Full Text of HR1378 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives have learned of the death of an Illinois | 4 | | resident who
holds the distinction of being the person elected | 5 | | to serve as the mayor of the largest American
city to be | 6 | | governed by a woman; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Jane M. Byrne highlighted a lengthy career of | 8 | | public service and civic involvement by serving as Mayor of | 9 | | Chicago from 1979 until 1983; she is remembered as a dynamic | 10 | | leader, loving
mother and grandmother, innovator, and friend; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, During her mayoral term, Jane M. Byrne tackled | 13 | | issues like collapsing school
finances and contentious labor | 14 | | relations head on; she also moved into the Cabrini Green public | 15 | | housing project to focus the need for better
police and public | 16 | | service in troubled neighborhoods; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jane M. Byrne understood the need to showcase the | 18 | | unmatched natural beauty
of the City's Lake Michigan shoreline; | 19 | | she also helped create the "Taste of Chicago" and propelled the | 20 | | City into becoming a
leading domestic tourism destination, | 21 | | which enabled Chicago to be recognized as "America's Most | 22 | | Livable City" by the
U.S. Conference of Mayors; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jane M. Byrne's vision of Chicago as a modern | 2 | | international destination led to the creation of unique direct | 3 | | rapid transit
links to O'Hare and Midway Airports; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Jane M. Byrne recognized the need for new jobs to | 5 | | take Chicago from being
a manufacturing hub to a prosperous | 6 | | center of creativity through efforts like the High Tech
Task | 7 | | Force; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jane M. Byrne is recognized as a pioneer on gun | 9 | | safety for approving the first
ordinance to get handguns off | 10 | | the streets; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While breaking gender barriers was a highlight of | 12 | | her career, Jane M. Byrne was by any standard a dynamic elected | 13 | | official; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we express our sympathies to Jane M. Byrne's daughter, Kathy | 17 | | Byrne, her grandson, Willy, her brother Edward Burke, and her | 18 | | sisters Carol Burke Sexton and Jill Burke Wolf, and honor Jane | 19 | | M. Byrne for her years of service and for making Illinois a | 20 | | better place; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jane M. Byrne as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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