Full Text of HR1052 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor the 10-year tenure of our | 4 | | esteemed colleague, Representative Sam Yingling, and thank him | 5 | | for his dedicated service to his community and our State; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling was born and raised in Lake County, | 7 | | and he attended Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein; he | 8 | | graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, where he studied | 9 | | Public Policy & Administration and Metropolitan Land Use | 10 | | (Urban Planning) and Political Science; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, From a young age, Rep. Yingling learned the value | 12 | | of hard work by helping his grandparents and parents with the | 13 | | family-owned restaurant, which fostered his entrepreneurial | 14 | | spirit and led him to become a small business owner and a | 15 | | realtor; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling has been dedicated to the Lake | 17 | | County community by serving as a board member of the immigrant | 18 | | resource center Mano a Mano, the former president of the Round | 19 | | Lake Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Round Lake Beach | 20 | | Cultural and Civic Center Foundation; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling has been a passionate public |
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| 1 | | servant; he started his career in government as the supervisor | 2 | | of the Avon Township, a position he held from 2009 to 2013, | 3 | | during which he cut taxes for residents while protecting | 4 | | important services; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling was elected to the Illinois House | 6 | | of Representatives in 2013, becoming the first openly LGBTQ+ | 7 | | member elected outside the City of Chicago; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Using his experience as a former township | 9 | | supervisor, Rep. Yingling served as the chairman of the | 10 | | Counties and Townships Committee and the Government | 11 | | Consolidation & Modernization Committee; he worked to reform | 12 | | local government to make it more transparent and | 13 | | taxpayer-friendly by consolidating redundant units of | 14 | | government and barring politicians from receiving multiple | 15 | | taxpayer-funded paychecks for the same job; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling has been a leading voice in the | 17 | | efforts to reform Illinois' property tax system and bring | 18 | | financial relief to his constituents; he was the chairman of | 19 | | the Property Tax Relief Task Force and fought to make | 20 | | taxpayer-friendly reforms to the Lake County Assessor's | 21 | | Office; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling has been a leader in the fight for |
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| 1 | | marriage equality and an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community; he | 2 | | played a pivotal role in helping pass legislation legalizing | 3 | | gay marriage in Illinois; he also introduced and sponsored a | 4 | | number of bills to crack down on abusive conversion therapy; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Yingling has worked tirelessly to bring | 7 | | much-needed resources into his district; he regularly held | 8 | | resource fairs, Know Your Rights seminars, student financial | 9 | | aid workshops, and other events to help provide support to his | 10 | | constituents; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, All who served alongside Rep. Yingling will miss | 12 | | his friendship and his commitment to serving his constituents | 13 | | and bettering the State for all of its citizens; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we congratulate Representative Sam Yingling on his | 18 | | achievements, thank him for his years of dedication to serving | 19 | | the people of his district and the State of Illinois, and wish | 20 | | him the best in all of his future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Rep. Yingling as an expression of our esteem and |
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| 1 | | respect.
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