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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is under siege in this hot
3 summer of 1999; and
4 WHEREAS, Cows, some in rhinestone, one illuminated from
5 within, others painted in festive colors, but all built of
6 fiberglass, have taken over this midwestern hub, and it is
7 uniting Chicagoans together to ask the question, "Why?"; and
8 WHEREAS, Chicago businessman Peter Hanig returned from a
9 trip to Zurich, Switzerland with news about Zurich's bovine
10 display and the one million visitors that were drawn to that
11 city to see the cows; and
12 WHEREAS, The decision was made to do the same thing in
13 Chicago; local artists were asked to put their talent to work
14 on individual cows, and on June 15, 1999 the cows were
15 dedicated by Mayor Daley, along with Swiss Consul General
16 Eduard Jaun; lawyers dressed in cattle black and white
17 entertained the crowd as The Acapellants; and
18 WHEREAS, Through the exhibit of cattle stampeding across
19 the City of Chicago, people are coming together, noting how
20 local artists have put their own unique touch on each cow,
21 giving the bovines a sense of individuality; therefore, be it
22 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
24 we hereby make the fiberglass cows of Chicago the official
25 symbols of the year 2000 in the City of Chicago; and be it
26 further
27 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to Mayor Richard Daley.