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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, David E. Carter, Jr., retired in April 2005 after |
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| four years of service as Mayor of the City of Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure, Mayor Carter reversed the |
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| City's deficit financial condition, played a key role in |
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| recruiting Home Depot to the City, increased funding from the |
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| City to the Council on Aging by 31.3 percent, secured voter |
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| approval of sales tax increase for property tax relief and |
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| infrastructure improvements which lowered the property tax |
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| levy 16.67 percent from 2001 to 2005, and oversaw the |
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| reconstruction of three railroad overpass bridges and the |
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| construction of new athletic fields for Junior Football and |
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| T-ball leagues; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Mattoon High School in 1985, and |
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| has worked in maintenance, construction, and appliance repair; |
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| he received his emergency medical technician certification |
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| from Lakeland College in 1993, a maintenance degree from Eli |
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| Whitney in 1997, a management certification from Lakeland |
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| College in 2003, and an appliance repair certification from |
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| Whirlpool/Fisher Pikel in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Irene, have four children, Brad, |
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| Alex, Levi, and Haley; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we thank David E. Carter, Jr., for his years of public service |
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| and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to David E. Carter, Jr., as an expression of our |
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| esteem.
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