Full Text of SJR0083 94th General Assembly
SJ0083 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, On August 26, 1906, the Chicago Motor Club, also | 3 |
| known as AAA Chicago, was founded by Charles P. Root with a | 4 |
| handful of automobile enthusiasts to stand "for all that is | 5 |
| good and against all that is bad in motoring", led by club | 6 |
| President William H. Arthur; and
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| WHEREAS, Today AAA Chicago is comprised of more than | 8 |
| 850,000 members from southern Illinois to the northern borders | 9 |
| of Illinois and northern Indiana with 34 branch offices headed | 10 |
| by President Brad Roeber; and
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| WHEREAS, Chicago is also the birthplace of the American | 12 |
| Automobile Association, which was formed in 1902 and now boasts | 13 |
| over 48 million members throughout North America; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1911, the Motor News was instituted as the | 15 |
| first magazine for members of the Chicago Motor Club and in | 16 |
| 1917 the Chicago Motor Club formed its first insurance company; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Today AAA Living now carries the standard as | 19 |
| Chicago Motor Club's membership magazine in the tradition of | 20 |
| its predecessor publications Motor News and Home and Away; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1920, Chicago Motor Club President Charles M. | 22 |
| Hayes launched "School Safety Patrol", the first-ever | 23 |
| initiative for school crossing guards, and in 1938 sponsored | 24 |
| the first driver's education classes; and
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| WHEREAS, Today Safety Patrol encompasses schools across | 26 |
| the country and is over 500,000 patrollers strong, driver's | 27 |
| education is an institution in our high schools, and AAA is | 28 |
| recognized around the world as an advocate for traffic safety; | 29 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1929 the Chicago Motor Club inaugurated its | 2 |
| South Water Street high rise in downtown Chicago as its | 3 |
| corporate headquarters and in 1986 relocated its headquarters | 4 |
| to Des Plaines; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Today, and since 2001, the Chicago Motor Club is | 6 |
| headquartered in the beautiful AAA building on Meridian Lake | 7 |
| Drive in Aurora; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, In 2004 AAA Chicago hosted its first | 9 |
| "Strollerthon", an annual charity walk to raise funds for child | 10 |
| passenger seats; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, The Chicago Motor Club still thrives today as a | 12 |
| result of its public service mission and its advocacy for its | 13 |
| members as motorists and on matters of traffic safety; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, On August 26, 2006, the Chicago Motor Club | 15 |
| celebrates its 100th year of service and joins the elite ranks | 16 |
| of companies that have thrived for the last century; therefore, | 17 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 20 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate the Chicago Motor Club | 21 |
| on the year-long celebration of its centennial anniversary of | 22 |
| serving motorists in the State of Illinois, and we designate | 23 |
| August 2006 as AAA Chicago Motorist Safety Month; and be it | 24 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to the Chicago Motor Club as an expression of our | 27 |
| esteem and best wishes for a second hundred years of service.
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