Committee on Appropriations, 1973 5 Anti-RTA: 6 County, 1979-1980 6 Appropriation, 1976-1977 7 Assessments, 1976, 1979 8 Association for Public Transportation, 1981 9-10 Audit, 1978-1982 11-12 Audits, A-G 3 1-7 Audits, G-W 4 1 Audit, Management and Program, 1980 2 Bakalis, Michael, n.d. 3 Banks, 1977, 1981 4 Bi-State, 1976-1979 5 Bi-State Planning Commission, 1974 Bills: 6 SB 27-RTA Original Bill, 1973-1974 7 Senate Bills, 1973-1974, 1979 8-10 Amendments, 1973-1975 11 Motor Fuel Tax Amendment, 1979-1980 12 Real Estate Amendments to RTA, n.d. 13 Thompson/Byrne Deal (II), 1979, n.d. RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 5 5 1-3 House Bills, (1973-1983), n.d. 4 Black Caucus, 1974 5 Blacks, 1974, 1978-1979 6 Blair, Robert, 1973-1974, 1977-1978 7 Board, 1974-1980 8 Baldino, Daniel, 1975-1977 9 Boose, Jerry, 1975-1978 10 Hill, Lewis, 1978-1980 11 Newland, Richard, 1976-1979 12 Skinner Jr., Cal, 1980 13 Skinner Attempt, 1980 14 Tecson, Joe, 1975 15 League of Women Voters Notes, 1975-1976 16 Board Members, 1979-1980 6 1-7 Board Minutes, 1975-1980 7 1 Board-Re-apportionment, 1980 2 Bonds, 1978-1979 3 Bowl-a-thon, 1978 4-13 Budget, 1975-1981, 1983, 1986 14 Burris, Roland, 1979 15 Bus Routes, 1978 16 Buses, 1975-1979 8 1 Buses: South Suburban Safety Line, 1975 2 Stevenson Line, 1979 3 Suburban, 1979-1982 4 Candidates, 1973-1974 5 Canvass, 1978 6 Capital Grants, 1978 7 Cartoons, 1977, n.d. 8 Catholic School Bus, 1975 9 Central Area Transit District, 1976 10 Champaign-Urbana, n.d. 11 Chicago Area Transportation Study, 1974-1985 12 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, 1976, 1982-1983 13-14 Chicago Transit Authority, 1972-1980, n.d. 15 Board, 1974, 1980, n.d. 16 Critics, 1979 17 Liability, 1980 18 Loans, 1978 19 O'Hare Extension, 1978-1979 RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 6 8 20 Rapid Transit, 1976, 1978 21 Safety, 1975-1981 22 Strike, 1979-1980 23 Sunday Fares, 1974 24 Trains, 1975 9 1 Unions, 1977-1980 2 Winter, 1979 3 Chicago Tribune, 1979 4-5 Chicago Urban Transportation District, 1976-1980, n.d. 6 City/Suburban Split, 1976-1977 7 CLOUT, 1982, n.d. 8 Coloring Contest, n.d. 9 Commuter Bus Systems, 1982, n.d. 10 Commuter Parking, 1978-1979 11 Commuter Rail Service-Operating and Capital Program and Budget, 1986-1987 12 Commuting Characteristics, 1977 13 Compromise, 1973 14 Conference, 1978 15 Consultants, 1977, n.d. 16 Consumer Complaints, 1978 17 Contracts, 1978-1979, n.d. 18 Contributions, 1974, n.d. 19 Contributors, 1973-1976 20-22 Correspondence, 1963, 1973-1984, n.d. 23 Court Suit (Hoogasian), 1974 10 1 Court Suits, 1981, n.d. 2 Critics, 1979 3 Crosstown, 1977-1978 4 Debate Transcript, 1973 5 Debates, 1974 6 Depreciation, 1975 7 Deuster, Donald, 1974-1978 8 Directory of Illinois State Officials, 1980 9 Directory of Special Transportation Services, 1981 10 Diversion of Funds, 1976 11 Downers Grove, n.d. 12 Downstate, 1974, 1978-1979 13 Dyer, Giddy, 1976-1979 14 Early RTA Stuff, 1974, n.d. 15 Earmarking, 1975, 1981, 1983 RC 196 - Calvin L. Skinner, Jr. Papers BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION 7 10 16 Economics of a Regional Transportation Authority, 1983 11 1-2 Editorials and Rebuttals, 1973-1985, n.d. 3 Education, 1977-1978 4 Elevated, 1978 5 Elgin, IL, 1975-1976 6 Elgin Area Taxpayer'$ Association, 1981 7 Employees, 1981 8 Employee's Salaries, 1975, n.d. 9 Environmental Protection Agency, 1974 10 Equipment, 1980 11 Expenditures-fiscal year 1978 12 Experiments, 1976 13 Fair Employment Practices Commission, 1975 14 Fare Equalization, 1976 15 Fare Hike, 1981 16 Fare Hike Hearings, 1979 17 Fare Increase, 1979 18 Fares, 1979, 1982 12 1 Fares-Effect of Increasing, 1976 2 Farm Bureau, 1976-1977 3 Federal Aid, 1973-1977 4 Federal Grant Subsidies, 1977 5 Federal Trade Commission, 1978 6 Finances, 1980-1982 7 Financial Assistance Breakdown, 1978-1979 8 Financial Statements to House Select Committee, March 9, 1981 9 Financing, 1979-1980 10 Five Year Plan, 1976 11-13 Five Year Transit Program-Proposed, 1977-1982, 1985 13 1 Franklin Street Subway, 1978 2 Funding, 1980-1981 3-4 Gas Tax, 1974-1982, n.d.
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