Full Text of HR0155 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish | 3 | | to recognize former Alderperson Michele Smith of the 43rd Ward | 4 | | on the occasion of her retirement from the Chicago City | 5 | | Council on August 12, 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Upon her graduation from the State University of | 7 | | New York at Buffalo in 1976, Michele Smith moved to Chicago to | 8 | | begin law school at the University of Chicago Law School; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Upon her graduation from the University of | 10 | | Chicago Law School in 1979, Michele Smith clerked for Judge | 11 | | William J. Bauer of the United States Court of Appeals for the | 12 | | Seventh Circuit for two years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith began her legal career in Chicago | 14 | | in the U.S. Attorney's Office, where she prosecuted over 400 | 15 | | narcotics, white-collar criminal, and political corruption | 16 | | cases; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith spent the next 16 years at Navistar | 18 | | International Corporation, where she became general counsel | 19 | | for a $2.5 billion subsidiary, the Engine Group; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith was initially elected as |
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| 1 | | alderperson of the 43rd Ward in 2011; she was reelected by her | 2 | | constituents for additional terms in 2015 and 2019; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure, Michele Smith placed a premium | 4 | | on grassroots community engagement and providing direct | 5 | | services to her constituents; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith advocated for and succeeded in | 7 | | obtaining infrastructure improvements and increased public | 8 | | safety resources for her community and constituents; she also | 9 | | worked to secure funds to expand and improve the schools and | 10 | | parks in the 43rd Ward; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith chaired the City Council's | 12 | | Committee on Ethics and Governmental Operations, where she | 13 | | worked to make Chicago more equitable and transparent, | 14 | | including spearheading a series of governmental ethics reform | 15 | | ordinances; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Michele Smith has lived in the 43rd Ward for over | 17 | | 40 years, raising her daughter and remaining active in the | 18 | | community; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we recognize former Alderperson Michele Smith on her |
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| 1 | | retirement, thank her for her exemplary service to the | 2 | | residents of the 43rd Ward and the City of Chicago, and wish | 3 | | for her continued health, happiness, prosperity, and success; | 4 | | and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Michele Smith as an expression of our esteem and | 7 | | respect.
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