Full Text of HR0739 97th General Assembly
HR0739 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1962, Robert D. Stuart, Jr., and former Lake | 3 | | County Republican Chairman Robert
Milton founded the Lake | 4 | | County Republican Federation to promote Republican
interests | 5 | | in Lake County; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Since that time, the Federation has helped | 7 | | countless candidates,
elected officials, volunteers, and | 8 | | voters by faithfully providing the main office, staff, and
| 9 | | financial support for the Lake County Republican Party; the | 10 | | Lake County Republican Federation works closely with the Lake | 11 | | County
Republican Central Committee to motivate the electorate | 12 | | to vote Republican through
"bottom-up" politics; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Voter and volunteer services include: mailing | 14 | | sample ballots and
voter guides, distributing candidate | 15 | | information, preventing voter fraud, and providing
an ongoing | 16 | | and visible presence for Republican activities in Lake County | 17 | | by
underwriting a permanent storefront office with full-time | 18 | | dedicated staff and
volunteers; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The Federation supports Republican candidates in | 20 | | Lake County by providing the
necessary infrastructure at the | 21 | | local level; the organization assists candidates and
elected | 22 | | officials by distributing campaign signs and literature, |
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| 1 | | providing work and
storage space at county headquarters, | 2 | | coordinating volunteers, educating voters,
advertising | 3 | | countywide Republican events, and hosting 2 semi-annual | 4 | | countywide
dinners which showcase Republican candidates and | 5 | | the Republican agenda; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In celebration of 50 years of service to the Lake | 7 | | County GOP, the Lake County
Republican Federation will host its | 8 | | 50th Anniversary Spring Gala on Friday, April 20,
2012 at | 9 | | Marriott's Lincolnshire Resort; Federation co-founder Robert | 10 | | D. Stuart, Jr., 95
years young, plans to be at the event to | 11 | | help mark this milestone; his son, Alexander D.
Stuart, | 12 | | currently chairs the organization; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we congratulate the Lake County Republican Federation on its | 16 | | 50th anniversary; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the Lake County Republican Federation as a symbol | 19 | | of our respect and esteem.
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