JA HesoCution
Adopted by The City CounciC
of tbe City of Chicago, Itfinois
WHEKEAS, We/ in this city of iAy\mtgrants, this city of ne-ighhcnhoods,
this most Amerixzan of ad citiuzs are-part^ cognisant of the-" A merican
Vream/"; and
WHEKEAS, Of the/ myriad/ availablle-career paths toward fub^ that dream/, there/ are/batafew through/ which/ faithful/ execution of responsibilities offers assurance that those/ who- choose/ other paths wilt in fact have/ a- legitimate/ opportunity to achieve/ their portion/ of the/ Vream/; and
WHEKEAS, Though seemingly fixed and iriViolable, the/complex/social/ fabric-of our great metropolis could be/ easily torn asunder were/it not for the/ guaridians of the public/ welfare/, indeed, the guardians of the-'''AmericanVream/''; and
WHEKEAS, Vedixutcon to the fulfillment of the motto of the Chicago-Police/ Vepartment- "We/ Serve/ and Protect" -exacts a/ substantud physical/ and emoturnab tod not only onthe officerswho mustdaily cope/with/the stress and danger of being- life/'s arbiters for countless citizens, but also-onthe-family members whi)-liA/e-wixhthe very reed knowledge/ that their husband or father may never return from/ any give- workday; and S
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WHEKEAS, Throughprofessi-onaUsm- and sacrifice/, the memb^s'of th&£
Chicago- Police Vepartment hose/provided us with/one/ofthe/so
the U nited States of A merica, allow ing- each of us to pur sue our owy& ve^'sio~n
ofthe-''AmericanVream/' insafety an& confidence; and m~ ?=;
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WHEKEAS, The words of Sir Winston Char-chill/, ' never have- so- many (_n owed so much-to yo few" were- never more- apropos; and 00
WHEKEAS, SergeantJoseph-M. Maraffino-, Star Number 2563, devoted thirty-two-years of his life- in service to the people of Chicago and- in dxring-haspersonabby ensured that the/City of Chicago-is the- safe-, healthy, vibrant community it is today; now, therefore-,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the-Mayor arub mernheryofthe-CUy Couruylbof the-CCty of Chixyago-irwcouruzibvneeXtirug-JaruAory 17, 2013, thaton/behalfof abLthe-ciW^e^ofthe of Chicago- we- do- hereby express oar apprecAxxttoyv (x-nd/heartfebttha^ MarcA^ffLrio-arubh^ dedixyatuyvv, profesyUynabiAvvvarubperyonab yacrLfixze-proved-throughoutthe-pcuytyeary; arub
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, Thatayuitabbe-copy oftheresouttuJvvbe-prepared/arubpreserted/to-Sergeard Maraffirio.
Matthew J. O'Shea Aldermarv, l^Ward-
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