Full Text of HR1559 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize State Representative | 4 | | Ron Wait for his outstanding service and hard work on behalf of | 5 | | the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait, who was first elected in | 7 | | 1983, has served a total of 25 years in the Illinois House of | 8 | | Representatives, making him the longest currently serving | 9 | | House Republican member;
and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his service as State | 11 | | Representative, he has served his community as an accountant, | 12 | | attorney, coach, farm manager, and special education teacher; | 13 | | he holds a J.D. from Drake University Law School, an M.B.A. | 14 | | from Northern Illinois University, an M.S. in Special Education | 15 | | from Northern Illinois University, and a B.S. in Accounting | 16 | | from Drake University; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait served as a Trustee at | 18 | | Belvidere United Methodist Church, a Trustee at the Citizen's | 19 | | Waste Management Board, and as a Trustee at The Children's Home | 20 | | and Aid Society; he also served on the Highland Hospital Board | 21 | | where he was previously president, the Janet Wattles Mental | 22 | | Health Board, as well as The United Way Advisory Board; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait played a pivotal role in the | 2 | | citing and retention of the Chrysler Assembly facility in | 3 | | Belvidere that has fueled the local economy and created | 4 | | thousands of jobs throughout his representative district;
and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait has been a tireless advocate | 6 | | for the reduction of teen smoking, focusing on increasing | 7 | | education, and deterrents aimed at tobacco and minors; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait has consistently stood by his | 9 | | belief that, in all, the State of Illinois is better served by | 10 | | less legislation and regulation and therefore consistently | 11 | | maintained a minimalistic legislative philosophy where less | 12 | | was more; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Wait will be conspicuously missed | 14 | | as a permanent fixture at nearly every extra-curricular | 15 | | function and reception to be added to the social calendar as he | 16 | | has been during his twenty five years of service to the people | 17 | | of northwest Illinois; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | congratulate Representative Ron Wait on his retirement from the | 21 | | Illinois House of Representatives and wish him the best in his |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to State Representative Ron Wait as a symbol of | 4 | | gratitude for his years of service.
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