Full Text of HR0797 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1988, Illinois' Bonnie Blair won a gold medal | 3 | | in the 500-meter speed skating event held at the Winter | 4 | | Olympics in Calgary, a great concrete wall snaked through the | 5 | | heart of Berlin, The Cosby Show and Roseanne were the | 6 | | highest-rated shows on U.S. television, and Ronald Reagan was | 7 | | the President of the United States; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In that same year, Elizabeth "Liz" Laird started | 9 | | her career with the Illinois General Assembly as a legislative | 10 | | page; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Choosing for mysterious and unfathomable reasons | 12 | | to continue in General Assembly life as a career, Elizabeth | 13 | | Laird worked as a legislative secretary for several House | 14 | | Republican members who themselves had illustrious careers, | 15 | | including then-State Representative Lolita Didrickson, who | 16 | | became the elected Comptroller of Illinois; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Laird was asked by House Republican | 18 | | Chief of Staff Mike Stokke to become his secretary and | 19 | | executive assistant, and since that time, for over two | 20 | | decades, she has been the operational manager for nine House | 21 | | Republican Chiefs of Staff; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Laird has seen six governors of | 2 | | Illinois come and go, all while continuing to operate and | 3 | | guard the southwest corner of the third floor of the State | 4 | | Capitol in Springfield; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Laird has seen Illinois through a time | 6 | | of tumult and change, during which the State has endured the | 7 | | impeachment of a governor, a multi-year budget crisis, and the | 8 | | elevation of one of its lawmakers to the office of President of | 9 | | the United States; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, During these times, Elizabeth Laird's calm | 11 | | determination and unfailing courtesy have helped keep things | 12 | | going for everyone around her; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In a culmination of plans that she has had for a | 14 | | long time, Elizabeth Laird will now leave the service of the | 15 | | Illinois General Assembly to rejoin her family, who are | 16 | | congregating in a place far away from Springfield; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Laird's colleagues are so grateful for | 18 | | her service that they have determined to take the risk of | 19 | | thoroughly embarrassing her by voicing and adopting this | 20 | | tribute; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Laird should be assured that despite |
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| 1 | | the words of this tribute, she has already protected herself | 2 | | against the danger of getting a swelled head; in response to | 3 | | this possibility, she plans to move to Flathead country in the | 4 | | northwest part of the Big Sky State of Montana, where the birds | 5 | | sing, the buffalo roam, and the mountains look down from | 6 | | above; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we congratulate Elizabeth "Liz" Laird, Executive Assistant to | 10 | | the House Republican Chief of Staff, upon her retirement; and | 11 | | be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That we ask her to talk up Illinois among her | 13 | | future neighbors, as she leaves us with the same good wishes as | 14 | | we heartily extend to her; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Elizabeth Laird as a symbol of our respect and | 17 | | esteem.
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