Full Text of HR0432 94th General Assembly
HR0432 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with deep sadness of the death of our | 4 |
| former colleague, David B. McAfee of Palos Park, on February | 5 |
| 19, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on June 24, 1947, in Elmwood Park to | 7 |
| William David McAfee and Anna Anderson McAfee; he graduated | 8 |
| from Elmwood Park High School in 1965; he went on to receive a | 9 |
| B.A. in government in 1969 and an M.P.A. in 1972, both from | 10 |
| American University; he earned a J.D. in 1973 from Southern | 11 |
| Methodist University; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McAfee served as a Legislative Assistant to | 13 |
| Senator Wayne Morse, Oregon, and Congressman Roman Pucinski, | 14 |
| Chicago, in their Washington, D.C., offices, as well as | 15 |
| Congressman Sidney R. Yates in both his Washington, D.C., and | 16 |
| Chicago offices; he was a managing partner of Fredrickson & | 17 |
| Company, home builders and general contractors, and was also | 18 |
| President of Fredrickson Real Estate Improvement Company; he | 19 |
| was a former partner with the Chicago law firm of Clausen, | 20 |
| Miller, Gorman, Caffrey, & Witous; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a public servant for many years; he was a | 22 |
| Village Trustee of Indian Head Park from 1983 to 1987 and | 23 |
| Village President from 1987 to 1991; during his tenure as | 24 |
| Village President, property taxes were reduced by more than | 25 |
| 32%; he was Vice President of the West Central Municipal | 26 |
| Conference for 1988-1989 and President for the 1989-1990 term; | 27 |
| he also served as Special Planning Coordinator for the National | 28 |
| Sheriff's Association and was a member of the Executive | 29 |
| Committee of the Metropolitan Economic Development Alliance; | 30 |
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| WHEREAS, He was a Special Assistant Attorney General and |
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| served in the General Assembly as State Representative from | 2 |
| 1991 to 1995 for the 47th Representative District; during his | 3 |
| term, he served on more committees and passed more bills than | 4 |
| any other freshman legislator; he served as Vice Chairperson of | 5 |
| the Insurance committee and served on the Health Care and Human | 6 |
| Services, Veterans Affairs, Consumer Protection, Judiciary, | 7 |
| Aging, and other committees; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, While a member of the House of Representatives, | 9 |
| David McAfee championed legislation regarding the rights of | 10 |
| mobile home tenants and landlords; he led the fight to pass the | 11 |
| Whistleblower law to eliminate waste in State government; he | 12 |
| sponsored legislation placing a moratorium on construction of | 13 |
| new hazardous waste incinerators; and he passed a bill to have | 14 |
| senior citizens trained in child care work; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1995, he worked as a real estate developer | 16 |
| for McAfee Investments LLC; he was a member of the Illinois, | 17 |
| Florida, Texas, and American Bar Associations and gave | 18 |
| presentations for the University of Wisconsin Professional | 19 |
| Development Program; he was an announcer at the annual Pet | 20 |
| Parade in LaGrange and the recipient of numerous civic and | 21 |
| legislative awards; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we mourn the passing of David B. McAfee, who will always be | 25 |
| remembered for his good nature and the ever-present smile he | 26 |
| wore on his face, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 27 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 28 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 30 |
| presented to his loved ones as an expression of our sadness for | 31 |
| this loss.
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