Bill Text: IL SR0921 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Alex Lopez.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-11-04 - Resolution Adopted [SR0921 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0921-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of
Alex Lopez; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez was born in November of 1965, in | ||||||
| 5 | Weslaco, Texas; his parents were Jose M. Lopez and Maria Cruz | ||||||
| 6 | Lopez; after he moved back to Chicago Heights with his family, | ||||||
| 7 | he attended Garfield Elementary School and Washington Junior | ||||||
| 8 | High School before graduating from Bloom Township High School | ||||||
| 9 | in 1983; he then earned his finance degree from Western | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois University in 1988; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez began his career in politics in 1995, | ||||||
| 12 | when he was elected to the Chicago Heights Park District board; | ||||||
| 13 | he served as a commissioner until 2003; from 2003 to 2006, he | ||||||
| 14 | worked for Chicago Heights as the director of Thornwood | ||||||
| 15 | Apartments; in 2006, he was hired to serve as the Chicago | ||||||
| 16 | Heights Park District superintendent; in 2007, he was elected | ||||||
| 17 | to the Chicago Heights City Council to serve as alderman of the | ||||||
| 18 | 2nd Ward; in April of 2009, he was appointed to serve as Mayor | ||||||
| 19 | of Chicago Heights, where he served until his passing; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Alex Lopez will be fondly remembered by his loving | ||||||
| 21 | family and friends, his constituents, and his colleagues in | ||||||
| 22 | Chicago Heights as a soft-spoken, honest, and thoughtful family | ||||||
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| 1 | man; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 4 | his family and friends, the passing of Alex Lopez; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Alex Lopez as an expression of our | ||||||
| 8 | sympathy.
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