Full Text of SJR0083 93rd General Assembly
SJ0083 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Senator John W. Maitland, Jr. was born in Normal, | 3 |
| Ill., on July 29, 1936, to John and Elsa Maitland; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Maitland is a graduate of Normal Community | 5 |
| High School and Illinois State University and served in the | 6 |
| United States Marine Corps; and Senator Maitland married his | 7 |
| wife, Joanna Sieg, and together they have three children, Jody | 8 |
| Ann, Johnny, and Jay, and six grandchildren; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Maitland, a resident of Bloomington, | 10 |
| served in the Illinois State Senate from 1979 until he resigned | 11 |
| in April 2002 because of health reasons; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, During those 23 years, he earned the respect of | 13 |
| his colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, because he | 14 |
| demonstrated the rare ability to get things done; when he rose | 15 |
| to speak in the Senate, people recognized his command of the | 16 |
| issues - especially agriculture and education; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Maitland is a nationally recognized | 18 |
| expert on agriculture issues and has first-hand knowledge of | 19 |
| the needs of farmers; he has spent long hours in the fields | 20 |
| raising grain; he was president of the local county Farm | 21 |
| Bureau; he has studied agriculture and conservation issues in | 22 |
| other states; his expertise was the driving force behind the | 23 |
| long-sought compromise, forged in 1999, for the regulation of | 24 |
| large livestock production facilities in Illinois; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Maitland is a strong advocate and tireless | 26 |
| champion of a quality education, having served in leadership | 27 |
| roles on committees and commissions that analyzed and set | 28 |
| education policy affecting Illinois students across the State; | 29 |
| he had a leadership role in every major effort to improve | 30 |
| education in the last two decades, including the Illinois |
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| Educational Reform Act of 1985, the Illinois Task Force on | 2 |
| School Finance in 1993, and the Governor' Commission on | 3 |
| Education Funding in 1996; Senator Maitland has been | 4 |
| particularly outspoken about the need for funding equity; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Maitland's membership on committees, his | 6 |
| work with organizations and his honors - local, State and | 7 |
| national - are too numerous to list; he is held in the highest | 8 |
| esteem by his colleagues from both parties; for 23 years, he | 9 |
| was the senator from central Illinois, but his legacy of | 10 |
| excellence and commitment to the greater good has made Illinois | 11 |
| a better place for all its citizens; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Illinois Route 9 runs through Senator Maitland's | 13 |
| hometown, Bloomington; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 16 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of Illinois Route 9 | 17 |
| commencing at the east boundary of Bloomington and ending at | 18 |
| the west boundary of Danvers, Ill. be designated the John W. | 19 |
| Maitland, Jr. Highway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is | 21 |
| requested to erect appropriate plaques or signs giving notice | 22 |
| to the John W. Maitland, Jr. Highway; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the Illinois Secretary of Transportation and to | 25 |
| Senator John W. Maitland, Jr.
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