Full Text of HR0399 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Cindy McCuen on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement on June 30, 2019, after over 43 | 5 | | years of dedicated service as the Support Staff Administrator | 6 | | for the House Democratic Research/Appropriations Staff of the | 7 | | Illinois House of Representatives; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen was born in Des Moines, Iowa to | 9 | | Charles "Chick" and Jane McCuen; Chick's work as a former | 10 | | television and radio newscaster in Iowa took his family and | 11 | | toddler, Cindy, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he became the | 12 | | first news director at WCCO-TV; in the early 1960s, Chick was | 13 | | hired by WMAQ-NBC in Chicago as a reporter and news anchor, | 14 | | which led to the McCuen family moving to Winnetka, Illinois; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen attended Skokie Junior High in | 17 | | Winnetka, Illinois and graduated from New Trier High School in | 18 | | 1966; she continued her education at the University of Kansas, | 19 | | where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts; before starting | 20 | | her career with the Illinois General Assembly, she worked in | 21 | | Lawrence, Kansas for the Head Start Program, where she designed | 22 | | and created children's reading books; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen is the proud mother of Matthew Thomas | 2 | | McCuen, who was born in Springfield, Illinois in 1992; as a | 3 | | single mother, she worked hard to give her son the world while | 4 | | balancing her hours at the Illinois General Assembly; as a | 5 | | testimony, Matthew received his Bachelor of Science from | 6 | | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and now works in St. | 7 | | Louis, Missouri as a mechanical engineer; he plans to marry | 8 | | Taylor McDermott in October 2019; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen shares a close bond with her two | 10 | | sisters, Mary Calgren of Edina, Minnesota and Joanie Wexler of | 11 | | Oak Brook, Illinois; she misses her mother Jane McCuen, fondly | 12 | | described as a fun and loving homemaker who worked tirelessly | 13 | | raising her three daughters; Cindy proudly boasts that they | 14 | | never had a fight; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen also misses her father who was, in | 16 | | addition to being a scrappy news reporter, an avid scrabble | 17 | | player and clever story teller, who told tales encompassing | 18 | | countless news accounts and theories after covering the 1968 | 19 | | Chicago riots, the Richard Speck murder trial, U.S. Senator | 20 | | Charles Percy's daughter's murder, and the statehouse in | 21 | | Springfield, Illinois; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure, Cindy McCuen has worked with | 23 | | over 100 staffers, providing guidance, patiently assisting, |
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| 1 | | and answering every question brought to her; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen has coordinated thousands of fiscal | 3 | | notes, reviewed and formatted countless bill analyses and | 4 | | memos, and drafted numerous state budgets; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen is led by her intuition, patience, | 6 | | and dedication; she has served as a mentor, a leader, and, most | 7 | | importantly, a friend; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Throughout her long career with the legislature, | 9 | | Cindy McCuen has served under the guidance of Speaker William | 10 | | A. Redmond and Speaker Michael J. Madigan, Chiefs of Staff Gary | 11 | | LaPaille, Tim Mapes, and Jessica Basham, and | 12 | | Research/Appropriations Staff Directors Jim Andrews, Ralph | 13 | | Nickell, Bill Foster, Bob Carter, Bill Holland, Veronica Lynch, | 14 | | Tony Rossi, Terri Coombes, John Lowder, Jessica Basham, and | 15 | | Mark Jarmer; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Following her retirement from state government, | 17 | | Cindy McCuen is excited for her son's upcoming wedding; she | 18 | | plans on traveling and is eager to relax; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Cindy McCuen's legacy of hard work, honesty, and | 20 | | devotion to both the government and people of the State of | 21 | | Illinois will be fondly remembered by the members of this noble |
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| 1 | | body and staff; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 3 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Cindy McCuen on the occasion of her retirement, | 5 | | thank her for her many years of committed service to the | 6 | | Illinois General Assembly and the people of the State of | 7 | | Illinois, and wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; | 8 | | and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Cindy McCuen as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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