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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to commemorate the groundbreaking 
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ceremony for the new Metra Rock Island District Lovana S. "Lou" 
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Jones/Bronzeville Station, named in honor of the late 
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Representative; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Metra board voted to name the station, located 
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at 35th Street and Federal Street, the "Lovana S. (Lou) 
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Jones/Bronzeville Metra Station" after an aggressive push by 
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United States Representative Bobby Rush; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Representative Rush submitted a formal request to 
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the Metra Board to name the new Metra stop in honor of the late 
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former Assistant House Majority Leader, who served many years 
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in the Illinois General Assembly; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Representative Jones, who spent nearly 20 years in 
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the Illinois Legislature speaking up for abused children and 
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ex-convicts, passed away in May of 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Representative Jones was known to everyone as 
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"Lou" and chaired the House Committee on Public Safety while in 
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office; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, In 2004, Metra agreed to support the construction 
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of the station; earlier this year, Representative Rush worked 
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aggressively to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
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(ARRA), which provided a significant boost to the Metra station 
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project by injecting $7.5 million in economic stimulus dollars 
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into the construction project; groundbreaking on the new 
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project, which will generate 100 construction jobs, will take 
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place on June 29, 2009; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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commemorate the legacy of our late former colleague and friend 
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Representative Lou Jones and are pleased to see her memory 
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honored in this special way; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of the late Representative Lou Jones as 
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a symbol of our respect and esteem.