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92_HR0574
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Illinois Conference of Women Legislators
3 (COWL), the bi-partisan caucus of elected women legislators
4 in both the House and the Senate, is organized to advance
5 public policies that improve the quality of life of Illinois
6 women, children and families; and
7 WHEREAS, COWL's goal is to work toward educational
8 opportunity and economic independence for Illinois women,
9 helping to ensure that they and their children will have
10 increased opportunity to be economic contributors to the
11 State's economy, more likely to have quality health insurance
12 and less likely to be a victim of violence, ignorance and
13 disease; and
14 WHEREAS, COWL sponsors a variety of policy initiatives,
15 educational and community support efforts to advance the
16 status of women, children and families in Illinois, requiring
17 the need for good research and capable staff; and
18 WHEREAS, In order to fund the important bipartisan work
19 of the COWL agenda, including the first Earned Income Tax
20 Credit for working poor families of Illinois, it became
21 necessary to raise funds in the private sector; and
22 WHEREAS, The members of COWL being, first and foremost,
23 politicians, determined that another rubber-chicken
24 fundraising dinner would be too difficult to digest and
25 believing that good humor and healthy camaraderie enhances
26 the art and science of lawmaking; and
27 WHEREAS, The members of COWL searched wide and hard for
28 an individual, any individual - even one of the male
29 persuasion - to assist in their challenge to raise funds
30 using good taste, humor and camaraderie, only to discover
31 that the perfect and only individual to help was none other
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1 than the same individual who has accomplished the same goal
2 for lawyers, an eminently more difficult task than dealing
3 with state legislators; and
4 WHEREAS, COWL was blessed to discover that one and only
5 person in the name of Mr. Julian Frazin with the able
6 assistance of his lovely wife, Rhona, both of whom spent
7 enough hours, days and weeks writing lyrics, singing tunes
8 and choreographing an otherwise klutzy group of politicians
9 with questionable musical talent in the production of CAPITOL
10 CAPERS, enjoyed by the Governor George Ryan and his wife and
11 many other distinguished members of elective office - o.k.,
12 maybe not so distinguished; therefore, be it
13 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
14 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
15 we publicly acknowledge and sincerely extend our deepest
16 appreciation to Julian and Rhona Frazin for their
17 significant, invaluable and talented contributions to making
18 the Capitol Capers Show a huge success and bringing good
19 humor and bipartisan camaraderie to the Illinois Capital City
20 of Springfield and for making a group of Republican and
21 Democratic members of the State Senate and House of
22 Representatives redeem themselves, at least for one night;
23 and be it further
24 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
25 presented to Julian and Rhona Frazin as a lasting memento of
26 our gratitude and good wishes.