Full Text of HJR0116 95th General Assembly
HJ0116 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 |
| pleased to congratulate the members of West Suburban Access | 4 |
| News Association on the occasion of having over 100,000 | 5 |
| visitors to their website, WSANA.org; and
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| WHEREAS, The West Suburban Access News Association is a | 7 |
| not-for-profit corporation that maintains a web site with | 8 |
| information for persons with disabilities, their families, | 9 |
| friends, and other interested persons; the organization was | 10 |
| founded in 2001 by current Executive Director Joel Sheffel, a | 11 |
| person with a hidden disability and a former resident of a | 12 |
| nursing home; and
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| WHEREAS, The West Suburban Access News Association's | 14 |
| mission is to provide information that will allow individuals | 15 |
| with disabilities to live independently in and contribute to | 16 |
| the community in which they live; such information includes | 17 |
| human and legal rights of individuals with disabilities that | 18 |
| equal access to programs, as well as increasing awareness of | 19 |
| special services aimed at assisting individuals with | 20 |
| disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the West Suburban Access News | 22 |
| Association routinely meet with civic and governmental |
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| officials to create a better environment for persons with | 2 |
| disabilities who live independently; the organization has | 3 |
| established a working relationship with some of the Oak Park | 4 |
| Village Trustees, holding regular meetings with them and | 5 |
| maintaining regular e-mail correspondence regarding | 6 |
| accessibility issues and other matters of concern to | 7 |
| individuals with disabilities; the organization also works | 8 |
| with Mr. Ollie Cantos, Special Counsel to the Assistant | 9 |
| Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of | 10 |
| Justice, in order to help the Department investigate violations | 11 |
| of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing | 12 |
| Act; and
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| WHEREAS, Since its inception in September of 2005, the West | 14 |
| Suburban Access News Association's website, WSANA.org, | 15 |
| averages over 150 visitors every weekday and over 80 visitors | 16 |
| every Saturday and Sunday; having developed a sterling | 17 |
| reputation for fast, easy-to-understand, and reliable | 18 |
| information on their website, WSANA.org has become a major | 19 |
| outlet for news and information on matters of concern to | 20 |
| individuals with disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The outstanding work that the West Suburban Access | 22 |
| News Association has done on the behalf of individuals with | 23 |
| disabilities is worthy of the greatest respect; therefore, be | 24 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 3 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the members of | 4 |
| West Suburban Access News Association on the occasion of having | 5 |
| over 100,000 visitors to their website and wish them continued | 6 |
| success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to WSANA Executive Director Joel Sheffel as a symbol | 9 |
| of our esteem and respect.
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