Bill Text: IL HR1127 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates David R. Wiltse on the occasion of his retirement as City Attorney for the City of Des Plaines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR1127 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1127-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 David R. Wiltse on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement as City Attorney for the City of | ||||||
5 | Des Plaines; and
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6 | WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been licensed to practice law in | ||||||
7 | Illinois since 1980; from 1979 to 1981, he worked as an | ||||||
8 | attorney for a law firm representing municipalities and local | ||||||
9 | governments, such as Hanover Park and Elk Grove Village; from | ||||||
10 | 1982 to 1984, he served as a hearing referee for the Board of | ||||||
11 | Review of the Illinois Department of Labor's Division of | ||||||
12 | Employment Security; from 1984 to 1986, he served as an | ||||||
13 | attorney for the Illinois Department of Revenue's Sales Tax | ||||||
14 | Division; after serving in private practice from 1986 to 1994, | ||||||
15 | he accepted a position as a Special Assistant Attorney General, | ||||||
16 | representing the Illinois Lottery under 4 different Attorneys | ||||||
17 | General from 1985 to 1994; he also served as an Adjunct | ||||||
18 | Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School from 1992 to 1993; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, In November of 1993, David Wiltse accepted the | ||||||
21 | position of City Attorney for the City of Des Plaines, where he | ||||||
22 | remained until his retirement on June 29, 2012; and
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1 | WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been an active member of numerous | ||||||
2 | community organizations; he was a board member and Vice | ||||||
3 | President of the Whipple Tree Homeowners Association from 1978 | ||||||
4 | to 1979; he served as a Wheeling Township Trustee from 1980 to | ||||||
5 | 1981; he served as a board member of the Chelsea Cove Condo | ||||||
6 | Association from 1988 to 1989; he served as an elected member | ||||||
7 | of the Board of Education of Township High School District 214 | ||||||
8 | from 1983 to 1995 and served as both Vice President and | ||||||
9 | President of the Board of Education; he served as Treasurer of | ||||||
10 | the Wheeling Township Rural Fire Protection District from 1975 | ||||||
11 | to 1996; he served as a member, Vice President, and President | ||||||
12 | of the Arlington Heights Historical Society from 1991 to 2000; | ||||||
13 | he served as co-chair of the Festival Committee from 2009 to | ||||||
14 | 2010; he served as Chairman of the Northwest Municipal | ||||||
15 | Conference Attorney's Committee from 2011 to 2012; he has also | ||||||
16 | been a member of the Arlington Heights Festival Committee since | ||||||
17 | 1991 and a member of the Illinois Municipal League Attorney's | ||||||
18 | Committee since 1993; and
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19 | WHEREAS, David Wiltse has been the recipient of numerous | ||||||
20 | awards, including the Illinois State Board of Education's | ||||||
21 | "Award of Excellence" on September 27, 1991 and the President's | ||||||
22 | Award of the International Municipal Lawyers Association as the | ||||||
23 | "Most Outstanding State Chair" in October of 2010; he was also | ||||||
24 | appointed to serve as Regional Vice President of the | ||||||
25 | International Municipal Lawyers Association in 2010 and 2011; |
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1 | and
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2 | WHEREAS, David Wiltse is the author of "Last Action of | ||||||
3 | Gettysburg", an article in the January 2011 issue of Gettysburg | ||||||
4 | Magazine, and is working on an article on the Battle of | ||||||
5 | Chancellorsville; and
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6 | WHEREAS, David Wiltse serves as a model of hard work, | ||||||
7 | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | ||||||
8 | Illinois; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we congratulate David Wiltse on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
12 | and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to David Wiltse as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
16 | respect.
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