Full Text of HR1687 95th General Assembly
HR1687 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate Representative Richard T. | 4 |
| Bradley of Chicago on his service to the people of his | 5 |
| representative district; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley has been a member of the | 7 |
| Illinois House of Representatives since 1997 and has served | 8 |
| this body with distinction; and
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| WHEREAS, Rich Bradley was born in 1955 in Chicago; he | 10 |
| graduated from Luther North High School and Concordia Teachers | 11 |
| College, where he earned a B.A. in Political Science; after | 12 |
| graduation from college in 1979, he began work as a Crisis | 13 |
| Intervention Social Worker for the City of Chicago, where he | 14 |
| counseled crime victims and substance abusers, in addition to | 15 |
| helping the elderly to obtain affordable housing; and
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| WHEREAS, Following a number of years as an office manager | 17 |
| and community relations liaison in Chicago's 35th Ward, Rich | 18 |
| Bradley began work as the Chief Operating Officer of the Art | 19 |
| Specialty Company; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, Rich Bradley returned to his work for the | 21 |
| City of Chicago as Deputy Director of the Mayor's Office of |
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| Inquiry and Information, where he supervised 50 communications | 2 |
| staff persons and administered community outreach programs; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, Rich Bradley was elected in 1996 as 20th District | 5 |
| State Representative and re-elected through 2006 as the 40th | 6 |
| District State Representative; he has worked humbly and | 7 |
| honorably to meet the needs of working families and senior | 8 |
| citizens on Chicago's Northwest Side and to address serious | 9 |
| issues and challenges, including reducing crime and advocating | 10 |
| for the Hispanic community; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley has served as the Chairman | 12 |
| of the Committee on Personnel and Pensions and as Vice-Chairman | 13 |
| of the Executive Committee; he has also been a member of the | 14 |
| Environment and Energy, Insurance, Judiciary-Criminal Law, | 15 |
| State Government Administration, Election Reform, Consumer | 16 |
| Protection and Product Regulation, Registration and | 17 |
| Regulation, and Telecommunications committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley, a Mexican-American, is a | 19 |
| founding member of the Legislative Latino Caucus; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley has worked tirelessly to | 21 |
| improve the quality of life for local residents through service | 22 |
| on the boards of St. Viator's Grammar School, Madonna High |
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| School, Alvernia High School, Belmont Community Hospital, | 2 |
| Independence Park, Irving Park Food Pantry, Neighbors United | 3 |
| Civic Organization, and with the Logan Square Lions Club and | 4 |
| Portage Park Chamber of Commerce; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley takes a community-based | 6 |
| approach to his job, attending block club and business club | 7 |
| meetings and listening more than he speaks to understand | 8 |
| constituents' concerns and what he can do to support them; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley's local involvement has | 10 |
| led to improvements of local parks, the initiation of new park | 11 |
| councils, crime reduction efforts with local CAPS programs, and | 12 |
| the implementation of before-school and after-school programs; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, It is Representative Bradley's belief that if | 15 |
| people are willing to engage and work together, there is no | 16 |
| issue that we can't solve to help work towards progress and | 17 |
| move the community forward; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Bradley is looking forward to | 19 |
| spending more time with his wife, Cynthia, and their three | 20 |
| children, Meghan, Christine, and Julianne; therefore, be 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 | 2 |
| wish Representative Richard T. Bradley all the best in his | 3 |
| future endeavors and congratulate him on his 12 years of | 4 |
| service to the people of the State of Illinois; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to Representative Richard T. Bradley as an expression | 8 |
| of our esteem and respect.
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