Bill Text: IL HR0941 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Paul Osborne on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his ownership of the Decatur Tribune.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0941 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0941-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Paul Osborne on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of the 40th anniversary of his ownership of the | ||||||
| 5 | Decatur Tribune in December of 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In 1969, Paul Osborne received a call from a | ||||||
| 7 | friend who told him that the Decatur Tribune was for sale; | ||||||
| 8 | despite his lack of experience in the newspaper business, he | ||||||
| 9 | decided to purchase the business and become the editor and | ||||||
| 10 | publisher of the Decatur Tribune; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Under Paul Osborne's direction, the Decatur | ||||||
| 12 | Tribune has thrived, with thousands of loyal subscribers | ||||||
| 13 | reading his newspaper every day; the paper has also been the | ||||||
| 14 | recipient of numerous press awards; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, In addition to his successful paper, Paul Osborne | ||||||
| 16 | also owns numerous other newspapers, an advertising agency, and | ||||||
| 17 | a television news production studio; he has been involved with | ||||||
| 18 | a daily television news program and radio broadcasting; he was | ||||||
| 19 | also elected to serve as Mayor of the City of Decatur in 2003; | ||||||
| 20 | he was then reelected in 2007 and served until his resignation | ||||||
| 21 | on June 1, 2008; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, For the last 40 years, Paul Osborne and his | ||||||
| 2 | newspaper have served as invaluable sources of information and | ||||||
| 3 | insight for the people of the City of Decatur and the State of | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | congratulate Paul Osborne on the occasion of the 40th | ||||||
| 8 | anniversary of his ownership of the Decatur Tribune and wish | ||||||
| 9 | him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Paul Osborne as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 13 | respect.
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