Full Text of HR1378 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
| 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor our friend and colleague,
| 4 | | Illinois State Representative Sandy Cole, for her years
of | 5 | | dedicated service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole was born on December 29, 1953, | 7 | | in
Green Bay, Wisconsin; she earned her bachelor of science | 8 | | degree from
Rockford College in 1976, where she majored in | 9 | | graphic arts, minored in
mathematics, and received a secondary | 10 | | education teaching certificate;
and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole spent 10 years serving on the | 12 | | Lake County Board
representing the 11th District from | 13 | | 1996-2006; she has been a leader on a wide
variety of issues | 14 | | including open space, environmental protection, and
| 15 | | transportation; she was widely regarded as a budget hawk on the | 16 | | Lake County
Board and helped to set policy and direction for | 17 | | the county's budget; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole served as a Forest Preserve | 19 | | Commissioner, helping
the Forest Preserve District acquire | 20 | | more than 7,000 acres of forest preserve land; she served as a | 21 | | director on the Solid Waste Agency of Lake
County from | 22 | | 1998-2006, and as a director for the Soil and Water |
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| 1 | | Conservation District
of Lake County from 1994-1996; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole served as the State | 3 | | representative of
the 62nd District from 2007 to 2013 where she | 4 | | championed her
"Family Focus" legislative agenda, a | 5 | | comprehensive list of legislative
priorities aimed at | 6 | | improving the quality of life for families and
communities in | 7 | | Lake County and throughout Illinois; and | 8 | | WHEREAS Representative Cole has been a leader in the | 9 | | General Assembly on women's health issues by hosting women and | 10 | | senior health and wellness fairs,
and also by fighting hard to | 11 | | help pass legislation to fund the Sexual Assault Services
and | 12 | | Prevention Fund, which helps provide critical services to women | 13 | | in need; and | 14 | | WHEREAS Representative Cole was instrumental in securing | 15 | | open space
grants for the Lake County Forest Preserve District, | 16 | | Lake Villa Township,
and the Round Lake Area Park District for | 17 | | the construction of hiking trails,
playgrounds, soccer fields, | 18 | | and other recreational facilities for the
constituents of the | 19 | | 62nd District; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole has been a strong voice for | 21 | | fiscal responsibility,
consistently voting to slash her own pay | 22 | | and working to balance the budget while
holding the line on |
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| 1 | | taxes to protect the citizens of Illinois; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole has placed children's safety | 3 | | as a top priority
including an expansion to the Infant Safe | 4 | | Haven laws, allowing mothers who
are in crisis or who have | 5 | | nowhere else to turn a solution for the safety and
well-being | 6 | | of the infant, and she also fought to enhance
Illinois prison | 7 | | sentences to those that commit sexual crimes against
children; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole, being a member of the | 10 | | Illinois Alzheimer's
Legislators Alliance, has fought to bring | 11 | | awareness to this devastating disease; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole has sponsored a number of | 13 | | community
events to assist children, families, and senior | 14 | | citizens, including an Autism
forum for families affected by | 15 | | children with autism, a family internet
safety seminar for | 16 | | parents and their kids, an unemployment insurance
workshop for | 17 | | small businesses, a veterans services forum, a business
| 18 | | prosperity town hall focused on state fiscal issues and several | 19 | | outreach events
for local senior citizens; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Cole has lived in Lake County for | 21 | | over 27 years and has been
married to Stephen Cole for 29 | 22 | | years; they have 3 children, 2 daughters
and one son and one |
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| 1 | | grandchild, Annabel; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we honor our friend and colleague, Illinois State
| 5 | | Representative Sandy Cole, for her years of dedicated service | 6 | | to the people of
this State and wish her great success and | 7 | | happiness in her future endeavors;
and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 9 | | presented to Representative Cole as a symbol of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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