Bill Text: IL HR0368 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates John Brown on his retirement from the Rock Island County Clerk's Office on April 28, 2017.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0368 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0368-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate John Brown on the occasion | ||||||
| 4 | of his retirement from the Rock Island County Clerk's Office on | ||||||
| 5 | April 28, 2017; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, John Brown was born to Joan (Kerres) and John | ||||||
| 7 | Brown
Sr. on October 16, 1951, the oldest of 10 children;
he | ||||||
| 8 | was the third generation to be a member of St. Joseph Catholic | ||||||
| 9 | Church in Rock Island, and graduated from Alleman High School | ||||||
| 10 | and Southern Illinois University; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, John Brown began working elections in the 1970s by | ||||||
| 12 | organizing Blackhawk Township for his father's
successful | ||||||
| 13 | supervisor candidacy, and since 1978, he has been a Democratic | ||||||
| 14 | Precinct Committeeman; he first worked in the Rock Island | ||||||
| 15 | County Clerk's office under John Gianulis beginning in 1982; he | ||||||
| 16 | continued with County Clerk Dick Leibovitz until 1997, when he | ||||||
| 17 | succeeded Carolyn Lund as supervisor of Rock Island Township, | ||||||
| 18 | serving until
2013; in 2010, he re-joined the Rock Island | ||||||
| 19 | County Clerk's office with Karen Kinney; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, John Brown is a strategic thinker who knows | ||||||
| 21 | elections, from the rules and processes to the | ||||||
| 22 | precinct-by-precinct
results; he is the foremost expert in the | ||||||
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| 1 | area of administering elections; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, John Brown is involved with many projects as chief | ||||||
| 3 | deputy: cleaning up the voter files, civil unions and marriage
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| 4 | equality, same-day voter registration, and improving early | ||||||
| 5 | voting locations and availability; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, John Brown loves his cats; he enjoys gardening in | ||||||
| 7 | his backyard and growing strawberries,
cucumbers, tomatoes, | ||||||
| 8 | peppers, and spinach; he recently renovated his historical | ||||||
| 9 | home; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 12 | congratulate John Brown on his retirement from the Rock Island | ||||||
| 13 | County Clerk's Office on April 28, 2017, and we wish him the | ||||||
| 14 | best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to John Brown as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 17 | respect.
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