Full Text of HR1036 096th General Assembly
HR1036 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the passing of the | 4 |
| former village president of Maywood, Ralph Conner, who passed | 5 |
| away on March 13, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on April 20, 1948 in Maywood; he and | 7 |
| his wife, Arletha, met as community activists in 1971 and | 8 |
| married in 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Conner was a popular spokesman for taxpayers, | 10 |
| government reform, school choice, gun rights, and other issues; | 11 |
| he often appeared as a pundit on Comcast, WTTW, and Bruce | 12 |
| DuMont's nationally syndicated "Beyond the Beltway" radio | 13 |
| program; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2008, Mr. Conner launched the Chicago office of | 15 |
| the Congress of Racial Equality; in 2009, he appeared in "No | 16 |
| Guns for Negroes," a documentary film on the Second Amendment; | 17 |
| he was working on a film on black World War II veterans when he | 18 |
| died; and
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| WHEREAS, During his twenty years of public service, he | 20 |
| served as Maywood village president, director of planning and | 21 |
| development/building commissioner, and enterprise zone |
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| administrator; in 2005 he took the position of local government | 2 |
| relations manager for the Heartland Institute; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Conner also worked with the U.S. Conference of | 4 |
| Mayors and the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and was a | 5 |
| certified Illinois assessing official; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Ralph Conner is survived by his wife, Arletha | 7 |
| Conner; his daughters, Isis Aida Ogoun Conner and Zenzi Dara | 8 |
| Dayo Conner; his sons, Ralph W. Conner Jr. and Thomas Leon | 9 |
| Conner; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ralph | 13 |
| Conner; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Ralph Conner as a symbol of our | 16 |
| sincere sympathy.
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