Bill Text: IL HR0739 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Acknowledges the 50th anniversary of the Lake County Republican Federation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [HR0739 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0739-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 1962, Robert D. Stuart, Jr., and former Lake | ||||||
| 3 | County Republican Chairman Robert
Milton founded the Lake | ||||||
| 4 | County Republican Federation to promote Republican
interests | ||||||
| 5 | in Lake County; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Since that time, the Federation has helped | ||||||
| 7 | countless candidates,
elected officials, volunteers, and | ||||||
| 8 | voters by faithfully providing the main office, staff, and
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| 9 | financial support for the Lake County Republican Party; the | ||||||
| 10 | Lake County Republican Federation works closely with the Lake | ||||||
| 11 | County
Republican Central Committee to motivate the electorate | ||||||
| 12 | to vote Republican through
"bottom-up" politics; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Voter and volunteer services include: mailing | ||||||
| 14 | sample ballots and
voter guides, distributing candidate | ||||||
| 15 | information, preventing voter fraud, and providing
an ongoing | ||||||
| 16 | and visible presence for Republican activities in Lake County | ||||||
| 17 | by
underwriting a permanent storefront office with full-time | ||||||
| 18 | dedicated staff and
volunteers; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, The Federation supports Republican candidates in | ||||||
| 20 | Lake County by providing the
necessary infrastructure at the | ||||||
| 21 | local level; the organization assists candidates and
elected | ||||||
| 22 | officials by distributing campaign signs and literature, | ||||||
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| 1 | providing work and
storage space at county headquarters, | ||||||
| 2 | coordinating volunteers, educating voters,
advertising | ||||||
| 3 | countywide Republican events, and hosting 2 semi-annual | ||||||
| 4 | countywide
dinners which showcase Republican candidates and | ||||||
| 5 | the Republican agenda; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In celebration of 50 years of service to the Lake | ||||||
| 7 | County GOP, the Lake County
Republican Federation will host its | ||||||
| 8 | 50th Anniversary Spring Gala on Friday, April 20,
2012 at | ||||||
| 9 | Marriott's Lincolnshire Resort; Federation co-founder Robert | ||||||
| 10 | D. Stuart, Jr., 95
years young, plans to be at the event to | ||||||
| 11 | help mark this milestone; his son, Alexander D.
Stuart, | ||||||
| 12 | currently chairs the organization; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | we congratulate the Lake County Republican Federation on its | ||||||
| 16 | 50th anniversary; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the Lake County Republican Federation as a symbol | ||||||
| 19 | of our respect and esteem.
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