Full Text of SR2260 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Joseph Michael "Mike" McKeon of Joliet, | 4 | | who passed away on September 15, 2016 at the age of 73; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joseph McKeon was a veteran of the United States | 6 | | Navy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joseph McKeon was an esteemed political | 8 | | strategist, pollster, and analyst whose advice was sought by | 9 | | Republicans and Democrats alike; countless state and national | 10 | | political organizations depended on him to have the pulse of | 11 | | the electorate and relied on his bluntness, street smarts and | 12 | | political savvy; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Joseph McKeon formed his global public opinion | 14 | | research and strategic marketing firm, McKeon and Associates, | 15 | | in 1973; his polling and analysis of the changing American | 16 | | cultural paradigm have been featured in nearly all major media | 17 | | outlets around the globe; he led research and strategy for more | 18 | | than 700 political candidates on both sides of the aisle and | 19 | | had major corporate clients such as Gatorade, Commonwealth | 20 | | Edison, Walmart, and the Chicago Bulls; he also served as a | 21 | | political script consultant on Saturday Night Live for many | 22 | | years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joseph McKeon polled national and statewide races | 2 | | from coast to coast; he was nationally recognized for his | 3 | | astute ability to identify national and international trends | 4 | | and bake them into winning marketing and political strategies; | 5 | | he was also ahead of his time in analyzing moods and trends | 6 | | among voters and penned a 1994 Washington Post column in which | 7 | | he outlined the evolving media landscape and the way digital | 8 | | technology was supplanting traditional forms of | 9 | | communications; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Joseph McKeon is survived by his daughters, Meghan | 11 | | (Bucky) Moreno and Zora Baron; his grandchildren, Sophia and | 12 | | Isabella Moreno and Joe and Lauren; his siblings, Linda | 13 | | (Kenneth) Joslin, Lynn (Edward) Masters, Robert (Linda) | 14 | | Conrad, and Cary J. Conrad; many nieces and nephews; and his | 15 | | faithful friends, Jimmy Wheeler and Tim McAnarney; therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 19 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Joseph Michael "Mike" | 20 | | McKeon; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Joseph McKeon as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our sympathy.
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