Bill Text: GA SR1518 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Sjoquist, Dr. David L.; recognize
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-21 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1518 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR1518-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 1518
By:
Senators Hill of the 4th, Williams of the 19th, Hooks of the 14th, Chance of the
16th and Rogers of the 21st
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Dr. David L. Sjoquist; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Dr. David L. Sjoquist has long been recognized by the citizens of this state for
his dedication to public service and expertise in public finance, urban
economics, and education policy; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Sjoquist has exhibited extraordinary leadership throughout his 40 years as a
professor of economics at Georgia State University, as the Dan E. Sweat
Distinguished Chair in Educational and Community Policy, and as director of the
Andrew Young School's Fiscal Research Center; and
WHEREAS,
he has established himself as a eminent scholar, publishing in such journals as
American Economic
Review,
Journal of Public
Economics,
National Tax
Journal, and
Review of Economics
and Statistics on topics such as teenage
employment, capital maintenance expenditures, local government fiscal
conditions, and the urban underclass; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Sjoquist's current research interests include property taxation, school
financing, local sales and income taxes, and public housing; and
WHEREAS,
he has shown a deep commitment to public service, lending his expertise and
analysis to the Ford Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Economic
Development Administration of the United States Department of Commerce, the
Fannie Mae Foundation, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and
WHEREAS,
Dr. Sjoquist has provided legislative advice on tax and policy to Senator Paul
Coverdell, Senator Todd Evans, numerous governors, and to the Georgia General
Assembly; and
WHEREAS,
an active community leader, Dr. Sjoquist has served on various advisory boards
and taskforce committees, including participating as a board member of the
Atlanta Regional Commission, as a member of the City of Atlanta Advisory Task
Force on Development of Green Space Plan, as chairperson of the MARTA Blue
Ribbon Panel, as a member of the Urban Land Institute-Atlanta District Executive
Committee, and as an executive member of Research Atlanta and Atlanta Urban
League; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the extraordinary accomplishments of
this distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Dr. David L. Sjoquist for his four decades of dedicated service to the State of
Georgia and Georgia State University, congratulate him upon his upcoming
retirement from the Fiscal Research Center, and extend to him their utmost
appreciation for his knowledge and public service.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Dr. David L. Sjoquist.
