Full Text of HR1389 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Representative Sidney | 4 | | Mathias on his distinguished service to the Illinois 51st and | 5 | | 53rd Legislative Districts and the people of the State of | 6 | | Illinois; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has been a member of the | 8 | | Illinois House since 1999 and has served this body with honor | 9 | | and distinction; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias graduated from South Shore | 11 | | High School in 1962, earned a bachelor of science degree in | 12 | | Mathematics from Roosevelt University in 1966, and a juris | 13 | | doctorate degree from DePaul University's College of Law in | 14 | | 1968; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias is a recently-retired | 16 | | attorney who practiced in Arlington Heights for 40 years; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has been married to his | 18 | | wife, Rita for 40 years, and has two adult sons, Rabbi Elliot | 19 | | and Rabbi Scott, and has 6 grandchildren; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias began his 30-years of |
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| 1 | | community service in 1983 as a member of the Buffalo Grove | 2 | | Zoning Board of Appeals; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias continued his community | 4 | | service as a village trustee in Buffalo Grove from 1988-1991; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias was elected by the people | 7 | | of Buffalo Grove to serve as their village president from | 8 | | 1991-1999, where he became a leading voice on transportation | 9 | | issues and was a driving force behind bringing the North | 10 | | Central Line and the Sidney H. Mathias Transit Center to | 11 | | Buffalo Grove; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias was first elected to the | 13 | | Illinois House in 1998 and is completing 7 consecutive two-year | 14 | | terms in office; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has represented with | 16 | | distinction the people of Cook and Lake Counties in the | 17 | | communities of Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling, | 18 | | Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Palatine, Long Grove, Deer | 19 | | Park, Hawthorn Woods, Lake Zurich, Barrington, Hoffman | 20 | | Estates, Mundelein, Vernon Hills, Kildeer, and Inverness; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Since being elected to the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives, Representative Mathias has served with | 2 | | distinction on the Mass Transit committee as the Republican | 3 | | Spokesperson, the Local Government committee as the Republican | 4 | | Spokesperson, the Cities & Villages committee as the Republican | 5 | | Spokesperson, the Tollway Oversight committee as the | 6 | | Republican Spokesperson, and the Mass Transit for Northeastern | 7 | | Illinois committee as the Republican Spokesperson; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has also served as a member | 9 | | in good standing of the Judiciary I-Civil Law committee, the | 10 | | State Government Administration committee, the Select | 11 | | Committee on Discipline, the Appropriations-General Service | 12 | | committee, the Railroad Industry committee, the Health Care | 13 | | Availability Access committee, the Transportation & Motor | 14 | | Vehicles committee, the subcommittee on Railroads, the | 15 | | Adoption Reform committee, the Transit Management and | 16 | | Performance committee, the Appropriations-Public Safety | 17 | | committee, the Aging committee, the Financial Institutions | 18 | | committee, the Airports committee, and the Illinois State Toll | 19 | | Highway Authority committee; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, During his 14-year term as a State Representative | 21 | | Mathias served as a chief sponsor of more than 120 public acts | 22 | | and as a chief co-sponsor or co-sponsor of hundreds of | 23 | | additional public acts; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has been a vocal opponent | 2 | | of tax increases during his 14 years in office; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has been a tireless | 4 | | advocate for children and adults with disabilities as well as | 5 | | special needs children; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias had a key role in reforming | 7 | | the State's Regional Transportation Authority by helping to | 8 | | bring financial stability and continuity of service to CTA, | 9 | | Metra and Pace; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias was deeply involved with | 11 | | bringing significant transportation improvements to his | 12 | | region, including the Route 22 bypass in Lake Zurich; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias fought with determination | 14 | | for the extension of Route 53 into Lake County by bringing key | 15 | | decision-makers together to build consensus for the project; he | 16 | | has also served on various councils instrumental in determining | 17 | | the feasibility for the extension of Route 53; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has made other innumerable | 19 | | contributions to the public good through his service to the | 20 | | Northwest Municipal Conference, the Northwest Council of | 21 | | Mayors, the Illinois Alzheimer's Legislators Alliance, the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Holocaust and Genocide Commission, the Lake County | 2 | | Municipal League, the Illinois Municipal League, the North | 3 | | Central Metra Service Mayoral Task Force, the Corridor Planning | 4 | | Council of Central Lake County, the National Conference of | 5 | | State Legislatures Transportation committee, the National | 6 | | League of Cities Transportation & Communications committees, | 7 | | the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, the Solid Waste | 8 | | Agency of Northern Cook County, the Cook County Circuit Court, | 9 | | the College of Lake County's Southeast Regional Planning | 10 | | Council, Roosevelt University's Community Advisory Board, the | 11 | | Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, the Northwest | 12 | | Suburban Jewish Community Center, and to the Buffalo Grove Park | 13 | | District; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has been a long-standing | 15 | | member of the Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, and | 16 | | Wheeling/Prospect Heights Chambers of Commerce; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias has received numerous | 18 | | awards and recognitions, including the Outstanding Legislator | 19 | | of the Year Award and the Community Service Award from the | 20 | | Illinois Association of Park Districts, the Friend of | 21 | | Agriculture Award from the Lake County Farm Bureau, the | 22 | | Legislator of the Year Award from the Illinois Psychological | 23 | | Association, the Lung Health Champion Award from the | 24 | | Respiratory Health Association, and Legislator of the Year from |
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| 1 | | the Illinois Child Care Association; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias traveled to Israel in 2012 | 3 | | as part of a delegation of Illinois leaders to advance the | 4 | | economic and cultural ties between Illinois and Israel; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Mathias and his family understand | 6 | | firsthand the suffering and challenges faced by the Jewish | 7 | | community; his father, Ernest Mathias, was a Holocaust survivor | 8 | | who was arrested on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) in | 9 | | Germany and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp; his | 10 | | father was able to secure safe passage to America where he | 11 | | worked in Chicago stockyards until becoming a business owner; | 12 | | tragically, Ernest Mathias' parents and 3 sisters were murdered | 13 | | in concentration camps during World War II; therefore, be it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we wish Representative Mathias all the best in his future | 17 | | endeavors and congratulate him on a job well done in the | 18 | | General Assembly; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Representative Mathias, his wife Rita, and their | 21 | | family, as an expression of our esteem and respect for our | 22 | | colleague and friend.
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