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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING COMMISSIONER JES?S G. "CHUY" GARC?A
WHEREAS, Commissioner Jes?s G. "Chuy" Garc?a (7th District) will vacate his seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners on November 30, 2018 after five outstanding years of public service to the residents of Cook County; and
WHERAS, at the age of 10, Commissioner Garc?a's family moved to Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood and subsequently Little Village; and
WHEREAS, Commissioner Garc?a attended St. Rita High School where he first developed interest in politics after being inspired by speeches from Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and United Farm Workers Union leader Cesar Chavez; and
WHEREAS, Commissioner Garc?a got his first taste of political organizing when he and fellow students threw a picket line around the old, run downed Atlantic movie theater on 26th Street, which was closed and reopened with upstanding conditions; and
WHEREAS, in 1983, Chicago mayor Harold Washington selected Commissioner Garc?a to become the city's deputy water commissioner, followed by a successful election as alderman of the 22nd Ward in 1986; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, Commissioner Garc?a ran for Illinois Senate and became the first Mexican-American elected to that post; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, after Commissioner Garc?a's time as senator came to an end, he founded the Little Village Community Development Corporation, presently Enlace Chicago, a non-profit dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of Little Village residents by fostering a safe and healthy environment and championing educational and economic development opportunities; and
WHEREAS, in 2010, Commissioner Garc?a was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, followed by a re-election in 2014, of the 7th District, which encompasses many community on Chicago's Southwest Side including Little Village, Pilsen, McKinley Park, Brighton Park, Gage Park, Back of the Yards, Vittum Park, Sleepy Hollow, West Lawn, as well as portions of Garfie...
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