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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate John Brown on the occasion 
4of his retirement from the Rock Island County Clerk's Office on 
5April 28, 2017; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, John Brown was born to Joan (Kerres) and John 
7Brown
Sr. on October 16, 1951, the oldest of 10  children;
he 
8was the third generation to be a member of St. Joseph Catholic 
9Church in Rock Island, and graduated from Alleman High School 
10and Southern Illinois University; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, John Brown began working elections in the 1970s by 
12organizing Blackhawk Township for his father's
successful 
13supervisor candidacy, and since 1978, he has been a Democratic 
14Precinct Committeeman; he first worked in the Rock Island 
15County Clerk's office under John Gianulis beginning in 1982; he 
16continued with County Clerk Dick Leibovitz until 1997, when he 
17succeeded Carolyn Lund as supervisor of Rock Island Township, 
18serving until
2013; in 2010, he re-joined the Rock Island 
19County Clerk's office with Karen Kinney; and
 

20    WHEREAS, John Brown is a strategic thinker who knows 
21elections, from the rules and processes to the 
22precinct-by-precinct
results; he is the foremost expert in the 
 
 
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1area of administering elections; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, John Brown is involved with many projects as chief 
3deputy: cleaning up the voter files, civil unions and  marriage

4equality, same-day voter registration, and improving early 
5voting locations and availability; and
  
 
  
6    WHEREAS, John Brown loves his cats; he enjoys gardening in 
7his backyard and growing strawberries,
cucumbers, tomatoes, 
8peppers, and spinach; he recently renovated his historical 
9home; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
11HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
12congratulate John Brown on his retirement from the Rock Island 
13County Clerk's Office on April 28, 2017, and we wish him the 
14best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to John Brown as an expression of our esteem and 
17respect.