Bill Text: IL HJR0039 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Designates Westchester Boulevard from Roosevelt Road to Cermak Road as the "Isiah Thomas Boulevard".
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-01 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0039-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 39
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Isiah Lord Thomas, III is a retired American | ||||||
| 3 | basketball player who played professionally for the Detroit | ||||||
| 4 | Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA); and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas is a 12-time NBA All-Star, a member | ||||||
| 6 | of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and was named | ||||||
| 7 | one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas was born and raised in the City of | ||||||
| 9 | Chicago; he played basketball for St. Joseph's High School and | ||||||
| 10 | played collegiately for the Indiana Hoosiers; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Isiah Thomas played with the Detroit Pistons as a | ||||||
| 12 | point guard from 1981 through 1994 and led the "Bad Boys" to | ||||||
| 13 | consecutive NBA championships in the 1988-89 and the 1989-90 | ||||||
| 14 | seasons; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, After his NBA career, Isiah Thomas was an | ||||||
| 16 | executive with the Toronto Raptors, a television commentator, | ||||||
| 17 | an executive with the Continental Basketball Association, head | ||||||
| 18 | coach of the Indiana Pacers, and an executive and head coach | ||||||
| 19 | for the New York Knicks; he later coached the Florida | ||||||
| 20 | International University Golden Panthers for 3 seasons from | ||||||
| 21 | 2009 to 2012; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 3 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate South Wolf Road | ||||||
| 4 | between Roosevelt Road and West Cermak Road in Westchester as | ||||||
| 5 | the "Isiah Thomas Boulevard"; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 7 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 8 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 9 | giving notice of the name of the
"Isiah Thomas Boulevard"; and | ||||||
| 10 | be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
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| 12 | presented to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
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| 13 | Transportation and
Isiah Thomas.
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