Full Text of HR0490 95th General Assembly
HR0490 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are happy to call Springfield home for several | 4 |
| months each year; Springfield is the home to many attractions | 5 |
| and special points of interest that draw people here from | 6 |
| around the world; and
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| WHEREAS, Twentieth Century Fox is conducting a competition | 8 |
| to determine which Springfield will hold the premiere of "The | 9 |
| Simpsons Movie" in July of 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, There are uncanny similarities between the | 11 |
| fictional Springfield of "The Simpsons" and the Capital City of | 12 |
| Springfield, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Abraham Lincoln is the favorite son of | 14 |
| Springfield, Illinois and Jebediah Springfield is the founder | 15 |
| of the Simpsons' Springfield; there is a statue of each | 16 |
| displayed in the center of his respective Springfield; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Todd Renfrow, general manager of Springfield's | 18 |
| City Water, Light and Power bears a remarkable likeness to | 19 |
| Montgomery Burns, owner of the nuclear power plant where Homer | 20 |
| Simpson works; and
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| WHEREAS, Montgomery Burns once ran for political office and | 2 |
| kicked off his campaign from Springfield's Lincoln Depot; in | 3 |
| the same manner, President-elect Abraham Lincoln bade farewell | 4 |
| to Springfield from the Great Western Depot, currently known as | 5 |
| Lincoln Depot; and
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| WHEREAS, Both Springfields are in close proximity to a town | 7 |
| named Shelbyville; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, The Simpsons live at 742 Evergreen Terrace and | 9 |
| Springfield, Illinois has a housing development that was | 10 |
| formerly named Evergreen Terrace; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Both Springfields have a newspaper called the | 12 |
| Springfield Shopper; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, The band Aerosmith has performed in both | 14 |
| Springfields; in that episode, Steven Tyler yells out, "Hello, | 15 |
| St. Louis" and then is corrected; St. Louis is, of course, just | 16 |
| 90 miles from Springfield; later in the episode, Tyler falls | 17 |
| into the crowd; on July 13, 1984, Aerosmith played a concert in | 18 |
| Springfield, Illinois, and Steven Tyler collapsed face first | 19 |
| into the audience; and
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| WHEREAS, The Simpsons' Springfield has a Springfield | 21 |
| Memorial Hospital and Springfield, Illinois has a Memorial |
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| Medical Center; and
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| WHEREAS, In one episode, Lisa Simpson was living in a | 3 |
| redwood tree she was attempting to save from destruction; as | 4 |
| she climbed to the top of the tree, the camera panned to the | 5 |
| view from the tree and the Gateway Memorial Arch in St. Louis, | 6 |
| Missouri was in the distance; the Arch is just 90 miles from | 7 |
| Springfield, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The Simpsons' Springfield is known for a mount of | 9 |
| continually burning tires; Springfield, Illinois recently | 10 |
| discovered a garbage dump burning on the southside that has | 11 |
| shown no signs of extinguishing itself; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Each of the Springfields have a medical library, | 13 |
| university, Catholic hospital, bartender named Moe, zoo, | 14 |
| botanical garden, water park, armory, Christian Science | 15 |
| Reading Room, a donut connection, bus depot, train station, | 16 |
| House of Pancakes, and drive-in theater; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| urge Twentieth Century Fox, as well as Simpsons creator Matt | 20 |
| Groening, to hold the world premiere of "The Simpsons Movie" in | 21 |
| Springfield, Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Matt | 3 |
| Groening, and those involved with the decision-making process | 4 |
| as it relates to the location of the world premiere of "The | 5 |
| Simpsons Movie" as a symbol of the State of Illinois' | 6 |
| commitment to bringing the premiere to Springfield, Illinois.
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