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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are |
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| pleased to congratulate the members of West Suburban Access |
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| News Association on the occasion of having over 100,000 |
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| visitors to their website, WSANA.org; and
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| WHEREAS, The West Suburban Access News Association is a |
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| not-for-profit corporation that maintains a web site with |
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| information for persons with disabilities, their families, |
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| friends, and other interested persons; the organization was |
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| founded in 2001; from 2001 until 2005, when their website |
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| appeared, the corporation mailed monthly newsletters to its |
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| members; and
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| WHEREAS, The West Suburban Access News Association's |
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| mission is to provide information that will allow individuals |
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| with disabilities to live independently in and contribute to |
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| the community in which they live; such information includes |
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| human and legal rights of individuals with disabilities that |
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| equal access to programs, as well as increasing awareness of |
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| special services aimed at assisting individuals with |
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| disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The members of the West Suburban Access News |
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| Association routinely meet with civic and governmental |
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| officials to create a better environment for persons with |
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| disabilities who live independently; in December of 2006, WSANA |
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| addressed the Oak Park Village Board regarding accessibility on |
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| sidewalks of persons in wheelchairs and mobility devices; as a |
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| result of those talks, the Oak Park Village Board passed an |
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| amendment to an existing ordinance on February 20, 2007 which |
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| now requires that sidewalks be shoveled within 24 hours after a |
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| snowstorm; WSANA has also established a working relationship |
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| with executive Mr. Ollie Cantos, Special Counsel to the |
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| Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. |
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| Department of Justice, the department which investigates |
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| violations of ADA and the Fair Housing Act; and
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| WHEREAS, Since its inception in September of 2005, the West |
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| Suburban Access News Association's website, WSANA.org, has |
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| grown to over 225 pages, with 98,796 total visitors; having |
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| developed a sterling reputation for fast, easy-to-understand, |
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| and reliable information on their website, WSANA.org has become |
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| a major outlet for news and information on matters of concern |
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| to individuals with disabilities; and
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| WHEREAS, The outstanding work that the West Suburban Access |
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| News Association has done on the behalf of individuals with |
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| disabilities is worthy of the greatest respect; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate the members of West Suburban Access News |
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| Association on the occasion of having over 100,000 visitors to |
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| their website and wish them continued success in the future; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the West Suburban Access News Association as a |
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| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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