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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
Alex Lopez; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez was born in November of 1965, in |
| 5 | | Weslaco, Texas; his parents were Jose M. Lopez and Maria Cruz |
| 6 | | Lopez; after he moved back to Chicago Heights with his family, |
| 7 | | he attended Garfield Elementary School and Washington Junior |
| 8 | | High School before graduating from Bloom Township High School |
| 9 | | in 1983; he then earned his finance degree from Western |
| 10 | | Illinois University in 1988; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez began his career in politics in 1995, |
| 12 | | when he was elected to the Chicago Heights Park District board; |
| 13 | | he served as a commissioner until 2003; from 2003 to 2006, he |
| 14 | | worked for Chicago Heights as the director of Thornwood |
| 15 | | Apartments; in 2006, he was hired to serve as the Chicago |
| 16 | | Heights Park District superintendent; in 2007, he was elected |
| 17 | | to the Chicago Heights City Council to serve as alderman of the |
| 18 | | 2nd Ward; in April of 2009, he was appointed to serve as Mayor |
| 19 | | of Chicago Heights, where he served until his passing; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez will be fondly remembered by his loving |
| 21 | | family and friends, his constituents, and his colleagues in |
| 22 | | Chicago Heights as a soft-spoken, honest, and thoughtful family |